The CBT Symposium, held on September 25, brought together leading chemical biologists who are pioneering new synthetic approaches to investigate challenging questions in biology and molecular medicine.
Hosted by the Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics at St. Jude, the symposium offered a broad survey of major advances being made at the interface of chemistry and biology with presentations spanning structure-guided design of smart therapeutics, small molecule-based microarrays and novel chemical library designs, chemical dissection of cell differentiation and death programs, systems-level chemical informatics, and mechanistically informed clinical trials. Beyond present frontiers, the 2020 CBT Symposium explored emerging questions in biomedical sciences that can be uniquely answered by chemical and computational approaches.
![Ivet Bahar](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_1616845513/par-1/cnt_image_289405881.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542347154.jpg)
Ivet Bahar
University of Pittsburgh
UP Drug Discovery Institute
![Philip Chamberlain](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpeg/1598542353420.jpeg)
Philip Chamberlain
![James Chen](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542359545.jpg)
James Chen
Stanford University
![Tarun Kapoor](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_705366426/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542366466.jpg)
Tarun Kapoor
The Rockefeller University
![Angela Koehler](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_834089128/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_491085560.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542374075.jpg)
Angela Koehler
MIT Biological Engineering
![Jun Liu](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1074171491/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpeg/1598542380122.jpeg)
Jun Liu
Johns Hopkins University
![Shaomeng Wang](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_34730787/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.png/1598542388661.png)
Shaomeng Wang
University of Michigan
![Scott Blanchard](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_1050700889/par-1/cnt_image_289405881.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542396203.jpg)
Scott C. Blanchard
![Taosheng Chen](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_962669706/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542404098.jpg)
Taosheng Chen
![Marcus Fischer](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_807155465/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542410460.jpg)
Marcus Fischer
![Richard E. Lee](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_114632200/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542416743.jpg)
Richard E. Lee
![Tudor Moldoveanu](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_971012417/par-1/cnt_image_289405881.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542424198.jpg)
Tudor Moldoveanu
![Philip Potter](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1278178695/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542430254.jpg)
Philip M. Potter
![Zoran Rankovic](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_560507344/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542436468.jpg)
Zoran Rankovic
![Anang Shelat](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_766502514/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy_1346870659/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542490629.jpg)
Anang Shelat
Time | Event |
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8:45 - 9:00 am | Log in |
9:00 - 9:15 am | Dr. Aseem Ansari Opening Remarks |
Session 1 | |
9:20 - 9:35 am | Dr. Scott Blanchard Bridging the Gap Between Biomolecular Structure and Function Through Single-Molecule Imaging |
9:40 - 9:55 am | Dr. Richard Lee Antibiotic Discovery at St. Jude |
10:00 - 10:25 am | Dr. Jun Liu Rapamycin-Inspired Macrocycles as Novel Chemical Probes and Drug Leads |
10:30 - 10:40 am | Break |
10:40 - 11:05 am | Dr. Angela Koehler Attenuating Oncogenic Transcription with Small Molecules |
11:10 - 11:25 am | Dr. Taosheng Chen Chemical Transcription Modulators of Promiscuous Xenobiotic Receptors |
11:30 - 11:55 am | Dr. Shaomeng Wang Induced Protein Degradation as a Therapeutic Strategy |
12:00 - 1:00 pm | Break |
Session 2 | |
1:00 - 1:15 pm | Dr. Marcus Fischer Bridge Over Troubled Water Networks – Binding and Garfunkel |
1:20 - 1:45 pm | Dr. Ivet Bahar Network Models in Biology: From Molecular Machinery to Chromosomal Dynamics, to Systems Pharmacology |
1:50 - 2:05 pm | Break |
2:05 - 2:10 pm | Dr. Aseem Ansari Introduction of Dr. Tommaso Cupido |
2:10 - 2:15 pm | Dr. Tommaso Cupido Introduction of Dr. Tarun Kapoor and Dr. James Chen |
2:15 - 2:40 pm | Dr. Tarun Kapoor Chemical Biology of Drug Resistance |
2:45 - 3:10 pm | Dr. James Chen Targeting Colorectal Cancer with Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Inhibitors |
3:15 - 3:30 pm | Break |
3:30 - 3:45 pm | Dr. Zoran Rankovic Targeted Protein Degradation Platform |
3:50 - 4:15 pm | Dr. Phil Chamberlain History and Future of Thalidomide Analogs in Human Health |
4:20 - 4:55 pm | Dr. Anang Shelat and Dr. Phil Potter Bromodomain-Selective BETi as Pediatric Anticancer Agents |
5:00 - 5:15 pm | Dr. Tudor Moldoveanu Probing the Mechanism of Mitochondrial Apoptosis Initiation |
5:20 - 5:30 pm | Dr. Aseem Ansari Closing Remarks |
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Held on Thursday, September 24, 2020
Transcription Therapy Symposium
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The Transcription Therapy Symposium, held on Thursday, September 24, 2020, is a partner event under the overarching theme of Bringing Chemistry to Medicine. This preceding symposium covered scientific advances in chromatin and gene regulation, transcription-targeted therapeutics and more.
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Speakers
![Aseem Ansari](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598458189029.jpg)
Aseem Ansari
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
![Bobby Arora](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy/par-1/cnt_image_289405881__1100942748.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542505342.jpg)
Paramjit (Bobby) Arora
New York University
![Stephen Frye](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_copy/par-1/cnt_image_649572642__428349533.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542512419.jpg)
Stephen Frye
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
![Nathaneal Gray](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812822867/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542519527.jpg)
Nathanael S. Gray
Stanford University
![Anna Mapp](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542525765.jpg)
Anna Mapp
University of Michigan
![Tom Muir](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812_2026476004/par-1/cnt_image_649572642_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542532276.jpg)
Tom Muir
Princeton University
![Charles W.M. Roberts](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812_1910726108/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542539545.jpg)
Charles W.M. Roberts
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
![Joanna Wysocka](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812_1666404466/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542545743.jpg)
Joanna Wysocka
Stanford University
![Richard Young](/content/sites/www/en_US/home/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/chemical-biology-and-therapeutics-symposium/jcr:content/par-1/cnt_row_copy_copy_co_1634641096/par-1/cnt_column_copy_1812_463794724/par-1/cnt_image_289405881_.img.16.medium.jpg/1598542553063.jpg)
Richard A. Young
Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology