Drug Discovery Symposium
Talks from the frontiers of drug discovery
Gathering world-class researchers under a virtual roof - the Drug Discovery Symposia, initiated in 2020, offer detailed insights into the world of drug discovery, catering to a wide audience of students, members of the faculty, staff and scientists in general. We are excited to announce the launch of the second symposium. The event has been organised by research groups of Dr. Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) and Dr. Amir Faisal (Department of Biology), at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering.
Virtual Drug Discovery Symposium 2025
Speakers: Prof. Babak Borhan (Michigan State University); Prof. Mark Heise (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); Prof. Paul Hergenrother (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); Prof. Donna Huryn (University of Pennsylvania); Dr. Kenneth A. Jacobson (National Institute of Health); Prof. Pavel Nagorny (University of Michigan); Prof. John A. Porco, Jr (Boston University); Prof. John Spencer (University of Sussex); Prof. Brent Stockwell (Columbia University); Prof. Jetze Tepe (University of Virginia); Prof. Peter L. Toogood (University of Michigan)
Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time
Link for registration: https://vDDS.short.gy/2025
Schedule and talks: TBA
Virtual Drug Discovery Symposium 2022
Speakers: Prof. Stuart L. Schreiber (Harvard University); Professor David Spring (Cambridge University); Prof. Zhong-Yin Zhang (Purdue University); Prof. Brain Blagg (University of Notre Dame); Prof. Danzhou Yang (Purdue University)
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time
Link for registration: https://symposia.page.link/vDDS22
Virtual Drug Discovery Symposium 2021
Speakers: Prof. Craig W. Lindsley (Vanderbilt University); Professor Paul Workman (Institute of Cancer Research UK); Prof. Jason Gestwicki (University of California, San Franscisco, USA); Prof. Paul Brennan (Oxford University); Prof. David Mann (Imerial College London)
Date: Monday, November 01, 2021
Time: 5:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time
Link for registration: https://symposia.page.link/DDS21
Virtual Drug Discovery Symposium 2020
Speakers: Prof. Stephen Knapp (Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany); Dr. Manu De Rycker (University of Dundee, UK); Dr. Florence Raynaud (The Institute of Cancer Research, UK); Prof. Irosha Nawarathne (Lyon College, USA); Prof. Jennifer Schomaker (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Date: Saturday, August 01, 2020
Time: 5:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time
