Christopher Evans Laboratory:
[Publications]

The major research objective of Dr. Evans' laboratory is to gain insights into the mechanism of action of opioid drugs and their receptors, with the ultimate goal of discerning molecular processes that contribute to the effects of opiate drugs on pain, the immune system, memory processes, and reward. The laboratory investigates the signaling and regulation of receptors both in vitro and in vivo utilizing cell biology and molecular methodologies. Current on-going projects in the laboratory include investigations of the differential signaling abilities of opioid drugs, the role of receptor trafficking in the regulation of opioid receptors and the development of methodologies to detect opioid receptors that are mutant in regulatory processes. Other projects include the analysis and function of the opioid related (receptor ORL1) receptor and its endogenous ligand in the immune system.

Laboratory Phone: (310)206-7883


Laboratory Staff:

Shoshana Eitan, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow) Email:   shoshy@ucla.edu	Camron Bryant (Graduate Student) Email:   cdbryant@ucla.edu	Nazli Saliminejad (Research Technician) Email:   nsalimi@ucla.edu
Sara J. Levitt (Lab Assistant) Email:   slevitt@ucla.edu	Andrew Bokarius (Lab Helper) Email:   andrew@bokarius.com	Kristofer Roberts (Research Associate) Email:   kristo@ucla.edu

Arnaud Lacoste (Postdoctoral Fellow) Email:   alacoste@ucla.edu

 

Christopher Evans, Ph.D.
Stefan Hatos Professor

Email:
cevans@ucla.edu

Phone:
(310)206-7883