Dates & times
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- 12:00 PM – 5:35 PM
Chemical Biology at Weill Cornell: Chromatin, Molecular Tools and Drug Discovery
Check-in at noon includes poster setup, so the research on display is part of the afternoon’s planning from the start. The agenda schedules awards through 5:35 p.m.—20 minutes later than the event listing’s 5:15 p.m. end—making the final timing worth confirming if you need to leave by a particular time.
A field organized around useful molecular tools
Chemical biology uses chemistry-based methods to investigate and manipulate biological systems. At this symposium, that connection frames an exchange between chemists developing tools and biologists applying them to questions about how living systems work and how research might address challenges in biotechnology and human health.
The Chemical Biology Discussion Group’s wider portfolio includes proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics and glycomics, as well as synthetic and systems biology when chemical tools inform the work. The event overview also names chemical probes, drug design and molecular therapeutics as broad areas of interest; it does not assign those subjects to particular abstract-selected presentations.
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From chromatin biology to therapeutic discovery
Cigall Kadoch, PhD, opens with “Structure and Function of ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Health and Disease: The Path Toward Precision Medicines.” Her laboratory studies protein complexes that govern DNA architecture and gene expression. Her profile notes that disruptions to these complexes are implicated in more than half of human cancers, giving the keynote’s connection between chromatin research and precision medicine a specific health context.
Niyi Fadeyi, PhD, of InduPro Therapeutics gives the closing keynote; the agenda does not provide a title. His profile describes his work leading discovery chemistry and chemical biology focused on finding therapeutic targets. One example is a light-powered technology he co-invented to map protein neighborhoods—a research tool, not a promised demonstration at the symposium.
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Submitted work moves from short talks to posters
The agenda places abstract-selected short talks in two blocks, separated by a networking break. Fadeyi’s keynote comes before the poster session and networking reception; awards for outstanding poster presentations follow. This makes the poster session a distinct part of the program rather than an add-on before the closing talk.
Trainees and early-career researchers are encouraged to submit work for consideration as a short talk or poster by March 19, 2027. Submission is not a guarantee of selection, and the event materials do not specify selection criteria. The published agenda does not name the selected short-talk speakers or poster authors.
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The scientific committee offers a view of the field’s range
The organizing committee includes Yael David of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Tania Lupoli of New York University and Ekaterina Vinogradova of The Rockefeller University. David develops chemical tools for investigating histone modifications, including their manipulation in living cells. Lupoli studies pathways that help bacterial pathogens survive stressful conditions inside and outside a host. Vinogradova develops chemical-proteomic methods to investigate differences in immune and nervous-system cells and their potential relevance to therapies.
These researchers are identified as committee members, not as additional presenters in the agenda. Cassie Chartier, PhD, of The New York Academy of Sciences is also on the committee and is scheduled to give the welcome remarks.
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Keynotes, selected talks and posters
The program moves between keynote presentations, two blocks of abstract-selected short talks and time for networking. Poster setup is included in check-in; the poster session and reception follow the closing keynote, with awards scheduled afterward.
2027-05-20 · Uris Auditorium
- Check-in and poster set-up
- Welcome remarks — Cassie Chartier, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences
- Opening keynote: “Structure and Function of ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Health and Disease: The Path Toward Precision Medicines” — Cigall Kadoch, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
- Short talks selected from submitted abstracts
- Networking break
- Continued short talks and closing keynote session
- Closing keynote — Niyi Fadeyi, PhD, InduPro Therapeutics
- Poster session and networking reception
- Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards
Decisions to make before the afternoon
Plan around the agenda’s final item
The event listing gives a 12:00–5:15 p.m. ET window, while the detailed agenda places the Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards from 5:20 to 5:35 p.m. ET. The listing names Gabrielle Sirois as planner and gives [email protected] for questions about the intended attendee end time.
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Five in-person rates, by category
Listed rates are $125 for members; $45 for member students, postdocs and fellows; $60 for nonmember students, postdocs and fellows; $155 for nonmember attendees from academia and nonprofits; and $190 for nonmember general-entry and corporate attendees. The registration page lists registration as open.
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Deadline: March 19, 2027
Trainees and early-career researchers are encouraged to submit work for consideration for a short talk or poster. Submission does not guarantee selection; the event materials do not state submission requirements or selection criteria.
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Getting to Uris Auditorium
Venue and directions
The event is listed at Uris Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10065. The event information does not specify an event entrance, transit route, parking or accessibility details. Use the map links to calculate directions from your own starting point.
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Before you make a plan
Is a panel discussion on the dated program?
No panel is listed in the detailed agenda. It specifies keynotes, abstract-selected talks, networking, a poster session and reception, and awards.
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Are the selected short-talk presenters named in the agenda?
No. The agenda identifies the sessions as talks selected from submitted abstracts but does not list the selected speakers or poster authors.
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Location & Google Maps
Uris Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medicine
1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10065
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