Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Translational Chemical Biology
Discussion Leader: Ekin Atilla (University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Laura Kiessling (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Glycans at the Host-Microbe Interface"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska (University of Michigan, USA)
"Targeting DOT1L Recruitment in MLL-Rearranged Leukemia"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Jason Sello (Brown University, USA)
"Illuminating Protein Homeostasis and Preventing Pathogenesis with Bioactive Small Molecules"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Michelle Farkas (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Using Chemical Biology to Interrogate the Connection Between Altered Circadian Rhythms and Cancer"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Chemical Probes for Imaging
Discussion Leader: Mark Sellmyer (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Miles Miller (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Probes for Dissecting In Vivo Pharmacology Using Confocal Microscopy"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Ralph Mazitschek (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Light-Controlled Modulation of Gene Expression by Chemical Optoepigenetic Probes"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Evan Miller (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Electrophysiology, Unplugged: Fluorescent Tools to Watch Cells in Action"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Chemistry Chang (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Strategy for Cell Selective Imaging Probe Development"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Ellen Sletten (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Multiplexed In Vivo Imaging with Shortwave Infrared Fluorophores"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Shantanu Singh (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)
"Accelerating Drug Discovery Through the Power of Microscopy Images"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Alyson Weidmann (American Chemical Society, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Automation, Big Data and Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
Discussion Leader: Michael Keiser (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Ian Churcher (BenevolentBio, USA)
"AI-Assisted Drug Discovery: What, How and Why?"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Bissan Al-Lazikani (Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom)
"Integrative Big Data for Cancer Drug Discovery and Individualized Therapy"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Ian Barrett (AstraZeneca, United Kingdom)
"Superficial Intelligence: Putting Machine Learning to Work in Drug Discovery"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Probes and Leads: Discovery and Triage
Discussion Leader: Bryan Dunyak (ViewPoint Therapeutics, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Lyn Jones (Jnana Therapeutics, USA)
"SLC Transporter Chemical Biology"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
John Overington (Medicines Discovery Catapult, United Kingdom)
"Public Data for Chemical Biology: The Past, the Current and the Future"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Emily Derbyshire (Duke University, USA)
"Chemical Tools for Unraveling Parasite Biology"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Jack Taunton (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Small-Molecule Interrogation of Proteostasis"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Adam Hendricks (AstraZeneca, USA)
"Proteomic Profiling Illuminates Engagement of Higher Order CDKs for an Optimized CDK9 Inhibitor"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Xiang David Li (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Chemical Approaches to Unravel Mechanisms and Functions of Novel Histone Modifications"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Probes and Leads: Optimization and Application
Discussion Leader: Andrew Zhang (AstraZeneca, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Angela Koehler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Attenuating Oncogenic Transcription with Small Molecules"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
David Spiegel (Yale University, USA)
"Using Small Molecules to Engineer and Explore Human Immunity"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
May Khanna (University of Arizona, USA)
"A Chemical Biology Approach to Model a Rare Neurodegenerative Disease"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Samy Meroueh (Indiana University School of Mediicine, USA)
"Small-Molecule TEAD-Yap Covalent Antagonists"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Application of Omics to Decipher Biology
Discussion Leader: Kirti Sharma (Kymera Therapeutics, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Eranthie Weerapana (Boston College, USA)
"Chemical-Proteomic Strategies to Investigate Reactive Cysteines"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 10:05 am
Bernhard Kuster (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Activity Landscapes of Tumor Cell Lines Reveal Mechanisms of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Jarrod Marto (Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA)
"Using Funky Fragmentation to Build New Chemoproteomic Assays"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Christopher Chang (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Activity-Based Sensing and Activity-Based Proteomics Approaches to Studying Metal and Redox Biology"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Monica Schenone (Pfizer, USA)
"Identification of p300/CBP as the Cellular Target of the Small Molecule 'BRD16' Following a Phenotypic Screen"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Raymond Moellering (University of Chicago, USA)
"Pathways and Platforms Spanning Space, Time and Reactivity in the Proteome"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Looking for Drugs in Unconventional Places
Discussion Leader: Keriann Backus (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
David Sherman (Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, USA)
"Natural Product Assemblies that Employ Diverse Pericyclic Reactions"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Emily Balskus (Harvard University, USA)
"Deciphering the Human Microbiota Using Chemistry"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Rob Oslund (Merck Exploratory Science Center, USA)
"Mapping of Immunomodulatory Receptor Protein Interactions via Photocatalytic-Based Proximity Labeling of the Cell Surface"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging Technologies in Translation Chemical Biology
Discussion Leader: Xin Zhang (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Keith Wood (Promega Corporation, USA)
"Chemical Probes of Intracellular Target Occupancy"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
Daniel Nomura (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Reimagining Druggability Using Chemoproteomic Platforms"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Kilian Huber (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Chemical Biology Tools for Target Identification and Validation"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Matthew Weiss (Kymera Therapeutics, USA)
"IRAK4 Degradation with Orally Active Compounds in MYD88 Driven Diseases"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Daniel Martinez Molina (Pelago Bioscience, Sweden)
"Beyond the Target: CETSA for Pathway Engagement Analysis"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Yftah Tal-Gan (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
"Peptide-Based Tools to Interrogate Quorum Sensing Signaling in Bacteria"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
RNA and Lipid Biology
Discussion Leader: Sarah Keane (University of Michigan, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Thomas Hermann (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"RNA as a Drug Target and Material for Nanotechnology"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Rami Hannoush (Genentech, Inc., USA)
"Tuning Stem Cell Receptor Function via Conformational Control"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Amanda Garner (University of Michigan, USA)
"Chemical Probing of Coding and Non-Coding RNA Biology"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Jeremy Baskin (Cornell University, USA)
"Chemical Tools that IMPACT Lipid Signaling"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
