All are welcome to attend the annual retreat. We encourage all Yale trainees to register for the poster session.
Schedule of Events
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. On-Site Registration
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Science & Industry Talk
Yan Feng and Steve Canham, Discovery Sciences, Novartis Biomedical Research
“Discovery of molecular glue-like STING activator and implication in induced protein homo-oligomerization”
Introduction by Wei Hu
12:30 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch/Poster Session
(Posters set up by 10:30 a.m. for on-site registration)
1:25 – 1:30 p.m. Opening Remarks
Jason Crawford, Professor of Chemistry and of Microbial Pathogenesis and Director, Yale Institute of Biomolecular Design & Discovery
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker
Professor Sarah O’Connor, Director of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
“How plants synthesize drugs”
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Gregory Craven, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
“Mutant-selective oncogene inhibition via lysine targeting and neo-zinc chelation”
Introduction by Jason Crawford
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
3:20 – 3:50 p.m. Karen Anderson, Professor of Pharmacology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
“A Novel Dual Function Inhibitor Targeting Latent HIV”
Introduction by Klarissa Hollander
3:50 - 4:20 p.m. Kallol Gupta, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology
“Nanoscale Molecular Cartography of the Cellular Membranes”
Introduction by Chiara Mancinelli
4:20 - 4:50 p.m. Ron Breaker, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
“Ancient Chemical Sensors Made of RNA”
Introduction by Chris King
4:50 - 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Poster Prizes
Jason Crawford
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
