ELRIG’s German Forum
Target Innovation & Novel Screening Technologies
Free-to-attend!
Date
18 February 2025
Location
VKU, Berlin
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Event Overview
In the rapidly evolving landscape of drug discovery, the identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets are pivotal to expanding the druggable genome and tackling unmet medical needs. This forum focuses on novel targets and the cutting-edge methodologies and technological innovations that are greatly advancing the tractable target space. The forum will bring together leading academic and industry experts to reflect on the latest approaches, opportunities and challenges to exploit historically challenging and novel target classes using state-of-the-art methodologies.
In partnership with:
Science Committee
Forum Directors
Susanne Müller-Knapp
Saman Honarnejad
Speakers
Martin Schroeder
Novartis
Katharina Duerr
OMass Therapeutics Ltd
Research professional with ten years of experience leading teams in academic and industrial settings, focused on protein expression and purification in the field of structural biology, biophysics and small molecule drug discovery and key expertise with challenging membrane proteins.
Research field:
Protein Sciences & Structural Biology in Small Molecule Drug Discovery
Education and former professional experience:
Former positions:
- Principal Investigator for Membrane Protein Structural Biology at the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, UK (2016-2020)
- Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland OR, USA (2010-2016)
Funded by EMBO Long-Term and NIH NRSA F32 Fellowships
2009 PhD summa cum laude (Biophysical Chemistry) Technical University of Berlin
2003 Diplom (Biochemistry) with Distinction Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Marc Nazare
FMP
Hauke Cornils
Evotec
Lukas Friedrich
Merck Healthcare Kgaa
Kamyar Hadian
Helmholtz Munich
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