11th April 2025 POSTPONED (Refunds will be issued)

New Frontiers in Biotherapeutics

Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA

Meeting

The RSC Biotechnology Group welcomes you to this exciting one-day symposium at the Royal Society of Chemistry. This meeting will highlight recent achievements, future challenges and current trends in the discovery and development of biotherapeutics. Topics will include, therapeutic nucleotides, antibodies, PROTACS and molecular glues, with sessions focused on the discovery, development and manufacturing, of these important molecules.

Confirmed Speakers

  • Tom Brown, University of Oxford
  • Zoran Rankovic, Institute of Cancer Research
  • Jan Frayne, University of Bristol
  • Leon Pybus, FUJIFILM Diosyntha Biotechnologies
  • Jon Sellars, Newcastle University
  • Thom Sharp, University of Bristol
  • Pietro Sormanni, University of Cambridge

Registration

Payment may be made via the PayPal button below. Please include the delegate name in the instruction. The fees include attendance at the sessions, lunch and refreshments. The organisers are not registered for VAT and tax invoices cannot be issued.

Fee
RSC Members£120
Non-Members£150
Student/Retired Members£70
Student/Retired Non-Members£85

Posters

Participants who would like to present their work as a poster are invited to submit an abstract by 28th March 2025. Please send a one-page abstract as an e-mail attachment to Prof Paul Race (paul.race1@newcastle.ac.uk). Some of these will be selected by the organising committee for short oral presentations. Posters must be maximum A0 size (84cmx119cm) in portrait. Please arrive 10 mins earlier to put up your posters if you have been accepted to display one.

Additional Information

For additional information please contact the organisers by email.

Organisers

Prof Paul Race (Newcastle University: paul.race1@newcastle.ac.uk) and Dr Steve Burston (University of Bristol: s.g.burston@bristol.ac.uk), under the auspices of the Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Interest Group.

Biotechnology Group

The Biotechnology Group is the focal point within the RSC for members who have an academic or industrial interest in the chemical aspects of biotechnology.

The Group has annually run conferences or symposia on a diverse range of topics, including Biotransformations, Natural Products, Stem Cell Therapies, Neurological Disorders, Proteomics, and Glycomics. 

For more information please feel free to contact the Chairman, Prof Paul Race (paul.race1@newcastle.ac.uk), or the Secretary, Dr Colin Bedford (c.t.bedford@ucl.ac.uk).

Sponsors

The event is yet to be sponsored. Please contact the organisers if you wish to sponsor the event.

Accommodation

If you require a hotel, some options are given in the links below but feel free to find alternatives.

https://www.hotelscombined.com/Place/London.htm

Ambassador in Bloomsbury
http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Ambassadors_In_Bloomsburry_Hotel_London.htm 

Premier Inn in Euston/St Pancras
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-st-pancras.html?cid=GLBC_LONSTP

St Giles Hotel
https://www.stgileshotels.com/st-giles-london/

Crescent Hotel
http://www.crescenthoteloflondon.com/
general.enquiries@crescenthoteloflondon.com  The Academy
http://www.theacademyhotel.co.uk/
resacademy@theetoncollection.com