September 28, 2024
College of Pharmacy Building (CPB), University of Iowa, Iowa City
7:30 – 8:15 | Reception and Continental Breakfast – 210 Atrium | |
8:15 – 8:30 | Mark Arnold: Welcome and Introduction – 210 CPB | |
| Professor Robert Kerns, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics | |
| Maria Spies Presiding | ||
8:30 – 9:15 | John Turchi, Indiana University | Targeting DNA Damage Response Sensors for First-in-Class Cancer Therapy |
9:15 – 10:00 | Jana Shen, University of Maryland | AI Models to Discover Covalently Druggable Sites Across the Proteome |
10:00 – 10:15 | Break | |
| Ned Bowden Presiding | ||
10:15 – 11:00 | Florence Williams, University of Iowa | Progress Towards Uncovering the Mechanism of Action for Neurotrophic trans-Banglene |
11:00 – 11:45 | Ortwin Ertl, Annikki GmbH | High-Volume Chemicals from Biomass – By Means of a Unique Fractionation Technology and Enzymatic Reactions |
11:45 – 12:00 | Relocation to CPB Atrium | |
12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch and Poster Session A | |
12:45 – 1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session B | |
1:30 – 1:45 | Relocation to seminar room – 210 CPB | |
| Jennifer Fiegel Presiding | ||
1:45 – 2:30 | Nicole Hashemi, Iowa State University | Biophysiological Model of Barriers: Engineered Blood-Brain Barrier and Placental Barrier |
2:30 – 2:50 | Chris Vidmar, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering | Exploring Interactions between Chemically Produced Bacterial Ghosts and G-Protein Coupled Receptors |
2:50 – 3:10 | Rose Gogal, Biomedical Engineering | Leveraging Statistical Mechanics for Protein Acid-Base Chemistry Prediction |
3:10 – 3:30 | Ali Khan, Pathology | Phosphoinositol-3 kinase signaling can be synergistically targeted in sarcoma cancer cells |
3:30 – 3:40 | Michael Schnieders – Presentation of Student Poster Awards | |
3:40 – 3:45 | Mark Arnold – Final Comments | |