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SELECTBIO Conferences Drug Discovery India 2016

Drug Discovery India 2016 Agenda



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Antibodies and Antibody Drug Conjugates | Drug Discovery India 2016 | 

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Thursday, 29 September 2016


Draft Agenda- Subject to Change

08:00

Registration

09:00

Inauguration

09:20

Rathnam ChaguturuConference Chair

Welcome Address
Rathnam Chaguturu, CEO, Innovation Czar-iDDPartners, United States of America

09:40

V NagarajaKeynote Presentation

Inaugural Talk- Targeting Topology Modulators to Counter Resurgent Tuberculosis
V Nagaraja, President, JNCASR, India

10:10

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area


Session I: Chemical Biology Approaches in Drug Discovery / Session Chair: Dr Divakar Goli

10:40

Siddhartha RoyKeynote Presentation

Development of Peptide-based Synthetic Transcription Factors as Peptide Therapeutics
Siddhartha Roy, Former-Director, IICB; Director, Bose Institute, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India

11:10

Discovery of Novel Dual ATP-Competitive Inhibitors of DNA Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV inspired by Marine Natural Compounds
Danijel Kikelj, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

11:30

Lysine Acetylation and Arginine Methylation of Histones are critical for Neural Differentiation and Memory: Probed by Small Molecule Modulators
Tapas Kundu, Professor, JNCASR, India

11:50

System Biology Approaches in Drug Discovery
Nagasuma Chandra, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, India

12:10

Polyphenols for HIV Prophylaxis: A Journey from Discovery to Delivery
Vandana Patravale, Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, India

This talk will discuss about potential of polyphenols as gp120-CD4 binding inhibitors for prevention of HIV transmission.

12:30

Beckman CoulterTechnology Spotlight:
Advanced Flow Cytometry Solutions and Particle Counting & Characterization in Addressing Your Essential Research Needs
Amitav Mohanty, Manager Market Development, Beckman Coulter, India
Ramanuj Samal, Application Specialist, Beckman Coulter India Pvt Ltd, India

12:45

Lunch Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area


Session II: From Natural Products to Drug Candidates / Session Chair: Dr C S Shastry

13:30

Drugs from Nature, Drugs from our Ancestors - Tradition to Evidence based Medicines
Pulok K Mukherjee, Director- School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University, India

13:50

Bhushan PatwardhanKeynote Presentation

Drug and Formulation Discovery: Emerging Opportunities from Phytopharmaceuticals
Bhushan Patwardhan, Professor & Director- ISHS, University of Pune, India

14:20

Formulation Development of Herbal Products to get Better Botanical Drug Product
Lal Hingorani, Chairman/ Managing Director, Pharmanza Herbal Pvt. Ltd, India

14:40

Ayurvedic Nootropics for Enhanced Cognition and Protection from Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ashwini Godbole, Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), India

15:00

Mining of Traditional Medicine for Drug Discovery and Development
Ashwinikumar Raut, Director, Clinical Research & Integrative Medicine, Kasturba Health Society - Medical Research Centre, India

15:20

Marketing Indian Traditional and Folk medicines and Practices : Need of the Hour
M Arulpitchai Narayanan, Chairman, Arma Medical Foundation, India

15:40

Panel Discussion : Traditional Medicines for Modern time: Challenges

16:10

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area


Plenary Talk

16:40

Skype Talk: Contradiction of Precision Medicine Drugs
Stephen Naylor, Chairman & CEO, MaiHealth Inc & ReNeuroGen LLC , United States of America


Session III: Novel Strategies for Cancer Treatment- I / Session Chair: Dr Vijay Potluri

17:00

Engineering Reversal of Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells
Shantanu Chowdhury, Professor, CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India

17:20

Targeting Cancer at the Nuclear Pore
Asfar Azmi, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, United States of America

17:40

Combining Selectivity and Sensitivity for High Confidence Targeted Peptide Quantitation at Low Levels
Russell Watts, Director - Business Development & Marketing, , EMEAI, AB Sciex, United Kingdom

18:00

End of First Day of Conference

Friday, 30 September 2016


Plenary Talk

09:30

Rakesh  KumarKeynote Presentation

Targeting Chromatin Remodeling and Bromodomain in Cancer
Rakesh Kumar, Distinguished Professor and National Chair in Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, India


Session IV: Novel Strategies for Cancer Treatment- II / Session Chair Dr Siddhartha Roy

10:30

Ajay RanaKeynote Presentation

Mechanism Based Repurposing of Neurodegenerative Disease Drugs for Breast Cancer Treatment
Ajay Rana, Endowed Professor & Director of Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America

10:50

Synthesis, Characterization, DNA binding, Anti-Bacterial activity and DFT Calculation of [Ru(Phen)2OHA] and [Co(Phen)2OHA]ClO4 Complexes
Fahmida Khan, Professor & Head, National Institute of Technology, India

11:00

Predicting Clinical Response to Anticancer Drugs using an Ex Vivo Platform that Captures Patient Tumor Microenvironment
Ajith Kamath, Executive Director, Mitra Biotech, India

11:25

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area

11:40

AB SciexTechnology Spotlight:
SCIEX & Danaher – Your Partner in Pharmaceutical Analysis
Russell Watts, Director - Business Development & Marketing, , EMEAI, AB Sciex


Session V: Therapies for Infectious & Neglected Tropical Diseases (Session Chair: Dr Saumitra Das, IISc)

11:55

Host Pathogen Interaction in Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection: From Bench to Bedside
Anirban Basu, Senior Scientist, National Brain Research Center, India

12:15

Novel Drugs for Neglected Diseases
Utpal Tatu, Professor, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

12:35

New Class of Glycopeptide Antibiotics: Strategies to Combat Acquired and Intrinsic Bacterial Resistance
Jayanta Haldar, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

12:55

A Possible Strategy to Develop New Inhibitors of Arginase in Helicobacter Gastric Pathogens
Apurba Sau, Scientist, National Institute of Immunology, India

13:15

Identification of Potential Drug Molecules for Melioidosis Treatment
Thomas Antony, Research Director, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, India

13:35

Poster Viewing

13:45

Lunch Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area


Session VI: Nutraceuticals- An Emerging Paradigm of Drug Discovery / Session Chair: Dr Ashwinikumar Raut

14:35

Atherosclerosis: Molecular Mechanisms, Current and Emerging Therapies, and the Potential Of Nutraceuticals In the Prevention/Treatment of this Disease
Dipak Ramji, Professor, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

14:55

Nutraceuticals as Antiobesogenic Lead Molecules
Suman Kapur, Senior Professor & Head , Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

15:15

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Area


SESSION VII: Current Enabling Technologies for Accelerated Drug Discovery / Session Chair: Dr Dipak Ramji

15:30

Monitoring Biological Methylation and its Role in Human Health
Said A Goueli, Clinical Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Promega Corporation, United States of America

15:50

Stem Cell and Gene Editing in Drug Discovery
Saumya Pant, Associate Research Director, Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb India Pvt Ltd, India

16:10

Applications of Centrifugation & Automation Technology in Drug Discovery
Billy Asir, Product Specialist, Beckman Coulter India Pvt Ltd, India
Kalpesh Patil, , Beckman Coulter India Pvt Ltd, India

16:30

Panel Discussion: Drug Discovery and ADC - A Pharma & Biotech Perspective

17:10

Poster Award Presentation

17:15

Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks

17:20

End of Conference


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