Chemical Biology Symposium 2024
Friday, Oct. 25 – Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Center for Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease and the Graduate Training Program in Chemical Biology at the University of Kansas are excited to welcome guests for the 3rd annual KU Chemical Biology Symposium Oct. 25-26 in Lawrence, Kansas.
As in previous years, the symposium will begin on Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Welcome Center and continue Saturday at the KU School of Pharmacy. Matthew Bogyo from Stanford University will deliver the Friday night keynote address, and Tyrrell Conway from Oklahoma State University will be the Saturday keynote speaker. There will be oral presentations and a poster session on Saturday.
Registration is now closed. Please see tentative schedule below.
Symposium Information
Symposium Schedule
Friday, Oct. 25 | Jayhawk Welcome Center
Time | Session Title | Room | |
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4 – 4:45 p.m. | Welcome Session Check-in, drinks + refreshments General greeting from symposium organizers | Glorious to View Room | |
4:45 – 6 p.m. | Keynote Presentation: Dr. Matthew Bogyo Professor of Pathology, of Microbiology & Immunology and, by courtesy, Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford University | “Chemical Probes for Imaging Cancer and Infectious Diseases” | Berkley Presentation Room | |
6 – 7 p.m. | Dinner Taco Buffet | ||
7 – 8 p.m. | Lightning Talks! Graduate Trainees
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Saturday, Oct. 26 | School of Pharmacy
Time | Session Title | Room | |
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8:30 – 9:15 a.m. | Morning Social Session Check-in, light refreshments | Atrium | |
9:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Session 1 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes of questions Session chair: Alex Bevis
| Room 2020 | |
10:45 – 11 a.m. | Break | ||
11 a.m. – noon | Saturday Keynote Speaker: Tyrrell Conway Regents Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University | “Nitrogen Assimilation by E. coli in the Mouse Intestine” | Room 2020 | |
Noon – 1 p.m. | Lunch | Mortar & Pestle (Level 1) | |
1 – 2 p.m. | Session 2 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes of questions Session chair: Markell Lomax
| Room 2020 | |
2 – 2:15 p.m. | Break | ||
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Session 3 15-minute presentations followed by ~3 minutes of questions Session chair: Markell Lomax
| Room 2020 | |
3:30 – 5 p.m. | Poster Session (with refreshments)
| Atrium | |
5 – 5:20 p.m. | Poster & Flash Talk Award Ceremony | Room 2020 | |
5:20 p.m. | Conclude |
This symposium is 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 Program in Chemical Biology (T32-GM132061).