Tao Che in currently a postdoc research associate at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University. His research in the Bryan Roth lab focuses on the structural and functional study of opioid receptors, in particular the mu- and kappa opioid receptors. This work has already led to the determination of active state structure of kappa opioid receptor and has helped elucidate general mechanisms involved in GPCR activation, biased signaling and ligand selectivity.