Dr. David Julius, recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will discuss how the Julius lab at UC San Francisco has leveraged the power of natural product chemistry and biology to reveal molecules, cells, and signaling pathways that enable us to experience pain.
 
He will present these research directions and their relevance toward finding new treatments for chronic pain, together with a discussion about the role that basic, curiosity-driven research plays in our lives.