Editorial

Dear Colleagues,

this is the last issue of MedChemWatch for this year 2013, a year which has brought some important news in the EFMC organization. First of all, during the Council Meeting, held in Brussels on August 31, Prof. Koen Augustyns has been elected new President of the EFMC for the 2015-2017 term. Koen will start as President Elect by January, 2014. On the same election, prof. Pascal George has been elected as a new EC member, effective from January 2014. Prof. Gerhard Ecker is finishing his service as Past-President, and is leaving the Executive Committee after many years of deep dedication to EFMC. Gerhard has been member, secretary and President of the EC of the EFMC, and among the many initiatives he has sponsored during the years, I would like to mention that he was the founding editor of this newsletter. I am sure to speak for everyone to thank Gerhard for his commitment and in wishing him all the best for his scientific activity.

Another important outcome of the this year’s activity is the reshape of the organizational settings of the EFMC. In one of the forthcoming issues, the President will describe in details the news. We can just anticipate here that there will be a lot of opportunity to collaborate for those who are willing to.

In this issue of the newsletter, we continue presenting the European centers for screening, being this time the turn of the Swiss Academic Initiative. We also publish a report on a workshop dedicated to the memory of Prof. Nauta, one of the founding father of the organization and a visionary scientist in the field of GPCR pharmacochemistry.

My best regards,

Gabriele Costantino
Editor of MedChemWatch