The 2nd BCDD Conference

08:30-9:00 Conference Registration and Light Refreshment

OPENING SESSION 

Bnei Zion Hall

Chair: Dr. Roey Amir

OPENING SESSION

09:00-09:25 Welcome:

Prof.Klafter, President of TAU
Prof. Henis, Vice President of TAU

 

09:25-10:10 Prof. Ehud Keinan, Technion, President of the Israel Chemical Society

Drug Discovery is a Chemical Enterprise

 

PLENARY 1 

Chair: Prof. Yosi Shacham

 

10:10-10:35 Prof. Abraham Nudelman, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Exact Sciences, BIU

Discovery of a Novel Family of Multi-Functional Indolinic Drugs for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases

10:35-11:00 Mr. Dan Vesely, Parkinson's patient, Founder of CliniCrowd

A Patient’s View on Parkinson's and How to Harness The Wisdom of the People for Identifying Novel Drugs

 

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

 
 
PARALLEL SESSION 1

Biological Assays and High-Throughput Screening

Bnei Zion Hall

Chair: Prof. Rina Rosin-Arbesfeld

 

11:15-11:40 Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman, Department of Human Molecular Genetics Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, TAU

Novel GSK-3 Inhibitors for Treating CNS Disorders

 11:40-12:05 Prof. Orna Elroy-Stein, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences, TAU

The Story of Sigma-1R Identification as Potential Drug Target for The Treatment of eIF2B-Leukodystrophy

12:05-12:30 Prof. Micha Fridman, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, TAU

Small-Molecule Mediated Inhibition of Microbial Cellular Processes

12:30-12:55 Dr. Haim Barr, The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science

Moving Towards a National Small Molecule Discovery Program – How to not Get Lost in Translation

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2
Medicinal Chemistry and Computer-Aided Drug Design

 Zeevi Auditorium 

Chair: Prof. Meital Zilberman

 

11:15-11:40 Dr. Roey Amir, School of Chemistry, TAU

Designing Micellar Nanocarriers with High Molecular Precision

11:40-12:05 Dr. Idit Buch, Evogene Ltd.

Highly Efficient Computational Discovery of Novel Pesticides 

12:05-12:30 Dr. Inbal Landsberg, Dexcel Pharma

Setting the Bar for Early Phase Innovative Projects in the Pharmaceutical Industry

12:30-12:55 Prof. Masha Niv, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, HUJI                                     

The Taste of Poisons and of Therapeutic Drugs: Who Cares and How to Predict it

 

12:55-13:40 Lunch

 

PLENARY 2

Bnei Zion Hall

Chair: Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

 

13:40-14:20 Plenary lecture: Prof. Sir Mark Pepys, University College London

Climbing the Mountain of Drug Discovery from the Groves of Academe

 

CLOSING REMARKS

14:20-14:30 Prof. Ehud Gazit, Academic Director, BCDD