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Welcome to Drug Discovery Digital

Due to the restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, ELRIG’s flagship conference Drug Discovery, now in its 14th year, will be a virtual event.

Taking place over a 2 week period from 6 – 16 October 2020, you can now enjoy the usual world-class science and exhibition you would expect from our flagship conference but from the comfort of your own desktop to fit with your daily schedule!

As with every year, however, Drug Discovery Digital will still include cutting edge talks and examples of new directions in drug discovery. Our scientific programme will feature over 50 world-class speakers with 8 main session tracks and 2 plenary keynote speakers. The tracks for 2020 are:

Better Hits = Better therapeutics?
Innovations in Chemistry to discover new medicines
GPCRs in drug discovery hosted by the British Pharmacological Society
Addressing the challenges of Infection – how do we develop new treatments?
Patient relevant models for drug discovery
Multi Omic approaches to deliver new medicines
Cancer Research UK track
New Modalities to treat disease

Drug Discovery has become the largest meeting of life sciences industry professionals in the UK and we plan on making this the largest virtual drug discovery event in the UK .

This event will bring together delegates and exhibiting companies from around the world in a virtual conference that will highlight the latest ground-breaking research, discuss cutting-edge advances in the application of laboratory technology to understand disease biology and to identify novel chemical and biological candidate drugs.

Plenary Keynote Speakers

Darrin Disley (Mogrify)
Professor Sarah J Tabrizi (UCL)

We have several sponsorship opportunities available to our vendors that can provide a wide range of new and exciting benefits for your organisation. We are also happy to discuss a tailored package to suit your budget. << less

Welcome to Drug Discovery Digital

Due to the restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, ELRIG’s flagship conference Drug Discovery, now in its 14th year, will be a virtual event.

Taking place over a 2 week period from 6 – 16 October 2020, you can now enjoy the usual world-class more >>

Pharmaceutical Flow Cytometry & Imaging 2021
The 7th biennial Pharmaceutical Flow Cytometry and Imaging meeting will be held at GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK. Flow cytometry and imaging are two powerful technology platforms that enable high-content analysis of physiologically-relevant cell systems and pre-clinical and clinical biomarkers. Since our first meeting in 2008, we have seen the technology develop and the applications widen across many areas of industrial and academic drug discovery and development.
This meeting will focus on the application of Flow Cytometry and Imaging to illuminate biology from the single cell to the patient. The scientific program for this meeting is:
Translational Flow Cytometry and Imaging in Drug Discovery and Development: Application of technology in biological models from the microscale and single cell through to complex in-vitro tissue systems and the clinic.
Novel and Emerging Technologies: Next generation instrumentation, and probe and sensor technology for pharmaceutical research.
Drug discovery in the era of Multi-omics and spatial cytometry: Exploration of the latest multi-parameter techniques and the analytical challenges of using multi-omics approaches to link the genome and proteome to cellular regulation and function.
We aim to bring together the research community working in the field of flow cytometry and imaging with interests in developing and applying the technology for pharmaceutical research. Join scientists from pharma, biotech, CROs and academia to hear talks given by speakers at the cutting edge of cytometry, take part in commercial vendor lab-based workshops, network at the exhibition, innovation forum and speakers dinner and gain strategic insights into solutions for increasing the success of drug discovery and development.
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Pharmaceutical Flow Cytometry & Imaging 2021
The 7th biennial Pharmaceutical Flow Cytometry and Imaging meeting will be held at GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK. Flow cytometry and imaging are two powerful technology platforms that enable high-content analysis of physiologically-relevant cell systems more >>

18th of May 2021 at the AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg. This interactive 2-day conference will host world leading scientists from academia and industry to discuss current and future perspectives of Cell and Gene Therapies.

Cell and gene therapies are rapidly evolving at a fast pace, revealing many new and exciting therapeutic opportunities not previously amenable to drug discovery. We aim to bring together scientists from academia, pharma, biotech, and CRO’s to engage with speakers at the cutting edge of developing and applying cell and gene therapies.

The event will help participants develop a better understanding of the field and provide networking opportunities with a range of key experts. Our aim is to create an open and inspiring environment that will foster discussions and the identification of opportunities for collaboration with a scientific program developed around three key focus areas:

• Cell based therapies across disease areas
• Recent advances in cancer gene therapies
• Therapies for genetic conditions

There will be numerous opportunities to network with scientists and researchers from the pharmaceutical, academic and vendor communities throughout the 2-day conference. The program also includes poster viewing sessions, a poster spotlight presentation opportunity for select posters, vendor exhibition, speaker’s dinner and tour of the Amazing Journey at AstraZeneca. << less

18th of May 2021 at the AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg. This interactive 2-day conference will host world leading scientists from academia and industry to discuss current and future perspectives of Cell and Gene Therapies.

Cell and gene therapies are rapidly evolving at a fast pace, revealing more >>

RAMIRAN 2020: Managing Organic Resources in a Changing Environment

The conference will focus on developing strategies to maximise the efficiency of organic materials against a background of changing regulation, policy and market forces, as well as increasing pressure on the environment, soil quality and food production. Oral and poster presentations will be invited to cover the full spectrum of research, from theory to implementation and adoption by stakeholders. << less

RAMIRAN 2020: Managing Organic Resources in a Changing Environment

The conference will focus on developing strategies to maximise the efficiency of organic materials against a background of changing regulation, policy and market forces, as well as increasing pressure on the environment, soil more >>