By Lauren E Brown
CMD Hosts 2017 Symposium
Thanks to all who attended the 16th Annual CMD Symposium on June 23! Attendees were treated to fantastic talks from Professors Dirk Trauner, Ben List, Frances Arnold and Robert Langer, followed by a poster session highlighting new research from our students and postdocs.
Special thanks to Center Administrator Lisa Holik for a great job organizing this event, our friends at BUnano for help with setup and Prof. Aaron Beeler for organizing the poster session.
Thanks also to our generous sponsors listed below, without whom this event would not be possible:
- AbbVie
- Biogen
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- BU Translational Research in Biomaterials Training Grant
- Celgene
- Chemglass
- Constellation
- Eisai Research Institute
- IKA
- Interchim Inc.
- Paraza Pharmaceuticals
- Pfizer, Inc.
- SanofiUS
- Strem Chemicals, Inc.
- Vertex
- Yamazen
Check back in the future for news on our next CMD Symposium.
BU-CMD Highlighted in Bostonia
Our Center was recently profiled on the BU Research website and Bostonia magazine. The article, "Molecule Makers," gives an overview of our small molecule screening collection and some of our most exciting projects in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.