Daniel Castro, PhD, assistant professor and principal investigator in MIR’s Biophotonics Research Center, and colleagues explored the role mu-opioid receptors in the pancreas play in regulating glucagon. Read more about the research and its potential impact for patients with diabetic…

Kathryn Braden, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the Castro Lab, received the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This award, which provides up to three years of support, is given to postdocs who demonstrate the…

Rubén García-Reyes (left), a doctoral candidate in the lab of Daniel Castro, PhD, and Castro were selected for the 2024 cohort of the Gilliam Fellows Program. The pair will receive $53,000 annually for up to three years to support their…

Daniel Castro, PhD, assistant professor of radiology for WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, was awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support his research on endogenous opiods and their function in regulating…

Daniel Castro, PhD, assistant professor of radiology for WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, received a pilot award from the university’s Diabetes Research Center. Castro will investigate the role of endogenous opioids in pancreatic islets and metabolism.