An agenda for the Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) Symposium to be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, is provided below for the convenience of symposium attendees.
All presentations and activities will be held at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Pharmacy Hall, Room N103. However, it will be possible to participate in the lecture portion of the symposium virtually. When registering, please indicate you participation as in person or virtually.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:50 a.m. | Breakfast and Poster Set-Up Note that the posters will be available throughout the day. |
| 8:50-9:00 a.m. | Introduction Paul Shapiro, PhD Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education University of Maryland School of Pharmacy |
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Drug Discovery and Research Activity at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Alexander MacKerell, PhD Grollman-Glick Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Director, Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) Center University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Sarah Michel, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Maryland School of Pharmacy |
| 9:15-9:45 a.m. | John Karanicolas, PhD Co-Leader, Molecular Therapeutics and Professor Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health https://www.karanicolaslab.org/ |
| 9:45-10:15 a.m. | Daniel Deredege, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Maryland School of Pharmacy https://deredgelab.com/ |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Asuka Orr, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Computer-Aided Drug Design Center University of Maryland School of Pharmacy https://mackerell.umaryland.edu/ |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. | Brian G. Pierce, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research University of Maryland |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Yun "Lyna" Luo, PhD Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy Western University of Health Sciences |
| 11:45 a.m. - Noon | Ruibin Liu, PhD Research Associate University of Maryland School of Pharmacy https://www.computchem.org/ |
| Noon-1:00 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Ellis S. Grollman Lecture in Pharmaceutical Sciences Marta Filizola, PhD Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Sharon & Frederick A. Klingenstein-Nathan G. Kase, MD Professor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai http://filizolalab.org/ |
| 2:00-2:30 p.m. | Lei Shi, PhD Chief, Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics Section National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| 2:30-3:00 p.m. | S. Saif Hasan, PhD Assistant Professor, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research University of Maryland |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-4:00 p.m. | Kristin Varney, PhD NMR Center Director Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| 4:00-4:30 p.m. | Angela Wilks, PhD Isaac E. Emerson Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Maryland School of Pharmacy |
| 4:30-5:00 p.m. | Xiao “Sean” Zhu, PhD Director, Kymera Therapeutics |
| 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Poster Session with Beer, Wine, and Cheese Note that the posters will be available throughout the day. |