The BMCS Mastering MedChem VI: 6th RSC-BMCS symposium on mastering medicinal chemistry
Event
The BMCS Mastering MedChem VI: 6th RSC-BMCS symposium on mastering medicinal chemistry
Dates
Tuesday & Wednesday, 29th & 30th June 2021 (two afternoon sessions)
Place
A virtual event
Downloads and Links
Third announcement
Second announcement
Event website
Synopsis
Mastering Medicinal Chemistry VI is the latest in an ongoing series of conferences intended to provide expert advice and guidance to new practitioners in the field of drug discovery. It has been said that “there are two types of drug discovery programmes: those that hit serious problems and those that are going to hit serious problems”.
Anticipating and preparing for such problems thus accelerates the delivery of new medicines: this event featured presentations from experienced ‘drug-hunters’ in both industry and academia, who talked about the challenges faced in modern drug discovery, and shared best practice common to all successful medicinal chemists.
Who should attend
Postgraduates, academics and industry
Call for Posters
Posters were invited for display throughout the meeting. The closing date for abstract submission was 28th May 2021.
Programme
Tuesday, 29th June
| 13.00 | Welcome Session Chair: Nadia Ahmad, Charles River, UK |
| 13.10 | The importance of conformation in the structure-based design of selective CaMK1 inhibitors Sam Butterworth, Manchester University, UK |
| 13.55 | Exhibitor talk : Activate Scientific: chemistry services for drug discovery Declan Wolverson, Activate Scientific |
| 14.00 | Development of a potent class of small molecule inhibitors of the MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction Ian Hardcastle, Newcastle University, UK |
| 14.45 | Session Chair: Gordon Saxty, Fidelta, UK Flash poster session 1 |
| 15.00 | Refreshment break and poster viewing (using Grapevine) |
| 15.40 | Exhibitor talk : Design, screening and synthesis of lead-like libraries derived from 3D-fragments Tammy Warnock, Liverpool ChiroChem |
| 15.45 | Practical drug discovery using explainable AI Al Dossetter, MedChemica, UK |
| 16.00 | Close |
| 19.00 | Buffet supper in College |
Wednesday, 30th June
| 13.00 | Welcome Session Chair: Dave Alker, David Alker Associates, UK |
| 13.10 | New treatments for inflammatory diseases: from idea to the clinic Rhona Cox, AstraZeneca, Sweden |
| 13.55 | Exhibitor talk: Prep HPLC from Teledyne ISCO: Taking the hard work out of method development with our focused gradient generator Mark Dodsworth, Teledyne ISCO |
| 14.00 | The challenges of drug discovery in Chagas disease Silvia Gonzalez del Valle, GlaxoSmithKline, Spain |
| 14.45 | Session Chair: Joe Sweeney, University of Lancaster, UK Flash poster session 2 |
| 15.00 | Refreshment break and poster viewing (using Grapevine) |
| 15.40 | Exhibitor talk : BLD - accelerating drug discovery Andrew Fraser, BLD Pharmatech |
| 15.45 | The discovery of erdafitinib, a selective FGFR inhibitor Chris Murray, Astex Pharmaceuticals, UK |
| 16.00 | Close |
Registration
Registration closed at 12 noon BST on Friday, 25th June.
£50 Member* of the RSC
£75 Non-member
£25 RSC student** member
£37 Student** non-member
* Member is a paid-up member of the RSC.
** Student is undergraduate or post-graduate, not post-doc
Exhibitor Opportunities
We were offering two alternative packages to our valued supporters.
Exhibitor Sponsorship Package
Your organisation’s name and weblink on this webpage
Your logo in the rolling slides shown at the event and a web-linked logo in the electronic delegate handbook
An A4 promotional page in the electronic delegate handbook
Charge was £60, excludes delegate registration
Speaker Sponsorship Package – sorry, fully booked
All features in the above Exhibitor Sponsorship Package, plus:
– a pre-recorded speaker slot of 5 minutes max, 5 slides max, to be shown at a time to be determined
Charge was £150, excludes delegate registration (limited availability)
Confirmed Exhibitor Speakers
Activate Scientific
BLD Pharmatech
Liverpool ChiroChem
Teledyne ISCO
Confirmed Exhibitor Sponsors
Apex Molecular
Biotage AB, from Sweden
Reach Separations
Sponsors
Sponsors were encouraged to support this event, which helped us to offer inexpensive registration fees to young chemists. We are grateful to our confirmed sponsors: Charles River, Evotec, AstraZeneca, and Merck Sharp and Dohme.
We are grateful to our supporter: EFMC
Organising Committee
Nadia Ahmad (chair), Charles River
David Alker, Chemistry Recruitment Consultant
Gordon Saxty (treasurer), Fidelta
Joe Sweeney, Lancaster University
Contact and Further Information
Hg3 Conferences Ltd
+44 (0)1423 529333
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