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25/07/2025

🌱 It's our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 5th MMCS: New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (MMCS 2026), which brings together leading minds from academia and industry to explore the future of chemical biology and drug discovery together!

🌟 Sessions covered:
- Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery
- AI for Drug Discovery
- New Proximity-Based Drug Modalities
- Natural Products in Drug Discovery
- Biocatalysis for Natural Product and Drug Synthesis
- Drug Discovery Targeting GPCRs and Ion Channels
- DNA-Encoded Libraries in Drug Discovery
- Medicinal Chemistry Tales

📅 Key Deadlines — mark your calendar:
1️⃣ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 January 2026
2️⃣ Early Bird Registration Deadline: 11 February 2026

🔗 Secure your spot: https://brnw.ch/21wUic6

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24/07/2025

📣 We’re excited to participate in the X International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ASMC 2025), organized by The European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry - EFMC and Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Química! 🔬💊

📍 Porto, Portugal
📅 31 August – 4 September 2025

Visit us at booth #16 to meet our team and explore opportunities in scientific publishing!

🔗 Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wUovX

11/07/2025

🎉 We are thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 5th MMCS: New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (MMCS2026), organized by MDPI the publisher of the open-access journal Molecules! The event will be held in Beijing, China, from 14th to 17th May 2026.

🔬 Why Submit to ?
📈 Journal Impact Growing Significantly!
• Impact Factor ▲ 4.2 → 4.6
• CiteScore ▲ 7.4 → 8.6

🎉 Participants with accepted abstracts of MMCS are granted TWO publication opportunities:
👉 Molecules Journal Special Issue
Submit your full manuscript to the special issue of the Molecules Journal and enjoy a 20% discount on publication fees.
👉Proceeding Paper Publication
Submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to the Chemistry Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2673-4583) after the conference, with publication FREE of charge.
All submitted papers will undergo MDPI's standard peer-review procedure.
For more information about publication opportunities, please click: https://brnw.ch/21wTYQE

📅 Submission Deadline: 16 January 2026
📌 Submit your abstract: https://brnw.ch/21wTYQG
Join us in to shape the future of the field: https://brnw.ch/21wTYQF

08/07/2025

Special Issue "Antioxidant Drug Candidates: Mechanistic and Computational Insights into Free Radical Scavenging and Redox Modulation" is open for submissions. 🧪
Guest Editor: Dr. Žiko B. Milanović

Read more at: https://lnkd.in/e-mNNvt8

07/07/2025

📢 Check out our new from Gunne et al.

Title: Regulatory T Cell Function Is Not Affected by Antisense Peptide-Conjugated Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomer (PPMO)-Mediated TMPRSS2 Truncation 💊

Full text: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2998/4/2/25

03/07/2025

🌟 Join Us for the 5th MMCS: New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery! We're honored to have Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei from University, China, and Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero from the University of , Spain, serving as Conference Chairs for this edition.

Following the resounding successes of the past two editions, 4th MMCS "Harnessing the Power of New Drug Modalities" in Barcelona, Spain and the 3rd MMCS "Shaping Medicinal Chemistry for the New Decade" in Rome, Italy, we proudly present the 5th Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium ( ): New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, to be held in , China from 14 to 17 May 2026.

Our Achievements from the past two editions:
✓ 100+ distinguished speakers sharing groundbreaking research
✓ Hundreds of accepted abstracts and registrations
✓ Wonderful discussions at the forefront of medicinal chemistry

As we bring MMCS to Beijing for the first time, we're committed to building on past achievements, fostering new scientific collaborations, and driving innovation in drug discovery.

🥳 Register with early bird discount at: https://brnw.ch/21wTIOF

01/07/2025

📢 Check out our new from Sarah Scoles, Sanjay Ganesh and Kaori Yamada.

Title: Current Therapies and Potential Strategies for Uveal Melanoma 💊

Full text: https://brnw.ch/21wTOnV

27/06/2025

📢 Check out our new from Preeti Gupta.

Title: Epigenetic Alterations in Cancer: The Therapeutic Potential of Epigenetic Drugs in Cancer Therapy 💊

https://brnw.ch/21wTJt6

👇Read more papers in Issue 2
https://brnw.ch/21wTJt7

24/06/2025

🌱 We’re excited to invite you to take part in the 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐌𝐂𝐒: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 (𝐌𝐌𝐂𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓)

📍 Beijing, China | 📅 May 14–17, 2026
🧑‍🔬Event Chairs: Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei (Peking University), Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero (Universitat de Barcelona)

Share your research and push the boundaries of chemical biology and drug discovery together!

📅Important Dates
📌Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 January 2026
📌Early Bird Registration Deadline: 11 February 2026

🔗Submit Your Abstract: https://lnkd.in/g-VAFM9B

🔗Register now: https://lnkd.in/gM8twDUz

Molecules MDPI

Join us at the 5th MMCS: New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery ( 2026), to be held in , China, from May 14 to 17, 2026, and seize the chance to publish your work in the top-notch journal!

🎉 Participants with accepted abstracts of MMCS are granted TWO publication opportunities:
👉 Molecules Journal Special Issue
Submit your full manuscript to the special issue of Molecules Journal (ISSN: 1420-3049, IF: 4.2, CITESCORE: 7.4) and enjoy a 20% discount on publication fees.
👉Proceeding Paper Publication
Submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to the Chemistry Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2673-4583) after the conference, with publication FREE of charge.
All submitted papers will undergo MDPI's standard peer-review procedure.
For more information about publication opportunities, please click: https://brnw.ch/21wTfni.

🌟Important Dates
1️⃣ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 January 2026
2️⃣ Early Bird Registration Deadline: 11 February 2026
3️⃣ Proceedings Paper Submission Deadline: 4 July 2026

🥳 Submit your abstract TODAY: https://brnw.ch/21wTfnj.
🔗 Secure your spot: https://brnw.ch/21wTfnh.

23/06/2025

📢 We are delighted to participate in 59th edition of the International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT 2025) organized by Société de Chimie Thérapeutique 🎉

📌 Orléans, France
🗓️ 2–4 July 2025

For more information about the conference, please visit the official website:
https://www.rict2025.org/

17/06/2025

🏆 Congratulations to the Best Presentation Winners!

We’re proud to have sponsored the Best Presentation Awards at the 33rd Annual GP2A Medicinal Chemistry Conference, organized by GP2A (Group for the Promotion of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Academia), The Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD Network and OneHealthdrugs COST Action - CA21111 💥

👏 Awardees:
🔬 Laura Demuru – Università degli Studi di Cagliari
🔬 Antoine Magniez – Université de Caen Normandie

Their exceptional work represents the future of medicinal chemistry!

A big thank you to all participants, and congratulations to the winners! 🎉

This award was proudly sponsored by Drugs and Drug Candidates and Pharmaceuticals MDPI.

13/06/2025

Great discussions at our booth today! 👥

Our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, and EBM Dr. Annie Mayence had the pleasure of meeting with Prof. Dr. Joachim Jose, Associate Editor of Pharmaceuticals MDPI. 💊

If you're attending the symposium, don't miss the chance to visit us! Learn more about our latest activities, projects, and innovations in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

📍 The 33rd Annual GP2A (Group for the Promotion of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Academia) Medicinal Chemistry Conference

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