26 June 2024


Session 5 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM 

9:30 AMInvited Speaker
The discovery of selective USP7 inhibitors
Ben Davis, Vernalis
10:00 AMAccelerating hit-to-lead discovery: approaches to improve off-rate screening by surface plasmon resonance
Jason Pun, Monash University
10:30 AMDiscovery of novel calcium-sensing receptor allosteric modulators using fragment-based drug design approaches
Gilbert Song, Monash University

Networking Break


Session 6 – 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM 

11:30 AMInvited Speaker
Animal venom peptides as proxies for function in screening of deconstructed ion channels
Mehdi Mobli, The University of Queensland
12:00 PMStructural determination of human P2X7 ion channel receptor using cryoEM
Xuefei Jing, The University of Sydney

Networking Lunch


Session 7 – 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

1:30 PMInvited Speaker
Crystal clear insights: automation in fragment screening crystallography
Dr Kate Smith, Paul Scherrer Institut
2:00 PMInvited Speaker
Establishing high throughput crystallisation labs with fragment screening capabilities
Dr Roxanne Smith, The University of Melbourne
2:30 PMDevelopment of a fragment screening platform at the Australian Synchrotron
Gautham Balaji, Monash University/ANSTO
2:50 PMFragment-based drug discovery at the Australian Synchrotron
Yogesh Khandokar, ANSTO – Australian Synchrotron
3:10 PMQ&A session on crystallography

Networking Break


Session 8 – 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

4:00 PMFinding patentable chemical space in FBDD
James Burnley, Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
4:30 PMFunding Opportunities – Panel Discussion
TIA, Med-Chem Australia, CUREator, BioCurate, Phillip Ormond Fitzpatrick

Conference Dinner at Customs House