Drug Discovery Symposium
Schedule
Fri Jun 26 2026 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY
About this Event
Drug Discovery Symposium
We cordially invite you to the inaugural 2026 Drug Discovery Symposium at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on Friday, June 26th, 2026, in the Goldwurm Auditorium.
This one-day symposium is organized by the Department of Pharmacological Sciences in collaboration with the Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) to highlight innovative drug discovery research programs across Mount Sinai and foster collaborations across disciplines.
The program is structured around the major stages of the drug discovery pipeline: target discovery, enabling technologies, and translation development, and will feature four to five presentations per session by Mount Sinai investigators. The symposium will also feature two keynote lectures:
- Daniel Heller, PhD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), presenting on drug discovery and innovation, and
- Richard B. Silverman, PhD (Northwestern University), presenting on drug discovery translation and industry.
Agenda
π: 08:15 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration + Coffee
π: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
π: 09:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Session 1: Target Discovery
Info: Drs. Alison M. Goate, Inga Peters, Avner Schlessinger, and Daniel Wacker
π: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
π: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session 2: Emerging Technologies & Platforms
Info: Drs. Min Xue, Yizhou Dong, Yi Shi, and Avi Ma'ayan
π: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM
Keynote Lecture (Discovery/ Innovation)
Host: Daniel Heller, PhD
Info: "Nanotechnologies for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment" by Daniel Heller, Ph.D., Head of the Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering
π: 02:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Session 3: From Hit to Clinic - Crossing the "Valley of Death"
Info: Drs. Robert DeVita, Jian Jin, Paul Kenny, Mone Zaidi, Ron Hoffman
π: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Break
π: 04:00 PM
MSIP: Supported Funding Mechanisms that Accelerate Investigator-led Programs
Host: MSIP
π: 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Keynote Lecture (Translational/Industry Focus)
Host: Richard Silverman, PhD
Info: "Novel GABA Aminotransferase and Ornithine Aminotransferase Inactivators as Potential New Treatments for Epilepsy, Pain, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma" by Richard Silverman, Ph.D., Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
π: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Discussion
Where is it happening?
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Ave., New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:


















