Professor Ojima's 80th Birthday Symposium
Professor Iwao Ojima celebrated his 80th Birthday this year. In honor of the occasion, the Ojima Laboratory alumni organized a two-day symposium at Stony Brook University on June 6 and 7, 2025.
By invitation only
Plenary Speakers
Makoto Fujita (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) (Opening Lecture)
Mikiko Sodeoka (RIKEN. Japan)
Louis Fensterbank (Collège de France, Paris, France)
Ivana Fenoglio (Univ. Turin, Italy)
Thomas W. Bell (Univ. Nevada Reno, USA)
Steven E. Rokita (Johns Hopkins Univ., USA)
Peter J. Tonge (Stony Brook Univ., USA)
Carlos Simmerling (Stony Brook Univ., USA)
Scott D. Kuduk (The Janssen Pharmaceutical, USA)
Songnian Lin (Merck Research Lab., USA)
Iwao Ojima (Stony Brook Univ. USA) (Closing Lecture)
Keynote Speakers
Hauh-Jyun Chen (Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan)
Thierry Brigaud (Univ. Cergy-Pontoise, France)
Greta Varchi (NRC-ISOF-Bologna, Italy)
Claude Commandeur (Symeres, The Netherlands)
Chih-Yuan Grace Chuang (Cytokinetics, U.S.A.)
Chung-Ming Sun (Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan)
Subrata Chakravarty (Hope4Cancer, USA) (Panel Discussion)
Bibia Heidmann (Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland) (Panel Discussion)
Sponsors
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook Chapter
Crystal Brook Music International
Artelo Biosciences, Inc.
Cytokinetics
Hoffman & Baron, LLP
Saptalis Pharmaceutical, LLC
Recurv Pharma
WilmerHale
Hamari Chemicals, Ltd.
Tosoh Finechem Corporation
The Ojima Laboratory Alumni Donors
ChemBio Diagnostic Systems, Inc.
2025 SB Symposium Organizing Committee:
Scott D. Kuduk (Chair), Songnian Lin (Co-Chair), Leila Abrous, Michael Miller, , Masakatsu Eguchi, Deric Geng, Larisa Kuzunetsova, Krupanandam Haranahalli, Thierry Brigaud, Greta Varchi, Tadashi Honda, Roxanne Brockner (Executive Secretary), Patricia Marinaccio (Coordinator), Norma Reyes (Chem. Dept. Liaison)
