AstraZeneca Drug Discovery Workshop Day – October 26th

For students, post-docs or academics interested in learning more about drug discovery.

October 26th, 2018

AstraZeneca, Gatehouse Park BioHub, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham MA 02451

Registration

Agenda
Arrival and breakfast 8:15-9:00
Welcome and introduction by Stephen Fawell, VP Head iScience Oncology 9:00-9:30
Target selection and validation by Chris Denz, Associate Principal Scientist, Oncology Bioscience 9:30-10:10
Hit screening approaches Tony Cheung, Associate Principal Scientist, Oncology Bioscience 10:10-10:50
Break 10:50-11:10
In vitro pharmacology by Andy Bloecher, Team Leader, Oncology Bioscience 11:10-11:50
Medicinal chemistry by Scott Mlynarski, Senior Scientist, Oncology Medicinal Chemistry 11:50-12:30
Lunch and networking 12:30-1:30
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics by Doug Ferguson, Principal Scientist, Oncology DMPK 1:30-2:10
In vivo pharmacology by Maureen Hattersley, Team Leader, Oncology Bioscience 2:10-2:50
Break 2:50-3:10
Drug discovery case study by Alex Hird, Associate Director, Oncology Medicinal Chemistry 3:10-3:50
Translational science case study by Pat McCoon, Senior Principal Scientist, Oncology Translational Science 3:50-4:30
Bioinformatics in drug discovery and close of day by Bolan Linghu, Principal Scientist, Oncology Bioinformatics 4:30-5:00
For more information, please contact Pia Russo.