The 2008 Society for Biomolecular Sciences Annual Conference & Exhibition, themed Research Productivity: Quality Tools, Leads & Candidates, scheduled for April 6-10 in St. Louis, Mo., offers technical sessions covering a diversity of disciplines and a forum to discuss and influence key advances in the science of drug discovery. Participants can share challenges, insights, techniques, and ideas face-to-face with their colleagues and peers from every facet of drug discovery.
Sessions include:
- Disease Focus: Discovery of Novel Approaches for CNS Disorders
- Phonotypic vs. Mechanistic Screening: Primary Cells and Drug Cells in Drug Discovery
- Hit Identification in the Next Decade
- Disease Focus: Development of Small Molecule Anti-cancer Agents
- Access to Novel Targets Through HCS and Innovative Technologies
- Screening in the Public Sector: HTS a NIH and Academic Facilities
- Compound Management: Sample Integrity
- AEDMET in Compound Prioritization and Advancement
- Label-free Detection in HTS and Lead Validation
- Novel Modulators for Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases
- Structural Biology in Lead Optimization
- Library Design, Synthesis and Productivity: Exploration of Chemical Space
- Knowledge Management: Data Analysis to Support Drug Discovery
- Accessing the Tractability of Difficult Targets
- Cells and Proteins in Drug Discovery
Short Courses:
- Automated Assays for Drug Discovery: A Toolbox Approach to Selecting an Appropriate Assay Technology Establishing Cell-based Assays for Drug Discovery
- Imaging & Automated Microscopy for Cell-based Assays in Drug Discovery: High-Content Screening (HSC
- In Vitro ADME Screening: Basic Concepts & Practical Methods
- The Pharmaceutical Scientist’s Guide to Solution Kinetic Models: Mathematical Description & Applications
- Plate-Based Label-Free Biosensors for Drug Discovery: A Whole New World
- Statistical Methods for In Vitro Assays in Drug Discovery
For complete program details, visit the SBS event Web site.
Exhibits:
More than 190 companies will display new technologies and processes for all aspects of drug discovery in the exhibit hall. The Pioneering Plaza is a dedicated area of the exhibit hall spotlighting new companies and those new to SBS.
Monday, April 7: 12:20 pm – 6:30 pm
Tuesday, April 8: 10 am – 5 pm
Wednesday, April 9: 10 am – 4 pm
Poster Sessions:
Sunday, April 6: 7 pm – 9 pm
Monday, April 7: 12:20 pm – 6:30 pm
Tuesday, April 8: 10 am – 5 pm
Wednesday, April 9: 10 am – 4 pm
