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The 2021 R. Bryan Miller Symposium is celebrating its 21st year as the forerunner of presenting current, thriving research efforts in pharmaceutical chemistry and chemical biology. This is the annual symposium's first-ever online gathering due to COVID-19, with free registration for all attendees.

Register for this free virtual event here.

"Chemistry and Biology of Infectious Disease" is this year's timely theme, featuring the following speakers and presentations in order of appearance.

“mRNA as Medicine”
Melissa Moore (Keynote Speaker)
Chief Scientific Officer, Moderna
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School

“Chemistry Driven Glycoscience”
Steven Townsend 
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University

“The Journey of Remdesivir from Respiratory Syncytial Virus to COVID-19”
Richard Mackman (Keynote Speaker)
Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead

“Novel Combinatorial Approach for the Discovery of Anti-fungal Peptides”
Kit Lam
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis
Sue Jane Leung Presidential Chair in Cancer Research
Harold Albin Johnson Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research

“Agilent’s Role with COVID-19; Meeting the Challenge and Looking Ahead”
Darlene Solomon
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Agilent

“Recombinant Polyclonal Antibodies: A New Class of Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19”
Rena Mizrahi (Ph.D., chemistry with designated emphasis in biotechnology, '13)
Vice President of Process Development, GigaGen

“Playing with Molecules of Life”
Peter Schultz (Plenary Speaker)
President and Scripps Family Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute