# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 08:15 am – Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us at the inaugural Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium to explore the latest advances from target discovery to clinical translation.About this EventMount Sinai Drug Discovery SymposiumWe cordially invite you to the inaugural Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on Friday, June 26th, 2026, in the Goldwurm Auditorium.This symposium is organized by the Department of Pharmacological Sciences in collaboration with the Drug Discovery Institute (DDI) and the Institute of Translational Medicine and Pharmacology to showcase cutting-edge advances in drug discovery and convene leaders in medicinal chemistry and translational science across campus. Through this coordinated effort, we aim to advance an integrated discovery-translation ecosystem that connects patient scale data, molecular design, and pharmacology—thereby accelerating therapeutic innovation and strengthening Mount Sinai’s national leadership in academic medicine and healthcare.The program is structured around the major stages of the drug discovery pipeline: target discovery, emerging 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:I. Daniel A. Heller, PhD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), presenting on drug discovery and innovationII. Richard B. Silverman, PhD (Northwestern University), presenting on clinical impactProgram Committee: Robert J. DeVita, Jian Jin, Michael Lazarus, Avner Schlessinger, Yi Shi, Daniel Wacker, Min Xue, and Ming-Ming ZhouAgenda?: 08:15 AM - 09:00 AMRegistration & Coffee?: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AMWelcoming & Opening RemarksHost: Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD?: 09:15 AM - 10:45 AMTarget DiscoveryInfo: I. Alison M. Goate, DPhil - “Human Genetics to Target Discovery in Alzheimer's Disease” | II. Inga Peter, PhD - “From Genetic Pleiotropy to Drug Development: the LRRK2 Repurposing Story?” | III. Avner Schlessinger, PhD - “AI-Guided Targeting of Druggable Conformations in Proteins” | IV. Daniel Wacker, PhD - “How Mechanistic Studies of Psychedelics Empower the Development of Novel Neuropsychiatric Drugs”?: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AMCoffee Break?: 11:00 AM - 12:40 PMEmerging Technologies & PlatformsInfo: I. Yi Shi, PhD - “Rapid High-Throughput Antibody Structure Prediction Informs Therapeutic Design” | II. Masayuki Yazawa, PhD - “Developing Novel Technologies & Platforms to Identify New Therapeutic Targets & Strategies” | III. Yizhou Dong, PhD - “Lipid Nanoparticles Enabled mRNA Therapy” | IV. Min Xue, PhD - “Nanoteins: Multicyclic Peptides for Next-gen Biomedicine” | V. Avi Ma’ayan, PhD - “Integrating Connectivity Mapping Resources for Drug and Target Discovery”?: 12:40 PM - 01:30 PMLUNCH?: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PMKeynote Lecture I: Discovery / InnovationHost: Daniel A. Heller, PhDInfo: "Nanotechnologies for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment"?: 02:15 PM - 03:55 PMFrom Hit to Clinic - Crossing the "Valley of Death"Info: I. Paul J. Kenny, PhD - “Leveraging the Orexin System to Develop Novel CNS Therapeutics” | II. Jian Jin, PhD - “Drug Discovery at Mount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery: From Biased Agonists of GPCRs to DUBTAC Stabilizers of Tumor Suppressors” | III. Robert J. DeVita, PhD - “Progress toward a Small Molecule Therapeutic Pipeline at Mount Sinai” | IV. Ronald Hoffman, MD - “Strategies to Eliminate Myelofibrosis Stem Cells” | V. Felipe Araujo, PhD, MBA & Louise Lammers, PhD - “How to Translate your Discoveries Towards Commercialisation”?: 03:55 PM - 04:15 PMBreak?: 04:15 PM - 05:00 PMKeynote Lecture II: Clinical ImpactHost: Richard B. Silverman, PhDInfo: "Novel GABA Aminotransferase and Ornithine Aminotransferase Inactivators as Potential New Treatments for Epilepsy, Pain, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma"?: 05:00 PM - 05:00 PMClosing RemarksHost: Paul J. Kenny, PhD - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/mount-sinai-drug-discovery-symposium/100001984720333946 - **Event Categories**: science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 8 hours 45 minutes - Location: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - **lat**: 40.7886376 - **long**: -73.9524223 - **full address**: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Ave., New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/6b25a8790c9d8303d006d64d121cb3a43f333e62b4122820fd1e4b38fe0ef84d-rimg-w1178-h853-dc191819-gmir.jpg?v=1777383707 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium being held? - **A:** Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium takes place on Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 08:15 am to Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Ave., New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium? - **A:** Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium is organized by DPS Admin. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/6b25a8790c9d8303d006d64d121cb3a43f333e62b4122820fd1e4b38fe0ef84d-rimg-w1178-h853-dc191819-gmir.jpg?v=1777383707", "startDate": "2026-06-26", "endDate": "2026-06-26", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mount-sinai-drug-discovery-symposium/100001984720333946", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1425 Madison Ave.", "postalCode": "10029", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.7886376", "longitude": "-73.9524223" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us at the inaugural Mount Sinai Drug Discovery Symposium to explore the latest advances from target discovery to clinical translation.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-06-26", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mount-sinai-drug-discovery-symposium/100001984720333946" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/mount-sinai-drug-discovery-symposium/100001984720333946", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "DPS Admin", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/dps-admin/27731774" } ] } ] ```