Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) and the conference committees, we are pleased to welcome you to the 12th ICBS 2023 Annual Conference in Ann Arbor, US. Venturing Michigan for the first time, ICBS 2023 is located at the University of Michigan in the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) and hosted by Michigan Medicine.

The ICBS is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting research, educational and career opportunities at the interface of chemistry and biology. In the last eleven years, the ICBS provides an important international forum and serves as an intellectual home for cross-disciplinary scientists from academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and government. The annual ICBS conference, attracting participants from countries around the world, is a key venue for active networking where scientists meet to share ideas, exchange knowledge and advance the field of chemical biology.

ICBS 2023 will center on the theme of “Enabling Translational Science” with a focus on academic and industrial applications of chemical biology to both translational and fundamental research, encompassing human health and diseases. This year’s scientific program will continue the ICBS conference tradition of fostering collaborations and partnership to advance chemical biology and promote the career development of young chemical biologists. Keynote lectures will feature leaders who are advancing chemical biology, and the scientific sessions and poster presentations will provide opportunities for both established and early career researchers to showcase their research. An opening day with Trainee Symposium showcasing presentations by students and postdocs, followed by official opening of the ICBS2023 Annual Conference, will take place on Sunday, October 8th, and will continue Monday, October 9th to Wednesday, October 11th.

This year’s program will also feature a session from Target 2035, an international initiative that aims to develop and apply new technologies to create chemogenomic libraries, chemical and/or biological probes for the entire human proteome by 2035. Since 2013, the ICBS has established a special “Rising Stars” session highlighting the recipients of this award and the ICBS Global Lectureship awarded for the 4th time. One of the sessions is organized in partnership with the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry as a continuation of our active collaboration and exchanges.

We are excited to welcoming you and looking forward to interacting with all of you, building new networks and strengthen our bonds of collegiality.

Welcome to ICBS 2023!

Prof. Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska Prof. Jolanta Grembecka

University of Michigan University of Michigan

ICBS President and Co-Chair of ICBS 2023

Local Organizing Committee

Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, University of Michigan, USA

Jolanta Grembecka, University of Michigan, USA

Tomek Cierpicki, University of Michigan, USA

ICBS Organizing Committee

Andrey Ivanov, Emory University, USA

Bridget Wagner, Broad Institute, USA

Shuibing Chen, Cornell University, USA

William Pomerantz, University of Minnesota, USA

Jonathan Baell, Lyterian Therapeutics, USA

Douglas Auld, Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research, USA

Tom Pfeifer, University of British Columbia, CA

Rathnam Chaguturu, iDDPartners, USA

Hiroyuki Osada, University of Shizuoka, Japan

Boris Vauzeilles, Université Paris-Saclay, France

Liyun Zhang, Nankai University, China

ICBS International Advisory Committee

Seung Bum Park, Seoul National University, South Korea

Arun Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Jiaoyang Jiang, University of Wisconsin, USA

Kamyar Hadian, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Special Thank you to Professor Shaomeng Wang, University of Michigan.