Prof. Henry A. Lester — Research Profile
California Institute of Technology · Bioengineering
Graduate application deadlines
Bioengineering
PhD in Bioengineering (BE)
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: bbe.caltech.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Henry A. Lester at California Institute of Technology Bioengineering lists Neuroscience, Biophysics, Protein engineering, Nicotine Addiction, Pharmacology as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Naltrexone, Naloxone, Morphine, and Fentanyl Pharmacologically Chaperone a Mutant μ‐Opioid Receptor via an Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit Site‐Dependent PathwayPharmacology Research & Perspectives · Sep 17
- Using Latent Chemical Recognition in an Evolved Periplasmic Binding Protein Family to Diversify BiosensorsPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Aug 4
- Ketamine persists within neuronal compartments long after systemic clearancePreprintResearch Square · Jul 22
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