Thursday, Jan. 14, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at UConn Health, EG013.
UConn Health and Storrs basic and clinical scientists and clinicians interested in translational research, are invited to join this event aimed at supporting innovative proposals for the translation of research into commercial products. The workshop will be co-lead by Professors Dennis Wright, Medicinal Chemistry Storrs and Sandra Weller, Molecular Biology and Biophysics Farmington and Dr. Karen Woodward, Industry Liaison, OVPR Technology Commercialization Services.
The workshop will help develop winning funding proposals for newly announced programs such as SPARK, PITCH, and CBIF as well as those from the National Institutes of Health by addressing:
· How to facilitate the formation of scientific teams
· How to identify and validate appropriate targets for drug discovery
· The valuable role of academic research centers in drug discovery
· Target drugability: small molecule and biologics perspectives
Clinicians and Basic Scientists with interests in academic drug discovery and willing to work through collaborative partnerships should attend. Clinicians with specific knowledge in unmet therapeutic needs, clinical practice and clinical trial design AND basic scientists with projects of biomedical importance amenable to drug discovery are strongly encouraged to join the event.
More details on this workshop and funding opportunities can be found at http://research.uchc.edu/2015/12/23/translational-research-and-academic-drug-discovery-workshop/.
For more information, contact: Rita Zangari at rita.zangari@uconn.edu