Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Communicating Science to an International Community
Discussion Leader: Carter Knutson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
David Franz (Kansas State University, United States)
"Science Diplomacy: It's About People Too"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Understanding Chemical Threats
Discussion Leader: Yiran He (The Ohio State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Aishwarya Sriraman (ORISE, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, United States)
"Effects of Both Inherent Chemical Structure and Environmental Conditions on the Enzyme-small Molecule Relationship of a Non-oxime Reactivator of Organophosphorus-inhibited Human Acetylcholinesterase"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm
Kate Schultz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Heracles: Predictive Tools for Opioid Crisis Intervention"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm
Vanessa Dunn (US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, United States)
"Development of a Multi Agent Screening Assay for Novel Reactivators of Organophosphorus-Inhibited Human Acetylcholinesterase"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
Itai Levin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Merging Enzymatic and Synthetic Chemistry with Computational Synthesis Planning"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Improving Pathogen Detection and Characterization
Discussion Leaders: Christine Chang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Sarah Sandholtz (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
"A Computational Pipeline to Identify Broad-Spectrum Drug Targets and Interacting Chemotypes in Viral Pathogens"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Vidia Gokool (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
"Marine Natural Product Discovery, Exploring the Antimicrobial Activity of Algal Pond Extracts"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Vishaka Santosh (CCDC CBC, United States)
"Rapid and Automated Identification of Aerosolized Biothreats"
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Careers in Biological and Chemical Defense
Discussion Leader: Brandi Vann (DoD, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Panel
Peter Hotchkiss (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Netherlands)
C. Linn Cadieux (U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, United States)
Catherine Branda (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes