ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry

Breaking Boundaries in CNS & Aging Therapeutics 🧠 Session 1 at #NMCS2026 | May 31 | Atlanta | Program: nmcsmedi.org

🌟 The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry is excited to announce its programming for #ACSSpring2026! 🌟

A huge thank you to our session organizers, and collaborative divisions!

🔗Register Now: www.acs.org/events/sprin...

🌟𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐈𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂–𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫!

Professor 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁. 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 (Northwestern University) is honored for his groundbreaking contributions to medicinal chemistry, including the invention of pregabalin (Lyrica®) and multiple innovative therapies now in clinical development.

⏲️ Our 5th Webinar is Tomorrow!

🧑‍🔬 Join Mark Levin & Logan Bartholomew for an exciting discussion around Skeletal Editing.

Our event sponsor, PharmaBlock Group, will also showcase New Building Blocks for Efficient Drug Synthesis.

📅 Feb 10 at 1:30-3:30PM
🔗 www.acsmediwebinars.org

🌟Release of a Special Issue in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry!

"Medicinal Chemistry of Next Generation Vaccine Adjuvants" was led by Deepak B. Salunke and Rahul Kumar.

🔗Special Issue: pubs.acs.org/page/si/vacc...
🔗Editorial: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

👉 Meet the speakers of our next ACS MEDI Webinar.

Our 2 hour event, tackling Skeletal Editing will showcase:
🧑‍🔬 Logan Bartholomew
🧑‍🔬 Mark Levin
🧑‍🔬 Bo Zhang

📅 Feb 10, 2026 - 1:30 to 3:30 PM EST
🔗 lnkd.in/enhvPXpc

We also thank PharmaBlock (USA), Inc. for their kind support.

Announcing our 5th webinar!

Join us as we hear about Skeletal Editing from experts:
🧑‍🔬 Logan Bartholomew (Merck)
🧑‍🔬 Mark Levin (University of Chicago)
📣 PharmaBlock, our sponsor for this edition

📅 Feb 10 | 1:30PM to 3:30PM EST
🔗 lnkd.in/enhvPXpc

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞

Honorees will be recognized during the ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL (August 23–27). Inductees will receive a commemorative plaque and travel reimbursement.

📅𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏
🔗𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 & 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: www.acsmedi.org/division-of-...

🎓 Congratulations to our Travel Awardees!

A special thanks to our Fall 2025 Platinum, Gold & Silver sponsors for their contribution in funding the travel awards for ACS Spring 2026: Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Company, Gilead Sciences, OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences, and Sanofi!

Congratulations to our newly elected officers! 👏

🔹Terry Moore (Academic Councilor)
🔹 Katerina Leftheris (Industrial Vice Chair)
🔹 Paul Trippier (Secretary)
🔹 Michael Walters (Treasurer)

We also warmly welcome Rheem Totah as our Alternate Academic Councilor.

We look forward to their contributions!

📢 Call for Nominations - Portoghese Lectureship

This Award is to recognize two outstanding early career investigators conducting research in the field of Medicinal Chemistry.

📅 Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗 Make a Nomination here: americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗙𝗠𝗖–𝗔𝗖𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

For this edition in Dublin, the YMCC is offering travel grants of up to $3,000 for young researchers based in the US.

More info at www.acsmedi.org/medicinal-ch...

📍Dublin, Ireland
📅 June 22-25, 2026
🔗 www.medchemfrontiers.org

🌐NEW WEB ADDRESS🌐

You can now find us at www.acsmedi.org — don’t forget to update your bookmarks!

Although the web address is new, everything else remains unchanged: you still have full access to your account using your existing login credentials.

🚨𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗖𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺!

A distinguished lineup of speakers is set, promising a high-profile international scientific meeting. The MEDI Division will offer comprehensive programming!

📍 Atlanta, GA
📅 May 31-June 3, 2026
🔗 www.nmcsmedi.org

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬!
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗

Planning to attend the next ACS National Meeting in Atlanta, GA? Apply for a MEDI Division Travel Grant for a chance to present your research and get reimbursed for your travel expenses.

🔗 www.acsmedi.org/travel-grants

Don’t miss our First Time Disclosures session on Wednesday, August 20 at #ACSFall2025. Wrap up the day with the Pharma Community Networking Reception and Future Pharma Innovators Poster Session afterward.

Thank you to our sponsor Drug Hunter!

🔎 Discover this exciting session showing how the field of medicinal chemistry is evolving with newest machine learning advancements and applications.

Thank you to OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences!

#ACSFall2025

👏 Don't miss the reception on Monday evening, August 18, to celebrate our 2025 Hall of Fame inductees!

Congratulations again to Sheila DeWitt, Muthiah Manoharan, Mark Murcko, and Jonathan Vennerstrom!

#ACSFall2025

We are proud to present another installment of A Medicinal Chemist’s ToolBox series, sponsored by Eli Lilly!

📅 Only 10 days left until #ACSFall2025 in Washington, D.C.! Don’t miss the exciting MEDI Division programming lineup.

Announcing the 2025 MEDI Hall of Fame Inductees!

Join us in celebrating their achievements during our HoF ceremony at the Fall ACS National Meeting, Washington DC

📅Monday, August 18th, 6:00–8:00 pm (EDT)
📍Marriott Marquis Washington, Independence Salon A–C

#MedicinalChemistry #MEDIHallOfFame

🌟We’re excited to announce a new Special Issue: Exploring Covalent Modulators in Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology.

This joint issue was put together by Lori Ferrins and Ashley Adams.

🔗: pubs.acs.org/page/si/cova...

🎓 Congratulations to the 2025 MEDI Division Predoctoral Fellowship Recipients!

We look forward to their presentations at the Spring 2026 ACS National Meeting and to following their continued contributions to the field.

📢 Don’t miss the 3rd ACS MEDI Webinar!

Join us for the third edition of the ACS MEDI Webinar Series, proudly sponsored by Promega!

This session will explore the exciting topic of “Induced Proximity Agents: Degraders and Non-degraders”.

📅 May 7 ⏰ 1:30-3:30 PM EST
💻 www.acsmediwebinars.org

As ACS Spring 2025 comes to a close, we want to extend a huge thank you to the sponsors Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Biogen, Merck, Pfizer, Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, and Johnson & Johnson who supported the Division programming!

🌊 Pacifichem 2025 Symposium on Peptide Therapeutics and Peptidomimetics

⏳ The abstract submission deadline is April 2!

Submissions for oral presentations and posters from researchers at any career stage are welcome. Don’t miss the opportunity to share your work!

🔗 Submit here: pacifichem.org

📢 Last Day to Submit your Abstract for Poster Presentation!

The ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers meeting is fast approaching. This joint symposium, co-organized by the MEDI Division, features an outstanding program in Medicinal Chemistry.

🔗 www.medchemfrontiers.org/registration

🔔𝟏𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

The MEDI Division offers financial support (typically $1,000) for meetings to advance medicinal chemistry.

Submit your request to administration@acsmedi.org before 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.

🔗: www.acsmedchem.org/web/medi%20d...

🌟 We’re excited to announce the release of a new Special Issue entitled ‘𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲’ and put together by Lori Ferrins, Ashley Adams, and Anna Junker.

🔗 Check it out: pubs.acs.org/page/si/many...!

📢 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐂𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫!

Join us to learn more about DNA-encoded libraries in these two talks. This edition of the ACS MEDI Webinar Series is kindly sponsored by HitGen Inc.

📅 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟓 ⏰ 𝟏:𝟑𝟎-𝟑:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓
💻 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞: www.acsmediwebinars.org/registration