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THE BAY AREA

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM

CONNECTING LOCAL INDUSTRY + ACADEMIA
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WHEN:
November 3rd, 2023
WHERE:
UCSF Mission Bay
Robertson Auditorium
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an ACS-sponsored local symposium
JOIN US FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL BACS

 

The Bay Area Chemistry Symposium provides a unique opportunity to connect local students and academics with scientists from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, covering themes of synthesis and design in medicinal, process, biological, and computational  chemistry. The one-day symposium will feature keynote addresses given by leading professors and industrial chemists from the Bay Area and showcase research talks from graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and industry researchers. A poster session will also take place with presentations representing research conducted in both academic and industry laboratories. This symposium, co-chaired by Professor Ian Seiple of UCSF and Caleb Karmel of Maze Therapeutics, promises to be an exciting and influential community building event for synthetic, medicinal, and computational chemists across the Bay Area.

SPEAKERS

2023 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The Bay Area Chemistry Symposium will feature 30 minute keynote talks from leading scientists in both academia in industry. We'll also hear from more industry scientists, students, and post-docs in a series of short talks highlighting the exciting science happening in the Bay Area. 

SEE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS FROM PAST BACS EVENTS:
 

What previous attendees had to say: 

"The speakers were great, the organization was great, the entire event was a great success!"

"I enjoyed the first BACS very much. This is probably the best local ACS event I ever attended."

"Thank you so much for organizing the BACS. I had a really amazing time and really enjoyed the event. I really hope to be there next year!" 

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SPONSERS

LAST YEAR'S SPONSORS

The BACS is made possible by generous support from our local industry sponsors.

Interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2023 event? Contact us today!

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– Special thanks to the NorCal chapter of EWOC for participating in the BACS –
 

REGISTER TO ATTEND

To ensure broad representation across as many local institutions as possible, we accept applications prior to registration. Please use the google form below (or linked here) to request registration as an attendee. If you would like to present a 15 minute short talk or poster, please

Submit your abstract by Sunday, October 1st. 

APPLY TO REGISTER

Note: some corporate servers may block Google forms. If the application below does not display correctly, please scan the QR code below from a personal device: 

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CONTACT

CONTACT US

Have a question? Use the form below or email us at: bayareachemistrysymposium@gmail.com

Thanks, we'll be in touch shortly!

The 2023 BACS Organizing Committee is:

Prof. Ian Seiple
Caleb Karmel
Lisa Barton
Brandon Derstine
Andrew Ecker
Matt Epplin
Chris Evans
Karan Goyal
Matt Greaney
Karl Haelsig
David Hill
Lauren Holder
Kevin Hung
Kerry Jones
Patrick S. Lee
James Mack

Bryan Matsuura
Julie Mason
Prof. Shaun McKinnie
Prof. Jared Shaw
Richard Thornbury

UC San Francisco, Academic Co-Chair
Maze Therapeutics, Industry Co-Chair
Genentech, MedChem
Graduate student, Stanford

Graduate student, UC San Francisco
Arcus Biosciences, MedChem
Cytokinetics, MedChem
Graduate student, UC Berkeley

Clariant & Silicon Valley ACS
AbbVie, MedChem
Ascendis, MedChem
Novartis, MedChem
Novartis, MedChem

Gilead, MedChem
Curie Bio / Cal ACS
Gilead, MedChem
Merck, MedChem
California Section, ACS

UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis
Gilead, Process

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