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Dr. Rex F. Pratt
Symposia
From Lab Bench to Bedside:
Drug Discovery, Delivery & Development
Saturday,
June 26, 2008
Wesleyan
University
Usdan Campus Center,
Room 108
Wyllis Avenue,
Middletown, CT 06459
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Schedule of
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direction to Wesleyan University, Usdan Campus Center (Parking in Lot E)
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8:15 - 9:00 |
Breakfast and Networking
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9:00 - 9:15
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Welcome Address:
Dr. Chandrika Govardhan, Springbank Pharmaceuticals
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Session 1
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9:15 - 9:45 |
Dr. David
Schenkein, Genentech
Oncology Drug Development - Challenges and Opportunities
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9:45 - 10:15 |
Dr. James DiCaprio< Dana Farber Cancer
Institute, Harvard University
RB has a DREAM: How the Retinoblastoma Proteins Regulate the Cell
Cycle
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Professor Sanjay Kumar, Queens College, City
University of New York
Developing Chemical Tools to Study Chemical Phosphorylation
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10:45 - 11:05 |
Break
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Session 2 |
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11:05 - 11:35 |
Prof. Ben Wolozin, Boston University College of
Medicine
Peering into the Biology of Parkinson's Disease
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11:35 - 12:05 |
Prof. Manju Hingorani, Wesleyan University
Kinetic Analysis of DNA Mismatch Repair Proteins
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12:05 - 1:30 |
Lunch Break
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Session 3
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1:30 - 2:00
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Dr.
Ania Knap, Maxthera Inc.
New Generation Antibiotics and Targets
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2:00 - 2:30
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Dr.
Tim McConnell, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
Designer Oxazolidinones Drugs
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2:30 - 3:00
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Dr. Jubrail (Gabi) Rahil, Methylgene
Corporation
Phosphonate β-lactamase Inhibitors Drug Development
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3:00 - 3:20
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Break |
Session 4
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3:20 - 3:50
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Dr.
Kieran Curley, Mannkind Corp.
Inhaled Insulin
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3:50 - 4:20 |
Dr. Chandrika Govardhan, Springbank
Pharmaceuticals
Novel sustained release formulation of human growth hormone (hGH)
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4:20 - 4:40 |
Professor Rex F. Pratt, Wesleyan University
Chemical Evolution in HA26
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4:40 - 5:30
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Panel Discussion Academia - Industry Partnership
Moderators: Jim Knox and Judith Kelly
Panelists: Steve Faraci, Marie Grace, Rich Prigodick,
David Schenkein, Erika Taylor,
Ben Wolozin, and Yang Xu,
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Concluding Remarks - Steve Cohen, Waters
Corporation
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Cocktail Hour
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7:00 |
Buffet Dinner: Daniel Family Commons (Usdan
Room 300)
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