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Jillian Seiler

@jlseiler.bsky.social
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PhD neuroscientist, feminist, human/dog mom, Chicagoan

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Jillian Seiler @jlseiler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Excited to share a new review from Endevica Bio examining melanocortin drug development to understand why a clinically validated target kept failing. Key insight: past failures reflected limitations of the molecules tested—not the melanocortin system itself. www.frontiersin.org/journals/end...
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Frontiers | The melanocortin receptors as targets for general obesity: contextualizing clinical failures and analyzing future perspectives
The melanocortin system is a genetically conserved and clinically validated target for the treatment of obesity. Hundreds of studies establish the role of th...
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Jillian Seiler @jlseiler.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
New preprint up! It has been incredibly rewarding to work on this paper alongside all of the co-authors. And beyond meaningful to continue to use what I learned in my PhD to work toward bringing new therapeutics to patients. Unicorn jobs do exist!
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