Drug Discovery 2021 After the Storm: Re-connect, Re-invent, Re-imagine
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Tue 19 October
20 October
DAY 1Room 3ARoom 3BHall 1BHall 1CRoom 11B - WorkshopCareers Zone, Main Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
DAY 1Room 3ARoom 3BHall 1BHall 1CRoom 11B - WorkshopCareers Zone, Main Exhibition Hall
DAY 2
8:00 Event Registration
Early Career Professional Welcome
08:00 (45 mins)
Lisa Stott, Sosei Heptares   
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ELRIG - Annual Review - Visons & Values
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Melanie Leveridge, GSK  

ELRIG - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Guiding Principals
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Clare Viney, Vitae  

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ELRIG - Lifetime Achievement Award - A Career In Drug Discovery
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Steve Rees, AstraZeneca  
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Diagnostic Testing and Biomarkers - The New Normal? - sponsored by Ziath Ltd
Chairs: Nikki Carter, Excalibur Healthcare  Emily Adams, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Mologic   
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Chairs: John Isaac, Janssen Neuroscience  David Reynolds, AstronauTx Ltd  

Gaining a career in industry: Learning tips and tricks from the inside
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Allan Jordan, Sygnature Discovery  
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Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV2 cell entry and infectivity
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Maria Anastasina, University of Helsinki  

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Q-POCTM, a paradigm shift in rapid multiplex molecular diagnostics
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Jonathan OHalloran, QuantumDx  

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Discovery of risdiplam (evrysdi) - A medicine for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy
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Hasane Ratni , F. Hoffmam-La Roche  

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Alzheimer’s Research UK and its support for translational research.
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Sara Imarisio, ARUK  
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Functional analysis of Bartonella pathogenicity factors might contribute to novel therapeutic concepts
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Volkhard Kempf , Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main  

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A luminescent reporter cell line for authentic SARS-CoV-2 infection and neutralising antibody activity
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Nick Matheson, University of Cambridge  

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mRNA Lightning platform for the discovery of selective small molecule mRNA regulatory drugs
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Iris Alroy, Anima Biotech  

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Identification of tool compounds targeting the SRSF1-dependent nuclear export of pathological C9ORF72-repeat transcripts
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Lianne Van Beek, CRL  Tennore Ramesh, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)  
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Workshop
Chairs: Lilian Hunt, EDIS, Wellcome Trust  

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Inclusive research and experimental design
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Lilian Hunt, EDIS, Wellcome Trust  
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Targeting the human RED-SMU1 splicing complex as a basis for host-directed anti-influenza therapy
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Nadia Naffakh, Institut Pasteur, CNRS  

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Diagnostics for epidemics, pandemics and neglected tropical disease
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Emily Adams, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Mologic   

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Dynamic RNAs and Structure-Guided Small Molecule Drug Discovery
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Isaac Kimsey, Nymirum  Yang Zheng, Nymirum  

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Small molecule inhibitors of carboxylesterase Notum to potentiate Wnt signalling
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Nicky Willis, UCL DDI  
Workshop
Chairs: Anita Ramanathan, Word Cortex  

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Exceptional Science Presentations: How to Effectively Communicate the Value of Your Work
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Anita Ramanathan, Word Cortex  
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Studies of the membrane-bound pyrophosphatase as a potential drug target against protist parasites
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Keni Vidilaseris, University of Helsinki  

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EMERGING DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
14:45 (30 mins)
Alex Van Belkum, Biomeirieux  

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Small activating RNAs from concept to Phase 2 clinical trial
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Vikash Reebye  Nagy Habib , MiNA Therapeutics  

Development of eIF2B modulators for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease
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Duncan Scott, Alborada Drug Discovery Institute, Cambridge  
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Developing inhibitors that block adhesin-collagen interactions
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Dirk Linke, University of Oslo  

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Computer literate? Novel AI based reading of lateral flow devices
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Daniel Wise, Excalibur Healthcare  

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Drugging RNA Modifying Enzymes – METTL3 Inhibitors as a novel therapeutic strategy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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David Hardick, Storm Therapeutics  Konstantinos Tzelepis , The Milner Therapeutics Institute  

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Gene editing to treat expanded CAG/CTG repeat disorders
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Vincent Dion, Cardiff Dementia Research Institute  
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Inhibition of bacterial virulence as an alternative to antibiotic treatment: Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase as a target for antivirulence therapy
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Martin Everett, Antabio  

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How to build a mobile lab for genomic surveillance of viral outbreaks
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Joshua Quick, Institute of Microbiology and infection, University of Birmingham  

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X-reactivation as an approach to treating Rett Syndrome
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Jeannie Lee, Harvard  

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Novel Therapeutic Targets for Treatment of Neurodegeneration
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Paul Brennan, Oxford DDI   
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