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Program

4th Annual HTRF Symposium

This year's compelling scientific program will combine more than 25 talks by industry leaders and influential members of academia from Europe, North America and Japan.

Main topics addressed during the 3 day conference will include GPCR screening, the study of kinases - and more generally oncology-related targets - as well as an overview of emerging applications of HTRF technology, including an insight into innovation brought by the new HTRF Terbium chemistry.

For the first time, a poster session will complete the HTRF Symposium's agenda, thus providing the ideal opportunity for networking and discussion.

This program is yet to be finalised; for updates please check back.

Print Program

4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Registration

Conference opening & keynote address (-)

6:00pm - 6:15pm
  • Welcome address
  • François Degorce, Cisbio Bioassays - Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
6:15pm - 7:15pm
  • Keynote talk: Protein-complex assembly and GPCR signalling efficacy
  • Michel Bouvier, Université de Montréal - Montréal, Canada

Welcome reception & poster viewing : 7:15pm - 10:00pm

Wine tasting at the Popes' Palace

7:45am - 8:30am
  • Registration

Session 1: Technological advances (-)

Session chair: Gérard Mathis, Cisbio Bioassays - Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France

8:30am - 8:40am
  • Session introduction
  • Gérard Mathis, Cisbio Bioassays - Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
8:40am - 9:10am
  • Towards new terbium-based applications using second generation HTRF technology
  • Eric Trinquet, Cisbio Bioassays - Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
9:10am - 9:40am
  • A Novel Double Epitope Tag for Rapid Quantification of Recombinant Protein with HTRF Technology
  • Koji Enomoto, Shionogi - Osaka, Japan
9:40am - 10:10am
  • HTRF in Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
  • Esohe Idusogie, Oncomed Pharmaceuticals - Redwood City, USA
10:10am - 10:40am
  • Coffee break

Session 2: GPCRs part 1 (-)

Session chair: Jean-Philippe Pin, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - Montpellier, France

10:40am - 11:10am
  • New HTRF tools to study GPCR associated complexes and function
  • Jean-Philippe Pin, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle - Montpellier, France
11:10am - 11:40am
  • Comparison of Functional Assays for Gq-coupled GPCRs by Measuring Inositol Monophosphate and Intracellular Calcium in 1536-well Plates
  • Wei Zheng, National Institutes of Health - Rockville, USA
11:40am - 12:10pm
  • Screening for Agonists and Antagonists of a GPCR through detection of IP-1 Accumulation in Cells.
  • Jim LaRocque, Wyeth - Collegeville, USA

Lunch break (12:10pm - 1:30pm)

Session 3: Kinases (-)

Session chair: Timothy Spicer, Scripps Institute - Jupiter, USA

1:30pm - 1:40pm
  • Session introduction
  • Timothy Spicer, Scripps Institute - Jupiter, USA
1:40pm - 2:10pm
  • Discovery of Novel Protein Kinase Inhibitors using TransTech Pharma's Translational Technology
  • Stephen Davis, TransTech Pharma - High Point, USA
2:10pm - 2:40pm
  • Kinase screening at the Laboratory for Drug Discovery, Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center
  • Marcie Glicksman, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Cambridge, USA
2:40pm - 3:10pm
  • Stoichiometry assessment of some kinase reactions using the ADP Transcreener
  • Olivier Courtin, Sanofi-Aventis - Vitry-sur-Seine, France
3:10pm - 3:40pm
  • Coffee break
3:40pm - 4:10pm
  • The Current Status of HTRF Technology in Kinase Assays
  • Yong Jia, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation - San Diego, USA
4:10pm - 4:40pm
  • Screening for inhibitors of serine/threonine Protein Kinases with HTRF, in order to identify lead compounds for anti-cancer drug development
  • Martin Rowlands, Institute for Cancer Research - Sutton, UK
4:40pm - 5:10pm
  • HTRF Assays in Kinase Screening at Merck Serono
  • Ingo Kober, Merck-Serono - Darmstadt, Germany
5:10pm - 5:40pm
  • HTRF Transcreener ADP assay: the new HTRF method measuring ADP generation
  • Ingo Engels, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation - San Diego, USA

Conference banquet - Salle Jeanne Laurent (7:30pm - 10:00pm)

7:45am - 8:30am
  • Registration

Session 4: GPCRs part 2 (-)

Session chair: Rochdi Bouhelal, Novartis Pharma - Basel, Switzerland

8:30pm - 8:40pm
  • Session introduction
  • Rochdi Bouhelal, Novartis Pharma - Basel, Switzerland
8:40am - 9:10am
  • Development and high throughput screening uisng IP1 and calcium mobilisation assays. Pharmacologial comparisons and case studies
  • Rochdi Bouhelal, Novartis Pharma - Basel, Switzerland
9:10am - 9:40am
  • Optimising cell-based HTRF assay formats for HTS and lead optimisation support
  • Benjamin Bader, Bayer-Schering - Berlin, Germany
9:40am - 10:10am
  • Assay Optimization and High Throughput Screening Using the cAMP Dynamic Range Kit
  • Elaine Donohue, Novartis Pharma - Cambridge, USA
10:10am - 10:40am
  • Coffee break

Session 5: Technological alternatives (-)

Session chair: Claudine Grépin, Sanofi-Aventis - Vitry-sur-Seine, France

10:40am - 10:50am
  • Session introduction
  • Claudine Grépin, Sanofi-Aventis - Vitry-sur-Seine, France
10:50am - 11:20am
  • Overview of HTRF screening formats: from biochemical to cell-based HTS
  • Claudine Grépin, Sanofi-Aventis - Vitry-sur-Seine, France
11:20am - 11:50pm
  • Analysing T-cell activation and differentiation using HTRF reagents
  • Helmut Sparrer, Novartis Pharma - Basel, Switzerland
11:50am - 12:20pm
  • Migration of ELISA-based Cytokine Assays to HTRF
  • Jeremy Deguzman, Roche - Palo Alto, USA

Lunch break (12:20pm - 1:30pm)

1:30pm - 2:00pm
  • Evaluation of the Cisbio HTRF SIRT1 assay as a tool for the discovery of small molecule modulators of Class III histone deacetylases.
  • Thomas McDonagh, Elixir Pharmaceuticals - Cambridge, USA
2:00pm - 2:30pm
  • Medium throughput in vitro confirmation of protein-protein interaction by HTRF. From interaction map to small molecule screening
  • Jean-Christophe Rain, Hybrigenics - Paris, France
2:30pm - 3:00pm
  • Optimization and screening of protein interaction assays using HTRF toolbox reagents
  • Mike August, Boeringher Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals - Ridgefield, USA
3:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Coffee break
3:30pm - 4:00pm
  • Case study: Investigating PPARg coactivator recruitment by parallel HTRF® screens
  • Franck Maddoux, Scripps Institute - Jupiter, USA
4:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Evaluation and validation of the HTRF Insulin assay as a replacement for a commercially available ELISA
  • Jeff Hixon, Elixir Pharmaceuticals - Cambridge, USA
4:30pm
  • Conference closure

Farewell reception - Salle Jeanne Laurent (6:15pm - 8:00pm)