24 February 2025
Fostering career development through open science: Discover novel approaches in nanoformulation and retinal disease research
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
8:00 am PST | 11:00 am EST | 3:00 pm GMT | 4:00 pm CET
Have you ever wondered how open science can empower early-career researchers and drive scientific innovation by fostering collaboration? Join our next online seminar to explore that question, hear inspiring success stories, and learn more about opnMe’s opn2TALENTS and Molecules for collaboration programs.
Listen to our guest speaker, Carla Castellar Álvarez from Nanomol Technologies1, about the development of a proof-of-concept for subcutaneous delivery of compounds with poor drug-like properties as part of a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. Tarek Gensheimer, the winner of our first opn2TALENTS call, will share his journey to Boehringer and present the latest insights in advanced organ-on-a-chip technology to explore the pathophysiology of retinal diseases2. By proposing their innovative ideas via opnMe, both advanced their scientific careers.
In this interactive seminar, you will discover opportunities for young researchers and scientific collaborations with opnMe, gain the latest insights in retinal disease and nanoformulation research, engage with the speakers and panelists, and get inspired for your own scientific journey.
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About opnMe:
opnMe.com, the open science portal of Boehringer Ingelheim, fosters science and collaboration initiatives in areas of high unmet medical need. Our molecules are provided to the scientific community either free of charge as “Molecules to Order” or applied for via scientific research submissions as “Molecules for Collaboration”. With our “opn2EXPERTS” and “techMATCH” programs, we enlist scientific advice on key scientific topics to fuel further drug discovery and deliver novel solutions that benefit unmet patient needs. Our "opn2TALENTS" postdoc grants at one of our research sites offer opportunities for high-level talents to propose innovative approaches for precisely defined scientific questions.
About opnMe online seminars:
We invite you to watch the recordings of our online seminars on opnMe on the following topics:
- Cathepsin-C-inhibitor: Novel roles of Cathepsin C in human disease
- CNS-mental-health: Applying optogenetics to analyze neuronal networks in mental health
- MMP-13 antagonist: Assessing MMP-13 functions in osteoarthritis and aortic aneurysm
- PROTAC ACBI1: Illuminating the role of SMARCA2/4 in childhood cancer
- BCL6 Degrader: Elucidating the mechanism of small molecule induced protein degradation
References:
- Nanomol Technologies, S.L., Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain - https://nanomol-tech.com/company
- Gensheimer T., Veermann D., van Oosten E., Segerink L., Garanto A., van der Meer A. Retina-on-chip: engineering functional in vitro models of the human retina using organ-on-chip technology. Lab Chip, 2025. DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00823E. Epub ahead of print.