2020 Biomedical Sciences Symposium
Symposium Information
The 2020 symposium was held via zoom on Friday, November 6, 2020 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Conference Schedule & Speakers
- Poster Session Abstracts List
- A printable Conference Program Booklet is available by request. Please email Nicole Suchy at nsuchy@ku.edu.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Andrew Mesecar, Purdue University
Presentation title: "SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitors as drugs for treatment of COVID-19"
Student Speaker Award Winner
Catherine Kerr (Molecular Biosciences)
Presentation title: "PARP12 is required for the attenuation of an ADP-ribosylhydrolase deficient coronavirus in primary macrophages"
Poster Award Winners
First Place
Adedamola Opalade (Chemistry)
David Ingham (Molecular Biosciences)
Second Place
Wendy Aquino Nunez (Molecular Biosciences)
Vikalp Vishwakarma (Molecular Biosciences)
This symposium was made possible through support from the Higuchi Biosciences Center and from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Predoctoral Training Programs, the Dynamic Aspects of Chemical Biology Training Program (T32-GM08545) and the Biotechnology Training Program.