Join us for the Chicago Biotech Exchange. The event will take place on November 3, 2025, from 3:00 to 7:00 PM (CT) at Fulton Labs. This meeting’s theme, “Advances in Targeting Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disease,” will feature seminars followed by a networking reception. Space is limited, and registration is required.

3:00 – 3:30 PM | Welcome and Fireside Chat

• Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D. — CEO, Grove Biopharma

• Lisa Dhar, Ph.D. — Associate Vice President for Innovation and New Ventures, Northwestern University

• Ryan Fukushima — Chief Operating Officer, Tempus

• Milan Mrksich, Ph.D. — Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University

3:30 – 4:30 PM | Keynote

• Richard Morimoto, Ph.D. — Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

4:30 – 4:50 PM

• Nathan Gianneschi, Ph.D. — Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry
  Department of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology, Northwestern University

4:50 – 5:10 PM

• Dimitri Krainc, M.D., Ph.D. — Chair, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Co-founder, Vanqua Bio

5:10 – 5:30 PM

• Shana Kelley, Ph.D. — President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

5:30 – 7:00 PM | Reception and Networking