Speakers and Papers

  • Mazin Magzoub, NYUAD

  • Andrew Hamilton, NYU — Keynote

  • Sunil Kumar, University of Denver

  • Lawrence Banks, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

  • Steven Ballet, VUB Brussels
    "Development of Generic G Protein Peptidomimetics Able to Stabilize Active State Gs and Gq Protein-Coupled Receptors for Application in Drug Discovery"

  • Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, NYUAD
    "Cross-Domain Training of a Large Language Model for Natural Languages and Protein Sequences"

  • Shahid Mukhta, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    "Network Biology Framework to Elucidates Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis"

  • Bushra Dohai, Helmholtz Center
    "Network organization of genetic susceptibility to disease"

  • Alan Healy, NYUAD
    "A new era in Natural Product Drug Discovery"

  • Alex Aliper, Insilico Medicine
    "Generative AI and next-generation robotics for drug discovery and longevity research"

  • Jean-Claude Twizere, University of Liege
    "Towards identification of pan-viruses targets and broad-spectrum antivirals"

  • Oleksandr Volkov, VUB Brussels
    "When chemistry meets biology: a travel to the protein multiverse"

  • Dhiraj Kumar, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
    "Innate immune mechanisms in tuberculosis pathogenesis"

  • Pawan Malhotra, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
    "Unravelling and targeting Plasmodium falciparum merozoite invasion of human RBCs"

  • Ali Trabolsi, NYUAD
    "Smart Materials for Personalized Medicine"

  • Fabio Piano, NYU, NYUAD — Keynote

  • Luisa De Cola, University of Milan
    "Hybrid nanomaterials and their targeting delivery"

  • Natasa Skoko, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

  • Piergiorgio Percipalle, NYUAD
    "Combining nanobody technology, RNA therapeutics and lipid nanoparticles to design novel anti corona virus inhibitors"

  • Luca Braga, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
    "Functional miRNA screenings for the development of miRNA based therapies for Idiopatic Pulmonaruy Fibrosis"

  • Fabrizio D'Adda di Fagagna, IFOM
    "RNA therapeutics in cancer and age-related disorders"

  • Cristina Cardoso, TU Darmstadt
    "The art of delivery: labeling and manipulating intracellular targets"

  • Chayma El Khamlichi, Technology Innovation Institute
    "Nanobodies: Revolutionizing Targeted Therapeutics in Drug Discovery"

  • Heinrich Leonhardt, LMU München
    "Development of new antibody reagents for cancer therapy"

  • Wael Rabeh, NYUAD
    "Enzymes' Allosteric Sites in Drug Discovery and Design"

  • Horacio Perez-Sanchez, UCAM
    "Computational chemistry, AI and High Performance Computing for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds and repurpose of FDA approved drugs"

  • You Hee Cho, CHA University
    "Phage-inspired antibacterials"

  • Richard Hodge, PLoS Biology
    "Inside the Black Box: a Look Behind the Scenes of Scientific Publishing"

  • Ryan Young, Technology Innovation Institute
    "Chemistry from Extreme Environments"

  • Yasir Raouf, UAE University
    "Covalent HDAC Inhibitor against Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy"