From X-Rays to Pharmacy Shelves: How User Facilities Accelerate Drug Design

Saturday, 15 February 2014
Columbus EF (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
Stephen Wasserman , Eli Lilly and Company, Argonne, IL
This presentation will describe how, somewhat unexpectedly, the synchrotron x-ray light source user facilities have become an essential tool for the pharmaceutical industry—and the life sciences more broadly—over the past two decades. Today, these user facilities play a crucial role in the science of drug discovery and design.