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ISoP Virtual Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Week 2022
August 15th - 19th, 2022
12:00 noon – 1 pm EDT (Each day)
The Virtual Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Week is an hourly, weeklong free event featuring invited talks and panel discussion on a variety of QSP topics and from different sectors of the QSP field. We aim to bring together the community for scientific discussion, to brainstorm and share perspectives on the current and future of QSP.
To register please use the link below:
If you have trouble accessing the form or any questions, please feel free to email us at isop_qsp_sig@go-isop.org.
AGENDA
Day 1, Monday Aug 15th, 12-1 pm EDT Zoom Link to join the session Recording
Vox Populi, Vox QSP: Three approaches to population modeling in QSP
Chairs: Joshua Apgar (Applied BioMath), Michael Weis (Valo Health)
Talk 1: Justin Feigelman (Regeneron): Methods for virtual population generation in QSP
Talk 2: Timothy Rumbell (IBM Research): Generative adversarial networks for populations of mechanistic models and cardiac myocyte modeling in an intervention scenario
Day 2, Tuesday Aug 16th, 12-1 pm EDT Zoom Link to join the session Recording
Immuno-Oncology Working Group session
Chairs: Samira Khalili (Takeda), Iñaki Troconiz (University of Navarra)
Talk 1: Vincent Lemaire (Genentech): "Perception of the use and impact of QSP in immuno-oncology - A survey of the community and stakeholders"
Talk 2: Ruth Abrams(Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.): “Rule-based model-building strategy efficiently generates trispecific T-cell engager Quantitative Systems Pharmacology models and sheds light into T-cell engager dose response”
Day 3, Wednesday Aug 17th, 12-1 pm EDT Zoom Link to join the session Recording
Neuroscience Working Group session
Chairs: Peter Bloomingdale (Boehringer Ingelheim), Hugo Geert (Certara)
Talk 1: Peter Bloomingdale (Boehringer Ingelheim): QSP Modeling in Neuroscience: Everything You Need to Know
Talk 2: Salvador Dura-Bernal (SUNY Downstate): Introducing Pharmacometricians to the World of Computational Neurosciences
Day 4, Thursday Aug 18th, 12-1 pm EDT Zoom Link to join the session Recording
Panel discussion - QSP Advocacy to impact decision making
Chairs: Carolyn Cho (Merck & Co.), Brian Schmidt (BMS)
Panelists: Brian Maas (Merck & Co.), Richard Peck (University of Liverpool), Jared Weddell( Astellas), Tomáš Helikar (University of Nebraska), Vincent Lemaire (Genentech)
Day 5, Friday Aug 19th, 12-1 pm EDT Zoom Link to join the session Recording
QSP Community Discussion
Chairs: Christina Friedrich (Rosa & Co. ), Joshua Apgar (Applied BioMath), Samira Khalili (Takeda)
Will wearable devices spawn digital twins of us all? Do organ-on-chip data inform or replace QSP? Will public platform models ever become a reality? What software tools are useful now, and what do we wish we had? How can the community address the lack of standardized (qualified/validated) approaches in QSP?
9th International Conference on the Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (Cambridge, MA)
August 28th -31st, 2022
The 9th International Conference on the Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE) in Cambridge, MA
will take place at the Royal Sonesta Hotel and is co-sponsored by CACHE, the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the Automatic Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
The conference is a great opportunity to bring together systems biology experts and exchange ideas around this ever-evolving field. The conference theme is Systems Biology for Life, and it will focus on challenges and opportunities for moving towards translational systems biology with emphasis on health as well as the phenomenal opportunities emerging from current advances in Quantitative Systems Pharmacology.
Regular and brief papers will be published in the FOSBE 2022 Proceedings. All accepted submissions (regular, brief, or abstracts) will be presented during the poster sessions. A limited number of contributed papers will be considered for oral presentation as well. At least one author from a submission must register for the conference for a paper to appear in FOSBE 2022.
Deadline for abstract submission Friday April 22, 2022.
Past Events
Virtual QSP Student Symposium
May 11, 2022 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
The student symposium will be a half-day online free event featuring speakers from different sectors of QSP field, as well as lightning talks and poster presentations by students and trainees, followed by a networking session. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work, get insights into a QSP focused career path, network and make connections. For professionals, it will be an opportunity to see some innovative work and make connections/potential candidates.
In addition to student/trainee presentations, the event will feature a stellar line-up of speakers and panelists from both industry and academia. Confirmed speakers and panelists include:
• Saroja Ramanujan, Sr. Fellow/Director, Translational & Systems Pharmacology (PKPD) and Analytics, Head of QSP at Genentech.
• Jingqi Gong, Senior Quantitative Systems Pharmacologist at AbbVie
• Jane Bai, Regulatory Review Scientist (Systems pharmacology) at US Food and Drug Administration
• David Smith, Senior Scientist, PKPD/QSP Modeling and Simulation at Pfizer
• Christina Friedrich, Chief Engineer at Rosa & Co. LLC
• Lourdes Cucurull-Sanchez, Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology Director at GlaxoSmithKline
• Mathieu Vetter, Business Excellence Manager at Roche
Please visit our Event Page for more information on the event agenda, speakers and trainee's resumes.
2021 Meet the QSP SIG Event @ACoP12
When: Nov 12, 2021, Friday, 3:30 pm - 5 pm
Agenda:
QSP SIG demographics
New leadership team announcement
2020-2021 QSP SIG Events & Resources
Recognitions: people, abstracts & posters
Working group showcase
Q&A – We welcome your thoughts!
QSP SIG Leadership Team Nominations 2021-2022
The Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Special Interest Group (QSP SIG) is seeking nominations for 3 positions on the Leadership Team. We seek energetic and motivated nominees to serve as Vice-Chair, Communications Director, and Secretary, positions that are described in more detail below. This is a great opportunity to work with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds and representation across the globe to drive forward innovation in QSP. All current members of ISoP and the QSP SIG are eligible to be nominated, and self-nominations are accepted. If you are nominating a colleague, please confirm that he/she is willing to serve before submitting the nomination.
The Vice-Chair position will be elected by the QSP SIG membership, whereas the Communications Director and Secretary will be selected by the QSP SIG leadership team. The leadership team will review nominations for the Vice-Chair role and select two candidates to proceed to the general election.
If you wish to be considered for one (or more) of these positions, please send your CV and a short, single-paragraph introduction and motivation to ISoPQSP@go-isop.org by September 24, 2021.
To nominate a colleague, please email a name and contact information, along with two sentences about why he or she would be an appropriate choice, to ISoPQSP@go-isop.org by September 24, 2021.
We look forward to receiving your nominations!
QSP SIG Vice-Chair
The Vice-Chair plays an instrumental role in developing and implementing the initiatives of the SIG. The role requires experience in QSP in academia, industry, or government or public sector organizations, including familiarity with the broader space of QSP and a passion and commitment to foster a QSP community and drive the field forward. The Vice Chair will work closely with other members of the SIG Leadership Team to develop SIG-contributed conference programming, participate in review of SIG working group efforts, help plan SIG activities for ACoP conferences, and help identify initiatives the SIG should undertake in the future. Additional responsibilities include participation at bi-weekly Leadership Team meetings and semi-annual Steering Committee meetings, as well as participation in SIG activities at ACoP annual conferences. Leadership positions within the SIG rotate such that the Vice-Chair will, in subsequent years, take on the roles of Chair-Elect, Chair, then Past Chair of the SIG. As such, the anticipated term of participation in the Leadership Team is four years, with the roles transitioning annually after the ACoP conference.
QSP SIG Communications Director
The Communications Director is responsible for advertising the SIG’s accomplishments by coordinating communications and social media activity. Specific duties include managing social media accounts, working with the Secretary to produce a quarterly newsletter, advertising programming and webinars sponsored by the SIG, and updating the group’s Google Site. As such, criteria for selection include not only scientific excellence, but also social media activity. Attendance and participation in SIG activities including ACoP is also expected. This is a one-year commitment, beginning after ACoP and continuing through the following ACoP.
QSP SIG Secretary
The role is an opportunity for a motivated, early career scientist to gain greater exposure in the community and experience in managing the ISoP QSP SIG activities. Responsibilities include participation at bi-weekly Leadership Team meetings and semi-annual Steering Committee meetings, maintaining SIG documentation (including preparing meeting minutes), and coordinating with the QSP Communications Director to manage communication efforts. Attendance and participation in SIG activities including ACoP is also expected. This is a one-year commitment, beginning after ACoP and continuing through the following ACoP.
ISoP Virtual Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Week 2021
August 16- 20, 2021, 12:00 noon – 1 PM US ET (Each day)
Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Invited speakers
Tuesday, Thursday: Poster sessions selected from abstract submissions
Speakers:
Jeff Saucerman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Virginia
Topic/Title: Systems Pharmacology Model of Cardiac Fibrosis
Limei Cheng, QSP Cardiovascular Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb
Topic/Title: Beyond Dose Selection - Quantitative Systems Pharmacology for Heart Failure
Gunnar Cedersund, Associate Professor in Systems Biology at Linköping University
Topic/Title: Prediction Uncertainty Estimation Despite Unidentifiability
Carolyn Cho, Quantitative Pharmacology Immunology Lead at Merck & Tongli Zhang, Assistant Professor in Systems Pharmacology at University of Cincinnati
Topic/Title: Integrating Quantitative Systems Pharmacology and Machine Learning
Poster sessions:
Parallel track virtual poster sessions will be moderated by active QSP SIG Working Groups:
Uncertainty, Error, and Variability in QSP Models
Immuno-Oncology
Integrating QSP and Machine Learning
Neuroscience
Abstracts on other QSP-related topics are also welcome!
Abstract guidelines
Submission deadline: August 2nd, Notification of acceptance: August 6th
Abstracts will be accepted for the parallel track poster sessions on a competitive basis given the limited time slots. Each abstract is limited to 350 words of main text (not including references, title, authors, affiliations), and one figure. Abstract submitters will prioritize their preference for review by the working groups. If accepted, virtual poster presenters will give an 8 minute powerpoint presentation with about 5 minutes for extended discussion. Scientific presentations already given in other forums may be re-purposed for this event. Submitted abstracts will not be separately published, and are intended to help the committee decide which virtual poster talks to invite. Presentation titles with authors and affiliations will be announced to help attendees decide which of the parallel-track poster sessions to attend.
If you are interested in presenting your work, please prepare an abstract!
Registration and Abstract Submission
Registration is free for this virtual event. To register and submit an abstract, please click here. If you have any questions about the event, please contact isop_qsp_sig@go-isop.org for assistance.
Virtual QSP Student Symposium
April 28, 2021 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Registration and call for abstract (repurposed/recycled) is now open for ISoP first fully-student-focused Virtual Student QSP Symposium from 11 am until 4:30 PM EST on April 28th, 2021. Abstract awards are available for currently enrolled students and trainees. This event is an opportunity for current students and trainees to learn about training and career paths and to share their work with each other and with professionals in the field. For professionals, it will be an opportunity to see some innovative work and make connections/potential candidates.
In addition to student/trainee presentations, the event will feature a stellar line-up of speakers and panelists from both industry and academia. Confirmed speakers include:
• Cynthia J. (CJ) Musante, Head of Quantitative Systems Pharmacology at Pfizer and President-Elect of ISoP
• Aleksander S. Popel, Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Benjamin Ribba, Head of Translational Modeling and Simulation at Roche
• Ioannis Androulakis, Professor at Rutgers University
Talks will be followed by an interactive discussion panel and a networking session for both students/trainees and professionals with breakout sessions.
Please visit our Event Page for more information on the event agenda, speakers and trainee's resumes.