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Monday, Nov 10th
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Symposium: Out-of-the-Box Approaches for Innovation
Location: 303 AB
Moderator: Shijie Cao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
Advanced Dendritic Cell Therapy: Evolution Toward a Cell-Free Approach
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Chih-Jia Chao, PharmD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Innovative Radiopharmaceutical Therapy for Metastatic Cancers
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Xiuling Lu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Structure and Dynamics of Lipid-Stabilized Amyloid Beta Aβ1–42 Oligomers
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Bo Chen, PhD – University of Central Florida College of Sciences
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Metabolite-Based Nanoparticles for Macrophage Reprogramming in Inflammatory Disease Treatment
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Ryan M. Pearson, PhD – University of Maryland Baltimore
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
New Horizons in SFC and AQbD: Faster, Greener Solutions from Development to Delivery
Location: 360 Stage #1, Exhibit Hall
Partner Presentation Speaker: Paolo Lecchi, Ph.D. – USP
Partner Presentation Speaker: Brian Domanski – Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.
Partner Presentation Speaker: Niray Bhakta, MS – The University of Texas at Arlington
Discovery and Basic Research
Sponsored By
Monday, Nov 10th
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Keynote: Drug Delivery Systems for Translational Immunotherapy
Location: 303 AB
Keynote Speaker: James J. Moon, PhD – University of Michigan
Moderator: Shijie Cao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Hot Topic: Emerging Role of Nanomaterials in Medicine
Location: 220
Hot Topic Moderator: Sudip K. Das, PhD (he/him/his) – Butler University
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CT
The Critical Role of Buffer Composition on the Performance of mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles
Location: 220
Speaker: Alexander Marras, PhD – The University of Texas At Austin
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM CT
A Predictive In Vitro Platform for Comprehensive Assessment of Lipid Nanoparticle Performance
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Chun-wan Yen, PhD – Genentech, Inc.
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CT
Engineering Hydrophobicity to Modulate Nano-Bio Interface and Tissue-Selective mRNA Delivery
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Fan Zhang, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Engineered Nano-Prodrug for Microbial Metabolites Delivery and Immune Modulation
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Shijie Cao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Rapid Fires: Out-of-the-Box Approaches for Innovation
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Moderator: Yaguang Xi, MD, Ph.D, MBA – University of Georgia
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
Tumor-Specific Radionuclide Therapy and Immunomodulation for Treating Metastatic Peritoneal Cancer
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Rama Prajapati, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Selenium-Functionalized Synthetic Glycosaminoglycans to Treat Resistance and Metastasis in Solid Tumors
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Prince AB Minkah, PharmD (he/him/his) – University of Utah, College of Pharmacy
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM CT
Bugs as Drugs: Engineered Microbes for Cancer and Vaccine Therapy
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Yu Zhang, PhD – University of Mississippi
Discovery and Basic Research
Monday, Nov 10th
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Physiologically-Based Modeling and Immunomodulatory Effects of Microbial Metabolite-Delivering Polymeric Nano-Prodrugs
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Lindsey Williams – University of Washington
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Symposium: Emerging Technology as a Game Changer in Drug Discovery
Location: 303 AB
Moderator: Juan Guan, PhD – University Of Texas At Austin
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
Circular Single-Stranded DNA-Mediated Genomic Integration
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Hao Wu, PhD – Full Circles Therapeutics
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Organoid-Derived Small Intestinal Monolayers as a Novel Lymphatic Transport Model
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Rebecca L. Carrier, Ph.D. – Northeastern University
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
GEMclear Elevates Accuracy of Spatial Proteomics for Drug Target Discovery
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Xiaoyu Shi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
The Airway Revolution: Proteins and Probiotics in Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Francesca Buttini, MPharm, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Parma
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CT
Precision Redefined: Technical Innovations in LC-Single Quadrupole Technology for Mass-Based Fraction Collection
Location: 360 Stage #2, Exhibit Hall
Partner Presentation Speaker: Maddie Roeckel – Agilent Technologies
Discovery and Basic Research
Sponsored By
Tuesday, Nov 11th
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Complex In Vitro Lung NAMs for Regulatory Safety Assessment of Inhaled Chemicals
Location: 360 Stage #3, Exhibit Hall
Partner Presentation Speaker: Mary McElroy, PhD, MBA, European Registered Toxicologist – Charles River
Discovery and Basic Research
Sponsored By
Tuesday, Nov 11th
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Keynote: Illuminating Dynamic Architecture of Living Systems to Discover Biology and Identify Therapeutics
Location: 303 AB
Keynote Speaker: Xiaokun Shu, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Moderator: Juan Guan, PhD – University Of Texas At Austin
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
LC–MS Strategies for Metabolite Identification in First-In-Human (FIH) Studies | Hybrid Bioanalysis of siRNA Antisense and Sense Strands
Location: 360 Stage #4, Exhibit Hall
Partner Presentation Speaker: Ming Yao, MS (he/him/his) – BMS
Partner Presentation Speaker: Karan Agrawal, PhD (he/him/his) – Johnson & Johnson
Discovery and Basic Research
Sponsored By
Tuesday, Nov 11th
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Rapid Fires: Emerging Technology as a Game Changer in Drug Discovery
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Moderator: Shanghao Li, PhD – WuXi AppTec
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
Targeting T-Cell Exhaustion in 3D--Patient-Derived Triple Negative Breast Cancer Organoids and PDx Mice Models Using Novel Calcium Nanoparticles
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Jemima Sani – University of Georgia
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Manifold Kernelization of Molecule's Quantum Information for AI-powered Drug Discovery
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Tonglei Li, Ph.D., FAAPS – Purdue University
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM CT
How Artificial Intelligence Can Progress Organoid Intelligence Towards New Treatments
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka, PhD – University of Mississippi
Discovery and Basic Research
Tuesday, Nov 11th
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Rational Discovery and Design of Membrane-Permeable Endolysins Against Gram-Negative Bacteria
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Sharon Shui Yee Leung, PhD (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Symposium: Advanced Basic Research as the Bedrock of Pharmaceutical Science
Location: 303 AB
Moderator: Wei Yue, PhD – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT
Targeting Glutamate Transporters in the Brain for Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Patrick T. Ronaldson, PhD, FAAPS – University of Arizona
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Advanced Fluorescence Imaging for Novel mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation Design
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Juan Guan, PhD – University Of Texas At Austin
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Enabling Oral and Parenteral Delivery of GLP-1 Peptide from Biophysical and Molecular Investigations
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Jing Ling, Ph.D. – Merck & Co., Inc.
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Targeting Protein Kinase Signaling for Ovarian Cancer
Location: 303 AB
Speaker: Lingtao Jin
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Hot Topic: Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles: An Emerging Multifaceted System
Location: 220
Hot Topic Moderator: Alekha K. Dash, PhD – Creighton University
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Bioengineering Exosomes for Tumor Targeting: How Many Can We Conquer?
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Mandip Singh Sachdeva, PhD, FAAPS – Florida A & M University
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Priming Immune-Evasive Tumors with T cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Mengying Hu, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
Engineering MSC-Derived Exosome Mimetics for Bone Regeneration
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Jiabing Fan, PhD – University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT
CRISPR-Cas9 Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Treating Genetic Hearing Loss
Location: 220
Hot Topic Speaker: Angela Shar, BS – University of Florida
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Keynote: Glaucoma Therapy: An Unmet Need
Location: 303 AB
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Opere, BPharm, MBA, PhD, FARVO – Creighton University
Moderator: Somnath Singh, PhD (he/him/his) – Creighton University
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Rapid Fires: How can we Advance Basic Research as the Bedrock of Pharmaceutical Science?
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Moderator: Prasanna A. Yakkala, PhD (he/him/his) – Ohio State University
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
Ex-Vivo Model for Analyzing Drug Transport Phenomena at the Blood-Brain-Barrier
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Alf Lamprecht, PhD – University of Bonn
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Evaluating Glycosaminoglycan Composition at the Blood-Brain Barrier
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Aric Logsdon, PhD – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM CT
Exofection via Trophoblast EVs Restores P-gp in Alzheimer’s
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Ananth Kumar Kammala, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas Medical Branch
Discovery and Basic Research
Wednesday, Nov 12th
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Indacaterol Induces Metabolic Reprogramming in Obesity
Location: 303 AB
Rapid Fire Speaker: Hebatollah Ewida, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech UniversityHSC SOP
Discovery and Basic Research