Symposium
“AI and Machine Learning in Drug Discovery”
Organized by the Medicinal Chemistry Section
of the Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society
Sponsored By
Thursday – December 7th, 2023
Novartis Cambridge
220 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
3:00 pm – Welcome
Raj Rajur, Medicinal Chemistry Program Chair
CreaGen, Woburn, MA
3:10 pm – Introductory Remarks (Moderator)
Muneto Mogi, Lauren Monovich, Jose Duca
Novartis, Cambridge, MA
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm – Mike Fortunato, Ph.D.
Novartis, Cambridge, MA
Title: “AI/ML for drug design: Democratizing design of synthesizable virtual compounds”
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm – Leela Dodda, Ph.D.
Nimbus Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Title: “Rapid identification of HPGD inhibitors using physics-based machine learning methods”
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm – Break
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm – Taylor Quinn, Ph.D.
AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA
Title: “Accelerated discovery of a carbamate scaffold Cbl-b inhibitor using generative models and structure-based drug design”
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm – Pat Walters, Ph.D.
Relay Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Title: “There’s no free lunch, but you can get a discount – applying active learning in drug discovery”
6:30 pm – 6:40 pm – Thank you by Sonja Strah-Pleynet, NESACS outgoing Chair.
6:40 pm – 7:00 pm – Social hour and networking
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Dinner
Organizing Committee:
Mark Ashwell; Scott Edmondson; Brian Aquila; Blaise Lippa; Andrew Scholte; Peter Fuller; Michelle Lamb; Sara_Buhrlage; Yun Ding; Adrian Hobson; Paul Scola; Paul Greenspan; Lauren Monovich. Raj Rajur
NESACS BOARD MEETING
The Board Meeting will be held from 4:30-5:30 PM.
PUBLIC IS INVITED
YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM: THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE
TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM, DINNER RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. PUBLIC IS INVITED
Registration and Dinner Reservations should be made no later than 11:30 PM, Friday, December 1st, 2023. Reservations are to be made using Eventbrite: https://NESACS-AI-medchem2023.eventbrite.com
- Members, $30; Non-members, $35; Retirees, $20; Students, $10.
- If you wish to join us for this meeting and not eat dinner, please select “Seminar only”.
Directions and Parking information
Please use Google Maps: 220 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Massachusetts 02139.
MBTA: closest stop is Central Square on the Red Line. No discounted parking is available.
Registration or other questions? Please contact: Dr. Lauren Monovich lauren.monovich@novartis.com or Raj Rajur rrajur@creageninc.com
