Advancing the science of drug discovery

Date: April 15-19, 2007
13th Annual Conference & Exhibition,Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada
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Advancing the science of drug discovery

Montréal, one of Canada’s most vibrant and beautiful cities, provides an idyllic setting for the Society of Biomolecular Sciences’ 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition. The 2007 scientific program encompasses many of the core themes from previous SBS conferences, including target biology and screening strategies, as well as new instrumentation and technologies. Additional core sessions will focus on challenges and automation solutions to compound management, high-throughput screening using native cells, and novel approaches to functional target validation.

Conference overview

Sunday, April 15

7:00am – 5:00pm: Registration

8:00am – 5:00pm: SBS Committee Meetings (SBS Committee Members only)

8:30am – 5:00pm: Short Courses

• ADME
• Automated Molecular Assays for Drug Discovery: A Toolbox Approach to Selecting an Appropriate Assay Technology
• Establishing Cell-Based Assays for Drug Discovery
• Establishing, Maintaining and Using a Compound Library for Drug Discovery
• Imaging & Automated Microscopy for Cell-Based Assays in Drug Discovery: High-Content Screening (HCS)
• Statistics for In Vitro Assays in Drug Discovery
• Using RNAi in Drug Discovery

9:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 4:30pm

Workshops by:

• Hamilton Company
• PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences
• Promega Corporation (with Deerac Fluidics & Labcyte, Inc.)
• Cisbio international

Monday, April 16

7:00am – 6:30pm: Registration

8:00am – 8:45am: Tutorial Program I

9:00am – 9:45am: Tutorials Program II

10:00am – 12:00pm: Opening remarks & annual SBS update

• Al Kolb

Keynote Speakers:

• Eugene Butcher
• Julian Davies

12:00pm – 6:00pm: Visit exhibits and poster viewing

12:00pm – 3:00pm: Lunch, Poster session I, visit exhibits

1:00pm – 1:45pm: JBS writer’s workshop

1:00pm – 2:30pm: Special Interest Group

• Automation Quality Control

3:00pm – 5:30pm: Concurrent sessions

• Immunotherapeutics, Monoclonal Antibodies and Translational Medicine
• Advances in Screening Technologies Part I
• Development & Use of Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacoproteomics for Patient Tailored Therapy & Drug Discovery: Opportunities at the Bedside

5:20pm – 6:05pm: Tutorial program III (tentative)

6:00pm – 6:45pm: New member reception (by invitation only)

7:30pm – 9:30pm: SBS welcome/networking reception

Tuesday, April 17

7:00am – 6:00pm: Registration

8:00am – 8:45am: Tutorial program IV

9:00am – 12:00pm: Concurrent sessions

• Compound Management: Challenges & Automation Solutions
• Systems Biology & High-Throughput Approaches to Screening Native Cells
• Toxicity Profiling Using High-Throughput & High-Content Technologies, Part I

10:00am – 4:00pm: Visit exhibits and poster viewing

12:00pm – 1:30pm: Lunch, poster session II and visit exhibits

1:00pm – 2:30pm: Special Interest Groups

• Data & Image Analysis
• Microplate Standards

2:45pm – 4:15pm: Special Interest Groups

• ADMET
• Sample Management

3:00pm – 4:00pm: Poster reception/coffee and dessert

Wednesday, April 18

7:00am – 6:30pm: Registration

8:00am – 8:45am: Tutorial Program V

9:00am – 11:25pm: Concurrent Sessions

• High-Content Cellular Screening, Part I
• From Gene to Target: Functional Target Validation Strategies
• Structural Biology: Underpinning Drug Discovery

10:00am – 6:00pm: Visit exhibits and poster viewing

11:30am – 1:00pm: Lunch, poster session III and visit exhibits

12:30pm – 2:00pm: Special Interest Groups

• Academic Outreach
• Screen Design & Assay Technology

2:00pm – 4:25pm: Concurrent sessions

• High-Content Cellular Screening, Part II
• Advances in Screening Technologies, Part II
• Toxicity Profiling Using High-Throughput and

High-Content Technologies, Part II

4:30pm – 6:00pm: Evening event

Exhibit hall closing Grand Finale – Palais des Congrès

Thursday, April 19

7:00am – 3:00pm: Registration

8:30am – 11:30am: Concurrent discussion sessions:

• Biochemical vs. Cell-based Screening: Where is the Black Box?
• GPCRs: Novel Pursuits of a Classic Target Family
• Advances in Screening (Part III)

11:50am – 1:00pm: Lunch during Point/Counterpoint Discussion

Speakers:

• Mel Reichman
• Chris Lipinski

1:00pm – 2:20pm: Award lecture series

2:30pm – 3:15pm: Closing Keynote: Larry Gold

3:15pm – 3:30pm: Closing Remarks:

• Al Kolb – Outgoing SBS President
• Ricardo Macarron – Incoming SBS president