Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Starting an Independent Career in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry: Exploring Main-Group Drugs and Intentional Mentorship
Discussion Leader: Dhruvi Manesh Panchal (West Virginia University, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Timothy Johnstone (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"Starting an Independent Career in Medicinal and Main-Group Chemistry: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Antimony Antiparasitics, and Intentional Mentorship"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Metal-Based Compounds for Treatment, Modulation and Imaging of Disease
Discussion Leader: Kokeb Dese Gebremeskel (West Virginia University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Mihyun Park (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Metal-Based Mass Tags for Targeted Mass Spectrometry Imaging"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Irene Regeni (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, The Netherlands)
"Ruthenium Peptide Bioconjugates for Photoactivated Chemotherapy"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Ama Panvilawaththe (Brooklyn College-The Graduate Center-City University of New York, United States)
"Immunoliposomes Containing Heterometallic Platinum-Gold Compounds as Targeted Ovarian Cancer Therapeutics"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Amanda Caceres (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Iron Modulation as a Treatment for Type II Diabetes"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
José Aleixo de Azevedo França (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil)
"Synthesis, Characterization, DNA Interaction Studies and Biological Evaluation of Hybrid Copper(II) Complexes Containing Azole Drugs and Intercalating Ligands Against Leishmaniasis"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Metal-Based Compounds as Theranostics and Catalysts in Disease Management
Discussion Leader: Madeline Merriman (Duke, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Alexander Glasco (Northwestern University, United States)
"Elemental Biomarkers of Leukemia and Lymphoma in Strontium-90 Exposure"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
James Southwell (Chimie ParisTech, France)
"Siderophore-linked Ruthenium Catalysts for Targeted Allyl Ester Prodrug Activation within Bacterial Cells"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Timothy Kench (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Exploring Chemical Space for Iridium Photosensitizers"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Yueying Wang (UCLA, United States)
"Atomically Precise, Densely Charged Polyanionic Nanoparticles for Viral Membrane Disruption"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Meaghan Ashton (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
"The Development of Radiomercury Theranostics"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Discussing Strategies to Manage Mental Health in Academia
Discussion Leader: Meghan Kriger (North Carolina State University, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm
Panel Discussion
Mental Health in Academia
Johannes Karges (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Carolyn Anderson (University of Missouri, United States)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
General Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes