DAY #1: December 16, 2021 (THURSDAY)
7:40 AM – 2:45 PM (10 speakers)
Session Chairs: Laszlo Kurti, Jennifer Schomaker& Daniel Ess
Talks are 20-25 minutes while discussions are 5-10 minutes (30 minute-block for each speaker)
| Gathering & Mingling | 7:40-8:25 AM (45 min) Tea/Coffee and Small bites |
| 8:25-8:30 AM (5 min) | Welcome & Opening Remarks by Symposium Chair László Kürti |
| 8:30-9:00 AM (30 min) | Corinna Schindler (U of Michigan, USA) |
| 9:00-9:30 AM (30 min) | Andrew P. Evans (Queens Univ, Canada) |
| 9:30-10:00 AM (30 min) | Andy McNally (CSU, USA) |
| 10:00-10:30 AM (30 min) | Rebecca Green (BMS, USA) |
| Coffee Break (30 min) | 10:30-11:00 AM |
| 11:00-11:30 AM (30 min) | Guigen Li (Texas Tech University, USA) |
| 11:30-12:00 PM (30 min) | Yu Zhao (NUS, Singapore) |
| 12:00-12:30 PM (30 min) | Denise Meyer (Stockholm Univ, Sweden) |
| Lunch Served (45 min) | 12:30-1:15 PM (A light lunch is provided, Sponsor: Biotage) |
| 1:15-1:45 PM (30 min) | Jennifer Stockdill (Wayne State University, USA) |
| 1:45-2:15 PM (30 min) | Matthew R. Golder (UW, USA) |
| 2:15-2:45 PM (30 min) | Ilan Marek (Technion, Israel) |
DAY #2: December 17, 2021 (FRIDAY)
7:40 AM – 3:15 PM (11 speakers)
Session Chairs: Qiu Wang, Andy McNally & Corinna Schindler
Talks are 20-25 minutes while discussions are 5-10 minutes (30 minute-block for each speaker)
| Gathering & Mingling | 7:40-8:30 AM (50 min) Tea/Coffee and Small bites |
| 8:30-9:00 AM (30 min) | Jennifer Schomaker (U of Wisconsin, USA) |
| 9:00-9:30 AM (30 min) | Reza Ghadiri (Scripps, USA) |
| 9:30-10:00 AM (30 min) | Cynthia Maryanoff (Absolute Palate LLC, HI) |
| 10:00-10:30 AM (30 min) | Bruce Maryanoff (Scripps, Absolute Palate LLC, HI) |
| Coffee Break (30 min) | 10:30-11:00 AM (Coffee sponsored by Absolute Palate, LLC) |
| 11:00-11:30 AM (30 min) | Zeev Gross (Technion, Israel) |
| 11:30-12:00 PM (30 min) | Steven Castle (BYU, USA) |
| 12:00-12:30 PM (30 min) | Jacob Schwarz (Escapebio, USA) |
| Lunch Served (45 min) | 12:30-1:15 PM (A light lunch is provided, Sponsor: VWR) |
| 1:15-1:45 PM (30 min) | Florence Williams (U of Iowa, USA) |
| 1:45-2:15 PM (30 min) | Karl Scheidt (Northwestern U, USA) |
| 2:15-2:45 PM (30 min) | Marc Tius (U of Hawaii) |
| 2:45-3:15 PM (30 min) | Louis Barriault (U of Ottawa, Canada) |
DAY #3: December 18, 2021 (SATURDAY)
7:40 AM – 2:50 PM (10 speakers)
Session Chairs: Rebecca Green, Alex Grenning & Ilan Marek
Talks are 20-25 minutes while discussions are 5-10 minutes (30 minute-block for each speaker)
| Gathering & Mingling | 7:40-8:30 AM (50 min) Tea/Coffee and Small bites |
| 8:30-9:00 AM (30 min) | Qiu Wang (Duke, USA) |
| 9:00-9:30 AM (30 min) | Gilles Gasser (CNRS, France) |
| 9:30-10:00 AM (30 min) | Tamas Benkovics (Loxo Oncology) |
| 10:00-10:30 AM (30 min) | Wenfang Sun (North Dakota State Univ, USA) |
| Coffee Break (30 min) | 10:30-11:00 AM |
| 11:00-11:30 AM (30 min) | Byron Purse (San Diego State Univ, USA) |
| 11:30-12:00 PM (30 min) | David B. Martin (U of Iowa, USA) |
| 12:00-12:30 PM (30 min) | Andrei Yudin (U of Toronto, Canada) |
| Lunch Served (45 min) | 12:30-1:15 PM (A light lunch is provided, Sponsor: Rice Univ. Dept. of Chemistry and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences) |
| 1:15-1:45 PM (30 min) | Valerie Schmidt (UCSD, USA) |
| 1:45-2:15 PM (30 min) | Alex Grenning (U of Florida, USA) |
| 2:15-2:45 PM (30 min) | Corey Stephenson (U of Michigan, USA) |
| Closing Remarks & Farewell | 2:45-2:50 PM |