Joint DSMKB and CMC Symposium 2025

The Danish Society for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (DSMKB), and Center for Medicinal Chemistry (CMC) invites you to our biannual symposium on medicinal chemistry.

The 2nd biannual Danish Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Symposium is a great opportunity to learn about cutting edge research and meet with academic and industrial scientists.

Registration is open now (DKK 500 for students and postdocs, and DKK 900 for professionals).

Register here

Program:

Registration and coffee

10:00-10:05  Welcome

10:05-10:45  Louise Walport, Francis Crick Inst., UK
Adventures in covalency using mRNA-display

10:45-11:05  Michelle H. Rasmussen, Aarhus University, Denmark
The Biological Potency of Polyether Ionophore Lysocellin is Unlocked by a P450 enzyme

11:05-11:35  Break

11:35-11:55  Efthymios S. Gavriil, Imperial College London, UK
Discovery of Hedgehog Acyltransferase Inhibitors for Treatment of Cancer and Fibrotic Diseases

11:55-12:35  Thomas Kruse, Novo Nordisk, Denmark
Development of Amycretin: A GLP-1/amylin co-agonist for oral administration

12:35-13:35  Lunch

13:35-14:15  Dorothea Fiedler, FMP Berlin, Germany
Uncommon Phosphorylation Modes: Protein Pyrophosphorylation and Oligophosphorylation in Human Cells

14:15-14:35  Frederik S. Bro, DTU, Denmark
Synthesis, Identification, and Chemoenzymatic Functionalisation of Inhibitors of Sterol Transport Proteins

14:35-15:15  Dario Neri, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
From encoded combinatorial libraries to targeted anti-cancer therapeutics

15:15-15:45  Break

15:45-16:25  Karl Gademann, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Performance Enhancement of Natural Product Driven by Chemical Synthesis

16:25-16:50  Flash poster session

16:50-17:30  Erhad Ascic, Lundbeck, Denmark
Advancements in NMDA Receptor-Targeted Antidepressants: From D-cycloserine Discovery to Preclinical Efficacy of Lu AF90103

17:30-19:00  Poster session and drinks

19:00---  Dinner at Petit Bistro Royal, Pilestræde 23, 1112 København K