2022 Award for Creativity in Molecular Design & Synthesis Symposium
Tue Nov 15, 2022 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Avenue, 08873
Description
The 2022 North Jersey Organic Topical Group invites you to attend the Award for Creativity in Molecular Design & Synthesis Symposium in honor of this year's recipient, 2022, Nobel Laureate Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi. This symposium draws over 100 academic and industrial chemists from NJ, NY and PA. This year's renowned lineup features speakers who will discuss topics ranging from chemical biology to discovery chemistry and process chemistry. Local students & postdocs will be featured during a poster session.
Registration for this all-day symposium includes a light breakfast and lunch, and free parking is available.
Free transportation will be provided to students and postdocs, if needed - please contact yalanxing218@gmail.com. If an unemployed/retiree discount is needed, please contact yalanxing218@gmail.com.
Symposium Schedule
9:00–9:15 | Dr. Yalan Xing (Hofstra University) Welcoming remarks |
9:15–10:00 | Dr. Wu Yang (Bristol-Myers Squibb): The Discovery of Milvexian (BMS-986177/JNJ-70033093): An Inhibitor of Factor XIa with Phase 2 Results for Antithrombotic Therapy |
10:00–10:45 | Prof. Mohammad Sayedsayamdost (Princeton): Cryptic Natural Products as a New Source of Pharmaceutical Leads |
10:45–11:30 | Coffee break & student poster session |
11:30 – 12:15 | Prof. Christina Woo (Harvard): Chemical biology studies of the thalidomide binding domain of cereblon |
12:15–1:30 | Lunch break |
1:30–2:15 | Dr. Lisa Marcaurelle (GSK): DNA-Encoded Libraries as a Powerful Tool in Drug Discovery |
2:15–3:00 | Prof. Ellen Sletten (UCLA): Exploring fluoro: fluorine and fluorescence in chemical biology |
3:00–3:45 | Coffee break & student poster session |
3:45–3:55 | Prof. Yalan Xing Presentation of the Award for Creativity in Molecular Design & Synthesis to Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi |
3:55–4:55 | Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Stanford): New therapeutic modalities from bioorthogonal chemistry |
4:55–5:00 | Prof. Joseph Badillo (Seton Hall University) Concluding remarks |
Location
The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Avenue, 08873