EFMC-ISMC 2010 21ST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Date: September 5-9, 2010
Place: Brussels, Belgium

Website: www.ismc2010.org

EFMC-ISMC 2010 will be organised by the Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry Division of Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV) and the Division for Medicinal Chemistry of the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC), on behalf of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC). This symposium traditionally attracts experts in drug research and development, in particular medicinal and synthetic chemists, combinatorial chemists, molecular modelers, pharmacologists, as well as development chemists. It is is recognized worldwide as one of the leading Medicinal Chemistry meetings, as proven by its large international attendance.

Contact:
Dr. Edmond Differding
Email: edmond.differding@belgacom.net

Organised by:
The European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) and by the Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry Division of Royal Flemish Chemical Society (KVCV) (Belgium) and the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC), Medicinal Chemistry Division (Belgium)

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XXst National Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry of the Division of Italian Chemical Society

Date: September 12-16, 2010
Place: Padova, Italy

Website: www.nmmc2010.sistemacongressi.com

Topics:
CNS Medicinal Chemistry
Epigenetics: A New Pathway to Drug Discovery
Oncology Medicinal Chemistry
Antibacterial and Antiviral Agents
Pharmaceutical Profiling Assays in Drug Discovery and Development
Drug Design

Contact person:
Francesco Dall’Acqua
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Padova
Via Marzolo 5
35131 Padova (Italy)
Tel: +39 049 827 5708
Fax: +39 049 827 5366
Email: francesco.dallacqua@unipd.it

Organised by:
Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society (Società Chimica Italiana) (Italy)

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18th European Symposium on Quantitative Structure – Activity Relationships

Date: 19-24 September 2010
Place: Rhodes, Greece

Website: www.euroqsar2010.gr

Topics:
Pharmacophore Searching and Virtual Screening
Structure-Based Drug Design - Drugability
Bioinformatics / Chemoinformatics
Systems Biology and biological complexity
Multitarget QSAR
QSPR for novel biomaterials and regenerative medicine
In silico PhysChem Profiling and ADMET
Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment - Environmental QSAR
Computational Strategies in Agricultural Research
Novel QSAR Approaches

Contact:
Congress Secretariat
Mr. Gerasimos Kouloumpis
Zita Congress & Travel
Email: gerasimos.kouloumpis@zita-congress.gr

Organised by:
Hellenic Society of Medicinal Chemistry (Greece)

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Summer School on Pharmaceutical Analysis (SSPA)

Date: June 13-16, 2010
Place: Rimini, Italy

Website:www.scpaweb.org

The Summer School on Pharmaceutical Analysis (SSPA) is yearly planned under the auspices of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society and the EFMC (European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry). This three days school is mainly addressed to researchers and PhD students of the Faculties of Pharmacy and Sciences and to young scientists from pharmaceutical industries.

SSPA is organized on a three-year program on the most advanced analytical methodologies involved into the various stages of the launch of new drugs, from drug discovery (hit selection, structure properties relationship), through drug development (ADME/PK properties, biomarkers discovery) up to formulation and quality control.

Following the 2008 edition focused on ‘advanced analytical methodologies in drug discovery’, and sspa 2009 ‘advanced analytical methodologies in drug development’, in 2010 the third year of sspa covers ‘advanced analytical methodologies in drug quality control and preformulation’.

Contact person: Prof. Vincenza Andrisano (SSPA Director)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Via Belmeloro 6
40126 Bologna, Italy
Tel: +39 (0)51 2099742
Fax: +39 (0)51 2099741
Email: vincenza.andrisano@unibo.it

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9th Swiss Course on Medicinal Chemistry

Date: October 10-15, 2010
Place: Leysin, Switzerland

Website: www.swiss-chem-soc.ch/smc/leysin/leysin.html

The objectives of the course are to give synthetic chemists, physicochemists, biochemists and pharmacologists a broad and balanced introduction to the background, concepts and tools of medicinal chemistry, a science at the interface of synthetic chemistry, physicochemistry, phytochemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology, drug metabolism and disposition, molecular modeling and informatics.

Modern preclinical drug research is thus the focus of the course, which combines dense lectures, tutorials and case studies presented by experts from university and industry. Active participation is encouraged.

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Beat Ernst
Tel: +41 61 267 15 50
Email: Gabi.Lichtenhahn@unibas.ch

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19th Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research School on Medicinal Chemistry

Date: 19-22 October, 2010
Place: Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

Website: www.lacdr.nl/events/19th-school-on-medicinal-chemistry

The School encompasses basic and advanced aspects of drug design, pharmacology and toxicology to provide research chemists in the pharmaceutical industry with the appro¬priate background for their daily practice. The course provides a thorough introduction in pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and toxicology (ADME-Tox). The impact of molecular biology, genomics and molecular modeling on drug research are also discussed. Newly introduced to the course are cheminformatics and fragment-based design approaches.

In addition, two case histories will give a flavour of chance and strategy in drug development. Speakers come from both pharmaceutical industries and academic research institutes; they have been selected for their scientific expertise as well as didactic qualities.

Contact person: Ms Bea Dekker

Email: bdekker@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl

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4th International Symposium in Advances in Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry (ASMC)

To be announced

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Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry: "Emerging Targets, Novel Candidates and Innovative Strategies"

Date: June 19-21, 2011
Place: Stockholm, Sweden

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By Nele Coulier and Koen Augustyns