Ella Czarina Morishita
Company: Veritas In Silico Inc.
Job title: Chief Scientific Officer
Bio:
Dr. Ella Morishita is the Chief Scientific Officer at Veritas In Silico, a leading Japanese biotech focused on mRNA-targeted drug discovery. She helped build the ibVIS platform for RNA-targeted drug discovery, integrating innovative biophysical and computational approaches—including bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, and AI—to accelerate research. She leads small molecule and antisense oligonucleotide discovery and has overseen more than 50 collaborative projects with top pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide. With two decades of experience in RNA targeting, Ella is committed to advancing impactful RNA-targeted therapeutics globally.
Seminars:
Visualizing RNA Structure & Linking It to Function to More Reliably Discover Functional Binders 9:00 am
Understanding RNA structure is essential for decoding its functional roles in disease and for identifying high-affinity, selective small molecule binders. Yet, RNA’s inherent flexibility, context-dependent conformations, and limited structural data make this a formidable challenge. This workshop explores cutting-edge experimental and computational techniques—from NMR and Cryo-EM to in silicon modeling—that are advancing our ability to…Read more
day: Pre Conference workshop day