EPFL - Idorsia Joint Symposium
Event details
Date | 31.01.2020 |
Hour | 13:00 › 18:00 |
Speaker | EPFL: Bruno Correia, Michele De Palma, Bart Deplancke, Federico Giberti, Felix Naef, Philippe Renaud, Gisou van der Goot, Martin Vetterli Idorsia: Martine Clozel, Julien Hazemann, Cedric Leroy, Elisa Liberatore, Christoph Sager, Catherine Vaillant |
Location | |
Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The symposium aims to tighten the relationship between EPFL and Idorsia, a Basel based biopharmaceutical company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecules to provide innovative therapeutic possibilities. Presentations and discussions will explore potential research and students collaborations.
A unique opportunity to exchange with actors from industry. The School of Life Sciences Innovation initiative Catalyze4Life encourage scientists and students interested in biopharmaceutical developments to attend.
Free registration required
PROGRAM
- 13:00 Welcoming word – Gisou van der Goot, School of Life Sciences Dean
- 13:10 Welcoming word – Martine Clozel, Idorsia CSO
- 13:20 'Microfluidic flow cytometry' – Philippe Renaud, EPFL
- 13:40 'Leveraging Orexin receptor structures for drug design – Christoph Sager and Catherine Vaillant, Idorsia
- 14:00 'Rational protein design driving innovation towards novel biologics and cell-based therapies' – Bruno Correia, EPFL
- 14:20 'Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase (PDHK): a difficult to reach but appealing cancer target' – Cedric Leroy, Idorsia 14:40
- Coffee Break
- 15:20 'Perspective of industry projects for Master students' – Felix Naef, EPFL
- 15:40 'Atomistic modelling of stability and properties of drug molecules with machine learning' – Federico Giberti, EPFL
- 16:00 ‘Challenges in Maching Learning-assisted Drug Design (MLDD)’ – part I – Julien Hazemann and Lisa Liberatore, Idorsia
- 16:20 ‘Engineering dentritic cell vaccines for cancer immunotherapy’ – Miki De Palma, EPFL
- 16:40 ‘Challenges in Maching Learning-assisted Drug Design (MLDD)’ – part II – Julien Hazemann and Elisa Liberatore, Idorsia
- 17:00 Closing comments – Martin Vetterli, EPFL President
- 17:10 ‘How to strenghten ties between EPFL and Idorsia’ – Discussion (on invitation only)
- 18:30 End of Symposium
Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required
Organizer
- EFPL School of Life Sciences - Catalyze4Life
Contact
- Bart Deplancke