26th ANNUAL RETREAT

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS PROGRAM

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

Beckham Hall, Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06457

9:30am           Coffee and Poster Setup

10:00am         Introductory Remarks

10:10am         Dr. Michelle Chen, Wesleyan Department of Chemistry

11:00am         Dr. Natalia Gonzalez-Pech, Wesleyan Department of Chemistry

11:50am         Student Poster Session

12:30pm         Lunch

1:20pm           Student Poster Session

2:00pm           Dr. Michael Weir, Wesleyan Department of Biology

3:00pm           Dr. Bakar Hassan '22, National Cancer Institute
                               Characterization and Development of Next Generation Rpn13-targeting Small Molecules.

4:00pm           Break

4:15pm           Dr. Jonathan Lai, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
                            Structure-based design of immunotherapies and vaccines

5:30pm           Reception