DRAGON Symposium

Supramolecular Approaches to Theranostics: The Way Forward 15.10.2024

 

Hosted by Prof Angela Casini, Chair of Medicinal and Bioinorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the event, themed "Supramolecular Approaches to Theranostics: The Way Forward," will gather leading experts from academia and the industry.

Featuring speakers from the Technical University of Munich, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the symposium will explore pioneering research on supramolecules and self-assembled materials, theranostics, and innovative strategies for imaging and therapy.

Explore cutting-edge developments in supramolecular cancer radiotheranostics, bio-inspired and multifunctional materials, and their additive manufacturing, as well as AI-driven molecular design, and more, as we discuss the future of personalised medicine and therapeutic discovery for aging populations.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with thought leaders and shape the future of medicinal chemistry and precision healthcare.

 

Date: Tuesday 15 October

Time: 9am - 6pm

Venue: CREATE Tower Level 2 Theatrette, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602

Register: here

 

Programme below:

Time	Agenda
8:30am	Registration begins
9:00am	Welcome and introductory remarks
"Supramolecules for Imaging and Therapy"
9:10am - 11:00am	Prof Shawn Chen (NUS) – Cancer Radiotheranostics
	Siqin Chen (Prof Liu’s group - NUS) – Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy
	Prof Angela Casini (TUM) – Supramolecular coordination complexes: from drug delivery to theranostics
	Prof Roland Fischer (TUM) – Integration of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Materials to Functional Systems
11:00am	Coffee break
"Bio-inspired Supramolecules and Materials"
11:20am - 12:30pm	Prof Giorgia Pastorin (NUS) – Application of exosome mimetics in pathological conditions
	Marta Tena (Prof Boekhoven’s group, TUM) – Supramolecular biomaterials with a time switch
	Yue Sun (Prof Miserez’s group, NTU) – Peptide Coacervates as Universal Vehicles for Intracellular Delivery of Macromolecular
12:30pm	Networking lunch
"Smart-strategies for Multimodal Imaging and Therapy"
1:30pm - 2:20pm	Prof Bengang Xing (NTU) – Bioorthogonal Conjugation for Precise Imaging & Therapeutic Degradation
	Lena Koller (Prof Kossatz group, TUM, TranslaTUM) – Multimodal theranostics – harnessing the full combinatorial power of radioisotopes, fluorophores and drugs in translational oncological applications
"3D-Printing and AI Tools"
2:20pm - 3:20pm	Prof Jorge Da Silva Bartolo (NTU) – “Designing theranostic biomaterials through 3D printing”
	Prof Alessio Gagliardi (TUM) – “Machine learning to accelerate atomistic simulations to study non-covalent interactions”
3:20pm	Coffee Break
3:40pm	Assoc. Prof Xavier Bresson (NUS) – “Graph Transformers for Molecular and Material Science”
4:10pm	Assoc. Prof Min-Yen Kan (NUS) – “Triaging Scholarly Information Overload: using LLMs to find promising candidates for X”
Wrap up
5:00pm	Concluding remarks