2023 Canadian Screening Consortium Symposium
The Centre for High-throughput Chemical Biology is proud to host the inaugural Canadian Screening Consortium Symposium, in celebration of our 5 year anniversary! The CSCS is open to all trainees and researchers interested in the areas of high-throughput screening, laboratory automation, and early drug development. This year, the symposium will be on Friday, October 20 from 9 am - 4:30 pm at the Halpern Centre on the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University.
Trainees are invited to submit an abstract for a short talk (15 min). Selected talks have a chance to win a Travel Award. Please indicate at the time of registration whether you would like to be considered, and submit an abstract for review (max 250 words).
Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Morning refreshments |
| 9:30 am | Opening comments |
Session 1: Methods in Bacterial ScreeningChaired by: Dr. Tracey Campbell
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| 9:45 am | Keynote: Dr. Jon Stokes (McMaster University) Artificial intelligence for antibiotic discovery and design against Acinetobacter baumannii |
| 10:15 am | Dr. Dennis Liu (Simon Fraser University) High-throughput Collateral Sensitivity Screening in Drug-resistant E. coli Identifies New Bioactive Natural Products |
| 10:30 am |
Ken Rachwalski (McMaster University) A fluorescent reporter-based screen for inhibitors of the Gram-negative cell envelope |
| 10:45 am | Cathy Cozma (University of British Columbia) Identification and characterization of dominant negative Rev3 variants |
| 11:00 am | Round table discussion |
| 11:30 am | Lunch |
Session 2: Image-based screeningChaired by: Dr. Timothy Audas
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| 12:45 pm | Keynote: Dr. Malina A. Bakowski (Scripps Research Institute) High-content imaging for infectious disease drug discovery: Chagas disease |
| 1:15 pm |
Dr. Pierre-Andre Gilormini (Simon Fraser University) Activity-based high-throughput screening for the discovery of biological modulators of GCase activity |
| 1:30 pm |
Emma Lacroix (Simon Fraser University) Identifying the regulatory pathways associated with functional and reversible amyloid aggregation |
| 1:45 pm | Dr. Sandra Keerthisinghe (Simon Fraser University) Adaptation of Cell Painting for the Centre for High-throughput Chemical Biology Platform |
| 2:00 pm |
Round table discussion |
| 2:30 pm | Coffee break |
Session 3: Emerging Screening ModalitiesChaired by: Dr. David Vocadlo
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| 3:00 pm | Keynote: Dr. Mark Henderson (NCATS) Emerging cell-based screening modalities: advances in cellular thermal shift and chromatin accessibility assays for HTS |
| 3:30 pm | Dr. Chris Fladd (SickKids) An Introduction to Drug Screening in 3D using Organoids & Model Organisms |
| 3:45 pm |
Junbum Im (BC Cancer Research Centre) OGT inhibition as a novel therapeutic avenue for EVI1-high acute myeloid leukemia through mitochondrial priming |
| 4:00 pm |
Round table discussion |
| 4:15 pm | Closing comments |
Details
Date: October 20, 2023
Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm
In-person location: Halpern Centre, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby campus)
Virtual attendance available.
Deadline to register: Friday, October 13
Questions? Contact: lla5@sfu.ca
Thank you to your sponsors!
