Course Schedule
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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7:00 – 8:00 am |
Registration
& badge pickup |
All participants |
Regency Ballroom Foyer |
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8:00 – 8:50 am |
Session 1: Overview – Neurotherapeutics Discovery and
Development Process |
Michael A. Rogawski, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Davis |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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8:50 – 9:40 am |
Session 2: Moving from
Hit to Lead to Clinical Candidate |
James Barrow, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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9:40 – 10:00 am |
BREAK |
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10:00 – 10:50 am |
Session 3: ADME |
Kennan Marsh, Ph.D., AbbVie |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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10:50 – 11:40 am |
Session 4: Toxicology |
Ruokun Wang, Ph.D., DABT,
Biogen
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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Intro to Mentors/Engagement Exercises |
Course Directors |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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11:45 am – 1:00 pm |
LUNCH /
Engagement Exercise 1: Meet Your Mentors |
Mentor Teams |
Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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1:00 – 1:50 pm |
Session 5: Animal
Models |
Greg Carr, Ph.D., Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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1:50 – 2:40 pm |
Session 6:
Formulation and Routes of Administration |
Maureen Donovan, Ph.D.,
University of Iowa |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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2:40 – 3:00 pm |
BREAK |
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3:00 – 3:50 pm |
Session 7:
Alternative Routes of
Administration |
James Cloyd, III, Pharm.D.,
University of Minnesota |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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3:50 – 4:10 pm |
Transition
& Introduction to Round Robins |
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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4:10 – 5:15 pm |
Engagement Exercise 2: Round Robins 1 |
Mentor Teams
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Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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BREAK |
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6:00 – 8:00 pm |
ASENT Career Dinner |
All participants |
Regency
I |
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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8:00 – 8:05 am |
Daily Introduction |
Course Directors |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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8:05 – 8:55 am |
Session 8:
Adeno-associated virus
(AAV) vectors |
Steven Gray, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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8:55 – 9:45 am |
Session 9: Antisense
Oligonucleotides |
Gene Liau, Ph.D., Adagen Preclinical Solutions LLC
and Tacit Therapeutics |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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9:45 – 10:00 am |
BREAK |
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10:00 – 10:50 am |
Session 10:
Antibody Therapies |
Gai Ayalon, Ph.D., FOXG1 Research Foundation |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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10:50 – 11:40 am |
Session 11:
Cellular Therapies |
Arnold R. Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D.,
UCSF School of Medicine
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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LUNCH / Responsible
Conduct of Research Exercise #1 |
Mentor Teams
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Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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Session 12: Rigor
in Translational Drug Discovery and Development |
Shai Silberberg, Ph.D.,
NINDS
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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Session 13:
Academic Drug Discovery Vignettes |
Barbara Slusher, Ph.D.,
MAS, Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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BREAK |
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2:55 – 3:45 pm |
Session 14: Clinical
Considerations in the Non-Clinical Phase of Drug Discovery and Development |
James J. Vornov, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and
Medpace |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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3:45 – 3:55 pm |
Transition to
Round Robins |
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3:55 – 5:00 pm |
Engagement
Exercise 3: Round Robins |
Mentor Teams |
Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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5:00 – 6:00 pm |
BREAK |
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6:00 – 8:00 pm |
Dinner and Guest Lecture |
Irfan Qureshi, M.D.,
Biohaven |
Regency I |
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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8:00 – 8:05 am |
Daily intro - Course Directors |
Course Directors |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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8:05 – 8:55 am |
Session 15:
Intellectual Property |
Jeffrey Childers, J.D.,
Ph.D., Casimir Jones |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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Session 16: Industry
Partnerships and Newcos: What They Are and How to Make Them Happen |
Matt Tremblay, Ph.D.,
Blackbird Laboratories
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Cabinet / Judiciary |
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BREAK |
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10:00 – 10:50 am |
Session 17:
Funding Academic Drug Discovery Research |
Charles Cywin, Ph.D., NINDS |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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10:50 – 11:00 am |
Transition to
Round Robins |
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11:00 am – 12:15 pm |
Engagement
Exercise 4: Round Robin |
Mentor Teams |
Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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12:15 – 1:15 pm |
LUNCH / Responsible Conduct
of Research case #2 |
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Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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1:15 – 2:05 pm |
Session 18: Target Validation and Introduction to NCATS Tour |
James Inglese, Ph.D., NCATS |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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2:05 – 2:30 pm |
Transition to
NCATS Tour bus |
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2:30 – 3:00 pm |
Bus trip to
NCATS |
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3:00 – 4:30 pm |
NCATS Tour |
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4:30 – 5:00 pm |
Return trip to hotel |
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5:00 – 6:00 pm |
BREAK |
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6:00 – 8:00 pm |
Dinner |
All |
TBA |
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Friday, March 15, 2024
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8:00 – 8:10 am |
Intro to
Presentations |
Course Directors |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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8:10 – 8:20 am |
Transition to
Presentations |
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8:20 – 11:30 am |
Engagement
Exercise 5: Student Presentations |
Mentor Teams |
Severn; Potomac; Patuxent;
Embassy |
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11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Conclusion:
Where do we go from here? |
Course Directors |
Cabinet / Judiciary |
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12:00 pm |
Adjourn – Grab & Go Lunch |
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