With more than 1.270 scientists coming from 52 nations, the XXIInd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2012), held at the Berlin Estrel Hotel & Convention Center from September 2-6, 2012, has been a very successful symposium with a diverse and high quality programme.
ISMC 2012 was jointly organised by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) Division of Medicinal Chemistry and the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) Section of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, on behalf of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC).
The Opening Ceremony, led by Bernd Clement (Kiel University) and Eckhard Ottow (Bayer Healthcare), symposium chairmen, and Hans Ulrich Stilz (Sanofi), EFMC President, was the start of a five day symposium with many scientific highlights. The organisers are very pleased to have reached the main objective of creating a major scientific event for Medicinal Chemistry in Europe, with about 100 expert speakers, 500 poster presentations, 50 exhibitors and 30 sponsors.
The next edition of this biennial symposium will take place on September 7-11, 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal and will be organised by the Group of Medicinal Chemistry of the Portuguese Chemical Society. ISMC 2014 will continue the tradition of the ISMC symposia to create an international platform where scientists from all over the world meet and exchange their view and ideas. The first details can be found on the regularly updated website www.ismc2014.org
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At the annual EFMC Council meeting held in Berlin on occasion of ISMC 2012, it has been decided that ISMC 2016 will take place in Manchester, UK, organised by the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector (BMCS) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), on behalf of EFMC.
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At the Council meeting, the EFMC Council elected Jordi Gracia (Almirall, Spain) as new member of the Executive Committee. Hein Coolen, EC member since January 2011, has been elected as successor of Rasmus Clausen, who served as EFMC Treasurer during the past 6 years. Koen Augustyns and Gabriele Costantino have been reelected respectively as Secretary and as EC member.
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To acknowledge and recognize an outstanding young medicinal chemist (<35 years old) working in industry or in academia within Europe, EFMC established the EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Industry and the EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia. The Prizes consist of a diploma, € 1.000 and an invitation for a short presentation at the upcoming 5th EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (ASMC13), May 5-8, 2013, Moscow, Russia. Deadline for nominations/applications is January 31, 2013. More information is available on www.efmc.info
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The publication of the 11th edition of the EFMC Yearbook is scheduled for January 2013. The Yearbook will be distributed electronically to all members of the EFMC database, as well as to the members of the National Adhering Organisations (25 scientific organisations from 23 European countries). In addition, hard copies of the EFMC Yearbook will be distributed at all scientific meetings organised or sponsored by EFMC. If you would like to receive the electronic version of the EFMC Yearbook 2013, we invite you to register via the EFMC website www.efmc.info
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In the upcoming year, EFMC will co-organize two international meetings to encourage contacts and exchanges between medicinal chemists in Europe and around the world. The 5th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (ASMC13) is scheduled to be held on May 5-8, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. The program, put together by Peter Seeberger (Max Planck Institute) and Alan Palkowitz (Eli Lilly), will cover topics including New Synthetic Methodologies, Total Synthesis of Natural Products, Heterocyclic Chemistry, as well as Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery & Development. The list of confirmed speakers to date is available on the website www.asmc2013.org and registration already opened!
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In 2013 EFMC and the ACS MediDivision will also be jointly organizing the fourth edition of the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry Meeting, to be held in San Francisco from Sunday, June 23 to Wednesday, 26, 2013. This symposium is the fourth in the series initiated in Siena in 2007 and continued in Barcelona in 2009 and Stockholm in 2011. The theme of this year’s meeting is Emerging Targets, Novel Candidates and Innovative Strategies. More information will soon be available on www.efmc.info
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With the aim to support training and networking within the medicinal chemistry community, EFMC is organising twice a year EFMC Short Courses on Medicinal Chemistry. In October 2012, Kevin Beaumont organized an interesting Course on “Improving Compound Quality: Physical Chemistry and DMPK Properties in Drug Discovery. Principles, Assays and Predictions”. The Spring 2013 Short Course is planned for April 21-24, 2013. Topic will be "Principles of Molecular Recognition" and the programme will be put together by Andrew Leach (University of Liverpool) and George Keseru (Gedeon Richter).
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EFMC is funding grants for EFMC organised events with the aim to support the participation of young academic scientists. Upon application, up to 50% of the registration fee for EFMC-ISMC, EFMC-ASMC, Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry, EFMC Short Courses or the EFMC Accredited School (Urbino) will be covered by EFMC. Furthermore, in collaboration with Roche, EFMC is also funding the EFMC-Roche Studentships. More information is available on the website www.efmc.info
