Keynote & Featured Presentations

Plenary Fireside Chat: Supporting and Driving Biotech: Past, Present, and Future


PANEL MODERATOR:
Julie AmesJulie Ames, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Biocom California



PANELISTS:
Amy K ButlerAmy K Butler, PhD, President, Biosciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific


Taegen ClaryTaegen Clary, VP Marketing, Unchained Labs


Jonathan HaighJonathan Haigh, PhD, MBA, Vice President, Process Development, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies


Craig R. MonellCraig R. Monell, PhD, Senior Vice President, Business Operations, BioLegend (a PerkinElmer company)


Antibody Discovery & Engineering

 

Near-Term Vision for Applications of Machine Learning in Biopharmaceutical R&D
Biancalani_Tommaso.jpgTommaso Biancalani, PhD, Director and Senior Scientist, AI/ML, Genentech, Inc.


Deep Learning in Antibody Engineering
Gray_Jeffrey.jpgJeffrey J. Gray, PhD, Professor & Research Mentor & Outreach Advisor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University


Evolvability and Developability in Synthetic Scaffolds
Hackel_Benjamin.jpgBenjamin J. Hackel, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota


Bispecific Antibody Development


Deep Learning in Antibody Engineering
Gray_Jeffrey.jpgJeffrey J. Gray, PhD, Professor & Research Mentor & Outreach Advisor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University


Efficacy and Safety of Bispecifics, ADCs, and Combination Therapies in War against Deadly Cancers
Rakesh Dixit, PhD, President & CEO, Bionavigen


Characterization of Biotherapeutics & Vaccines

Drug-Like Antibodies Generated Using Yeast-Display Screening and Machine Learning
Tessier_Peter.jpgPeter M. Tessier, PhD, Albert M. Mattocks Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan


Optimizing Drug Product Presentation and Manufacturing Processes for Gene Therapy Products
Yadav_Sandeep.jpgSandeep Yadav, PhD, Senior Director, Drug Product Formulation & Fill/Finish, Sangamo Therapeutics


Personalized Vaccinology: Missed Opportunities during COVID-19; Is It Too Late Now?
Mattison_John.jpgJohn Mattison, Operating Partner/Chief Medical Information Officer, Arsenal Capital Partners


Cell & Gene Therapy


Next-Generation CAR T Platform
Chaudhary_Preet.jpgPreet M. Chaudhary, MD, PhD, Professor & Chief Hematology & Director, Blood & Marrow Transplant, University of Southern California


Optimizing Drug Product Presentation and Manufacturing Processes for Gene Therapy Products
Yadav_Sandeep.jpgSandeep Yadav, PhD, Senior Director, Drug Product Formulation & Fill/Finish, Sangamo Therapeutics


Biotherapeutic Expression & Production


Developing a Suite of High-Throughput Screens for Use in Engineering Bacterial Protein Secretion
Tullman-Ercek_Danielle.jpgDanielle Tullman-Ercek, PhD, Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; Director, Master of Biotechnology Program, Northwestern University


Improving Multiprotein Complex Production in Insect Cells Using Co-Expression of Chaperones and Co-Factors
Esposito_Dominic.jpgDominic Esposito, PhD, Director, Protein Sciences, Frederick National Laboratory


Using Soluble GFP as a Tool in Recombinant Mammalian Protein Expression
Sun_Peter.jpgPeter D. Sun, PhD, Chief, Structural Immunology Section, Lab of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH


Protein Expression and Purification of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Kinase 6 (GRK6), toward Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery for Multiple Myeloma
Fromme_Petra.JPGPetra Fromme, PhD, Paul V. Galvin Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University


Process Technology & Innovation


In silico Facilitated Process Development of Orthogonally Selective Non-Protein A Processes for mAb Bioprocessing
Cramer_Steven.jpgSteven M. Cramer, PhD, William Weightman Walker Professor, Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


Advances in Multi-Specific Antibody Purification
Kawooya_John.jpgJohn K. Kawooya, PhD, Director, Biologics Optimization and Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen, Inc.