25 June 2024

Registration opens: 8:30 am
Conference start: 9:30 am


Session 1 – 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM 

9:45 AMOpening Keynote
Capturing covalency with fragment-based drug discovery
Dan Erlanson
10:30 AMBreaking out of EcDsbA’s cryptic pocket
Yildiz Tasdan, Monash University

Networking Break


Session 2 – 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM 

11:30 AMInvited Speaker
Exploiting coenzyme A biosynthesis for antibacterial drug design using fragments
Christina Spry, ANU
12:00 PMOneStep kinetics determines effect of protein modification
Lauren Hartley-Tassel, Griffith University

Networking Lunch


Session 3 – 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM

1:30 PMInvited Speaker
Discovery of base-exchange fragments
Yun Shi, Griffith University
2:00 PMDeveloping new chemical tools to understand the biology of fatty acid binding protein 4
Imesha Hettige, Monash University
2:30 PMVast BioScience Fragment-Based Drug Discovery towards novel purinergic receptor inhibitor
Bill Chan, The University of Sydney

Networking Break


Session 4 – 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM

3:30 PMInvited Speaker
The future of benchtop NMR applications
Félix Torres, NexMR AG
4:00 PMBiophysical methods enable fragment-to-lead development for fatty acid binding protein 4
Indu Chandrashekaran, Monash University
4:30 PMCompounds Australia: accelerating early drug discovery through compound management
Nyssa Drinkwater, Compounds Australia

Poster Session


6:30 PM End of Day 1