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title: Spring miniCUP 2021 Virtual Events
description: OpenEye's miniCUP series are single-day events that focus on topics of current scientific research, technology, and solutions.
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# [Spring miniCUP 2021 Virtual Events](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/minicup-2021-spring)

 Written by [OpenEye Scientific](https://www.eyesopen.com/events/author/openeye-scientific) | Mar 16, 2021 10:33:47 PM

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## OpenEye **Spring 2021 miniCUP Event Summary**

Our miniCUP series are single-day events that focus on topics of current scientific research, technology, and solutions. Listen to OpenEye speaker presentations and learn about the latest updates on Orion,™ OpenEye's Cloud platform.

This event’s agenda included talks by guest speakers from Memorial Sloan Kettering, NanoImaging Services, and *Drinks & Discussions*, a series of casual meetings where you had the opportunity to discuss several of the presentation topics in more detail with the speakers and other attendees.

The speaker presentations occurred on **Wednesday, April 21, 2021**, in the **U.S./Americas** time zones and were available on-demand for Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Japan attendees immediately after that date. 

*Live Q&A* and *Discussion Sessions* included in the U.S./Americas event. Additional *Live Q&A* and *Discussion Sessions* for Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Japan attendees occurred at the dates indicated below to better accommodate schedules. 

## **Event Dates and Times**

- **Americas (Canada, U.S., Latin America) - Full Event, including Presentations, Live Q&A, and Discussion Sessions - **Wednesday, April 21, 2021
- **Europe/Middle East/Africa - Live Q&A and Discussion Sessions - **Wednesday, April 28, 2021
- **Asia/Japan - Live Q&A and Discussion Sessions - **Wednesday, April 28, 2021

## **Agenda**

#### *Wednesday, 21 April*

- [Introduction & Welcome](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/27824670-df37-459a-98d8-5e4279b1ceb8_Spring2021miniCUPNicholls.pdf) - **Anthony Nicholls, ***CEO, OpenEye*
- [CryoEM & Drug Discovery](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/58a030ba-a32d-4ca4-989e-bf9983694e76_Spring2021miniCUPScapin.pdf) - **Giovanna Scapin,** *PhD, Chief Scientist, NanoImaging Services*
- [Science at OpenEye](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/c52a69e9-0710-405f-8549-9270a638ff8e_Spring2021miniCUPSkillman.pdf) - **A. Geoffrey Skillman, ***CSO, **OpenEye*
- [Multi-component and finite temperature crystal structure predictions](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/8a7705af-1217-43c3-bdf3-041ce1216acc_Spring2021miniCUPBannan.pdf) - **Caitlin Bannan, ***Physics Scientific Developer, OpenEye*
- [To Affinity, and Beyond... ](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/2d34f4cb-b026-4306-adb4-ccf6318051ec_MiniCUP2021SpringBayly.pdf)- **Christopher Bayly, ***Head of Molecular Dynamics, **OpenEye *
- The COVID Moonshot: An open science collaboration to develop an orally bioavailable inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 main viral protease - **John D. Chodera**** PhD, ***Associate Member, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center* 
    - *[PDF Presentation Part 1](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/e80f3716-d95e-4e65-9178-efed430a1079_Spring2021miniCUPChoderapart1.pdf) | [PDF Presentation Part 2](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/69a6044e-0e56-4cb7-b868-f040b4e6e7ce_Spring2021miniCUPChoderapart2.pdf)*
- [Orion™: Under the Hood](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/41be4633-d968-4175-a57c-3290393cd135_Spring2021miniCUPLaFon.pdf) - **Jharrod LaFon, ***Vice President, Cloud Development, OpenEye *
- [Looking over the horizon: Orion in 2021](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/0472b3b5-bae9-4179-bb76-aacf2c61ca1c_Spring2021miniCUPGeballe.pdf) - **Matt Geballe, ***Vice President, Product, OpenEye  
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- [3D Modeling in Orion](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/b005ca4d-60f9-4384-a6e2-c58c7718f8ad_Spring2021miniCUPTolbert.pdf) - **Bob Tolbert, ***CTO, OpenEye *
- [The Orion Platform, Discovery Suites & Services](https://www.eyesopen.com/hubfs/2021/pdfminicup2021/45d8b2c2-aba1-4aef-a4de-479bc113e76f_Spring2021miniCUPGrandy.pdf) - **Jeff Grandy,** *CCO, OpenEye*
- Close encounters of the Orion kind - **Steven Muchmore, ***Head of Application Science, OpenEye *

## ** Live Q&A & Discussions Sessions:***

- Biomodeling, Proteins & Antibody Engineering
- Crystal Structure Prediction
- Small Molecule Discovery: Lead Optimization
- Small Molecule Discovery: Virtual Screening

**All Live Q&A and Discussion sessions occurred simultaneously over the course of one hour. Attendees were able to move from room to room to join various discussions as they choose. *

*We appreciate those who joined us for another great miniCUP!*

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