Gabriele Costantino

Editorial

Dear Colleagues,

In this first issue of the year 2012, it is my pleasure to introduce to all our members the new President of the EFMC, Uli Stilz. After one year of acquaintance as President Elect, Uli acts in is full responsibility starting from January. As it is becoming a tradition for us, we offer to the new President the stage of MedChemWatch to presents his program and his vision for the forthcoming years of medicinal chemistry in Europe in an Interview which you find in the next pages.

For a new president there is also a past president. I am sure to interpret the feeling of all of us not only by welcoming Uli in his new position, but also by warningly thanking Gerhard Ecker for what he has done in many years of service for the European Federation. Gerhard has been member and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the EFMC before becoming President for the 2009-2011 term. He was also actively present in the functioning of committees, and lastly but importantly, he was the founder and the first editor of this newsletter. Gerhard will sit again in the EC as Past President, and I am sure he will be a strong resource for our community in the future. Also as demonstration that that active involvement in learned societies can be conjugated with excellent science, we publish here, in this issue, a Lab Presentation of the Gerhard’s research group.

This issue of MedChemWatch also contains the usual columns. You will find the presentation of the The Organic Chemistry and Natural Products Research Group at Aveiro University, Portugal, and two SME presentation. The first one is from Giuseppe Giardina, who introduce us with NiKem Research (Milan, Italy). The second one is from Cyclofluidic, a UK-based company presented by Elizabeth Farrant.

Finally, please keep in mind that this is an even year, and the ISMC will be the key event. The 22nd EFMC-ISMC will take place in Berlin, September 2-6. The preliminary program is already on line. Don’t miss the opportunity to attend to world’s largest meeting in medicinal chemistry!

 

Gabriele Costantino
Editor

 


Editor

Gabriele Costantino
Univ. of Parma, IT

Editorial Committee

Erden Banoglu
Gazi Univ., TR

Lucija Peterlin Masic
Univ. of Ljubljana, SLO

Leonardo Scapozza
Univ. of Geneve, CH

Wolfgang Sippl
Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, DE

Sarah Skerratt
Pfizer, Sandwich, UK

Executive Committee

Uli Stilz President
Gerhard F. Ecker Past Pres.
Koen Augustyns Secretary
Rasmus P. Clausen Treasurer
Hein Coolen Member
Gabriele Costantino Member
Phil Jones Member

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