2021 Miller Symposium Schedule
Friday, February 26th
| 8:15 am PST |
Welcoming Remarks & Logistics Sheila David, Chair Miller Committee |
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| 8:30 am PST (Talk) |
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Melissa Moore, Moderna Chief Scientific Officer Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School “mRNA as Medicine” |
| 9:30 am PST (Talk) |
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Steven Townsend, Vanderbilt Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry “Chemistry Driven Glycoscience” |
| 10:10 am PST |
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Richard Mackman, Gilead Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry “The Journey of Remdesivir from Respiratory Syncytial Virus to COVID-19” |
| 11:10 am PST - 1:00 pm PST |
Lunch and Student Poster Session
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| 1:00 pm PST (Talk) |
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Kit Lam, UC Davis Distinguished Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Sue Jane Leung Presidential Chair in Cancer Research Harold Albin Johnson Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research “Novel combinatorial approach for the discovery of anti-fungal peptides” |
| 1:45 pm PST (Talk) |
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Darlene Solomon, Agilent Senior Vice President and CTO “Agilent’s role with COVID-19; meeting the challenge and looking ahead” |
| 2:30 pm PST - 3:00 pm PST |
Break |
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| 3:00 pm PST (Talk) |
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ALUMNI SPEAKER Rena Mizrahi, GigaGen Vice President, Process Development “Recombinant polyclonal antibodies: a new class of drugs for treatment of COVID-19” |
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3:55 pm PST |
Announcement of Awards & Introduction of Plenary Speaker Professor Sheila David, Chair Miller Committee |
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| 4:10 pm PST (Talk) |
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PLENARY SPEAKER Peter Schultz, Scripps Research Institute President and Scripps Family Professor of Chemistry “Playing with Molecules of Life” |
| 6:00 pm PST | Miller Symposium 2021 Concludes |