WHEN: Mon, 24. Aug. to Fri, 28. Aug. 2015 AT: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto 144 College Street, Toronto WHERE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3M2
Neglected Diseases: Finding New Treatments by Combining Drug Design, System Biology, and Toxicity Predictions
Round Tables and Working Discussions with Scientists Against Malaria and eChemInfo
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Toronto 144 College St. Toronto, Canada
24. August to 28. August 2015
MONDAY 24. August Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy 10:00am to 1:00pm 1) Scientist Against Malaria, eChemInfo and Douglas Connect 2) Neglected Diseases a. Ian Crandall (University of Toronto) b. Raymond Hui (SGC/University of Toronto) c. joining via GTM: Jürgen Bosch (Johns Hopkins University) d. Alessandro Contini (University of Milan) 3) Computational methods in drug design, system biology, and toxicity predictions a. Tim Dudgeon (Informatics Matters Ltd.) b. Paul Hawkins (OpenEye) c. joining via GTM: Nicolas Moitessier (McGill) d. joining via GTM: Alessandro Di Domizio (Spilloproject, Milan) e. Thomas Exner (Douglas Connect and University of Tübingen) f. Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect) 2:00pm to 5:00pm Round table with short presentations (chair: Thomas Exner)
TUESDAY 25. August Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy 9:00am to 6:00pm Working group “Software Tools” A) Bring your own problems (chairs: Thomas Exner and Alessandro Contini) B) Software infrastructure (chair: Tim Dudgeon) 1) Exploring new, emerging fields 2) Knowledge infrastructures 3) Interoperability drug design – bioinformatics – systems biology 9:00am to 12:00pm Working group “Teaching Workshops” (chair: Barry Hardy) 1) Contemporary trends 2) Workshop activities in 2016 3) Topics covered and anticipated participants 4) Speaker lists for Milan and Toronto 5) Advertisement strategies
WEDNESDAY 26. August Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy 9:00am to 6:00pm Working group “Neglected Diseases” (chairs: Jürgen Bosch and Ian Crandall) 1) Linking experimental and computational approaches 2) Funding opportunities 3) Canadian-European cooperation 4) PhD training networks and postdoc fellowships (e.g. Marie-Curie International Fellowship)
THURSDAY 27. August Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy 9:00am to 12:00pm Working group “Translational Aspects” (chair: Raymond Hui) How do we implement the research into real world practice? 9:00am to 6:00pm Open house – discussions of specific aspects in smaller groups
FRIDAY 28. August Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy 10:00am to 1:00pm: Round table: Next steps (chair: Thomas Exner)
WHEN: Mon, 24. Aug. to Fri, 28. Aug. 2015
AT: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
144 College Street, Toronto
WHERE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3M2
Neglected Diseases: Finding New Treatments by Combining Drug Design, System Biology, and Toxicity Predictions
Round Tables and Working Discussions with Scientists Against Malaria and eChemInfo
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto
144 College St.
Toronto, Canada
24. August to 28. August 2015
MONDAY
24. August
Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy
10:00am to 1:00pm
1) Scientist Against Malaria, eChemInfo and Douglas Connect
2) Neglected Diseases
a. Ian Crandall (University of Toronto)
b. Raymond Hui (SGC/University of Toronto)
c. joining via GTM: Jürgen Bosch (Johns Hopkins University)
d. Alessandro Contini (University of Milan)
3) Computational methods in drug design, system biology, and toxicity predictions
a. Tim Dudgeon (Informatics Matters Ltd.)
b. Paul Hawkins (OpenEye)
c. joining via GTM: Nicolas Moitessier (McGill)
d. joining via GTM: Alessandro Di Domizio (Spilloproject, Milan)
e. Thomas Exner (Douglas Connect and University of Tübingen)
f. Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect)
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Round table with short presentations (chair: Thomas Exner)
TUESDAY
25. August
Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy
9:00am to 6:00pm
Working group “Software Tools”
A) Bring your own problems (chairs: Thomas Exner and Alessandro Contini)
B) Software infrastructure (chair: Tim Dudgeon)
1) Exploring new, emerging fields
2) Knowledge infrastructures
3) Interoperability drug design – bioinformatics – systems biology
9:00am to 12:00pm
Working group “Teaching Workshops” (chair: Barry Hardy)
1) Contemporary trends
2) Workshop activities in 2016
3) Topics covered and anticipated participants
4) Speaker lists for Milan and Toronto
5) Advertisement strategies
WEDNESDAY
26. August
Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy
9:00am to 6:00pm
Working group “Neglected Diseases” (chairs: Jürgen Bosch and Ian Crandall)
1) Linking experimental and computational approaches
2) Funding opportunities
3) Canadian-European cooperation
4) PhD training networks and postdoc fellowships (e.g. Marie-Curie International Fellowship)
THURSDAY
27. August
Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy
9:00am to 12:00pm
Working group “Translational Aspects” (chair: Raymond Hui)
How do we implement the research into real world practice?
9:00am to 6:00pm
Open house – discussions of specific aspects in smaller groups
FRIDAY
28. August
Large Pod, Faculty of Pharmacy
10:00am to 1:00pm:
Round table: Next steps (chair: Thomas Exner)