Computational Medicinal Chemistry Symposium
Celebrating 50 Years of Medicinal Chemistry at VCU
Overview
Join the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at VCU School of Pharmacy for a symposium and reunion celebration. Hear speakers share their latest research in the fields of QSAR, artificial intelligence, drug discovery, structural biology and molecular modeling.
Speakers include nationally and internationally recognized researchers, alumni, faculty and students.
Are you interested in presenting a poster? Submit an abstract by March 14.
Details
Thursday, April 3 - Friday, April 4, 2025
Bio+Tech One
800 E. Leigh St., Richmond, VA 23219
Registration is $150 and $75 for students.
- Speakers
- Schedule
- Preferred hotel: Omni Richmond
- Contact: jckilgore@vcu.edu
Supporting our students: As part of this event, we aim to establish a graduate student fellowship in computational medicinal chemistry in memory of Lemont B. Kier, Richard B. Westkaemper and Donald J. Abraham. With your help, we can reach our goal.
Speakers
Thursday, April 3
Morning
From QSAR to Artificial Intelligence
Glen E. Kellogg, Ph.D.
VCU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Alex Tropsha, Ph.D.
UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Mostafa Ahmed, Ph.D.
Atomwise
Ka Un Lao, Ph.D.
VCU Department of Chemistry
Pat Walters, Ph.D.
Relay Therapeutics
Afternoon
Drug Discovery for CNS Agents
Amy Hauck Newman, Ph.D.
NIH/NIDA
Christopher Arnatt, Ph.D.
St. Louis University Department of Chemistry
Samuel Obeng, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University-Amarillo
Piyusha Pagare, Ph.D.
VCU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Brian Shoichet, Ph.D.
UC-San Francisco School of Pharmacy
A reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and poster session will be held Thursday evening.
Friday, April 4
Morning
Structural Biology and Molecular Modeling
Martin K. Safo, Ph.D.
VCU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Claudio Catalano, Ph.D.
NanoImaging Services
F. Javier Luque, Ph.D.
University of Barcelona CBDD
Balaji Nagarajan, Ph.D.
VCU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Cynthia S. Dowd, Ph.D.
George Washington University Chemistry
Aurijit Sarkar, Ph.D.
Creighton University Pharmacy