2023 AbbVie Symposium
September 8, 2023
Chuangchuang Li, Southern University of Science and Technology
AbbVie is excited to sponsor this annual mini-symposium with the Department of Chemistry at The University of Chicago! Along with talks from AbbVie scientists and an external academic speaker, there will be a poster session with lunch and a career panel featuring scientists working in the areas of medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, chemical biology, computational chemistry, and protein crystallography. Adjacent to annual chemistry recruiting efforts, this event is aimed to promote interaction between industry scientists and students & postdocs, and to shed light on the different scientific careers involved in the drug discovery process.
The event is open to all PhD students and postdocs in STEM fields. Attendance from early as well as later-stage PhD students is encouraged!
10:00am-12:00pm Career Panel with AbbVie Researchers BSLC 109
Lecture: "An Overview of AbbVie's Community of Science" - Kelly Desino, Ph.D., Scientific Director of ACOS
Panelist: Mike Haibach, Process Chemistry, Senior Scientist II, Henry Korman, Medicinal Chemistry, Senior Scientist II, BJ Lee, Medicinal Chemistry, Senior Scientist I, Xiaoli Liao, Process Chemistry, Principal Research Scientist I, Henry Tang, Protein Crystallography, Senior Scientist I, Yunan Zheng, Chemical Biology, Senior Scientist II, Ioanna Zoi, Computational Chemistry, Senior Scientist II
12:00pm-2:00pm 2:00pm-4:00pm Poster Session with Lunch
Dual Lecture: "Total Synthesis of Natural Products with Bridged Ring System" by Chuangchuang Li, Southern University of Science and Technology
"Selective Reduction and Process Development for Antibody-Drug Conjugates" by Xiaoli Liao, AbbVie Process Research & Development, Principal Research Scientist I
BSLC Lobby BSLC 109