Transcript Academics to Industry: Chemistry in Drug Discovery

Academics to Industry
San Diego Section
Left to Right: Ryan Clark, Graeme Freestone, Erica
Campbell, Mark Tichenor and Ben Pratt
Academics to Industry
• Event: Introduction to medicinal chemistry designed for chemistry graduate
students and post docs.
• Concept: The younger chemists perspective on industry careers
– Graduate programs in chemistry often do not expose students to industry careers
– Medicinal chemists need to be able to interface with other scientific disciplines
– Younger chemists are able to teach basic concepts in medicinal chemistry to graduate
students with the appropriate level of detail (biology concepts focus on “why” not “how”)
• Presenters: Five younger chemists with diverse experience
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Intro to Medicinal Chemistry-The Basics (Erica Campbell)
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Drug Metabolism (Mark Tichenor)
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Barriers to Exposure (Graeme Freestone)
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In Vitro Biology (Ben Pratt)
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The Role of In Vivo Studies in Drug Development (Ryan Clark)
Event Planning
• Venue: The Scripps Research Institute, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego
• Funding: 2011 Innovative Projects Grant, YCC budget
• Planning committee: Younger Chemists
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Attendance maintained (90-110 students) over five seminars
Very engaged, thoughtful questions
Feedback forms
Asked to return in the future
Some students have attended the seminar series twice