Course Description

Instructor: Flynn Warren

For decades scientists had tried to understand how epinephrine could have both dilation and constriction effects in various body organs. Ahlquist, in 1948, came up with a descriptive and demonstrable explanation involving two different receptors; alpha and beta that showed how epinephrine could have both effects. Some challenged this explanation until 1968 when propranolol became available, and the alpha and beta receptors system was widely accepted. Ahlquist died before he could receive the Nobel Prize presented to other scientists based on his work.

Bio: North Carolina native Flynn Warren attended Belmont Abbey College and the Universities of South Carolina and Georgia. Flynn was on the faculty of the UGA College of Pharmacy from 1967 to 1977 and 1985 to 2007. He retired as Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean. From 1977 to 1985 he was Head of Pharmacy at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Flynn is a former President of the Georgia Pharmacy Association.