Events

10th RSC-BMCS Fragment-based Drug Discovery Meeting

Event
10th RSC-BMCS Fragment-based Drug Discovery Meeting

Dates
Monday 14th September, 2026 – Wednesday 16th September, 2026

Place
Churchill College, Cambridge, UK

Important links
Social media hashtag – #Fragments26
To submit your Abstract, click here
To register, click here
To Sponsor, click here
Bursary application form, click here
First Announcement Poster, click here

Synopsis
The aim of the 10th RSC-BMCS Fragment-based Drug Discovery meeting will be to continue the focus on case studies in Fragment-based Drug Discovery that have delivered compounds to late stage medicinal chemistry, preclinical or clinical programmes. The Fragment series was started in 2007 and continues with this theme in having over three-quarters of the presentations focused on case studies. This will be complemented by technology progress in high concentration, NMR, SPR and X-ray screening.

Programme

Who should attend
This conference is suitable for scientists including chemists, biophysicists, structural biologists, etc., with either existing experience of fragments or wanting to learn about this exciting approach to drug discovery. This international meeting attracts delegates from the UK, several mainland European counties, as well as from the USA, Japan, China and South Korea.

Want to become a member?
To join the RSC in order to qualify for discounted registration fees at all RSC, please follow this RSC link.

Bursaries
The RSC-BMCS are offering a small number of bursaries to attend the meeting in person. Applications are open to PhD and post-doctoral applicants studying at academic institutions or non-profit institutions. Preference will be given to members of the RSC-BMCS. Bursary applications are also invited from RSC or EFMC members who are of working age, but currently unemployed, and from those who may have difficulty in funding themselves or whose organisations may have difficulty in funding their attendance. 

Please click here for the bursary application form. All applications should be sent to events@hg3.co.uk by Friday 24th July 2026.

Registration
Please click here to register.

RSC Member: £440
Non-Member: £540
RSC Student Member (undergraduate and post-graduate): £205
Student Non-Member (undergraduate and post-graduate): £270

Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission is now open, to submit your Abstract, click here.

Sponsorship/ Exhibitor Opportunities
Opportunities to sponsor or exhibit at the meeting are now open, please click here to book. If you have any questions around sponsorship or exhibition, please contact events@hg3.co.uk

Exhibition Package includes (£1,500)
– One stand personnel with access to all technical sessions
– Stand space: 3m wide x 2m deep
– Table: 240cm wide x 80cm deep, plus one chair
– Electrical and Wi-Fi access
– Logo and full promotional page in the delegate handbook (PDF version)
– Logo featured in the rolling slides displayed during breaks

Email blast includes (£250)
One promotional email sent to meeting delegates on your chosen date prior to the meeting. There are a number of dates available.

Poster listing
Poster listing will be open soon, check back for further details.

Organising Committee
Emma Grant, GSK
Mike Hann
Iva Lukac
Gordon Saxty, NS-MC Consulting LTD (Chair)
Marianne Schimpl, AstraZeneca
Chris Swain, Cambridge MedChem Consulting 
Mary Wheldon, University of Dundee (Treasurer)
Alison Woolford, Astex Pharmaceuticals

Secretariat Contact
Hg3 Conferences Ltd
+44 (0)1423 529333
E-mail`

Confirmed Exhibitors:
We are grateful to our confirmed exhibitors for their valued support

Confirmed Sponsors:
We are grateful to our confirmed sponsors for their valued support