This intensive course is intended for scientists working in the field, and the presentations will be given by senior scientists from industry and academia. The number of participants will be limited to 35, to favour in depth discussion.

Specific features of PPIs as drug targets - in comparison to conventionally addressing e.g. enzymes - will be discussed, followed by a broad overview of the field, techniques to discover modulators of PPIs,  and – in more detail - a number of case studies on successful PPI intervention will be presented. Speakers include a selection of top-scientists active in the field of PPI, from both industry and academia.

Course Organisers
Christian OTTMANN and Luc BRUNSVELD, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Local Organiser
Henk TIMMERMAN, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

More information will soon be available on this website and on www.efmcshortcourses.org

For any questions, please contact administration@efmc.info

First EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Improving Compound Quality
March 22-25, 2009
Organised by Han van den Waterbeemd and Henk Timmerman

Second EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Safety and Attrition
April 11-14, 2010
Organised by Alan Stobie and Henk Timmerman

Third EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Principles and Applications of in vitro Pharmacology in Drug Discovery for Medicinal Chemists
April 10-13, 2011
Organised by Mike Trevethick and Henk Timmerman

Fourth EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Safety and Attrition
December 7-9, 2012
Organised by Alan Stobie and Henk Timmerman

Fifth EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Target Selection through Application of Chemical and Systems Biology
April 1-4, 2012
Organised by Thomas Klabunde, Brian Harms and Henk Timmerman

6th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Improving Compound Quality: Physical Chemistry and DMPK Properties in Drug Discovery. Principles, Assays and Predictions
October 21-24, 2012
Organised by Kevin Beaumont and Henk Timmerman

7th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: "Principles of Molecular Recognition"
April 21-24, 2013
Organised by George Keseru and Henk Timmerman

8th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Engineering of Biopharmaceuticals
March 16-19, 2014
Organised by Jesper Lau and Henk Timmerman

9th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry - Principles of Molecular Recognition
October 26-29, 2014
Organised by George Keseru, Andrew Leach and Henk Timmerman

This intensive course is intended for scientists with interests in the field of peptide and protein engineering covering interesting topics around synthetic peptides, engineered proteins and therapeutic antibodies. The number of participants will be limited to 35 to assure the possibility for in-depth discussions. The presentations and tutorials will be given by academic and industrial experts in the various topics and will cover broad historical perspectives and in depth details of important engineering technologies. The presenters will also include interesting applications as well as future aspects in an informal approach aiming for high level of interaction of the participants.

Course Organiser
Jesper LAU (Novo Nordisk, Denmark)

Local Organiser
Henk TIMMERMAN (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

More details on how to register will be available in the coming months.

For any questions, please contact administration@efmc.info