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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, July 18, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Childcare Room
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Alternative Methods to Animal Testing II
    Co-Chair: José das Neves, PhD – i3S/University of Porto
    Alternative Methods to Animal Testing
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Delivery to the Nervous System II
    Chair: Rachela Popovtzer, PhD – Bar Ilan University
    Co-Chair: Juan Aparico Blanco, PhD (he/him/his) – Complutense University of Madrid
    Delivery to the Nervous System
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing IV
    Chair: Sara Elsafy, MSc (she/her/hers) – RWTH Aachen University
    Co-Chair: Mariah L. Arral, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
    Gene Delivery and Gene Editing
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Immuno Delivery IV
    Chair: Yuval Shaked, PhD (he/him/his) – Technion
    Co-Chair: Kuo-Ching Mei, PhD – Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah
    Immuno Delivery
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Session VII: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Bioengineering)
    Chair: Adam J. Gormley, PhD – Rutgers University
    Co-Chair: Alexandre Detappe, PhD (he/him/his) – Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryBioengineering
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    YSC Scientific Workshop
    Chair: Hagar Labouta, PhD – University of Toronto
    Co-Chair: Soraia FT Pinto, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, Portugal
    YSC Session
  • 10:00 AM - 11:05 AM EDT
    CRS Around the World: Local Chapters
    Chair: Eliana M. Lima, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidade Federal de Goias
    General Session
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Morning Break
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    MERCK GRADS Awards Final
    Chair: Ceren Kimna, PhD (she/her/hers) – Helmholtz Munich
    Co-Chair: Claudia Martins (she/her/hers) – i3S-University of Porto
    Awards
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Closing Ceremony
    General SessionAwards
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RSC Editorial Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    YSC Scientific Workshop