Introduction

The VIII Edition of the EWDSy will be held in Certosa di Pontignano (Siena, Italy) on 18^th-22^nd May 2020. The EWDSy is a biennal event which brings together experts in synthetic chemistry and drug synthesis from all the world. This edition is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Maurizio Botta, former Editor of ACS Med. Chem. Lett., who led the EWDSy since its first Edition in 2006.The aim of the EWDSy is to provide a fertile ground for chemists from academia and industry to share and exchange knowledge. In this Edition, the main topics covered by lectures will  include anticancer drug discovery, bioconjugation and antibody-drug conjugates, (bio)catalysis and synthetic methodologies in medicinal chemistry, green & sustainable approaches in medicinal chemistry. Oral and poster contributions from other areas of medicinal and organic chemistry are also welcome.

Deadlines

• Feb 15 2020
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Mar 31 2020
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Apr 15 2020
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Apr 15 2020
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Speakers

• William Yorgensen Yale University, United States
• Peter Wipf University of Pittsburgh, United States
• Daniel Rauh Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
• Dennis Liotta Emory University, United States
• Dieter Schinzer University of Magdeburg, Germany
• Thierry Langer University of Vienna, Austria
• Giovanni Appendino University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
• Luigi Vaccaro University of Perugia, Italy
• Nicholas Turner University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• David Thurston King's College London, United Kingdom
• Gonçalo Bernardes Trinity Hall College Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Kurt Faber University of Graz, Austria
• Donna Huryn University of Pittsburgh, United States
• Darren Dixon University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Julien Lefranc Bayer, Germany
• Jean François Haeuw Centre de Recherche Pierre Fabre, France
• Marco Radi University of Parma, Italy
• Bente Frølund University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Anders Bach University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Jacob Bush GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
• Maria Pia Catalani Axxam, Italy
• Roberto Pellicciari TES Pharma, Italy

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Venue

University of Siena

Certosa di Pontignano, University of Siena, loc. Pontignano, 5 , Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI) , 53019, Italy

Useful links

• Venue information More information about the venue

Organised by

Elena Petricci
(University of Siena - Italy)

Daniele Castagnolo
(King's College London - UK) 

Maurizio Taddei
(University of Siena - Italy)

Federico Corelli
(University of Siena - Italy)

Francesco Orofino
(University of Siena - Italy)

Annalisa Santucci 
(University of Siena - Italy)

Contact information

EWDSy Organising Committee
University of Siena
Contact us by email

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