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20/08/2025

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📄 "Catalyst-Driven Improvements in Conventional Methods for Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks" by Jafari et al.
ℹ️ This review offers insights into the optimal strategies for the development of high-performance COFs
🔗 Read it here: https://brnw.ch/21wV3B6
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Imine-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted considerable interest in recent years because they can form strong and reversible covalent bonds, enabling the development of highly ordered crystalline structures. This reversibility is crucial in correcting structural defects during th...

19/08/2025

📢 Call for Submissions to the Special Issue: "Molecular Strategies for the Synthesis of Drug-Like Bioactives"
✏️ Guest edited by Prof. Dr. Beatrice Severino and Dr. Antonia Scognamiglio
🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wV1GX
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19/08/2025

📩 Send your nominations in today for the Molecules Young Investigator Award! We are supporting our early career scientists and acknowledging their achievements in chemistry and related disciplines.
🎓 Condition: PhD obtained after 2016
🏆 Prize: 2000 CHF and APC waiver to publish in Molecules
🔗 Full eligibility criteria: https://brnw.ch/21wSouz
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18/08/2025

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📄 "Flavonoid Glycosides and Phenolic Acids from Inula Oculus-Christi Modulate Membrane Organization and Provide Antioxidant Protection" by Veleva et al.
🔗 Read it here: https://brnw.ch/21wUZVP
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18/08/2025

📢 We are delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Helen Osborn from University of Reading, UK, will serve as a committee member for the 5th Medicinal Chemistry Symposium ( ): New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, which will be held in , China, from May 14 to 17, 2026.

🎓 Prof. Dr. Helen Osborn is a professor and deputy head of School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy at University of Reading. Professor Osborn’s research interests focus on the development of new chemical and enzymatic methods for the treatment of life threatening diseases. Within her current research programs, particular emphasis is placed on the synthesis and biological analysis of i) prodrugs for the selective treatment of cancer and bacterial infections, including prodrugs that are activated via bioorthogonal reactions, or via enzymes, ii) natural products, including novel flavonoid derivatives, iii) carbohydrate based biomarkers, and iv) polymer drug conjugates. She also has long term interests in the development of anti-infective agents, glycosidase enzyme inhibitors, anti-viral agents and personalised medicines.

📝 Submit your abstracts here: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1319
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16/08/2025

👀 Have you seen the "Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Mitigates Scopolamine-Induced Cognitive Deficits via Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Mechanisms in Zebrafish" by Brinza et al. yet?
ℹ️ Learn more about the therapeutic potential of F. vulgare essential oil in ameliorating memory impairment and oxidative damage associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
🔗 Find it here: https://brnw.ch/21wUXUg
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Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) is an aromatic medicinal plant known for its anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, and analgesic properties. This study aimed to investigate the effects of F. vulgare essential oil (FVEO; 25, 150, and 300 μL/L) on the cognitive perf...

15/08/2025

💚 A flashback to meeting Dr. Natalia Drabińska, a Guest Editor who dropped by the MDPI booth at ! We love meeting you in person and conferences are great for giving us feedback and suggestions.

👀 Check out her Special Issue "Functional Foods Enriched with Natural Bioactive Compounds" here: https://brnw.ch/21wUWIJ

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15/08/2025

👀 Have you seen our July-2 Issue (Volume 30, Issue 14)? It is available to read for everyone!
🔗 Issue link: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30/14
🖼️ Cover paper: CoFeP-Ni(OH)₂/NF Electrode via Interfacial Integration for Supercapacitors by Cui et al. (Pusan National University, Republic of Korea)
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15/08/2025

📢 Call for Submissions to the Special Issue: Extraction Techniques for Sample Preparation
✏️ Guest edited by Dr. Vincenzo Ferrone and Dr. Pantaleone Bruni (University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
🔗 Issue: https://brnw.ch/21wUW0e
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14/08/2025

📢 We are delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai Tatrai from the of North Texas Health Science Center, will serve as a committee member for the 5th Medicinal Chemistry Symposium ( 2026): New Trends in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, which will be held in , China, from May 14 to 17, 2026.

🎤 Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai Tatrai is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA. Her interests lie in innovative, multidisciplinary and highly-complex projects focusing on medicinal chemistry-driven drug design and delivery into the central nervous system. She has numerous publications within the fields of medicinal/organic and analytical chemistry, drug delivery, pharmaceutical analyses and mass-spectrometry based proteomics.

📝 Submit your abstracts here: https://brnw.ch/21wUUrN

13/08/2025

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📄 "Novel 3-Methyl-1,6-Diazaphenothiazine as an Anticancer Agent—Synthesis, Structure, and In Vitro Anticancer Evaluation" by Morak-Młodawska et al.
ℹ️ The aim of this study was to effectively synthesize a new 10H-3-methyl-1,6-diazphenothiazine, transform it into selected 10-substituted derivatives and analyze their anticancer potency
🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wUS3g
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Pyridine derivatives are widely distributed in nature and have valuable pharmacological properties. The pyridine core can be found in drugs such as sorafenib, zapiclone or prothipendyl. Dipyridothiazines are derivatives of phenothiazines that exhibit valuable anticancer, antioxidant and immunomodula...

12/08/2025

📢 Call for Submissions to the Special Issue: Advanced Bioactive Nanoparticles for Precision Medicine
✏️ Guest edited by Dr. Teresa Aditya and Dr. Erica Quagliarini
🔗 Issue: https://brnw.ch/21wUQQJ
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