Peptide therapeutics are making a come-back due to chemical advances that have created new sorts of peptide-based structures that not only combine the best of both, small molecule and antibody drug candidates, but also have unique advantages.

Fragment-based screening has matured into an accepted and developed technology used to improve and to speed up lead discovery and optimization.

What are the current challenges and bottlenecks in the field of kinase inhibitors? Is it more important to target efficiency or to optimize specificity? What is the best way to modulate inhibitors and to interfere with the binding sites? What is still new

Key topics to be addressed: This session is designed to help the project team to understand and create a project plan for the delivery of the project to the portfolio; To provide assistance to project teams in the delivery of the Significant and high visible projects to portfolio where success is critical to both the team and the organization The success of any project depends on the planning activities especially delivery

Quantitative real-time PCR is a valuable technology used for diagnostics of diseases such as cancer and infectious diseases, and for the detection of bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens. This course covers aspects of incorporating qPCR into standard molecular diagnosis including the challenges involved, an overview of the technology available, and next steps.

Few biorepositories contain sufficient numbers of samples to perform large research studies, necessitating collaboration between multiple sites. The mass availability of high-quality biological specimens for research requires the development of standardized methods for collection, long-term storage, retrieval and distribution. The use of standard operating procedures (SOPs) is fundamental and widespread. However, standardized data collection, rigorous data management, and uniform informed consent procedures are becoming increasingly valuable for collaboration between researchers in this network. This workshop is designed to discuss a new standard for successful collaboration, providing scientists and clinicians with methods to simplify specimen sharing, with complete phenotypic and clinical information associated with samples.