Alex White, PhD, is the Molecular Pharmacology Highlighted Trainee Author for April 2026. 

His published article, “Extracellular domain-dependent modulation of class B1 G-protein–coupled receptor signaling,” focuses on understanding the signaling mechanisms of GPCR that underlie their biology with the hopes that these insights can be exploited to develop novel therapies to improve the lives of patients. 

“I hope to expand our knowledge base of GPCR activation and signaling mechanisms and their determinants, with an emphasis that not all findings are required to fit within a single established paradigm. Nuance is permitted in biological systems,” he shares.