Philip S. Portoghese

Perspective

Publishing and research funding in the new millennium

Publishing and fund-raising are high inter-correlated key issues in academic research. In this issue of MedChemWatch, Phil Portoghese, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and winner of Nauta Prize of EFMC in 2007 offers his vision, commenting on the new perspectives that are opening to medicinal chemists in rapidly changing scenario of the 21th century.

By Philip S. Portoghese




Herbert Waldmann

Lab presentation

Department of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology

Herbert Waldmann is leading the Department of Chemical Biology at the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund, Germany. Their research is focused on the interface of organic chemistry and biology in research projects such as the chemical biology of protein lipidation. In this Lab Presentation you can read more on the other projects and interests of this international research group.

By Petra Janning


ULLA expands

What started in 1992 as a four member European university consortium for post graduate training in pharmaceutical sciences has grown into a larger and more multi faceted consortium with several activities and "products on its shelves".

This article, by Sven Frokjaer , chairman of the ULLA consortium, gives an overview of the activities in "ULLA - the European University Consortium for Pharmaceutical Research".

By Sven Frokjaer


History of EFMC

We plan to publish in coming issues of MedChemWatch annotations on the history of medicinal chemistry in Europe, especially on the EFMC.

Comments, additional information, interesting material (photo’s?) etc. are very welcome;
please approach Henk Timmerman (henktim@planet.nl ; or c/o Wijttenbachweg73, 2343XX, Oegstgeest, the Netherlands, fax +31 (0)71 364 65 56)

By Henk Timmerman


Editor

Gerhard Ecker
Univ. Vienna, AT

Editorial Committee

Koen Augustyns
Univ. Antwerpen, BE

Erden Banoglu
Gazi Univ., TR

Gabriele Costantino
Univ. Parma, IT

Jordi Mestres
IMIM-UPF, ES

Kristian Stromgaard
Univ. Copenhagen, DK

Executive Committee

Roberto Pellicciari President
Gerhard F.Ecker Pres. Elect
Rasmus P.Clausen Secr/Treas
David Alker Member
Brigitte Lesur Member
Peter Matuys Member

For more information please contact info@efmc.info