CONFERENCE DAY TWO

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8:00 am Morning Coffee

8:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Jun Qi Assistant Professor – Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Exploring the Versatility of Induced Proximity Drugs in Post Translational Modifications Offering Novel Opportunities for Therapeutic Intervention

9:00 am PHICS: Pioneering Precision in Protein Phosphorylation Modulation

9:30 am Developing Induced Proximity Drugs with ADCs to Demonstrate Improved Potency & Selectivity Profiles

10:00 am Application of Technology Platforms for Mechanism of Action Discovery

  • Heidi Greulich Senior Group Leader, The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

10:30 am Leveraging Chimeric Ligands for Induced Proximity to Expand the Paradigm of Druggable Targets, Including Post-Translationally Modified Proteins

11:00 am Morning Networking Break & Scientific Poster Session

Expanding Targeted Protein Degradation Beyond PROTACs with Unique Mechanisms of Action to Unlock Novel Druggable Targets

12:00 pm Showcasing the EpiTAC Platform to Optimizing the Clearance of Membrane & Extracellular Targets

  • Lisa Marshall Associate Director & Head of Platform Biology, EpiBiologics

12:30 pm Reviewing the Induced Proximity Landscape to Spark Novel & Continued Opportunities for Therapeutic Intervention

1:00 pm Round Table: Overcoming Challenges in Structural profiling to Reveal Ternary Complexes & Elucidate the Mechanisms of Action of Novel Induced Proximity Modalities

  • Lokesh Gakhar Senior Director & Head Of Structural Biology & Protein Sciences, PAQ Therapeutics

1:30 pm Networking Lunch Break

Examining Pre-Clinical & Translational Cases to Inform the Strategy for Progressing Emerging Induced Proximity Compunds into the Clinic

2:30 pm Unlocking GPCRs & Ion Channels to Antibody Pharmacology via Chemically Induced Proximity

3:00 pm Leveraging Cryo-EM & AI for Discovery of Molecular Glues

3:30 pm Advancing Small Molecules Targeting Autophagy Receptors into Preclinical Development to Address Unmet Patient Need in CNS Diseases

4:00 pm Chairs Closing Remarks & End of 4th Annual Induced Proximity Drug Discovery Summit