2023 Chemical Biology Symposium

The 2nd annual Chemical Biology Symposium was held Oct. 13–14, 2023. Friday included lightning talks by Interface of Chemical Biology trainees and a keynote address by Dr. Robert Cichewicz from the University of Oklahoma. Saturday included presentations by Sue Lunte, Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry at KU, CBID scientists and other selected scientists. A poster session concluded the symposium.

Symposium Information

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Robert Cichewicz
Regents' Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
INPART Director
University of Oklahoma

"Assessing Continental-Scale Fungal Natural Product Diversity to Enhance Bioactive Lead Discovery"

Detailed Symposium Schedule

View the symposium program booklet (.pdf)

Friday, Oct. 13 | Jayhawk Welcome Center

Schedule for Friday, Oct. 13
Time	Session Title	Room
4 – 4:45 p.m.	Welcome Session	Glorious to View
4:45 – 6 p.m.	Keynote Presentation: Dr. Robert Cichewicz Department of Biochemistry & Chemistry University of Oklahoma	Berkley Presentation Room
6 – 7 p.m.	Dinner
7 p.m.	Lightning Talks! Interface of Chemical Biology Trainees Alec Bevis, Grahmm Funk, Sayuri Niyangoda, Matthew Russolillo, Naviya Schuster-Likle

Saturday, Oct. 14 | School of Pharmacy

Schedule for Saturday, Oct. 14
Time	Session Title	Room
8:30 – 9:15 a.m.	Morning Social Session Check-in, coffee, juice + muffins	Atrium
9:15 – 10:45 a.m.	Session 1 Welcome + brief opening comments \| Symposium Organizers 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes Q&A: Caetano Antunes, Assistant Professor, KU Department of Molecular Biosciences Robin Orozco, Assistant Professor, KU Department of Molecular Biosciences Meredith Hartley, Assistant Professor, KU Department of Chemistry Jingxin Wang, Assistant Professor, KU Department of Medicinal Chemistry	Room 2020
10:45 – 11 a.m.	Break
11 a.m. – noon	Special Invited Speaker: Sue Lunte Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry	Room 2020
Noon – 1 p.m.	Lunch	Mortar & Pestle
1 – 2 p.m.	Session 2 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes Q&A: Pankaj Baral, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Division of Biology Hyunjoon Kim, Assistant Professor, KU Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Prasad Dandawate, Assistant Professor, KU Medical Center	Room 2020
2 – 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.	Session 3 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes Q&A: Scott Wier, Professor, KU Medical Center Brian Sanderson, KU Data Science Core Lab Jacob Kroh, Chemical Biology Trainee, DeGuzman Lab, KU Department of Molecular Biosciences	Room 2020
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.	Poster Session 1 Snacks + drinks	Atrium
4:15 – 5 p.m.	Poster Session 2 Snacks + drinks	Atrium
5 – 5:20 p.m.	Poster + Flash Talks Award Ceremony	Room 2020

The 2023 symposium was possible through support from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences CoBRE in Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (P20GM113117) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Graduate Training in Chemical Biology (T32-GM132061).