Frontiers of novel drug targets in disease

Michael Spedding,
President, Spedding Research Solutions SAS, Le Vesinet, France

Professor Yongxiang Zhang,
Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China

Human-specific Sialic acids and their role in Human-specific diseases and Viral Infections
Professor Ajit Varki
Director, UCSD CARTA , San Diego, The United States of America

Pharmacological target identification strategy of active natural products
Dr Kewu Zeng
Tenure-Track Assistant, Professor, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Oral communication speaker - to be confirmed in 2022.

GM1 and its oligosaccharides: brain penetration and novel therapies for Parkinson’s and Cystic Fibrosis
Dr Elena Chiricozzi
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

The novel drug targets in the therapy for mood disorders
Professor Jianguo Chen
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China