Drug Discovery 2021 After the Storm: Re-connect, Re-invent, Re-imagine
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Sunday 19 November
20 November
DAY 1Room 3ARoom 3BHall 1BHall 1CRoom 11B - WorkshopCareers Zone, Main Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
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DAY 1Room 3ARoom 3BHall 1BHall 1CRoom 11B - WorkshopCareers Zone, Main Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
08:00 Event Registration
Early Career Professional Welcome
08:00 (45 mins)
Lisa Stott, Sosei Heptares   
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ELRIG - Annual Review - Visons & Values
08:45 (10 mins)
Melanie Leveridge, GSK  

ELRIG - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Guiding Principals
08:55 (5 mins)
Clare Viney, Vitae  

ELRIG - Lifetime Achievement Award - A Career In Drug Discovery
09:00 (20 mins)
Steve Rees, AstraZeneca  
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Diagnostic Testing and Biomarkers - The New Normal? - sponsored by Ziath Ltd
Chairs: Nikki Carter, Excalibur Healthcare  Emily Adams, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Mologic   
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Chairs: John Isaac, Janssen Neuroscience  David Reynolds, AstronauTx Ltd  

Gaining a career in industry: Learning tips and tricks from the inside
10:50 (60 mins)
Allan Jordan, Sygnature Discovery  
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Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV2 cell entry and infectivity
11:00 (30 mins)
Maria Anastasina, University of Helsinki  

Q-POCTM, a paradigm shift in rapid multiplex molecular diagnostics
11:00 (30 mins)
Jonathan OHalloran, QuantumDx  

Discovery of risdiplam (evrysdi) - A medicine for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy
11:00 (30 mins)
Hasane Ratni , F. Hoffmam-La Roche  

Alzheimer’s Research UK and its support for translational research.
11:00 (30 mins)
Sara Imarisio, ARUK  
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Functional analysis of Bartonella pathogenicity factors might contribute to novel therapeutic concepts
12:00 (30 mins)
Volkhard Kempf , Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main  

A luminescent reporter cell line for authentic SARS-CoV-2 infection and neutralising antibody activity
12:00 (30 mins)
Nick Matheson, University of Cambridge  

mRNA Lightning platform for the discovery of selective small molecule mRNA regulatory drugs
12:00 (30 mins)
Iris Alroy, Anima Biotech  

Identification of tool compounds targeting the SRSF1-dependent nuclear export of pathological C9ORF72-repeat transcripts
12:00 (30 mins)
Lianne Van Beek, CRL  Tennore Ramesh, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)  
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12:30 Refreshment Break
Workshop
Chairs: Lilian Hunt, EDIS, Wellcome Trust  

Inclusive research and experimental design
12:30 (60 mins)
Lilian Hunt, EDIS, Wellcome Trust  
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Targeting the human RED-SMU1 splicing complex as a basis for host-directed anti-influenza therapy
14:00 (30 mins)
Nadia Naffakh, Institut Pasteur, CNRS  

Diagnostics for epidemics, pandemics and neglected tropical disease
14:00 (30 mins)
Emily Adams, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Mologic   

Dynamic RNAs and Structure-Guided Small Molecule Drug Discovery
14:00 (30 mins)
Isaac Kimsey, Nymirum  Yang Zheng, Nymirum  

Small molecule inhibitors of carboxylesterase Notum to potentiate Wnt signalling
14:00 (30 mins)
Nicky Willis, UCL DDI  
Workshop
Chairs: Anita Ramanathan, Word Cortex  

Exceptional Science Presentations: How to Effectively Communicate the Value of Your Work
14:00 (45 mins)
Anita Ramanathan, Word Cortex  
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14:35 Tecan UK Ltd
2024-12-19 14:35:002024-12-19 14:40:00Europe/LondonTecan UK LtdSession at Drug Discovery 2021 After the Storm: Re-connect, Re-invent, Re-imagine https://www.myeventflo.com/eventflo.asp?evID=2374OnlineKlebo Admin, Klebo (Eventflo) Conference Platforminfo@elrig.org
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Studies of the membrane-bound pyrophosphatase as a potential drug target against protist parasites
14:45 (30 mins)
Keni Vidilaseris, University of Helsinki  

EMERGING DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
14:45 (30 mins)
Alex Van Belkum, Biomeirieux  

Small activating RNAs from concept to Phase 2 clinical trial
14:45 (30 mins)
Vikash Reebye  Nagy Habib , MiNA Therapeutics  

Development of eIF2B modulators for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease
14:45 (30 mins)
Duncan Scott, Alborada Drug Discovery Institute, Cambridge  
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15:15 Refreshment Break 15:15
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Developing inhibitors that block adhesin-collagen interactions
15:45 (30 mins)
Dirk Linke, University of Oslo  

Computer literate? Novel AI based reading of lateral flow devices
15:45 (30 mins)
Daniel Wise, Excalibur Healthcare  

Drugging RNA Modifying Enzymes – METTL3 Inhibitors as a novel therapeutic strategy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
15:45 (30 mins)
David Hardick, Storm Therapeutics  Konstantinos Tzelepis , The Milner Therapeutics Institute  

Gene editing to treat expanded CAG/CTG repeat disorders
15:45 (30 mins)
Vincent Dion, Cardiff Dementia Research Institute  
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Inhibition of bacterial virulence as an alternative to antibiotic treatment: Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase as a target for antivirulence therapy
16:30 (30 mins)
Martin Everett, Antabio  

How to build a mobile lab for genomic surveillance of viral outbreaks
16:30 (30 mins)
Joshua Quick, Institute of Microbiology and infection, University of Birmingham  

X-reactivation as an approach to treating Rett Syndrome
16:30 (30 mins)
Jeannie Lee, Harvard  

Novel Therapeutic Targets for Treatment of Neurodegeneration
16:30 (30 mins)
Paul Brennan, Oxford DDI   
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17:00 Networking & Posters 17:00
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