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THE BAY AREA

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM

CONNECTING LOCAL INDUSTRY + ACADEMIA
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WHEN:
October 25th, 2024
WHERE:
UCSF Mission Bay
Robertson Auditorium
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JOIN US FOR THE 5TH 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 Shaun McKinnie of UCSC 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

2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The Bay Area Chemistry Symposium will feature 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. 

Industry Short Talk Speakers

SEE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS FROM PAST BACS EVENTS:
 
APPLY TO REGISTER

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Ticket prices are $25 for attendees from academia and $150 for attendees from industry.

Registration for the event takes place in three steps:

 

  1. Fill out the Google Form expressing your interest in attending BACS. If you would like to apply to present at the BACS, please provide an abstract for your talk or poster at the end of this form. You should receive email confirmation upon submission.

  2. In early October, you will receive a link via email to complete your registration through Eventbrite and pay for the event. For those who applied to present a poster or talk, you will be notified of the decision beforehand in case this affects your ability to attend the event. You will also receive email confirmation upon Eventbrite registration.

  3. Join us on October 25th, 2024 at UCSF's Robertson Auditorium for the 5th annual BACS! A panel of judges from industry and academia will award the top three posters with prizes ranging from $150 to $250 dollars.

 

Registration is for the waitlist. Please apply, and we will try to accommodate you. If you receive an Eventbrite link by email, we've found space for you.

NOTE: We've noticed some people using their colleagues links to register, even though they did not apply for the waitlist and were not sent a link. Don't do this.

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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What previous attendees had to say: 

"A real gem of a local conference with great talks by all with some big names too! The poster session is a fantastic way to meet high-quality students and postdocs as a networking tool. I’m looking forward to next year’s BACS."

"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

OUR 2024 SPONSORS

 

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

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact us today!

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– PLATINUM SPONSORS –
 
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– GOLD SPONSORS –
 
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– SILVER SPONSORS –
 
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– Special thanks to the American Chemical Society & NorCal chapter of EWOC  –
 
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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 2024 BACS Organizing Committee is:

Prof. Shaun McKinnie
Caleb Karmel

Lisa Barton
Chen Cheng
Alexandr Dudnik
Andrew Ecker
Matt Epplin
Chris Evans
Ciara Feist
Emily Fok
Bella Germek
Karan Goyal

Karl Haelsig
David Hill
Lauren Holder
Kevin Hung
Kerry Jones
Emily Kirkeby
Zef Konst
Jennifer Le

Bryan Matsuura
Michael Mormino
Prof. Cody Pitts
Prof. Ian Seiple
Amy Su
Richard Thornbury
Jacob Edwards

UC Santa Cruz, Academic Co-Chair
Maze Therapeutics, Industry Co-Chair
Genentech
Genentech
AbbVie

Graduate student, UC San Francisco
Arcus Biosciences
Cytokinetics
Novartis
Graduate student, UC Berkeley
Gilead
Arcus Biosciences

AbbVie
Ascendis
Novartis
Novartis

Gilead
Eikon Therapeutics
Schrödinger
Eikon Therapeutics

Merck
Nurix
UC Davis
UC San Francisco
Graduate student, Stanford
Gilead
BMS

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