Our entire preliminary line up of programs is posted below. Many sessions are sponsored by individual divisions as noted by the program key.

Program information may be updated as we near the meeting date.

Download ASPET Program at a Glance (PDF)
 

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Program Key  

Friday, April 21, 2017

• Give a Day of Service to Chicago at EB2017 

Saturday, April 22, 2017

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

• Teaching Institute: Supporting Experiment Design and Rigor in Graduate Training 

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

• IPE: Educating a New Generation of Healthcare Professionals 
• Graduate Student - Postdoctoral Colloquium: Effective Science Communication 

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

• ASPET Business Meeting and Awards Presentation 

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

• EB Welcome Reception  

Sunday, April 23, 2017

8:30 am - 9:20 am

• John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology Lecture  

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

• ASPET Presidential Symposium: Leveraging New Paradigms for GPCR Drug Discovery  
• Behavioral Models of Age-related Cognitive Decline 
• Tools and Targets: Overcoming Challenges in Modern Drug Discovery 
• Cytochrome P450 Structure in Human Health 
• Novel Regulators of Platelet Function and Thrombogenesis: Multiple Trails Towards a Broadway  

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

• ASPET Poster Presentations  

1:00 pm–3:00 pm

• 2016 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
  (EB-wide lecture for all societies)

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

• Reynold Spector Award in Clinical Pharmacology Lecture  

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

• Challenges and Opportunities for Childhood Cancer Drug Development 
• Cardiovascular Pathobiology of Inflammasomes 
• Physiological Regulation of Drug Metabolism and Transport 
• Mechanistic Studies in Cholinergic Neurobiology: Focus on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors 
• Delivering Innovative Solutions in Pharmacology Education: Leveraging Web-Based Technologies  

6:30 pm–8:30 pm  

• Student/Postdoc Poster Competition 

8:30 pm–11:00 pm

• Student/Postdoc Mixer 

Monday, April 24, 2017

8:30 am - 9:20 am

• ASPET-JPS Lecture  

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

• 3-D Biology in Cancer Pharmacology - Is Flat Biology Dead? 
• Emerging Technologies for Characterizing Lead Optimization of Novel Biotherapeutics  
• The CRISPR-Cas9 Revolution in Pharmacology  
• Therapeutic Prospectives for Cannabinoids: Beyond Marijuana and Pain 
• Mitochondria: Guardians of the Cell 
• Journal Symposium: Hear It from the Editors  

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

• ASPET Poster Presentations  

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

• Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology Lecture   

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm 

• Targeting of GRKs and Beta-arrestins for Cardiovascular Therapy: Picking on Certain Siblings over Others in Some (Protein) Families  
• Game-Based Learning and Clinical Simulation for Pharmacology  
• Division for Molecular Pharmacology Postdoctoral Scientist Award Finalists 
• Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Trainee Showcase 
• Division for Drug Metabolism: Awards and Junior Investigator Platform Session  

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

• Division Annual Meetings 

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

• Division Mixers 

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

8:30 am - 9:20 am

• Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology Lecture   

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

• Julius Axelrod Symposium: Evolving Insights Regarding GPCRs: Compartmentation, Signaling and Clinical  Utility 
• Mushrooming Potential of Psychedelics as Therapeutics  
• Perinatal Therapeutics and the Programming of Adult Cardiometabolic Disease  
• Emerging Technologies for Selectively Modulating the Tumor Immune Contexture 
• Quantitative Systems Pharmacology: Application to Cancer Drug Development and Personalized/precision Medicine  
• Science and Government: How to Make a Difference Through Advocacy  

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm 

• ASPET Poster Presentations  

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

• David Lehr Research Award Lecture   

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

• Surmounting the Insurmountable: Obstacles in Drug Discovery and Development – Real World Case Studies   
• Division for Neuropharmacology Postdoctoral Scientist Award Finalists 
• Division for Behavioral Pharmacology – Team Science Forum: Scientist Crosstalk on Chemistry and Behavior   
• Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology -  Young Investigator Awards Platform Session and Early Career Faculty Showcase 
• Division for Cancer Pharmacology – Young Investigators Symposium 
• Division for Toxicology – In Utero and Neonatal Exposure to Environmental Agents  

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

• Division Annual Meetings 

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

• Division Mixers 

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

8:30 am - 9:20 am

• Norman Weiner Lecture  

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

• Intestine-liver Crosstalk, New Frontier for Drug Metabolism, Liver Injury and Repair  
• Nonpharmacological Factors Influencing Drug Action 
• Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery in Epigenetics  
• Release and Processing of Extracellular ATP: New Insights and Therapeutic Targets  

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm 

• ASPET Poster Presentations  

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

• The Pharmacological and Therapeutic Legacy of Dr. Alfred G. Gilman  
• Stem Cells in Cancer 
• Transporter Roles in Intracellular Drug Concentrations 
• Developing Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Modulate K+/Cl- Co-transporter 2 (KCC2) Function 
• Epigenetic Regulation of Toxicity and Implications for Risk Assessment  

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

• ASPET Closing Reception  

Program Key

• Behavioral Pharmacology 
• Cancer Pharmacology 
• Cardiovascular Pharmacology 
• Drug Discovery and Development 
• Drug Metabolism 
• Molecular Pharmacology 
• Neuropharmacology 
• Pharmacology Education 
• Toxicology 
• Translational and Clinical Pharmacology 

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Last updated: March 28, 2017