Robert P. Elde, Ph.D.
R. Alan North, M.B., Ch.B./Ph.D.
Bruce I. Idelkope, MD
Christopher N. Honda, Ph.D.
Algos is proud to be aligned with a renowned and distinguished panel of scientists; all who have been recognized for their pioneering work in neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and related biotechnologies as they relate to pain research.

Robert P. Elde, Ph.D.
Dr. Elde is an internationally recognized expert on the primary neurons that transduce painful stimuli.  He is currently the J.B. Johnston Land Grant Professor of Neuroscience and the Dean of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota.  Dr. Elde is best known for his pioneering work on neuropeptides and on describing the distribution of pain-related proteins within the nervous system.  He has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers.  As Dean of the College of Biological Sciences, he was instrumental in raising $10 million to establish a center for plant and microbial genomics.  Dr. Elde has previously served on Scientific Advisory Boards and collaborated with industry on various research projects.

R. Alan North, M.B., Ch.B./Ph.D.
Dr. North is one of the world's most renowned scientists in the area of the molecular biology and biophysics of neurotransmission.  Most notably, his laboratory discovered and cloned the P2X family of ATP-gated ion channels.  Dr. North currently is the Vice President and Dean of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester, England. He was formerly the Director of the Institute of Molecular Physiology at the University of Sheffield. He has held faculty posts at MIT, where he was promoted to full professor, the Vollum Institute in Portland, Oregon, and Loyola University in Chicago. Dr. North also served as principal scientist at the Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology, a research arm of the Glaxo Wellcome Corporation. At Glaxo, he established high-throughput screening methodologies and set priorities for company-wide central nervous system research. Dr. North has received numerous honors, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (equivalent to being a member of the National Academy of Science in the US) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Bruce I. Idelkope, MD
Currently Vice President of the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology where he has practiced the specialty of Neurology for over 27 years. Also an Associate Professor of Neurology for the University of Minnesota where he has taught in the Department of Family Practice and the Department of Neurology for over 20 years. Specializing in evaluating and treating patients with Adult Neurological Disorders with unique expertise in Neuro-Rehabilitation and Stroke. Currently, a Director of the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology and Medical Director of the Clinic's Department of Rehabilitation which specializes in treatment of patients with chronic pain, musculoskeletal disorders, headache, and various neuromuscular diseases.

Christopher N. Honda, Ph.D.
Dr. Honda is a Professor in the Neuroscience Department at the University of Minnesota.  He earned his doctorate in Neurobiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill under the direction of E.R. Perl.  Prior to joining the faculty at Minnesota in 1989, he received postdoctoral training in the laboratories of W.D. Willis at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and E.G. Jones at the University of California, Irvine.  Dr. Honda has been active in pain research for over twenty years, and he has published extensively on functional, neurochemical, and morphological mechanisms contributing to pain at peripheral, spinal, and thalamic levels.  His current research interests are centered on the regulation of peripheral opioid analgesic systems, and during the last several years he has devoted much of his time to collaborations and consultations with industry.