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TARGETS FOR DRUG DISCOVERY
Protein-Protein Interactions as Small Molecule Drug Targets: What Has Been Learned?
David C. Fry, Ph.D., Senior Research Leader, Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.

A Taxonomy Approach
John Van Drie, Ph.D, Director, Computer-Aided Drug Discovery, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

Inhibition of TGF-Beta Family Signaling by Follistatin: Potential Therapeutic Indications
Marko Hyvonen, Ph.D., Research Fellow and Coordinator, Department of Biochemistry and Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Program, University of Cambridge

TECHNOLOGIES FOR TACKLING
FEATURED PRESENTATION
Computational Design and Analysis of Promiscuous and Highly Specific Protein Interfaces

Tanja Kortemme, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California-San Francisco

Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions in the Beta-Catenin and HSP20 Pathways
Sudhir R. Sahasrabudhe, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Prolexys Pharmaceuticals Inc.

CDK2/CYCLIN A Recruitment Site Inhibitors: A Peptide to Small Molecule Approach
Daniel Sutherlin, Ph.D., Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry, Genentech Inc.

Cellular Consequences of Inhibiting Bcl2 / BH3 Protein-Protein Interactions: Tools to Evaluate Candidate Bcl-2 Antagonists
Christian Fritz, Ph.D., Senior Director of Cancer Biology, Cancer Biology, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Fragment-Based Approaches to Disrupt Protein-Protein Interactions by NMR
Chaohong Sun, Ph.D., Associate Research Investigator, Protein NMR Research, Abbott

REPLACE: A Strategy for Iterative Design of Cyclin Dependant Kinase Inhibitors
Campbell McInnes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of South Carolina

CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS

A Novel Mechanism for Small Molecule Inhibition of TNF-a.
Molly M. He, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Protein Sciences, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins: Application of Structure Based Drug Design to the Taming of a Protein-Protein Interaction Target.
Christopher S. Straub, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Oncology Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.

Scientific Advisory Board

Don Emerson, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Protein NMR and Biophysics Group, Pfizer Inc.
David C. Fry, Ph.D., Senior Research Leader, Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
Marina Nelen, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Lead Generation Biology, Johnson & Johnson
PRD
John Van Drie, Ph.D., Director, Computer-Aided Drug Discovery, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

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