Conférenciers invités

Christophe Boldron (Evotec)

Christophe Boldron is a Molecular Architect with a strong background in medicinal chemistry and a particular interest in in silico sciences. He spent more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, where he contributed to the nomination of numerous preclinical candidates. One of his favorite topics is how to accelerate drug discovery while increasing the quality of drug candidates.

Krystel El Hage (Qubit Pharmaceuticals)

Krystel El Hage is a computational and experimental drug discovery specialist with a PhD in Molecular Modeling (Université Paris Cité) and a PhD in Biochemistry (Saint Joseph University, Lebanon). She is currently Head of the RNA Platform and Drug Discovery Program Lead at Qubit Pharmaceuticals. Her work focuses on accelerating drug discovery through advanced atomistic simulations, rational design, and integrated computational–experimental strategies. She has extensive experience in free-energy methods, force-field development, and targeting RNA/RNA-binding proteins, as well as hands-on expertise with NMR and biophysical assays.

Miriam Lopez Ramos (Servier)

After obtaining an engineering degree from École Polytechnique, she completed her PhD at Institut Curie in organic chemistry and molecular modeling, focusing on protein kinase inhibition for drug discovery. She took her first roles as a modeler at Syngenta (Switzerland) and AB Science (Paris) before moving to the biotech company Galapagos, in the Paris area. At Galapagos, she progressively evolved from providing modeling support for drug discovery projects to managerial roles. She led the Computational Chemistry group, which encompassed both project support and the development of new computational tools, including data science applied to small molecules. In parallel to her research activities, she was actively involved in modernizing data and laboratory informatics infrastructures. Following the downsizing at Galapagos, she recently joined the informatics department at Servier, where she oversees the deployment of data and AI tools as 'Head of Data and AI Products for Research and CMC.

Alexandre Varnek (Université de Strasbourg)

Alexandre Varnek is professor in theoretical chemistry at the University of Strasbourg and the head of the Chemoinformatics group at the Institute for Chemical Reactions Design and Discovery (Hokkaido University, Japan). He is recipient of the Herman Skolnik award of the American Chemical Society. Alexandre is the Editor-in Chief of the journal “Molecular Informatics (WILEY). His research focuses on chemoinformatics and molecular modeling.