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Towards autonomous bioactive molecular discovery

June 14, 2022, 10:00 am EDT / 4:00 pm CEST

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Host and moderator: Adam Nelson (Rosalind Franklin Institute & University of Leeds)

10 min
Adam Nelson (Rosalind Franklin Institute & University of Leeds)
Challenges in autonomous bioactive molecular discovery
40 min
Brent Koscher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Towards autonomous chemical discovery by combining machine learning and automated chemistry
10 min
Q&A

BIO SKETCHES

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Adam Nelson (Rosalind Franklin Institute & Univeristy of Leeds)

Adam Nelson is Head of High Throughput Discovery at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Leeds, and Deputy Director of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology. His research interests are in synthetic organic chemistry and in synthetic organic chemistry and its application to biological problems. Most of the work of his group involves the development of new methods and strategies for discovering biologically-active small molecules. A key goal is to realize the autonomous activity-directed discovery of chemical probes.

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Brent Koscher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Brent Koscher is Postdoctoral Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He started his career in synthesizing and investigating highly luminescent materials at nanoscale and in exploring their applications. In his current position he has focused on autonomous activity-directed discovery of chemical compounds.

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