Full Name
Andreas Martin
Job Title
Assistant Professor
Company
UC Berkeley
Full Name
Andy Pike
Job Title
Senior DMPK Lead
Company
AstraZeneca
Full Name
Boxun Lu
Job Title
Professor
Company
Fudan University
Full Name
Cristina Mayor-Ruiz
Job Title
Postdoc Fellow
Company
CeMM Research Center
Full Name
Kirti Sharma
Job Title
Director, Proteomics
Company
Kymera Therapeutics
Full Name
Kristin Riching
Job Title
Scientist
Company
Promega Corporation
Full Name
Laura Itzhaki
Job Title
Group Leader - Professor of Structural Pharmacology
Company
University of Cambridge
Full Name
Matthias Wittwer
Job Title
DMPK-PD Project Leader (DPL)
Company
Roche Innovation Center Basel
Full Name
Radoslaw Nowak
Job Title
Research Fellow
Company
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Full Name
Simon Bailey
Job Title
EVP, Head of Drug Discovery
Company
Plexium
Speaker Bio
As Head of Drug Discovery at Plexium, Simon oversees the company’s efforts to identify novel protein degrader drugs that address significant unmet medical needs. Simon joined Plexium in 2019 bringing more than 25 years’ experience of medicinal chemistry and small molecule drug discovery leadership experience. From 1995-2015, Simon held positions of increasing responsibility at Pfizer including leading the Diabetes and Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Departments. Subsequently, Simon was Head of Research and Global Pipeline Leader for Intercept Pharmaceuticals, leading the company’s programs from inception to Phase 2 in the area of fibrotic liver disease. Simon holds a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Manchester (Hibbert Prize) and completed postdoctoral studies under Prof. Leo Paquette at the Ohio State University. He obtained an MBA from the University of California San Diego (class valedictorian). Simon is a 2021 recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Hero of Chemistry award for his role in the discovery of Lorbrena™
Full Name
Willem Nissink
Job Title
Associate Principal Scientist
Company
AstraZeneca
Full Name
Zhengnian Li
Job Title
PostDoc Fellow
Company
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Full Name
Zuzanna Kozicka
Job Title
PhD Candidate, Thoma Lab
Company
Freidrich Miescher Institute