Seminars

John A. McCauley, Ph.D., Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Merck
Dual Plasmepsin IX/X Inhibitors: An Antimalarial Drug Discovery Collaboration

Hong Li, Director, Center for Advanced Proteomics, Department of Microbiology & Biochemistry, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences
How to Partner with Proteomics/MS Cores to Advance your Basic and Translational Research Goals?

Silvana Andreescu, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University
Pushing the Boundaries of Biomolecular Sensing: Concept, Design and Applications in Biology and Medicine

Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Engineering Iron Enzymes to Reprogram Biological Signaling and Chemical Catalysis

Dr. Rumin Zhang, VP, Head of Biochemistry, Volastra Therapeutics
Evolution of the HIV Treatment Landscape

Dr. Mikołaj Zaborowski, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Circles in a Bubble – Exploring the Diagnostic Potential of CircRNAs from Extracellular Vesicles in Ovarian Cancer

Dr. Rick Monsma, Senior Vice President, Scientific Operations, New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, New York, NY
The New York Stem Cell Foundation: Leveraging Stem Cell Technologies to Advance Disease Treatments, Regenerative Medicine and Bioengineering

Dr. Rudi Fasan, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Biocatalysts for New-to-Nature Reactions: Engineered Carbene Transferases for Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation

Dr. Simarna Kaur, Associate Director, World Without Disease Accelerator, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson
Inflamm-Aging in Skin: Evaluating the Mechanisms of Action and Functional Impact

Dr. Sunny Choe, Sr. Medical Scientist, HIV Medical Affairs, Gilead Sciences, Inc
Evolution of the HIV Treatment Landscape

Dr. Jinrui Xu, Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Yale University
Using Genomic Data to Discover Gene Pathogenicity Guided by Evolutionary Analyses

Dr. Adam Weinglass, Executive Director, Screening & Compound Profiling/Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co. and Dr. Andrea Peier, Senior Director, Screening & Compound Profiling/Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co.
Accelerating Early Drug Discovery with High-Throughput Screening (HTS) & Hit-to-Lead Using a Refreshed Biochemical & Cellular Toolbox

Dr. Shibiao Wan, Research Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Machine Learning for Processing Large-Scale Biological Data

Dr. Shenglong Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology
Development of Next Generation Mass Spectrometry-Based De Novo RNA Sequencing For All Modifications

Dr. Isra Hassan, Senior Scientist, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Asymmetric Lactam Synthesis with a Monomeric Streptavidin Artificial Metalloenzyme

Dr. Yana Bromberg, Senior Scientist, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Microbiome Functionality as a Signature of the Environmental Conditions

Dr. Yingkai Zhang, Professor, Department of Chemistry, New York University
Integrating Machine Learning and Molecular Modeling for Drug Design

Professor Gary Martin, Adjunct Faculty, Stevens Institute of Technology
Getting Published: The View from an Editor’s Perspective

Dr. Michael P. Vergi, Associate Professor of Genetics, Rutgers University
Epigenomic Approaches to Deciphering Gastrointestinal Health and SARS-CoV-2-Related Gene Regulation

Dr. Ibarrola Recalde, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
The Effects of Implementing Evidence-Based Pedagogies on Student Performance in a General Chemistry Course

Dr. Benjamin Tycko, HMH Center for Discovery and Innovation & School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
Cancer-Focused Applications Of Epigenome Mapping And Epigenetically Acting Drugs

Dr. Jounghyun Helen Lee, Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University
Emulating Early Atherosclerosis in a Vascular Microphysiological System Using Branched Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels