Peter Schiller
Fellow
Current Employer
Université de Montréal
Election Year
1991
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Microbiology and Biochemistry
Department
Laboratoire de biologie chimique et des polypeptides
Keywords
Peptides, peptide hormones and neurotransmitters, analgesia, drug design, opioid peptides
Dr. Schiller is a world leader in peptide chemistry. He has developed new concepts in receptor-selective opioid analogs on the basis of the so-called membrane compartment concept. One of them, carrying a high positive charge, displayed unprecedented µ-selectivity is by far the most selective µ-agonist known to date and appears to have considerable potential for clinical applications. In 1987, he received the Max-Bergmann Medal which is one of the highest recognition in peptide research. He received the Galen Award (Prix Galien) for excellence in pharmaceutical research (1995), an NIH Merit Award (1997) and the Vincent du Vigneaud Award of the American Peptide Society (1998). He was elected a Fellow of The American Association of Pharmaceutical Sicentists in 1998. In 1999, he was appointed "officier" of the Ordre national du Québec".