Conference Description
The High Throughput Chemistry and Chemical Biology GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 1, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Analysis of Chemical and Biological Complexity at Scale
Discussion Leaders
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Jay Schneekloth (National Institutes of Health, United States)
Speakers
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Petra Dittrich (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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Polly Fordyce (Stanford University, United States)
RNA: Structure and Drug Discovery
Discussion Leaders
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MariJean Eggen (Eli Lilly, United States)
Speakers
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Amanda Hargrove (Duke University, United States)
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Kerrie Spencer (Merck, United States)
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Jessica Brown (University of Notre Dame, United States)
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Privileged Tool Development
Discussion Leaders
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William Pomerantz (University of Minnesota, United States)
Speakers
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Jean-Louis Reymond (University of Bern, Switzerland)
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Nessa Carson (AstraZeneca, United Kingdom)
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Thomas Grike (University of California, Riverside, United States)
Reaction Scouting for High-Throughput Chemistry and DELs
Discussion Leaders
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Alexander Satz (WuXi AppTec, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Dennis Gillingham (University of Basel, Switzerland)
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Iulia Strambeanu (Janssen, United States)
Expanding and Understanding Diversity: DELs and Cheminformatics
Discussion Leaders
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Zhicai Shi (Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, United States)
Speakers
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Anokha Ratnayake (Pfizer Inc., United States)
Chemical Probes and Phenotypic Cellular Assays
Discussion Leaders
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Damian Young (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
Speakers
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Jason Sello (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
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Jennifer Heemstra (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
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Jacquin Niles (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
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Heidi Greulich (Broad Institute, United States)
Inflammasomes: Dissecting and Interrogating Inflammasome Pathways
Discussion Leaders
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Amber Hackler (Merck, United States)
Speakers
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Rebecca Coll (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
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Arturo Zychlinsky (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany)
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Daniel Bachovchin (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States)
Cutting-Edge Omics Tools and Integration into Drug Discovery
Discussion Leaders
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Albert Bowers (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
Speakers
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Christian Münch (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
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Keriann Backus (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
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Christopher Parker (Scripps Research, United States)
Keynote Session: Expanding Novel Platforms to Probe Biological Pathways
Discussion Leaders
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Mark Fitzgerald (Nested Therapeutics, United States)
Speakers
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Stacy Malaker (Yale University, United States)
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Ingrid Wertz (Lyterian Therapeutics, United States)
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Sara Buhrlage (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Jennifer Heemstra (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
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Kerrie Spencer (Merck, United States)