Program*
Thursday, April 21, 2005 Drugs from the Genome Chairs:
Richard Eglen, John Wang
9:00am Welcoming Remarks  
9:10am The Future of Genomic Medicine Dr. Robert Booth, Celera
9:40am Optimizing Drug Discovery Efficiency by Target and Therapeutic Area Focus Dr. Alex Harris, Chiron
10:10am Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Blockers of T-type Calcium Channels Dr. Joe McGivern, Amgen
10:40am Break in Exhibit Hall  
11:00am Functional Biology for Preclinical Profiling and Biomarker Identification Dr. Magda Morton, Johnson & Johnson
11:30am Engineering Therapeutic Antibodies Dr. Henry Lowman, Genentech
12:00am Lunch in Exhibit Hall  
Thursday, April 21, 2005 Exploiting Cell Pathways Chairs:
Mike Biros, Heidi Bullock
1:40pm Cytoskeletal Drug Discovery Technologies: Multi-Protein BiochemicalScreens and Image-Based Cell Assays Dr. Jeffrey Finer, Cytokinetics
2:20pm Evolution of GPCR Screening at Roche Dr. Bruce Koch, Roche Palo Alto
2:50pm Screening Assays for Scaffold-Based Drug Discovery: The Development of B-RafV599E Inhibitors Dr. James Tsai, Plexxikon
3:20pm Break  
3:40pm Vendor Tutorials - Aurora Discovery
- Cell Signaling Technology
- DiscoveRx
- MDS Sciex
- CyBio
4:30pm Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall  
5:30-6:30pm Special Interest Group Meetings - Academic Outreach Committee
- ADME/Tox
Friday, April 22, 2005 Improving Preclinical Validation Chairs:
Mike Biros, Richard Eglen
9:00am Welcoming Remarks  
9:10am Keynote: The NIH Chemical Genomics Center: Opening a New Path to Discovery Dr. Jim Inglese, NIH
9:40am High-Throughput and High-Content Screening in Academia Dr. David Solow-Cordero, Stanford University
10:10am Break in Exhibit Hall  
10:30am Protein Biomarker Discovery and Assays for Drug Development Dr. William Rich, Ciphergen
11:00am Comprehensive Phenotyping and Biomarker Discovery Dr. Aaron Kantor, Surromed
11:30am Strategies for Rapid Target Validation in Malaria Dr. R. Kip Guy, QB3, University of California, San Francisco
12:30pm Vendor Tutorials - Genetix
- Vitra Bioscience
- Innovadyne Technologies
- QTL Biosystems
- Cambrex Corporation
* Times and speakers are subject to change.

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