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UW Hosts 30th National Medicinal Chemistry
Symposium
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University of Washington School of Pharmacy was honored to host the 30th
National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium from June 25-29 on the UW campus.
Over 517 individuals attended the event, most from industry, nearly 15
percent of which came from international organizations.
The four-day Symposium included two poster sessions, seven speaker sessions,
an awards ceremony and many additional opportunities for guests to mingle
and meet while enjoying the beauty of a Pacific Northwest summer. "Our
goal [for the Symposium] was to create a meeting that was interesting
scientifically, and to also provide opportunities to meet new scientists
and renew old acquaintances," explained Wendel Nelson, Medicinal
Chemistry professor and chair of the event.
The speaker sessions focused on important physiological and therapeutic
targets, technological methods and a late breaking session with reports
on new drug candidates. Topics included Type 2 diabetes treatment, improving
failing memory, microfluidics/nano scale drug discovery, stopping virus
entry, sodium channel blockers and late breaking results. George Ellestad,
Columbia University alumnus and Wyeth retiree, was awarded the ACS Med
Chem Division Award for his work on natural products.
The symposium was a great success and as Medicinal Chemistry chair Allan
Rettie described, "One that provided our students and faculty access
to cutting edge drug discovery and development practiced in both academic
and pharmaceutical industry environments."
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