April 7, 2026
April 7, 2026
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lease join the Encoded Libraries and Biophysical Lead Discovery Topical Interest Group Science Circle on April 7, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern Time. The discussion will be led by TIG Chair Timothy Foley, with guest speaker Mat Todd, Head of Chemical Networks at the Structural Genomics Consortium (UCL).
Target 2035 is a global open science initiative led by the Structural Genomics Consortium that brings together academia and industry to develop chemical probes for every human protein by 2035.
This webinar will introduce the initiative and the newly funded EU Ligand-AI project, which will support large-scale protein screening using DNA-encoded libraries integrated with machine learning and affinity selection mass spectrometry, and highlight opportunities for researchers and organizations to engage.
Mat Todd, Head of Chemical Networks at the Structural Genomics Consortium (UCL)
Mat Todd received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1999 and held positions at UC Berkeley, Cambridge, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Sydney before becoming Chair of Drug Discovery at University College London (UCL). His research focuses on developing new ways to make molecules and understand their function, with a strong emphasis on open science to accelerate drug discovery. He founded and leads the Open Source Malaria, MycetOS, Open Source Tuberculosis and Open Source Antibiotics consortia. His work in open science has been widely recognised, including a New South Wales Scientist of the Year (2011) award and a Wellcome Trust/Google/PLOS Accelerating Science Award.