25 June 2024
Registration opens: 8:30 am
Conference start: 9:30 am
Session 1 – 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM
| 9:45 AM | Opening Keynote Capturing covalency with fragment-based drug discovery Dan Erlanson |
| 10:30 AM | Breaking out of EcDsbA’s cryptic pocket Yildiz Tasdan, Monash University |
Networking Break
Session 2 – 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
| 11:30 AM | Invited Speaker Exploiting coenzyme A biosynthesis for antibacterial drug design using fragments Christina Spry, ANU |
| 12:00 PM | OneStep kinetics determines effect of protein modification Lauren Hartley-Tassel, Griffith University |
Networking Lunch
Session 3 – 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
| 1:30 PM | Invited Speaker Discovery of base-exchange fragments Yun Shi, Griffith University |
| 2:00 PM | Developing new chemical tools to understand the biology of fatty acid binding protein 4 Imesha Hettige, Monash University |
| 2:30 PM | Vast 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 PM | Invited Speaker The future of benchtop NMR applications Félix Torres, NexMR AG |
| 4:00 PM | Biophysical methods enable fragment-to-lead development for fatty acid binding protein 4 Indu Chandrashekaran, Monash University |
| 4:30 PM | Compounds Australia: accelerating early drug discovery through compound management Nyssa Drinkwater, Compounds Australia |
Poster Session
6:30 PM End of Day 1