Peter Connolly

Company: Expansion Therapeutics

Job title: Senior Director - Structural Biology

Seminars:

Panel Discussion – Combining Biochemical, Biophysical & Cell-Based Assay Systems for the Future of RNA Drug Discovery 12:00 pm

Leveraging the learnings to determine the best assays for RNA-targeted drug discovery How to effectively use conventional biophysical methods? How to successfully measure biochemical activity? How to develop novel approaches for cell-based systems?Read more

day: Pre-Conference Focus Day

Rational Design of Small Molecule Modulators of RNA: Opportunities & Challenges 9:00 am

Targeting RNA with small molecules provides an opportunity to modulate “undruggable” protein targets indirectly The integration of structural, biophysical, and computational methods has proven to be successful in the rational design of small molecules directed to protein targets The relative immaturity of these methods applied to RNA creates a challenge for the rational design of…Read more

day: Pre-Conference Focus Day