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.

TimeActivity
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.