| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Preclinical Form and Formulation for Drug Discovery |
| Discussion Leader: Karthik Nagapudi (Genentech, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Sarvajna Dwivedi (Pearl Therapeutics, Inc., USA)
"Scientific Foundations of Building a Pharmaceutical Company" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biomolecules - Proteins, Biologics and Genes |
| Discussion Leaders: Bakul Bhatnagar (Pfizer Inc., USA) and Japneet Kaur (University of Connecticut, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Michaela McNiff (University of Kansas, USA)
"Metal-Bound claMP Tag Inhibits Proteolytic Cleavage" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Vamsi Mudhivarthi (University of Connecticut, USA)
"Impact of ControlLyo and Annealing on Buffer Crystallization and Its Effect on β-galactosidase Stability Towards Process Development and Protein Stability" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Erica Schlesinger (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Thin Film Polymer Device for Long-Acting Antiretroviral HIV PrEP" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Elizabeth Zecca (University of Connecticut, USA)
"A Novel Approach to Study Surface Hydrophobicity of Proteins" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Small Molecules – Formulation Development |
| Discussion Leaders: Narayan Variankaval (Merck Research Laboratory, USA) and Korbinian Loebmann (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Pinal Mistry (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Polymer Selection Tools for Formulating Amorphous Solid Dispersions" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Sean Delaney (University of Kentucky, USA)
"Investigating the Role of Magnesium Stearate in Formulations by Solid-State NMR" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Wei-Jhe Sun (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Elucidating Sources of Fines Generated in Dry Granulation" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Wei Zhang (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
"Surface Self-Diffusion of Organic Glasses and Its Role in Fast Surface Crystal Growth" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Karthik Nagapudi (Genentech, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Careers in Pharmaceutical Sciences" |
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- Eric Munson (University of Kentucky, USA)
- Narayan Variankaval (Merck Research Laboratory, USA)
- Robert Wenslow (Crystal Pharmatech, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
