Faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students from Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry represented the School at the 27th North American meeting of the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), held October 11–14 in San Francisco. The meeting’s theme was “Back to the Future: DMPK Foundations and New Concepts.”
Poster presenters included Ian Levasseur, Megan Ling and Jade Yang from Medicinal Chemistry, along with Winnie Wen, Michal Maes, Aarzoo Thakur and Tim Tsang from Pharmaceutics. Tim was a postdoctoral poster finalist; Ian and Winnie also delivered short podium talks. Winnie received first place in the Graduate Student Poster Award, and Keiann Simon was recognized with the ISSX Fellowship for Minority Scientists in the North American Region.
Jay Panyam, Rheem Totah, Nina Isoherranen, Abhi Nath, Jash Unadkat and Thera Zylstra hosted a UW alumni and friends reception that brought together researchers from academia and industry working in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics.