Professor Iwao Ojima's 80th Birthday Symposium

Written By Sabrina Kralik

Professor Iwao Ojima will be celebrating his 80th Birthday this year. In honor of the occasion, the Ojima Laboratory alumni are organizing 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)

Invited Speakers

  • Masakatsu Eguchi (Univ. Washington, USA)

  • Wen-Hua Chiou (Nat. Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan)

  • Jason Beiger (Takeda, USA)

  • Joseph Kaloko (Revagenix, Inc., USA)

  • Kunal Kumar (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, USA)

  • Changwei Wang (Univ. Michigan, USA)

  • Elizabeth Cormier (Food & Drug Admin., USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • Deric Geng (WilmerHale LLP, USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • Evelyne Michaud (The Janssen Pharmaceutical, USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • Leila Abrous (California State Univ. San Marcos, USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • Larisa Kuznetsova (Saptalis Pharmaceutical, USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • William Berger (Penn Life Sciences, USA) (Panel Discussion)

  • Bruno Chapsal (Pfizer, USA) (Panel Discussion)

Blitz Talks

  • Edward Ng (EMD Performance Materials)

  • Edward Wu (Myrobalan Therapeutics)

  • Krupanandan Haranahalli (Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.)

  • Greta Klejborowska (University of Antwerp)

  • Ce Shi (Merck & Co.)

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)

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