9:00 AM

Canada/Eastern

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Poster Test
Virtual

Poster Testing

Users will be able to access their posters to test the presentation mode.

10:00 AM

Canada/Eastern

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Conference Opening (same passcode as session)

Opening remarks by the planning committee: Nicole Perry-Hauser, Brian Bender, Andreas Bock, Desislava Nesheva, and Martha Sommer

10:15 AM

Canada/Eastern

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Session 1 - Signaling Partners

Short talks by ECIs selected from abstracts Chairs: Brian Bender and Desislava Nesheva Sponsored by 7TM Antibodies Noncanonical interactions of G proteins and β‐arrestins: from competitors to companions Presented by Jeffery S. Smith GRK2/3 overexpression negatively influences Gq coupled signaling Presented by Natasha Jaiswal Dissociation of the intramolecularly cleaved N- and C-terminal fragments of the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor GPR133 (ADGRD1) increases its canonical signaling in glioblastoma. Presented by Joshua Frenster View Recording (Opening & Session 1) (same passcode as session)

11:05 AM

Canada/Eastern

11:05 AM - 11:50 AM EDT

Session 2 - Structural Biology

Short talks by ECIs selected from abstracts Chairs: Nicole Perry-Hauser and Andreas Bock How may GPCR dimers get activated? Insights from cryo-EM snapshots of the entire class D1 GPCR activation pathway Presented by Vaithish Velazhahan Active state structures of the melanocortin-4 receptor-Gs complex bound with agonists NDP-α-MSH and setmelanotide Presented by Nicolas Heyder Structural insights into G-protein coupled receptor activation Presented by Kaavya Krishna Kumar View Recording (same passcode as session)

12:00 PM

Canada/Eastern

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM EDT

Keynote I

Taste GPCRs and their Ligands Masha Niv, Hebrew Institute of Jerusalem Chair: Brian Bender View Recording (same passcode as session)

1:00 PM

Canada/Eastern

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Lunch (Breakfast/Dinner) Session with GPCR Leaders

ECIs will be grouped with various GPCR leaders for an informal lunch session. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions about career paths/job opportunities/etc.

2:05 PM

Canada/Eastern

2:05 PM - 3:05 PM EDT

Session 3 - Translational Applications, Drug Discovery, and Advanced Methodology

Short talks by ECIs selected from abstracts Chairs: Nicole Perry-Hauser and Andreas Bock Opsin 3 regulates melanocortin receptor signaling Presented by Hala Haddad Analyzing the Internalization Behavior of Chemerin 9 and the CMKLR1 Receptor to Establish a Peptide Based Shuttling System Presented by Anne Sophie Czerniak Approaches to Dissect the Role of Endosome Positioning in Spatially Encoded GPCR Signaling Presented by Blair Willette Single molecule and fluorescence spectroscopy analyses reveal dynamic and ligand-sensitive dimerization of CXCR4 Presented by Ali Isbilir View Recording Part 1 (same passcode as session) View Recording Part 2 (same passcode as session)

3:15 PM

Canada/Eastern

2 parallel sessions
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Breakout Session IA

Laura Bohn, Scripps Research

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Breakout Session IB

Martin Lohse, ISAR Bioscience, Munich, Germany

3:45 PM

Canada/Eastern

2 parallel sessions
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Breakout Session IIA

Mark von Zastrow, UCSF

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Breakout Session IIB

Fiona Marshall, Merck

4:20 PM

Canada/Eastern

4:20 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Poster
Virtual

Poster Session A

Even-numbered poster submissions Sponsors: ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science and Excellerate Biosciences

5:05 PM

Canada/Eastern

5:05 PM - 5:45 PM EDT
Poster
Virtual

Poster Session B

Odd-numbered poster submissions Sponsor: ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science

5:50 PM

Canada/Eastern

5:50 PM - 6:35 PM EDT

Keynote II

Laura Wingler, Duke Chair: Andreas Bock Sponsor: ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science View Recording (Keynote II & Closing) (same passcode as session)

6:40 PM

Canada/Eastern

6:40 PM - 6:50 PM EDT

Symposium Closing

Closing remarks from the symposium committee and prizes for posters

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