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Institut Curie in Paris (France) recruits 1 post-doc to work in the group of Dr Ludger and Florent. For more information please click here.

In memory of Pierre ROGER (1946-2022)

Ingénieur, chimiste de l’ENSCP, Pierre Roger s’est éteint à l’âge de 76 ans, le dimanche 2 janvier 2022. Après une thèse soutenue à l’Institut Pasteur dans le service du Pr Marc Julia, il se destine à une carrière industrielle. Il entre dans le laboratoire Servier puis très vite rejoint le laboratoire Choay à Montrouge. A la suite de l’acquisition de Choay par Sanofi-Synthelabo, il va exercer ses talents de chimiste d’abord à Bagneux puis à Gentilly et enfin à Toulouse. Durant toutes ces années, il va initialement développer une nitrosourée, l’écomustine.

Chez Sanofi, il devient chef de groupe « Système Nerveux Central » à Bagneux sous la responsabilité de Benoit Marabout et de Pascal George.

Il y développe de la chimie hétérocyclique. Il est l’auteur de nombreuses publications scientifiques et inventeur de plusieurs brevets qui ont conduit à la mise sur le marché de médicaments.

Il fut président de la Société de chimie Thérapeutique durant les années

2003 et 2004, responsable des RICT franco-suisse de Beaune puis des RICT de Bordeaux.

New publication

The SCT contributed to a special issue in the Actualité Chimique with an article (in French) on the complementarity of medicinal chemistry & chemical biology for human health

For more information, please follow the link.

Last update

Due to the unfavourable evolution of the pandemic situation, we have taken the decision to postpone the SCT Young Research Fellows Meeting (initially planned 16-18th February 2022) to have the chance to welcome the attendees in person.

The meeting will take place at the School of Pharmacy of Nantes University during 3 days between 4-8th July 2022.

New deadline for registration: May 31, 2022

SCT is proud to announce the campaign opening for the team prize “Galapagos Award for Drug Discovery Chemistry"

The company, in partnership with the French Society of Medicinal Chemistry, has decided to award a talented team of researchers contributing to a scientific discovery and /or substantial therapeutic innovation. Specific emphasis will be given to the notion of drug discovery chemistry where combined disciplines, among for example molecular modeling, in silico approaches, chemistry, chemical-biology, biology or ADMET can contribute to the achievement of the team’s objectives. This contribution may arise from the any phase of research and the aim of this prize is to nominate a talented team.”

Teams apply here (link) : deadline 31st of january 2022”

► 29th Young Research Fellows Meeting

4-6th July , 2022, Nantes, France

Registration: click here

The French Medicinal Chemistry Society (SCT) celebrates ten years of Chemical Biology!

For ten years now, the SCT has contributed to highlighting modern Chemical Biology and its contribution to Medicinal Chemistry through specialized meetings, workshops and publications. This was all inspired by the emergence and evolution of new chemical approaches to the exploration of new biological mechanisms. Read more here.

Newsletter

Click here if you want to read key articles selected from our panel of scientific experts

Click here if you want to read the letter of the "Académie Nationale de Pharmacie"

Former Prizes and Awards

Symeres is looking for organic and medicinal chemists. For more details, please click here.

Creation of new research groups at Institut Pasteur

Outstandingt candidates are invited to apply for independent group leader positions positions positions on the the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris, France. For more information please click here.

A permanent position of Senior Research Scientist in medicinal chemistry (H/F) is available at Edelris. For more details, please click here.

Le GDR ChemBio a le plaisir de vous annoncer la première Ecole Thématique en Chémobiologie intitulée « Méthodes et Concept en Chémobiologie : Utilisation d’outils moléculaires pour l’étude du vivant » qui aura lieu du 22 au 26 Novembre au Touquet.

Pendant cette école thématique, les thématiques suivantes seront abordées :

- Chimie bioorthogonale : concepts et réactions

- Chimie dans les cellules – Chimie in vivo

- Bioconjugaison

- Outils génétiquement encodés et approches chémogénétiques hybrides

- Caractérisation de cibles et partenaires biologiques

Vous trouverez toutes les informations utiles sur le site :

https://ecole-chemobiologie2021.cnrs.fr/

Le nombre de participants est limité à 60 personnes. Merci de relayer cette information dans vos laboratoires notamment auprès de vos doctorants et jeunes chercheurs.

Inserm U1177, M2SV recruits 1 post-doc (18 months) to work in the group of Dr Julie Charton. For more information please click here.

A 2-years Post-Doctoral Position is available at the Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI): Design & Development of Chemical biology tools to interrogate the potential link between ACSL4, ferroptosis and neurodegenerative diseases. For more information please click here.

ICOA, Université d’Orléans - CNRS - UMR 7311 recruits 1 PhD student in ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. For more information please click here.

The group of Pr Rebecca Deprez-Poulain (U1177 Drugs and Molecules for Living systems, www.deprezlab.fr) recruits 2 PhD students as part of the European Training Network Consortium CAPSTONE dedicated to the modulation of antigen processing and presentation in cancer and autoimmune diseases CAPSTONE-ETN. Application is exclusively done on www.capstone-etn.eu, where you can find all information on eligibility criteria, dates and application procedures.

SCT Prizes and Awards for 2022: CAMPAIGN STARTS

Following our previous notice before summer, the SCT has engaged into a review of its policy of recognition and of its panel of Prizes & Awards to better acknowledge contribution to drug discovery chemistry and chemical biology.

Our Research, Innovation & Education Prizes recognize chemical scientists (either individuals or teams) carrying out amazing work in academia or industry. They include prizes for those at different career stages and take into consideration achievements rather than experience or age of the nominee. SCT promotes equal opportunities for men and women in chemistry as well as academics and industrials.

In 2022, the SCT will award the following Prizes (the date for application has been extended)

-> TWO SCT AWARDS FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATOR IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (Early/Mid-career)

Following its tradition to acknowledge the contribution of mid-career scientists, the SCT will continue to award a Young Investigator in Medicinal Chemistry.

From 2022 onwards, there will be two Young investigator in medicinal chemistry Prizes, one for investigator in academia, and one for investigator in industry. We also reviewed our application guidelines to take into consideration evolution of careers.

Application opening dates : 20th Sept. 2021 – 31st Dec. 2021 midnight (Paris Time)

• SCT Award for Young academic investigator in medicinal chemistry (applications are open)

-> Click here for a list of previous winners and history of this prize

-> Click here for guidelines for application

• SCT Award for Young industrial investigator in medicinal chemistry (NEW) (applications are open)

-> Click here for guidelines for application

For the events orgnanized by the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC) please follow this link.

List of upcoming SCT meetings:

2020 SCT Award for young academic investigator in Medicinal Chemistry

has been awarded to Dr Peng WU (Chemical Genomics Centre, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE of molecular physiology)

2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize – Call for Nominations

IUPAC and Gedeon Richter, Plc. are pleased to announce the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry.

The 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize will be presented during the 37th ACS National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (26-29 June 2022) in New York (USA) and the recipient will also give a lecture on the subject of his/her/ research at the XXVII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (4-8 September 2022) in Nice (France).

For more information please click here.

If you would like to suggest speakers with topics, please send us your proposition to: communication(a)sct-asso.fr using only the dedicated template you will find here.

► 27th EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry

September 4-8 , 2022, Nice, France