EFMC Events

The 3rd Edition of International Meeting on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (ASMC09) will be held in Kiev (Ukraine), August 23-27, 2009

EFMC and Chembridge Corporation agreed to continue the series of meeting on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry which was successfully initiated by the meeting of Moscow 2004 and St. Petersburg 2007. The 3rd edition of the International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry(ASMC09) will be held in Kiev (Ukraine), August 23-27, 2009, chaired by Prof. Erick Carreira, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Dr Scott Biller, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, USA. Topics of the 3rd edition includes New Synthetic Methodologies, Total Synthesis of Natural Products and Heterocyclic Chemistry; Diversity- and Target-Oriented Synthesis and Chemical Biology; Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery & Development. Commercial exhibition will also be organized along with a half-day Business Mini-Symposium "Small Molecule Libraries from Russia and Ukraine and Screening-Based Drug Discovery". More information, the detailed program and the list of invited speakers are available at www.asmc09.org

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The second event of the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry series will take place in Barcelona, October 4-6, 2009

EFMC and the Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT) organises in Barcelona, October 4-6, 2009, the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry - Emerging Targets, Novel Candidates and Innovative Strategies. This event is the second on the series initiated in Siena (Italy), in 2007. This three-day international meeting will bring together medicinal chemists and related scientists in order to share exciting new results and first-time disclosures in various areas of drug discovery and development, including cancer, infectious diseases, CNS, inflammation, pain and metabolic disease. Twenty-three internationally recognized plenary speakers will present lectures with a focus on emerging targets, novel drug candidates and new strategies and technologies. The detailed scientific program and further information are available on line at www.fmc2009.org

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The29th Edition of ESMEC, an EFMC Accredited School, will take place in Urbino (Italy) in September, 13-18, 2009

The Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society is organizing, in Urbino (Italy), the XXIXth edition of the European School of Medicinal Chemistry (ESMEC), an EFMC-Accredited School. This year the School will take place exceptionally in September, 13-18, 2009, and will cover the following topics: (i) Neuromuscular Diseases: Focus on Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Muscular Dystrophy; (ii) Carbohydrate Chemistry; (iii) Toxicity and Drug Discovery; (iv) Hot Topics. The School, characterized by a truly interdisciplinary approach which nicely mixes up advanced seminars with more didactic and interactive workshops, is directed to European PhD students, and to junior researchers from both academia and industry. Registration fees, including full lodging for five days are as low as 450 Euro. Free fellowships are also available. For further information and for the detailed program go at : www.esmec.eu, or contact the Director of the school, Gloria Cristalli, at: gloria.cristalli@unicam.it

By Gabriele Costantino and Agostino Bruno