European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry - EFMC
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry - EFMC
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Editorial 3tific accomplishments of young medicinalchemists, both in industry and academia.These prizes are given annually and are restrictedto scientists not older than 35 years.In 2012, Stuart Conway (University of Ox<strong>for</strong>d)received the <strong>EFMC</strong> Prize <strong>for</strong> a Young<strong>Medicinal</strong> Chemist in Academia. SharanBagal (Pfizer) has been awarded the Prize<strong>for</strong> a Young <strong>Medicinal</strong> Chemist in Industry.The call <strong>for</strong> 2013 is already open, and Iwould like to encourage you to submit nominations<strong>for</strong> the Industry Prize and to send inyour application <strong>for</strong> the Academia Prize.The winners will be invited <strong>for</strong> a talk at theASMC symposium in Moscow.Furthermore, at ISMC Berlin the <strong>EFMC</strong>-Roche Studentships have been launched.The awardees of the first <strong>EFMC</strong>-Roche studentshipwere Claudio Grünenfelder (ETHZürich) and Nicole Trainor (Imperial CollegeLondon). The awards were given ona competitive basis (open to all medicinalchemistry intern students in Roche Basel) <strong>for</strong>demonstrating excellence during their placement.I invite you to check the website www.efmc.info to find out more on the next <strong>EFMC</strong>-Roche Studentships.is released monthly and contains scientificwork of the highest quality in all fields of medicinalchemistry. The two editors in chief,Greg Verdine (Harvard University) and AnthonyWood (Pfizer) are doing a wonderfuljob to develop this journal and I’m grateful<strong>for</strong> having them on board. At the same timeI would like to ask all of you <strong>for</strong> your supportby submitting your newest results.Let me close by encouraging all of you toactively participate in the community andshape <strong>Medicinal</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> in Europe withyour ideas and your enthusiasm. Pleasedon’t hesitate to reach out to me with yourideas, wishes, and concerns.With best personal regards,Uli Stilz,President, <strong>EFMC</strong><strong>EFMC</strong> Yearbook 2013Over the coming year we will continue toprovide you with updates on <strong>EFMC</strong> activitiesthrough our newsletter MedChemWatch,via the <strong>EFMC</strong> LinkedIn group and on ourweb-page www.efmc.info, which offersalso a meeting calendar and a job portal.I would like to acknowledge Nele Coulierand Gabriele Costantino and his team <strong>for</strong> alltheir ef<strong>for</strong>ts to support day to day operationsand to foster communication and in<strong>for</strong>mationexchange within our community.Furthermore MedChemComm, the <strong>EFMC</strong>journal published in collaboration with RSC,
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