New Frontiers: Challenges and Solutions to Tackle Drug Discovery Problems

December 2026 NESACS Med Chem Half-Day Symposium: New Frontiers: Challenges and Solutions to Tackle Drug Discovery Problems December 2026 - 1052nd Monthly Meeting of NESACS: Med Chem Symposium "New Frontiers: Challenges and Solutions to Tackle Drug Discovery Problems" This meeting will be hosted by Pfizer, 1 Portland St, Cambridge, MA Agenda 3:00 pm Welcome Raj Rajur, Medicinal Chemistry Program Chair NESACS, MA 3:10 pm Introductory Remarks Pfizer, Cambridge, MA 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Associate Professor Connor W. Coley MIT, Cambridge, MA Title: TBA 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Scott Edmondson Nimbus Therapeuics, Boston, MA Title: Computationally Enabled Drug Discovery to Deliver Clinical Compounds: From Physics to Artificial Intelligence 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm Break 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Jessica O'Brien Pfizer, Cambridge, MA Title: Discovery of an Intestinally-Targeted Pan-AMPK Activator for Inflammatory Bowel Disease 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Mike Visser Novartis, Cambridge, MA Title: TBA 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm Networking Dinner 8:00 pm Closure of Event ALL ATTENDEES ARE REQUIRED TO PRE-PAY. WALK-IN’s ARE NOT ALLOWED. Please use google map: 1 Portland St., Cambridge Massachusetts 02139. MBTA closest stop is Kendall Sq. or Central Sq. on red line. Parking: There is no free parking. Street parking on Mass Ave., Albany, and Main St. Parking Garage on the backside of the building has hourly parking at your own expense. The MIT Albany Street Garage (36 Albany St) is very close by and can be accessed after 2:30 pm at the normal parking rate ($11 in 2025) – you may have to ask an attendant or someone else for access; again this is at your own expense. Registration or other questions? Please contact: Raj Rajur [email protected] Organizing Committee: Brian Aquila; Mark Ashwell; David Candito Philip Collier; Lara Czabaniuk; Paul Greenspan; Melissa Grenier-Davies; Esther Lee; Silvana Leit; Blaise Lippa; Raj Rajur; Paul Scola