ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry

Abstracts for Fall ACS in Washington, DC Now Available

The MEDI Abstracts book for the Fall ACS meeting in Washington, DC, August 20-24, is available in .pdf format.
Summer Newsletter now available!

The Summer 2017 edition of the Med Chem Division's newsletter, Reaction Times, is now available. Click here to get your copy, hot off the electron presses!
Spring ACS in New Orleans

The Spring ACS meeting will be held in New Orleans, March 18-22, 2018. The ACS abstract submission site will open soon. MEDI programming will include:
Leveraging Atropisomers
Dipole and Charge in Drug Design
Ubiquitinase Inhibitors
Gasotransmitters
Selective PI3K Inhibitors
Remarkable Scientists of Med Chem
Treating Retinal Disease
Boron in Medicinal Chemistry
First Time Disclosures
Small Molecules Targeting RNA
2017 Med Chem Hall of Fame Inductees
The Division is pleased to announce that four medicinal chemists, Stanley T. Crooke, Gunda Georg, Mike Rowley, and Michael J. Sofia, will be inducted into the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame at the Washington ACS meeting. The induction ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2016, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., in rooms 150 A & B at the Washington Convention Center.

Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award, Call for Nominations

The Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award is given in even-numbered years, and the presentation and award symposium will held at the National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium in Nashville next year. This award is open to any scientist or team of scientists whose research has, directly or indirectly, had a significant effect on medicinal chemistry (click here for details). Nominations must include a detailed letter describing the candidate’s research accomplishments and contributions to medicinal chemistry, at least one seconding letter and a current curriculum vitae of the nominee(s). Materials must be submitted online by September 1, 2017.
Join the Division

Dr. John Macor explains why you should join the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry. Regular membership is $25 per year (students $10), and it includes Medicinal Chemistry Reviews, an outstanding ~600 page volume providing timely and critical reviews of important topics in medicinal chemistry. If you are already convinced, click here to join!
2018 National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

The 2018 National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium will be held in Nashville, Tennessee! Co-chairs are Dr. Craig Lindsley, Vanderbilt University, and Dr. Maria Blanco, Sage Therapeutics. Watch www.nmcs.info for details.