Event

Registration is required for dinner. Please register here.

Agenda:

1:30 PM: Welcoming remarks – Professor Gary A. Molander, Chair, Penn Chemistry

1:45 PM: “Three Decades of Cancer Drug Discovery” – Dr. Peter L. Toogood, Senior Vice President, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Lycera Corporation

2:45 PM: “Nature vs. the Practicing Organic Chemist. Who Wins?” – Professor Bruce Lipshutz, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

3:45 PM: Break

4:00 PM: "Life after Big Pharma: Academic Drug Discovery in an Ever-Changing Biomedical Arena" - Professor Magid Abou-Gharbia, Director, Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Temple University

5:00 PM: Closing remarks – Professor Madeleine M. Joullié

5:30 PM: Reception – Nobel Hall, Penn Chemistry Department

6:30 PM: Dinner – The Arch Building, Room 208, (registration required)