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2021 GLC ASPET 34th Annual Meeting  

COVID-19: Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Surveillance

The Great Lakes Chapter (GLC) of ASPET will hold its 34th Annual Scientific Meeting on August 27, 2021 at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

The goal of the 2021 meeting is to highlight recent advances in our understanding of the prevalence, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19 and discuss technological advances related to diagnosis and testing. Our intent is to provide a forum for students, postdoctoral fellows, and scientists working in this and related areas to participate and engage in productive discussions with colleagues in the field. The annual meeting of the GLC of ASPET has historically provided an excellent forum of learning and exchanging of ideas in all fields of the pharmacological sciences and is a major networking event for biomedical scientists in the Great Lakes region of the Midwest.

Symposium: COVID-19: Therapeutics, Diagnostics, and Surveillance

  • Keynote Address
    GR Scott Budinger, MD, Northwestern University
    “Pathobiology and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia”
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  • Tony Haight, PhD, AbbVie, Inc.
    “COVID-19 Therapeutics: Lessons Learned”
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  • Karen Terio DVM/PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    “Global Surveillance of Emerging Viruses”
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  • Alexis Demonbreun, PhD, Northwestern University
    “Patterns of COVID-19 Prevalence & Vaccination in the Chicago Area”
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  • Egon Ozer, MD PHD, Northwestern University
    “Chasing Emerging COVID-19 Variants”

Special Symposium: COVID-19 Diagnostics

Shihai Huang, PhD, Senior Director, Abbott

Young Investigator Symposium

  • Nir Drayman, PhD, University of Chicago
    “A Drug Repurposing Screen Identifies Masitinib as a 3CLPro inhibitor that Blocks Replication of SARS-CoV-2 In Vivo”
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  • Lamiaa El-Shennawy, PhD, Northwestern University
    “Circulating ACE2-Expressing Extracellular Vesicles Block SARS-COV2 Infection as an Innate Antiviral Response”
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  • Lisa Volpatti, PhD, University of Chicago
    “Evaluating Antigen Formulation in COVID-19 Subunit Vaccines: Surface Display Elicits Neutralizing Antibodies”
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  • Lianghui Zhang, MD, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
    “An Engineered High-Affinity ACE2 Peptide Therapeutically Mitigates Lung Vascular Injury and Mortality Induced by Distinct SARS-COV-2 Variants”

Registration

Online registration with discounted rate ends Thursday, August 26 at 11:59 PM EDT.  We strongly encourage all attendees to register online prior to the meeting. For registration onsite, only cash and check will be accepted.

Poster Abstract Submission

Registration is required for abstract submission. The dimension of the poster board is 60 x 34 inches. Abstracts submitted without prior registration will not be accepted. The deadline for abstract receipt should have read Friday, August 20, 2021 by 5:00 PM CDT.

Completed abstracts using the can be submitted to aspetabstracts@gmail.com.

Maps and Parking Directions

Address: 303 East Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611
Maps: Google Maps Chicago Campus Map

COVID-19 Protocols

If you have a fever, cough, or other symptoms, you might have COVID-19 and please refrain from attending the meeting. If you have COVID-19, we will refund your registration fee. Please contact aspetabstracts@gmail.com.  Thank you for your understanding.

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