{"id":549,"date":"2025-12-12T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cnt3d\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:01:37","slug":"cnt3d_workshop_2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cnt3d\/cnt3d_workshop_2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4th Drug Discovery Innovation Workshop 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <h2><strong>Join Us for the 4th Drug Discovery Innovation Workshop 2026 &#8211; Friday, February 27<sup>th<\/sup> 2026, at USC, Los Angeles!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #990000;\">The Workshop is being organized by CNT3D, MESH Strategic Partnerships and Bridge Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\">We invite Dornsife and all other members of the vibrant drug discovery and development community at USC and across the greater LA area to join us in discussing new experimental and computational technologies and their applications targeting infectious diseases, cancer, pain management, drug abuse, and other important health challenges.<br \/>\n<em>Please save the date, <strong>Friday, Feb 27th, 10am\u20135pm<\/strong> \u0003(with lunch served around noon and reception after 4pm).<\/em><br \/>\nIn addition to USC speakers from Dornsife, Viterbi, Keck, and Mann schools we are inviting leaders in new drug discovery technologies from academia and industry (9\u201310 talks total).<br \/>\nWe also plan to organize a discussion panel centered on sharing ideas on how to strengthen drug discovery collaborations at USC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #990000;\">DATE:<\/strong> <strong>Friday, February 27, 2026, 10am \u2013 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #990000;\">VENUE: <\/strong> <strong>Michelson Hall (MCB), University of Southern California<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #990000;\">EVENT CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vadim Cherezov &#8211; Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:cherezov@usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>cherezov@usc.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vsevolod \u201cSeva\u201d Katritch &#8211; Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:katritch@usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>katritch@usc.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles McKenna &#8211; Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:mckenna@usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>mckenna@usc.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field 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padding-right: 0.2em;\">\u2794<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<table style=\"table-layout: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; min-width: 20%; height: 168px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #d7e4f3;\">\n<td style=\"width: 161.891px; height: 24px;\">9:30 am<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px; width: 493.672px;\"><strong>Registration and Coffee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 161.891px; height: 24px;\">10:00 am<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px; width: 493.672px;\"><strong>Greetings and Introduction<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #d7e4f3;\">\n<td style=\"width: 161.891px; height: 24px;\">10:15 am- 12:40 pm<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; height: 24px; width: 493.672px;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><strong>Morning Session\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 161.891px; height: 24px;\">12:40 &#8211; 1:40 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