Program

ELRIG.de Forum 2026

Thursday, March 5, 2026

TimeTitleSpeaker
08:00 – 08:45Registration
08:45 – 09:00Welcome by ELRIG.de e.V.ELRIG.de e.V.
Richard Rösch
09:00 – 09:40Targeted Protein Degradation & Protein Proximity – A Journey from High-Throughput Screening to Drugs for the 'Undruggable' ProteomeBio Consultant
Alexander Hergovich
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09:40 – 10:00Extracting Active UPS Complexes from Combinatorial Genetics DataVivlion GmbH
Manuel Kaulich
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10:00 – 10:20A Novel Approach to Quantify Target Engagement in Live CellsPromega
Stephan Kirchmaier
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10:20 – 11:00Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
11:00 – 11:20StreamFind, an Open-Source Workflow Data Processing Assembler – Combining Spectroscopic, Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Data for Small and Large Molecule AnalysisIUTA (Future Labs – NRW)
Ricardo Cunha
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11:20 – 11:40ProxCapture: A Platform for the Discovery of CRBN Binders via MS-Based Protein Interaction ProfilingPROXIDRUGS (House of Pharma)
Thorsten Mosler
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11:40 – 12:00Speedrunning Discovery: How Fully Automated Biophysical Profiling Powers the Next Generation of Antibody-Drug-ConjugatesValanxBio GmbH
Dr. Michael Lukesch
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12:00 – 13:30Lunch Break & Poster Presentation
13:30 – 13:50Testing Drugs/Compounds in Patient-Derived Tumor Cells for Drug Discovery and Clinical SupportCBmed
Maximilian Kramer-Drauberg
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13:50 – 14:10High-Throughput Experimentation: Boosting Productivity & Reproducibility via AutomationMerck KGaA
Nico Fleck
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14:10 – 14:30Automation and AI-Driven Process Optimization in Cell and Gene Therapy ManufacturingFraunhofer IPT
Laura Herbst
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14:30 – 14:50A Simplified Order-Based Approach to Laboratory Orchestration: A Bioanalytical Lab Use CaseAbbVie
Gleb Konotop
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14:50 – 15:30Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
15:30 – 15:50Surviving the Lab Data Jungle: Interfaces, Formats and Your Next StepsFraunhofer IPA
Sebastian Schönning
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15:50 – 16:10Lab Instrument Data Integration using MTPMerck KGaA
Christian Schäfer, Andreas Bamberg
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16:10 – 16:30Agentic AI: Focus on DataB12-labs
Zlatko Joncev
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16:30 – 16:45Forum 2026 Wrap-upMerck KGaA
Arne Kusserow