JCUP XII is scheduled for September 12-13, 2024, at the Station Conference Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan.
JCUP is OpenEye’s annual Japanese science meeting. An offshoot of our CUP meeting held in Santa Fe, NM, USA., this event aims to bring together our users in Japan with other leading scientists both inside and outside of OpenEye to discuss the challenges of drug discovery.
Benefits from attending JCUP
- Cutting-Edge Research Presentations: Leading scientists and researchers in drug discovery will present their latest advancements, techniques, and research.
- Networking Opportunities: Japanese users of OpenEye software can connect with industry professionals. JCUP offers current and new users’ opportunities for networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
- Workshops Sessions: Attendees can enhance skills, learn new tools, and explore practical applications of OpenEye software through (optional) hands-on workshops.
- Poster Sessions: Engage with cutting-edge research through poster presentations. Scientists and students showcase and discuss their work. It’s a chance to explore diverse topics and discover emerging trends.
- Industry Insights: Talks by industry leaders provide insights into challenges, trends, and best practices. Whether it’s computational chemistry, molecular modeling, or drug design, these sessions offer valuable perspectives.
Registration
(Direct registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/925967041347?aff=oddtdtcreator)
Venue Information
Station Conference Tokyo (https://www.tstc.jp/tokyo/access.html)
2 minutes walk from JR Tokyo station (Yaesu North Exit)
Agenda
Presentations from leading scientists including:
- Kim Sharp (University of Pennsylvania) – "Potency isn’t everything: Glucokinase Activators drugs for Type 2 Diabetes"
- Georgia McGaughey (Trilligant, LLC) – "Is AI capable of real-world drug discovery? Lessons from my career"
- Katrina Lexa (Nico Therapeutics) – "Where art thou, easy button? Accelerating small-biotech discovery with computation"
- Kim Branson (GSK) - "Large Language models and AI at GSK"
- Eric Manas (Treeline Biosciences) - “Why Scientific Collaborations Matter: A Personal History”
- Mitsunori Ikeguchi (Yokohama City University）- "Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Protein Kinases”
- Akio Kitao (Tokyo Institute of Technology）- "Mechanisms of Conformational Change, Association, and Dissociation of Proteins investigated by Parallel Cascade Selection Molecular Dynamics”
- Kazufumi Ohkawa (Asahi-Kasei Pharma) - "Advancing Molecular Fingerprints: Integrating Chemical Reactivity for Enhanced Precision”
- Yusuke Yamagishi (Chugai Pharma) - "Validation of New Methodology to Create Orally Available Cyclic Peptides for Intracellular Tough Targets”
OpenEye's Presenters:
- Anthony Nicholls - "Introduction to JCUP and to OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences”
- Geoff Skillman - "OpenEye Science Review”
- Kalistyn Burley - "Innovative Molecular Design and Collaboration with Orion®”
- David LeBard - "Expanding the druggable universe: Validation of a cryptic pocket detection workflow on several difficult-to-drug targets”
- Matt Geballe - "Faster, Larger, Smarter: Filling the funnel and advancing the scale of Virtual Screening”
- Chris Neale - "Optimizing Lead Compounds with Efficient Binding Free Energy Calculations”
- Jesper Sorensen - "Development-ability of Antibody Therapeutics”
(Updated September 2024)
Schedule
DAY1: September 12th (Thu), 2024
10:00 Registration
10:30 Start
18:00 Banquet
DAY2: September 13th (Fri), 2024
10:00 Start
17:00 Close
Poster Session
Poster session will be on Sept 12, 2024. We welcome poster on various topics relevant to drug discovery. Please use standard vertical size of A0 or smaller. You may sign-up for a poster during the registration process. (We are no longer accepting poster submissions.)
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences
Email: oe_japan@eyesopen.com
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