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FEB 24, 2021

Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series 2021



Labroots and the Drug Discovery planning committee are pleased to announce the 4th annual event in the Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event Series. Labroots will host this online-only event on February 24, 2021. The Drug Discovery planning committee will carefully plan and select speakers that best represent the key challenges, opportunities, and issues in the current landscape. These industry leaders will discuss the advancements, challenges and successes of discovery and develop new medications and therapies.

This year's tracks include:
  • New Practices in Early Phase Drug Discovery
  • Novel Advancements to Clinical Development
    • Health Equality and Genetic Diversity in Clinical Trials
  • Modern Approaches to Discovery, Preclinical, and Clinical Lab Operations in the COVID-19 Age
  • Innovative Biomarkers in Drug Development

Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open for 2 years from the date of the live event, and the webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.  This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global drug discovery community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.

Equipped with gamification and point system, you can now move around the entire event, earning points for a chance to win one of Labroots' most popular T-shirts.

Call for Posters — Virtual poster sessions offer the opportunity to present data to a global audience via a PDF poster and video summary, and discuss results with interested colleagues through email. Plan now to have your poster included in the 2021 Drug Discovery & Development Virtual Event. Submission is free. Submit your abstract here.



Continuing Education
LabRoots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 30 credits.

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Speakers
  • Yamina A. Berchiche, PhD

    Founder, Dr. GPCR
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Don Alexander, CPC, CFP®

    President and Managing Director, GeneCoda
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Keith Bowers, PhD

    Senior Business Development Manager, OracleBio
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA

    Senior Director, Global Scientific Affairs
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jason Frazier

    Director of Scientific Operations, Presage Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Annette Gilchrist, PhD

    Associate-Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwestern University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Roger Hayes, PhD

    Vice President, Bioanalytical Services, ICON Laboratory Services
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT

    Vice President, Nonclinical Sciences, Moderna
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Jenkins, MS

    Sales Development Manager, Licensed Technologies Group, Luminex Corporation
  • Juan José Fung, PhD

    Principal Scientist, GPCR Therapeutics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Aarti Kawatkar

    Sr. Scientist, Chemical Biology and Proteomics group, AstraZeneca
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dr. Christian Klose

    CTO, Lipotype GmbH
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jie Jack Li, PhD

    Vice President, Discovery Chemistry at ChemPartner
  • Steven M. Anderson, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Covance Drug Development
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Mahlios, PhD

    Senior Marketing Product Manager, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dave Mason, PhD

    Technical Sales Specialist, Visiopharm
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Rouba Najjar, MBA

    Head of US Marketing and Business Development, Products Division
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology

    Exscientia Ltd
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph Pearson, PhD

    Global Product Manger, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Professor Kevin Pfleger, MA, PhD, FBPhS

    Director, Biomedical and Health Innovation, The University of Western Australia and WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub; President, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT); Head, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia); Deputy Director & UWA Node Leader, ARC Centre for Personalised Therapeutics Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Marsha Pierce, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Midwestern University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Andrew Roche, PhD

    Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT

    Associate Research Fellow, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nishant Saxena, PhD

    Product Manager, GenScript
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Leif Schauser, PhD

    Director, Global Product Management, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cindy Spittle

    VP Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sarah Warren, PhD

    Sr Director of Translational Science, NanoString Technologies
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ajay Yekkirala, PhD

    Co-Founder & CSO, Blue Therapeutics
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Vevian Zhang

    Product Manager, GenScript
    BIOGRAPHY

Agenda

  • FEB 24, 2021 4:30 PM PST

    Novel Solutions for High Throughput Antibody and Protein Purification Using Magnetic Beads Platform

    Nishant Saxena, PhD
    Product Manager, GenScript
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: GenScript
  • FEB 24, 2021 3:00 PM PST

    PROTACs: A Chemistry Journey of Protein Degraders

    Jie Jack Li, PhD
    Vice President, Discovery Chemistry at ChemPartner
    Sponsored By: ChemPartner
  • FEB 24, 2021 3:00 PM PST

    Supporting Biomarker Discovery One Cell at a Time - Single cell analysis solutions that drive results and insights

    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
    Leif Schauser, PhD
    Director, Global Product Management, QIAGEN
    Joseph Pearson, PhD
    Global Product Manger, QIAGEN Digital Insights
  • FEB 24, 2021 1:30 PM PST

    Roundtable Panel Presentation: Recent Trends in Screening GPCRs

    Annette Gilchrist, PhD
    Associate-Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwester...
    Professor Kevin Pfleger, MA, PhD, FBPhS
    Director, Biomedical and Health Innovation, The Univers...
    Juan José Fung, PhD
    Principal Scientist, GPCR Therapeutics
    Aarti Kawatkar
    Sr. Scientist, Chemical Biology and Proteomics group, A...
    Yamina A. Berchiche, PhD
    Founder, Dr. GPCR
    Ajay Yekkirala, PhD
    Co-Founder & CSO, Blue Therapeutics
  • FEB 24, 2021 12:00 PM PST

    Deep Mechanistic profiling of immune oncology drug combinations in cancer patients with CIVO intratumoral micro-dosing and NanoString's GeoMx® Digital Spatial Profiler

    Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies
    Jason Frazier
    Director of Scientific Operations, Presage Biosciences
    Sarah Warren, PhD
    Sr Director of Translational Science, NanoString Techno...
  • FEB 24, 2021 12:00 PM PST

    Speed up your drug discovery with ready-to-use stable cell lines

    Vevian Zhang
    Product Manager, GenScript
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: GenScript
  • FEB 24, 2021 10:30 AM PST

    The New xMAP® INTELLIFLEX: Technology You Trust. Versatility You Want

    Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA
    Senior Director, Global Scientific Affairs
    Josh Jenkins, MS
    Sales Development Manager, Licensed Technologies Group,...
  • FEB 24, 2021 10:30 AM PST

    The Visiopharm Platform: Flexible tools to solve real-world problems

    Sponsored By: Visiopharm®
    Keith Bowers, PhD
    Senior Business Development Manager, OracleBio
    Dave Mason, PhD
    Technical Sales Specialist, Visiopharm
  • FEB 24, 2021 9:00 AM PST

    Keynote Panel Presentation: Biomarker assays - bioanalytical meets CLIA

    Andrew Roche, PhD
    Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Se...
    Roger Hayes, PhD
    Vice President, Bioanalytical Services, ICON Laboratory...
  • FEB 24, 2021 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: The biomarker to companion diagnostic continuum: a road map for the delivery of precision medicine

    Steven M. Anderson, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Covance Drug Development
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 24, 2021 6:00 AM PST

    Fueling Discovery: Next-generation isolation of PBMCs and primary cells from Miltenyi Biotec

    Josh Mahlios, PhD
    Senior Marketing Product Manager, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec
  • FEB 24, 2021 6:00 AM PST

    Introducing GenScript's DNA-Encoded Chemical Library Kit - GenDECL

    Rouba Najjar, MBA
    Head of US Marketing and Business Development, Products Division
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: GenScript
  • COVID's Impact on Life Sciences Recruiting

    Don Alexander, CPC, CFP®
    President and Managing Director, GeneCoda
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Evolution of a Platform-Based Non-Clinical Safety Assessment Approach for Vaccines

    Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT
    Vice President, Nonclinical Sciences, Moderna
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lipidomics and Lipidomics in Research

    Dr. Christian Klose
    CTO, Lipotype GmbH
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Multi-diagnostic approaches for patient selection in immuno-oncology

    Cindy Spittle
    VP Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nonclinical COVID-19 Vaccine Development During a Pandemic

    Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT
    Associate Research Fellow, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Preclinical evaluation of novel OT-analogs for the potential treatment of social behavioral deficits

    Marsha Pierce, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Midwestern University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The Comprehensive A.I.-Driven Genomic Landscape for ALS - Implications for Drug Discovery and Development

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD
    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The development and application of TRUPATH biosensors to the study of GPCR pharmacology and functional selectivity

    Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology
    Exscientia Ltd
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Modern Approaches to Discovery, Preclinical and Clinical Lab Operations in COVID-19 Age
  • COVID's Impact on Life Sciences Recruiting

    Don Alexander, CPC, CFP®
    President and Managing Director, GeneCoda
    BIOGRAPHY
  • New Practices in Early Phase Drug Discovery
  • Preclinical evaluation of novel OT-analogs for the potential treatment of social behavioral deficits

    Marsha Pierce, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Midwestern University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The development and application of TRUPATH biosensors to the study of GPCR pharmacology and functional selectivity

    Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology
    Exscientia Ltd
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 24, 2021 10:30 AM PST

    The Visiopharm Platform: Flexible tools to solve real-world problems

    Sponsored By: Visiopharm®
    Keith Bowers, PhD
    Senior Business Development Manager, OracleBio
    Dave Mason, PhD
    Technical Sales Specialist, Visiopharm
  • FEB 24, 2021 12:00 PM PST

    Deep Mechanistic profiling of immune oncology drug combinations in cancer patients with CIVO intratumoral micro-dosing and NanoString's GeoMx® Digital Spatial Profiler

    Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies
    Jason Frazier
    Director of Scientific Operations, Presage Biosciences
    Sarah Warren, PhD
    Sr Director of Translational Science, NanoString Techno...
  • FEB 24, 2021 12:00 PM PST

    Speed up your drug discovery with ready-to-use stable cell lines

    Vevian Zhang
    Product Manager, GenScript
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: GenScript
  • FEB 24, 2021 1:30 PM PST

    Roundtable Panel Presentation: Recent Trends in Screening GPCRs

    Annette Gilchrist, PhD
    Associate-Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwester...
    Professor Kevin Pfleger, MA, PhD, FBPhS
    Director, Biomedical and Health Innovation, The Univers...
    Juan José Fung, PhD
    Principal Scientist, GPCR Therapeutics
    Aarti Kawatkar
    Sr. Scientist, Chemical Biology and Proteomics group, A...
    Yamina A. Berchiche, PhD
    Founder, Dr. GPCR
    Ajay Yekkirala, PhD
    Co-Founder & CSO, Blue Therapeutics
  • FEB 24, 2021 3:00 PM PST

    PROTACs: A Chemistry Journey of Protein Degraders

    Jie Jack Li, PhD
    Vice President, Discovery Chemistry at ChemPartner
    Sponsored By: ChemPartner
  • Novel Advancements to Clinical Development
  • The Comprehensive A.I.-Driven Genomic Landscape for ALS - Implications for Drug Discovery and Development

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD
    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Evolution of a Platform-Based Non-Clinical Safety Assessment Approach for Vaccines

    Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT
    Vice President, Nonclinical Sciences, Moderna
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 24, 2021 6:00 AM PST

    Fueling Discovery: Next-generation isolation of PBMCs and primary cells from Miltenyi Biotec

    Josh Mahlios, PhD
    Senior Marketing Product Manager, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec
  • (3) Modern Approaches to Discovery, Preclinical, and Clinical Lab Operations in the COVID-19 Age
  • Nonclinical COVID-19 Vaccine Development During a Pandemic

    Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT
    Associate Research Fellow, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Innovative Biomarkers in Drug Development
  • Lipidomics and Lipidomics in Research

    Dr. Christian Klose
    CTO, Lipotype GmbH
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Multi-diagnostic approaches for patient selection in immuno-oncology

    Cindy Spittle
    VP Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 24, 2021 7:30 AM PST

    Keynote Presentation: The biomarker to companion diagnostic continuum: a road map for the delivery of precision medicine

    Steven M. Anderson, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, Covance Drug Development
    BIOGRAPHY
  • FEB 24, 2021 9:00 AM PST

    Keynote Panel Presentation: Biomarker assays - bioanalytical meets CLIA

    Andrew Roche, PhD
    Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Se...
    Roger Hayes, PhD
    Vice President, Bioanalytical Services, ICON Laboratory...
  • FEB 24, 2021 3:00 PM PST

    Supporting Biomarker Discovery One Cell at a Time - Single cell analysis solutions that drive results and insights

    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
    Leif Schauser, PhD
    Director, Global Product Management, QIAGEN
    Joseph Pearson, PhD
    Global Product Manger, QIAGEN Digital Insights

Speakers


  • Yamina A. Berchiche, PhD

    Yamina A. Berchiche, PhD

    Founder, Dr. GPCR

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Don Alexander, CPC, CFP®

    Don Alexander, CPC, CFP®

    President and Managing Director, GeneCoda

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Keith Bowers, PhD

    Keith Bowers, PhD

    Senior Business Development Manager, OracleBio

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA

    Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA

    Senior Director, Global Scientific Affairs

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jason Frazier

    Jason Frazier

    Director of Scientific Operations, Presage Biosciences

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Annette Gilchrist, PhD

    Annette Gilchrist, PhD

    Associate-Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwestern University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Roger Hayes, PhD

    Roger Hayes, PhD

    Vice President, Bioanalytical Services, ICON Laboratory Services

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT

    Joseph J. Senn, PhD, DABT

    Vice President, Nonclinical Sciences, Moderna

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Jenkins, MS

    Josh Jenkins, MS

    Sales Development Manager, Licensed Technologies Group, Luminex Corporation

  • Juan José Fung, PhD

    Juan José Fung, PhD

    Principal Scientist, GPCR Therapeutics

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Aarti Kawatkar

    Aarti Kawatkar

    Sr. Scientist, Chemical Biology and Proteomics group, AstraZeneca

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Mark Kiel, MD, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genomenon

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dr. Christian Klose

    Dr. Christian Klose

    CTO, Lipotype GmbH

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jie Jack Li, PhD

    Jie Jack Li, PhD

    Vice President, Discovery Chemistry at ChemPartner

  • Steven M. Anderson, PhD

    Steven M. Anderson, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Covance Drug Development

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Mahlios, PhD

    Josh Mahlios, PhD

    Senior Marketing Product Manager, Miltenyi Biotec

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Dave Mason, PhD

    Dave Mason, PhD

    Technical Sales Specialist, Visiopharm

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Rouba Najjar, MBA

    Rouba Najjar, MBA

    Head of US Marketing and Business Development, Products Division

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology

    Reid Olsen, PhD, Pharmacology, Head of GPCR Pharmacology

    Exscientia Ltd

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Joseph Pearson, PhD

    Joseph Pearson, PhD

    Global Product Manger, QIAGEN Digital Insights

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Professor Kevin Pfleger, MA, PhD, FBPhS

    Professor Kevin Pfleger, MA, PhD, FBPhS

    Director, Biomedical and Health Innovation, The University of Western Australia and WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub; President, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT); Head, Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia); Deputy Director & UWA Node Leader, ARC Centre for Personalised Therapeutics Technologies

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Marsha Pierce, PhD

    Marsha Pierce, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Midwestern University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Andrew Roche, PhD

    Andrew Roche, PhD

    Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT

    Cynthia Rohde, PhD, DABT

    Associate Research Fellow, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nishant Saxena, PhD

    Nishant Saxena, PhD

    Product Manager, GenScript

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Leif Schauser, PhD

    Leif Schauser, PhD

    Director, Global Product Management, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cindy Spittle

    Cindy Spittle

    VP Scientific Affairs, ICON Laboratory Services

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sarah Warren, PhD

    Sarah Warren, PhD

    Sr Director of Translational Science, NanoString Technologies

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ajay Yekkirala, PhD

    Ajay Yekkirala, PhD

    Co-Founder & CSO, Blue Therapeutics

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Vevian Zhang

    Vevian Zhang

    Product Manager, GenScript

    BIOGRAPHY

Sponsors & Partners

For information on becoming a sponsor or exhibitor, please click here.


Posters

Program Committee

To download the Program Committee brochure here.


  • Annette Gilchrist

    An Associate Professor with Midwestern University, Dr. Annette Gilchrist has a PhD in Immunology from the University of Connecticut Health Center and a MS in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut. Previously, she was with Cue Biotech and Caden Biosciences, companies she ...

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  • Matthew Flegal

    Matt entered the research field over 20 years ago as a lab animal technician at the TSI/Mason contract research facility. He has worked at both contract facilities such as TSI and OREAD Biosafety as well in industry at Pharmacia, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis. During that period he ...

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  • Martin Shaw

    Between 1994-2015 he worked at EKF Diagnostics in Wales (formerly Argutus Medical) where he introduced and promoted a wide range of novel kidney and liver tests, including important biomarkers that are now being evaluated by the IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative) and FDA as ...

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  • Matthew Shipton

    Over the past 16 years, Mr. Shipton has amassed deep domain expertise in cell-based products and services. Currently serving as President of Novabiosis, Inc. Mr. Shipton brings a skill for implementing sales-driven business strategies, an extensive track record of meeting and ...

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