🎉 Announcing the Novalix PhD Prize for Early Career Researchers! This prize honors outstanding doctoral work in MedChemBio. PhD candidates from Europe can win: 💰️ 1000€ 🗣️ a speaking slot at the EFMC Young Scientists Symposium ✈️ a 500€ travel grant ⏰️ Deadline is March 31 🔗 buff.ly/wKLW2X5

👨‍🔬 🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Laszlo Petri from the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungary.🔍 🔗https://buff.ly/JCKweiX

🚀 Ready to level up your CV? Join us for an upcoming 90-minute online session where Dr Robert Bowles will showcase a CV-building workshop, and industry experts will share practical tips on how to tailor your CV and stand out in today’s competitive job market. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/yeu9ndy

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This edition’s contribution focuses on the article "Multidisciplinary Preclinical Investigations on Ferrocenyl, Ruthenocenyl, and Benzyl Derivatives of Niridazole as New Drug Candidates against Schistosomiasis" by Tanja Karpstein et al. 👉 buff.ly/xLYGUZi

🎉 The YSN welcomes two fresh faces to our board! 👨‍🔬 Tiago Bozzola 👨‍🔬 Massimiliano Runfola We look forward to a fruitful collaboration. Additionally, we thank our leaving members: Chiara Borsari, Piia Kokkonen, Caroline Lanthier, Noemi Martinez Conde, and Maria Korpidou.

📰 The first MedChemBioWatch issue of the year has just arrived! 📰 Dive into our newest newsletter edition, explore our latest updates, and ensure you stay informed about our upcoming events. 🔗 buff.ly/m0cJQm3

🏆 EFMC Awards 2026 - Deadline is approaching 🏆 Each of the three awards includes: 📄 A diploma 💰 €7,500 🎤 Invitation to deliver a headline presentation at EFMC Medicinal Chemistry 2026 🔗 Apply here: buff.ly/Bcjtt6s ⏱️ Submission deadline: January 31, 2026

🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation? 👩 Get to know Anne Valade from UCB, Belgium!🧪 Dive into our monthly talks with specialists to explore the latest breakthroughs in drug discovery and pick up some valuable advice. 🔗 Read the full interview here: buff.ly/9PMKV8m

🏆 EFMC Prizes 2026 🏆 📢 Deadline is approaching, January 31, 2026 👉 Apply here: buff.ly/fmVFoBa

Interested in a MedChemBio career in Denmark or Croatia? Or simply curious about the inspiring journeys of fellow researchers? Join us for the EFMC-YSN Career Webinar. You’ll hear from 5 accomplished young scientists as they share their experiences. 📅 Jan 22, 15:00–17:00 CET 🔗 buff.ly/Ok5ABgI

✨ What a year! The Young Scientists Network is grateful for all the amazing activities, collaborations, and support we’ve shared in 2025. 🎉 Wishing you a joyful festive season and an inspiring New Year ahead! #YoungScientists #ThankYou #HappyHolidays #NewYear2026

🚀 Job Opportunity! Monte Rosa is hiring a Computational Medicinal Chemist to join their innovative team. If you’re passionate about leveraging computational tools to accelerate drug discovery and make a real impact in the biotech space, this is your opportunity! 🔗 Apply now:

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This contribution focuses on the article “Toward Anti-Herpesviral PROTACs: Assessing the Challenges for Targeted Protein Degradation on the Example of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen” by Berwanger et al. 📖 buff.ly/uV9xZ4h

📰 The December issue of MedChemBioWatch has just arrived! 📰 Dive into our newest newsletter edition, explore our latest updates, and ensure you stay informed about our upcoming events. 🔗 buff.ly/x5bFcOd

🚀 Want to become a skilled peer reviewer? Join the EFMC Reviewer Academy, led by editors from Chemistry Europe / Wiley-VCH. ✅ Free online course ✅ Interactive workshop & Q&A (next session: Dec 15) ✅ Hands-on review assignment 👉 Apply now: buff.ly/WHa1PTD

🏆 EFMC Awards 2026 - Call for Nominations 🏆 To celebrate remarkable contributions in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, the EFMC will confer three awards in 2026. ⏱️ January 31, 2026

📢 The 5th and final Lunch & Learn session is coming! Join us to explore Targeting RNA with Small Molecules" with 👨‍🔬🔬 Federico Riu (Italian Institute of Technology, IT), Elena Mencarelli and Kateryna Demchenko (Université Côte D'Azur, FR). 📅 Dec 9, 13:00 CET/12:00UK. 🔗https://buff.ly/P4eJkNK

Join us for the 7th EFMC² Tandem Talk to hear about P-site-binding TEAD inhibitors, including structure-based refinement and their mechanism of action. Our sponsor, Optibrium, will also discuss their advanced drug discovery tools. 📅 December 4 🔗 buff.ly/sacyw1W

🌟 The EFMC-Young Scientists Network is recruiting! 🌟 We’re looking for motivated early-career researchers to join us as Supporting Members and help shape the future of our community. 📅 Apply by December 16 🔗 buff.ly/Lh0x51d

🚨 Deadline Extented Unitl November 17th! 🚨 💊 Join us on November 20th for the 2025 MedChemBioPoster Online (#MCBPoster25)! 🧠 From 10 AM to 6 PM, share YOUR research on LinkedIn as a poster and compete to win prizes (up to 150 euros)! 🏆 👉 Register here: buff.ly/vY5o2Fk

🎉 EFMC GRANTS 2026 for Young Academic Scientists – Applications Now Open! 🎉 The EFMC is offering grants to support the participation of young academic scientists in EFMC-organised events. 📅 Deadline: 12 February 2026 🔗 buff.ly/k1bu02U

Join Wiktor Szymanski, Nadja A. Simeth-Crespi, Johannes Broichhagen, and Jana Volaric for MedChemBioOnline on Photopharmacology. Discover innovative light-responsive compounds used in modulating biological functions. 📅 Nov. 25 🔗 buff.ly/umzJAAr

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This edition’s contribution will focus on the recently published article “Novel Pyrazolo [1,5-a]−1,3,5-Triazine Derivatives as CDK7 Inhibitors: Synthesis and Biological Insights in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Models” by D. Carbone et al. 🔗 buff.ly/Glod3p1

👨🔬 Have you read our latest hashtag#MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Samuele Cazzamalli from Philochem AG, Switzerland!🧪 Dive into our monthly talks with specialists to explore the latest breakthroughs in drug discovery and pick up some valuable advice. 🔗 buff.ly/70Fu4wv

📰 The November issue of MedChemBioWatch has arrived! 📰 Dive into our newest newsletter edition, explore our latest updates, and ensure you stay informed about our upcoming events. 🔗 buff.ly/xazhYlo

📢 The next Publishing Academy edition is approaching! Join professional editors from Chemistry Europe / Wiley-VCH for a one-day course on writing, publishing, and communication, ideal for early-career researchers. 📅 November 13 ⏰ Register by November 10 🔗 buff.ly/Wt7jvqE

⚠️ Less than 10 days to register ! ⚠️ On November 20th, MedChemBioPoster Online (#MCBPoster25) is back! 🏆 Prizes up to 150 euros ⏳ Deadline: November 13th 🔗 www.efmc.info/web/medchemb...

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This edition’s provided by Alex Hallatt (University of Dundee, UK) focuses on the article “Inhibition of the Clathrin Terminal Domain—Amphiphysin Protein–Protein Interaction. Probing the Pitstop 2 Aromatic Moiety” by K. Prichard, et al. (ChemMedChem 2025)

Do not miss the 7th EFMC² Tandem Talks! Join Timo Heinrich, Jakub Gunera and Jesko Fabian Kaiser (Merck, Germany) as they discuss "Investigation of P-site-binding TEAD Inhibitors: Structure-based Optimization and Mode of Action Elucidation". 📅 Dec 4 - 4pm CET 🔗 buff.ly/eQnLJIm

👩🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Paria Anastasiou from Max-Planck Institute, DE.🔍 Dive into our monthly talks with specialists to explore the latest breakthroughs in drug discovery and pick up some valuable advice. 🔗https://buff.ly/qayWsyu

Academia is tough — burnout, imposter syndrome, and the pressure to publish can be overwhelming. 💭 Join us on Oct 10, 1PM for Under Pressure, a free virtual workshop on mental health in academia. 🎙 Lashuel, Cahill & Ho 👉 Register: www.efmc.info/mental-healt...

Don't miss out on the EFMC² Tandem Talks where Hans Matter and Maria Méndez Pérez (Sanofi) will discuss Modern Computational Design Meets Late-Stage Functionalization: A New Class of RIPK1 Inhibitor. 📅 October 9 - 4 PM 🔗 buff.ly/1jaKQAQ

Join us for "Under Pressure: A Mental Health Conversation for the Academic Community," a virtual workshop to build resilience, support, and a healthier future in academia. 📅 October 10 - 1PM 🔗 buff.ly/CiXa7F8 Complete our anonymous survey to shape the discussion. 📝 buff.ly/H2NmBru

🖥️ MedChemBio Posters Online is coming back ! 📆 The event will take place on LinkedIn on November 20, 2025, from 10 AM to 6 PM CET. It’s open to any young researchers worldwide, whether from academia or industry. ▶️ More info & Registration on: buff.ly/4j57fID

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This edition’s contribution provided by Massimiliano Runfola (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)“Identification of a New Interesting BAG3 Modulator Able to Disrupt Cancer-Related Pathways” by Dafne Ruggiero et al. (ChemMedChem 2025)

👩‍🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Gavriil Efthymios from Imperial College London, UK.🔍 Dive into our monthly talks with specialists to explore the latest breakthroughs in drug discovery and pick up some valuable advice. 🔗https://buff.ly/JgcwZqf

📢 The 3rdnd Lunch & Learn session is coming! Join us to explore "Direct-to-Biology Platforms to Accelerate Drug Discovery" with Dr Rebecca Stevens, Andreas Holmqvist and Dr Cassie Pratley. 📅 Oct 14, 13:00 CET. 🔗https://buff.ly/xpMDjcN #DrugDiscovery

📰The September issue of MedChemBioWatch has arrived!📰 Check out our newest newsletter edition, uncover our latest updates, and ensure you're up-to-date with our forthcoming events.

The schedule is out! Join Hans Matter and Maria Méndez Pérez from Sanofi to discuss "Modern Computational Design Meets Late-Stage Functionalization: A New Class of RIPK1 Inhibitors." Tim Knehans will showcase how Schrödinger aids life science innovation. 📅 October 9 - 4pm 🔗 buff.ly/KINI5tx

📢 Join the 6th EFMC² Tandem Talk! Maria Méndez Pérez and Hans Matter from Sanofi will discuss Modern Computational Design Meets Late-Stage Functionalization: A New Class of RIPK1 Inhibitors. Free and open to all, thanks to Schrödinger. 📆 October 9 | 16:00-17:00 CET 🔗 buff.ly/L3NXc0E

📢 The 2nd Lunch & Learn session is coming! Join us to explore "Protein Kinases as Drug Targets" with Dr. Ricardo Serafim, Ms. Elena Caballero Sánchez, and MSc. Marta Durán Martínez. 📅 Sep 11, 13:00 CET. 🔗https://buff.ly/wptBMwa #DrugDiscovery #KinaseResearch

📃 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📃 This edition’s contribution provided by Dr Maria Korpidou focuses on the recently published article "Development of a Peptide Inhibitor Targeting the C-SH2 Domain of the SHP2 Phosphatase" by Azin Kiani et al., published in ChemBioChem More at: doi.org/10.1002/cbic...

📰The August issue of MedChemBioWatch has arrived!📰 Check out our newest newsletter edition, uncover our latest updates, and ensure you're up-to-date with our forthcoming events.

📖 EFMC Literature Spotlight This edition’s contribution provided by Noemí Martínez Conde focuses on the recently published article “Advancing the Exploration of the Ubiquitin-like Protein FUBI with Synthetic Chemical Tools” by Francesca D’Amico, et al. 🔗Link: buff.ly/cjMWPGn

⏰ ONLY ONE DAY TO GO! Don't miss the 1st session of the YSN Lunch & Learn. Join Massimiliano Runfola, Amrita Date, and Josh Mealing-Stott as they delve into the use of Affinity-Based Proteome Profiling (ABPP) in chemical biology and drug discover. 📅 July 16 - 13:00 CET/12:00 UK 🔗 buff.ly/5uiuN7N

📰The July issue of MedChemBioWatch has arrived!📰 Check out our newest newsletter edition, uncover our latest updates, and ensure you're up-to-date with our forthcoming events. 🔗 www.efmc.info/medchemwatch...

The deadline for poster submissions is tomorrow! Don't miss your final opportunity to present your research through a Poster or Flash Poster Presentation. 🗓️ September 4-5, 2025 📍 Porto, Portugal 🔗 www.efmc-ymcs.org

👨‍🔬 🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Christian Heinis, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland 🔍 Join us in our monthly discussions with experts to delve into cutting-edge advancements in drug discovery and gain invaluable guidance. 🔗 buff.ly/kbbpMlY

📰 EFMC Literature Spotlight 📰 This edition’s contribution by Tiago Bozzola (Lead Discovery Center, Germany) highlights the article ‘Ligand Screening and Discovery Using Cocktail Soaking and Automated Microcrystal Electron Diffraction’ (DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202500156). 🔗Read more: buff.ly/5eznTx6

📰 The June issue of MedChemBioWatch has arrived! 📰 Check out our newest newsletter edition, uncover our latest updates, and ensure you're up-to-date with our forthcoming events. 🔗https://buff.ly/8ff3PeL