ESMEC - European School of Medicinal Chemistry

Program 2010

SUNDAY, JULY 4

15.00 - 18.30	Registration
19.00 - 22.00	Poster Exhibition and Buffet Dinner

MONDAY, JULY 5

9.00 - 9.20

Opening of ESMEC 2010

Federico DA SETTIMO – President of the Medicinal Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society

Peter MATYUS - Chair of Education and Training Committee of EFMC

Gloria CRISTALLI – Director of European PhD School of Medicinal Chemistry

	Infection Diseases: Focus on AIDS and Flu
	Chairperson: Antonello MAI - University “La Sapienza”, Rome (I)
9.20 - 10.00	Introduction to the session
10.00 - 10.45	Maria Josè CAMARASA, Institute de Quimica Medica, Madrid, (E) “Small-Molecules as inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. From Nucleosides to Peptides“
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.00	Kristof VAN EMELEN , Tibotec Research and Development, Mechelen, (B) “HIV-from Killer Disease to Sleeping Enemy?“
12.00 - 13.30	Poster session 1 Chairperson: Maria PAPPALARDO - University of Catania (I)
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14:30 - 15.15	Andrea SAVARINO, Italian National Institute of Health, Roma (I) “Developing Strategies for HIV-1 Eradication”
15.15 - 16.00	Paul SCHNITZLER, Department of Infectious Diseases-Virology, University Hospital, Heidelberg (D) “Perspective on Swine Flu: Pathology and Therapy”
16.00 - 16.45	Anna Teresa PALAMARA, University “La Sapienza”, Roma (I) “Redox-Regulation of the Influenza Hemagglutinin Maturation Process: a new Cell-Mediated Strategy for Anti- Influenza Therapy”
20.30	Dinner

TUESDAY, JULY 6

	Drug Delivery to the Targets
	Chairperson: Roberta FRUTTERO - University of Torino (I)
9.00 - 9.15	Introduction to the Session
9.15 - 10.00	Paolo CALICETI, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova (I) “Targeting and Delivery of Antitumoral Drugs”
10.00 - 10.45	Arto URTTI, Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki (FIN) “Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery”
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.00	Ronit SATCHI-FAINARO, Sackler School of Medicine,University of Tel Aviv (IL) “Rational Design of Multifunctional Polymer Therapeuticts Targeting Cancer“
12.00 - 13.30	Poster Session 2 - Chairperson: - Cosimo ALTOMARE University of Bari (I)
13.30 - 15.00	Lunch
15.00 - 15.45	Stephen HANESSIAN, Department of Chemistry, University Montreal , Canada (CDN) “Strategies toward Tumor-Directed Chemoterapeutic Agents”
15.45 -17.45	Workshop
20.30	Dinner

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

	Challenges in the Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds
	Chairperson: Carlo DE MICHELI - University of Milano (I)
9.00 - 9.15	Introduction to the Session
9.15 - 10.00	Stephen HANESSIAN, Department of Chemistry, University Montreal , Canada (CDN) “Structure-Based Organic Synthesis: from Natural Products to Drug Prototypes”
10.00 - 10.45	Luciana AUZZAS, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, CNR, Sassari (I) “Designing Mimetics of Protein-Peptide Interactions: Natural Tools and Synthetic Strategies”
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.00	Ian BAXENDALE, The Innovative Technology Centre, University of Cambridge, (UK) “Automating Synthesis Through the Application of Flow Reactors”
12.00 - 12.45	Javier MAGANO, Pfzer Global Research & Development, Groton (USA) “Challenges in Process Chemistry: Design and Implementation of Scalable, Cost-efficient and Green Routes for the Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals”
12.45 - 15.00	Lunch
15.00-15.45	Matteo ZANDA, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen (UK) “Fluorine Chemistry in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging”
15.45 - 18.00	Workshop
20.30	Dinner

THURSDAY, JULY 8

	Hot Topics
	Chairperson: Maria Novella ROMANELLI - University of Florence (I)
9.00 - 9.15	Introduction to the Session
9.15 - 10.00	Klaus MUELLER, Pharmaceutical Research, F-Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel (CH) “Fluorine in Pharmaceuticals: Intuition and Design”
10.00 - 10.45	Vipul PATEL, The Medicine Research Centre, GSK, Stevenage (UK) “Fragment Based Approach in Modern Drug Discovery”
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.00	Javier ROJO, Instituto de Investigaciones Quimicas, University of Sevilla (E) “Dendrimers as Therapeutic Agents against Viral Infections”
12.00 - 12.45	Paolo PEVARELLO - Newron Pharmaceuticals, Bresso, MI (I) “Drugs Approved By EMEA and FDA in 2009 (To Market! To market!)”
12.45 - 14.45	Lunch
	Chairperson: Giorgio TARZIA - University of Urbino
14.45 - 18.00	Presentation and Discussion of Selected Posters
18.00	Concluding Remarks Gloria CRISTALLI - University of Camerino (I) - ESMEC Director
20.30	Gala Dinner

FRIDAY, JULY 9

Leaving of participants