Events

4th MMCS: Harnessing the Power of New Drug Modalities
24–26 Apr 2024, Barcelona, Spain

Join us on April 24 at 15:15 when our analytical chemist Victoria Mora will give a talk on "EU-OPENSCREEN: an open access initiative in chemical biology to support anti-cancer drug discovery". Victoria will introduce our compound sharing initiative and the numerous opportunities we offer to chemists to uncover novel bioactivities by adding their compounds to our unique academic compound collection.

31^st International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and the 11^th International Congress on Biodiversity (ISCNP31 & ICOB11)

October 15-19, 2023, Naples, Italy

EU-OPENSCREEN will organise the satellite workshop “Accelerating Natural Product Discovery by academic and industrial collaborative initiatives” at the 31^st International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Productsand the 11^th International Congress on Biodiversity (ISCNP31 & ICOB11) on October 19 in Naples, Italy. The satellite workshop will be free to attend and will be held in the Auditorium Royal Continental.

Natural products continue to play an important role in drug discovery due to their molecular complexity and privileged structures. Nevertheless, only a fraction of reported scaffolds is available in commercial libraries and access to HTS-amenable libraries remains an important challenge. During our workshop, we will present various initiatives in academia and industry, which address this challenge. The speakers will present publicly available natural compound collections, local bioprospecting efforts and collaborative initiatives in Europe and Latin America, which aim to expand the availability of high quality, annotated natural product-based libraries for drug discovery projects.

The preliminary programme is available on the conference website: www.iscnp31-icob11.org

XIII European Congress on Marine Natural Products (ECMNP) & XVII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products (MaNaPro2023)

September 3-8, 2023, Granada, Spain

Three years after the last XVI MaNaPro & XI ECMNP meeting in 2019 in Portugal, our partners at Fundación MEDINA in Granada invite you to this year’s XIII European Congress on Marine Natural Products and XVII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products joint meeting in Granada, Spain, on September 3-8, 2023.

The conference program will cover the following topics: Chemical Ecology and Ecosystems Functioning; Natural Products Isolation and Structural Elucidation; Drug Discovery and Development; Synthesis of Marina Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry; Structural Methods in Marina Natural Products research; Marina Natural Products Chemical Biology and Biotechnology; Genomic tools in Marina Natural Products Discovery; Metabolomics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applied to Marina Natural Products research.

Abstracts can be submitted until 15 May 2023. The early registration deadline is 30 June 2023. More information is available at: www.ecmnp-manapro2023.com/index

Natural Products – Emerging opportunities

July 18-19, Swansea, UK

This is a networking event, Led by the Natural Products BioHUB in Swansea, to establish consortia of interdisciplinary expertise and innovative tools to fast track the research translation to the development of novel products and services. The event offers a unique opportunity to explore opportunities for natural product development in pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and the food industry.

The event focusses on the following key themes:

• Bioprospecting for new bioactive molecules from underexploited aquatic and terrestrial sources

• Extraction, purification & structure elucidation of bioactive compounds

• Current & future platforms for biodiscovery and bioactivity screening

• Computational modelling and artificial intelligence approaches for natural product research

• Animal and non-animal testing systems

• Formulation & application technologies

• Success stories (Start-Ups & collaborative Networks)

Our EU-OPENSCREEN partners Jeanette Anderson (UiT, Norway) and Olga Genilloud (Medina, Spain) will give oral presentations on Tuesday, 18 July. Jeanette will present 'Marine Bioprospecting in the Arctic and the value of participating in EU Projects and Initiatives' and Olga will highlight 'Fundación MEDINA: Fostering natural products bioprospecting and drug discovery collaborations'.

More information: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/bioscience/research-and-impact/natural-products-biohub-project/naturalproductsbiohub-project-news-and-events/natural-products--emerging-opportunities/

19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 2023

July 2-7th, 2023 Glasgow (United Kingdom)

EU-OPENSCREEN organises the workshop 'Accelerating Chemical Biology and early Drug Discovery by academic collaborative initiatives' at the 19th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 2023 (WCP2023) on 3 July 2023 in Glasgow, UK.

Over the past years, a variety of consortia with different collaborative models have been initiated, which bring together academic groups and industry partners to develop novel chemical tool compounds. During this workshop, we will present how collaborative initiatives such as EU-OPENSCREEN can support chemical biology and early drug discovery projects in academia. We will discuss different models and highlight successful case studies to illustrate the opportunities that are available for the scientific community.

The speakers of this session are: Prof. Graeme Milligan (University of Glasgow United Kingdom), Prof. Matthew Todd (University College London), Prof. Päivi Tammela (University of Helsinki), Prof. Mabel Loza (University of Santiago de Compostela), Elisa Sassetti (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Denmark) and Bahne Stechmann (EU-OPENSCREEN). For more information on this session, please visit: https://wcp2023.org/events/accelerating-chemical-biology-and-early-drug-discovery-by-academic-collaborative-initiatives/ or visit the official WCP2023 website: https://wcp2023.org/

ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2023

June 10-13, 2023, Boston, USA

The ACSMEDI | EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers is co-organised as a collaboration between the ACS (American Chemical Society) MEDI (Division of Medicinal Chemistry) and the EFMC (European Federation for Medicinal chemistry and Chemical biology). The ACSMEDI | EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers Meeting attracts a highly targeted audience composed of experts, researchers and early career trainees in drug discovery and development, in particular medicinal and synthetic chemists, together with scientists active in the fields of computer assisted drug design, biology, DMPK, pharmacology, and early toxicology.

Prof. Rui Moreira at our EU-OPENSCREEN partner site at University of Lisbon and EFMC President, is a member of the Scientific Organizing Committee and chairs the session on Organic Synthesis Impacting Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology.

We hope to meet you at ACSMEDI-EFMC Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2023.

More information available at: https://www.medchemfrontiers.org/

International Helmholtz Drug Discovery Conference (HDDC 2023)

May 15-16, 2023, Braunschweig, Germany

Prof Mark Brönstrup and his colleagues at our German partner site HZI Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig organise another edition of the International Helmholtz Drug Discovery Conference. A satellite workshop on Drug Repurposing will be organised by our colleague Phil Gribbon at Fraunhofer ITMP on Monday, May 15th (morning).

The HDDC2023 will provide a stimulating platform to discuss the state of the art in drug discovery with academic experts and scientists from biotech and pharmaceutical industries. With topics focusing on anti-infectives, innovative screens, novel targets and target validation, computational approaches incl. artificial intelligence (AI) and more, this event will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the challenges and chances of modern drug discovery in academia and industry. In order to foster interaction and knowledge gain in the field, we are pleased to welcome an exceptional group of internationally renowned speakers. 

Abstracts for oral and poster presentation can be submitted by April 1, 2023. Registrations are open until May 1, 2023. More information can be found here: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/news-events/events/view/event/info/hddc-2023-1/

ELRIG´s Therapeutic OLIGOs & European Chemical Biology Symposium 2023

May 9-11, 2023, AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden

Our biennial flagship scientific conference, the European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS) brings together Chemical Biologists from all parts of Europe and overseas to present and discuss the latest achievements in cutting edge chemical sciences. The ECBS is jointly organised every two years by EU-OPENSCREEN and the EuChemS Division of Chemistry for Life Sciences.

The 8^th edition of the ECBS (ECBS2023) will be held on May 9-11, 2023, at the AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden, as a combined event with the inaugural ELRIG meeting on Therapeutic OLIGOs. The conference will focus on exciting topics like Therapeutic OLIGO profiling, Advancements in OLIGO design and synthesis, Novel formulations and biomarker analysis, Chemical probe-induced protein interaction and degradation, New ways to shape and interrogate biology through chemistry, and Innovative tools and methods for advanced cell profiling.

Detailed information and free registration: www.ecbs2023.eu

AACR Annual Meeting 2023

April 14-19, 2023, Orlando, USA

The AACR Annual Meeting is the focal point of the cancer research community, where scientists, clinicians, other health care professionals, survivors, patients, and advocates gather to share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine. From population science and prevention; to cancer biology, translational, and clinical studies; to survivorship and advocacy; the AACR Annual Meeting highlights the work of the best minds in cancer research from institutions all over the world.

Meet us at the EU-OPENSCREEN poster on April 18, in the Poster Session PO.CH01.05 - High-throughput Screening, Lead Identification and Optimization, and in Silico Drug Discovery.

More information is available at: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10828/presentation/5253

Bioprosp_2023 International Conference on Marine Biotechnology and Bioprospecting

March 14, 2023, Tromsø

BIOPROSP is a biennial International Conference on Marine Biotechnology and Bioprospecting, which is co-organised by our scientific partner Prof. Jeanette Andersen at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. BIOPROSP is an exciting and rewarding conference for researchers and representatives from both research institutions and enterprises.

EU-OPENSCREEN organises pre-conference workshop at Bioprosp_23, which is chaired by Jeanette Andersen (University of Tromsø) and Bahne Stechmann (EU-OPENSCREEN). During the workshop, we will discuss how publicly available repositories, local bioprospecting efforts and research infrastructures can help expand the availability of high quality, well annotated natural product-based libraries for screening. Our speakers will present publicly available resources in Europe, which are available to the research community; local efforts in bioprospecting and creating local collections; and collaborative initiatives to expose natural compounds to a broad range of biological targets in screening efforts.

For more information, please visit the event website: https://www.tekna.no/en/events/bioprosp_23-42323/Info/?info=172805

44th South African Chemical Institute's National Convention

January 8-13, 2023, Stellenbosch, South Africa

After the last edition in 2018, the biennial SACI National Convention is finally back as an in-person meeting. The theme of the upcoming 44th South African Chemical Institute's National Convention is “Chemistry for sustainable development in Africa”.

500 registered attendees (sold-out) will discuss how chemists can deliver solutions that will further the sustainable development of the African continent. From clean water to combatting diseases, from novel materials to new technologies, from natural resources to cutting edge science, chemists will explore how to best keep moving forward with our sustainable development goals.

As an open-access research infrastructure, EU-OPENSCREEN offers chemists a platform to collaboratively implement discovery projects to identify and develop new therapeutic solutions in numerous disease areas with focus on those threatening the progress in global health. During his oral presentation, Bahne Stechmann, Head of Operations & Scientific Strategy will present the opportunities for African scientists offered by EU-OPENSCREEN.

Detailed information: https://www.saci.co.za/SACI2023/

XLIII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad de Farmacología de Chile (SOFARCHI)

December 5-9, 2022 in Punta Arenas, Chile

Chemists in Latin America are invited to submit compounds to EU-OPENSCREEN, and by doing so, making them available to other biologists with the ambition to uncover the hidden bioactivities of their compounds.

Dr Ana Martinez, our medicinal chemistry partner at CSIC Madrid, will give a presentation at the next annual meeting of the Sociedad de Farmacología de Chile (SOFARCHI) on December 5-9, 2022 in Punta Arenas, Chile. Ana will present her work on “Pharmacologic modulation of TDP-43, a new future for neurodegeneration therapy.”

More information and registration can be found here: https://www.sofarchi.cl/conferencistas-y-simposios-xliii-congreso-anual-de-la-sociedad-de-farmacologia-de-chile-2/

International Chemical Biology Society 2022

December 4-7, 2022, Brisbane, Australia

The 11th annual conference of the International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS) will take place this December 4-7 in Brisbane, Australia. Venturing south of the equator for the first time, ICBS 2022 is located at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre and hosted by the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland.

ICBS 2022 will centre on the theme of “Uncovering solutions for diseases” with a focus on academic and industrial applications of chemical biology to both fundamental and translational research. ICBS 2022 will encompass not only human health, but also include investigations into agricultural and environmental diseases. If you attend the ICBS 2022, meet us at the EU-OPENSCREEN poster during the poster session on Monday/Tuesday Dec 5-6.

For more information, please visit the ICBS 2022 website: https://icbs2022.chemical-biology.org/

XIV Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) Meeting

November 24-25, 2022, Granada, Spain

The Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) is the Association of Professionals for the Discovery and Development of New Therapies in Spain. SDDN members work both in academia and industry, and are dedicated to a wide spectrum of scientific and technical disciplines related to the discovery and preclinical development of new drugs. Over the last decade, all Spanish EU-OPENSCREEN partner sites are active members in the SDDN: Olga Genilloud (Fundación MEDINA), Mabel Loza (University of Santiago de Compostela), Maria Jesus Vincent (CIPF Valencia) and Ana Martinez (CSIC Madrid) are members of the SDDN Board of Directors.

Meet us at the XIV SDDN meeting in Granada and join the lively discussions about Nucleic Acids as Therapeutic Agents, Drug Discovery in Spain, Targeted Protein Degradation, Antimicrobial Resistance and New Antibiotics, and Biologics in Drug Discovery and Development.

More information about the XIV SDDN Meeting: http://www.sddn.es/xiv-sddn-meeting/

POL-OPENSCREEN: Open access to innovative solutions in the search for biologically active compounds

November 9-10, 2022, Lodz, Poland

Following the 1st National Library of Chemical Compounds (KBZCh) POL-OPENSCREEN Workshop, which took place in June this year, Zbigniew J. Leśnikowski, Coordinator POL-OPENSCREEN, and his team are pleased to welcome you to the 2nd POL-OPENSCREEN Workshop. We hope that the workshop will foster the integration of a community of both chemists and biologists in Poland in their search for novel bioactive compounds for various areas of the life sciences.

KBZCh provides the possibility of free deposition of chemical compounds synthesised in national laboratories (universities, institutes, research laboratories, others) for the needs of various research projects and their "repurposing" by making them available to interested entities, both Polish and foreign, for biological screening studies in order to search for new bioactive compounds and other scientific research. KBZCh is the first compound bank of its kind in the country, providing, on a non-commercial basis, biologists with access to unique chemical libraries and chemists with opportunities to test synthesised compounds and generate added value through wider use of compounds obtained in Polish laboratories. Data collected in KBZCh are available for interested scientific institutions and industry on an agreed rules protecting the intellectual property of the interested parties.

The workshop is organised jointly with the Medical University of Lodz on the BRain campus. For interested attendees, a site visit to the KBZCh facilities at IBM PAN will be organised.

More information about KBZCh can be found on the POL-OPENSCREEN website: www.pol-openscreen.pl.

International Conference on Research Infrastructures ICRI 2022

October 19-21, 2022, Brno, Czech Republic

ICRI will provide a platform for high-level debates of research infrastructure policymakers, operators and users, and research stakeholders from around the world to address the most pressing research infrastructure topics.

Scientific research is global in nature, and international cooperation in research and public health is crucial to minimise loss of life and impact on global health and the global economy. Geographical diversity in climate, ecosystems and disease prevalence also provides a key motivator for international collaboration involving research infrastructures to maximise scientific discovery. We co-organise the ICRI 2022 Side Event on 'International Cooperation of Research Infrastructures: Building on the outcomes of the RI-VIS Project' on October 19, 19:00-21:30. This event builds on the outcomes of the recently concluded RI-VIS project to address challenges in the international cooperation of research infrastructures.

EU-OPENSCREEN is a project partner in ISIDORe, a new initiative to advance epidemic preparedness and response research in Europe. It assembles and provides access to an unprecedented One Health driven integrated portfolio of cutting-edge research resources, dedicated to the study of any epidemic-prone diseases. Join us to learn more about ISIDORe during the hybrid site event on October 19, 9:30-12:00. Our Director General, Wolfgang Fecke, will be a speaker during this session and represent EU-OPENSCREEN, which leads the Therapeutic development work package.

The ERIC Forum organises the site event “Research Infrastructures’ Contribution to SDGs: Enabling Excellent Science in Service of Society” on October 19, 19:00-20:30, which brings together policy makers, Research Infrastructures and the general public to raise awareness about Research Infrastructures’ role and contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Virtual registration to the ICIR site events is still available: https://icri2022.gcon.me/registration/3-registration-to-attend-the-side-events-of-icri-2022

EFMC-ISMC 2022: XXVII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry

September 4-8th, 2022 Nice (France)

Our Spanish partner Prof. Ana Martinez from CSIC Madrid will present 'New Treatments for Current and Future Pandemics' at the next EFMC-ISMC 2022: XXVII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry. Ana's presentation will be part of the open session on 'Drug Discovery Projects'.

The EFMC-ISMC 2022 will be held as an in-person event in Nice, France on 4-8 September 2022. The symposium will cover advances in drug discovery in major therapeutic areas, including bacterial and viral infections, with a particular attention to current and emerging viral pandemics, but also neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, rare diseases and cancer.

For more information, visit the official symposium website: https://www.efmc-ismc.org/

EuChemS2022 - Chemistry Congress

August 28-September 1, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal

The 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress, organised by the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), focusses on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies. The congress features sessions on Chemical Biology (Theme C: Chemistry Meets Biology), Drug Design and Discovery, and Drug Delivery (Theme E: Biomaterial and Medicincal Chemistry). If you plan to attend the EuChemS Chemistry Congress, come and meet EU-OPENSCREEN in Lisbon.

You can find more information on the event here: https://euchems2022.eu/

70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

August 28-31, 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece

The 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) aims at expanding our current knowledge on all aspects of natural product research, and brings together renowned international scientists. After the Covid-19 pandemic, the congress will be held as face-to-face meeting in Thessaloniki. Olga Genilloud Scientific Director of our partner site Fundación MEDINA in Granada is a keynote speaker at the congress and will present the "Challenges and opportunities in anti-infective discovery from microbial natural products" on Tuesday, August 30th at 11:30-12:00.

You can find more information on the event here: ga2022.web.auth.gr

Chemical Biology Ireland

August 8-9, 2022, Dublin, Ireland

The Chemical Biology Ireland Conference (ChemBioIreland2022) will take place at the University College Dublin on August 8-9, 2022. This two-days conference covers topics from protein, carbohydrate, and nucleotides chemistry broadly defined, ranging from synthetic methodology to translational applications. If you attend the ChemBioIreland2022, come and meet Bahne Stechmann, EU-OPENSCREEN Head of Operations & Scientific Strategy.

Registration and more information on the event here: https://sites.google.com/view/chembioireland2020/home

3rd Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium: Shaping Medicinal Chemistry for the New Decade

July 27-29, 2022, Rome, Italy

The MMCS2022 is the third edition of the Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium series. The thematic sessions cover molecules against drug resistant microorganisms and SARS-CoV-2, targeted protein degradation, machine learning approaches, natural compounds, multitarget drug discovery and medicinal chemistry success stories. Meet Bahne Stechmann at the MMCS2022, who he will present EU-OPENSCREEN during the poster session.

You can find more information on the event here: https://mmcs2022.sciforum.net/

M2Aind Symposium 2022

July 6-7, 2022, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany

Meet EU-OPENSCREEN at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. Exciting lectures and news on the topics of Innovative Compound Profiling Technologies and Assays (MassSpec Assays and 4D-Microscopy of 3D-Cultures) and Process Chemistry and Analysis await you over two days. The full programme is available here.

Register here until June 1, 2022

June 7-8, 2022, Basel Switzerland

Future Labs Live

Our General Director, Wolfgang Fecke, will present EU-OPENSCREEN at Future Labs Live in Basel.

SLAS Europe 2022, Dublin, Ireland

May 24-27, 2022

EU-OPENSCREEN Director Wolfgang Fecke will present the EU-OPENSCREEN European Chemical Biology Database (ECBD) and highlight how the wide availability of the data to everyone will help scientists to identify novel chemical probes and develop better data-driven computational prediction tools.The ECBD is the central data hub for data generated within the EU-OPENSCREEN network. All structures and primary screening data are made available. Experimentally measured physicochemical and biological data on compound properties such as solubility, light absorption, cytotoxicity or anti-microbial activity are now also being uploaded into the ECBD. The addition of cell painting data for these compounds might aid in the elucidation of their molecular mechanisms and identification of biological targets when they are identified as promising hits in phenotypic assays. 
More information on the event can be found here:https://www.slas.org/events-calendar/slas-europe-2022-conference-and-exhibition/ 

Advances in Cell-Based Screening in Drug Discovery 2022

10-12 MAY 2022  AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden

Meet our EU-OPENSCREEN Scandinavian partners Johannes Landskron UiO Oslo, Luca Laraia DTU Denmark, Päivi Tammela FIMM Finland, Anna-Lena Gustavsson KI Sweden, Brinton Seashore-Ludlow KI Sweden, who are co-organisers and speakers of this meeting to discuss current and future formats for cell based assays .The fourth ELRIG meeting on Advances in Cell Based Profiling in Drug Discovery will be held on May 10-12 at the AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg. For more information and registration please see here.

37th International Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences (IAMPS37) Bangkok, Thailand (virtual)

March 24th, 2022

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand organises the 37th edition of the International Meeting in Pharmaceutical Sciences (IAMPS37). This international meeting will take place via an online platform (ZOOM Webinar) on March 24-25, 2022.

This annual conference has been organised since 1982 with the purpose of giving an opportunity for academics, scientists, researchers, graduate students, etc. from various institutes to communicate and share their works, knowledge, and experiences. There will be a series of keynote presentations, oral and poster sessions regarding three areas: 1) Pharmaceutical chemistry and natural products; 2) Pharmaceutical technology and biopharmaceutical sciences; and 3) Clinical and social/administrative pharmacy.

Bahne Stechmann will give the plenary lecture on EU-OPENSCREEN - A collaborative model for accelerating early drug discovery at 11:30-12:00 local time (5:30-6:00 am CET).

For more information on this international meeting, please visit the conference website: http://cu-amps.weebly.com/

Europe-Russian Federation Symposium on Research Infrastructures

December 17^th, 2021, 9:00-15:15 CET

The virtual 'Europe-Russian Federation Symposium on Research Infrastructures' brings together delegates from Russian and European Research Infrastructures (RIs), which are active in different scientific domains, to raise awareness of the broad array of scientific opportunities offered to scientists and for RI cooperation between Europe and the Russian Federation. Bahne Stechmann will present how Russian researchers can work with EU-OPENSCREEN partner sites to collaboratively develop novel chemical probes and how Russian chemists can make their compounds available to other researchers to identify novel bioactivities of these compounds. Any researchers who has an interest in learning more about RIs and the research opportunities they offer to scientists is cordially invited. This symposium is organised by RI-VIS and CREMLINplus.

For free registration and additional information (e.g. agenda, speakers), visit the symposium website: https://indico.desy.de/event/32535/

ICBS 2021 virtual conference

Nov 11-13, 2021

EU-OPENSCREEN is a very good example for this year’s focus of the ICBS which will highlight the impact of collaborations and partnerships to advance chemical biology. Bahne Stechmann, EU-OPENSCREEN Head of Operations and Scientific Strategy, will present how EU-OPENSCREEN has successfully established a European Research Infrastructure and is advancing and supporting research through collaborations in the field of Chemical Biology. Join us at the opening session on "Global advances in chemical biology" on Thursday, November 11th, 9:45-11:00 AM EST (15:45-17:00 CEST).For more information on the event please see the event website here.

Discovery UK

Oct 26-27, 2021  London UK

Our Scientific Project and Industry Liaison Manager Robert Harmel will represent EU-OPENSCREEN at Discovery UK in London. Get in touch with him to learn more about possible collaboration options. More info here.

Australia - Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures

Oct 5-7, 2021 virtual conference

Bahne Stechmann, EU-OPENSCREEN Head of Operations & Scientific Strategy, will represent EU-OPENSCREEN at the virtual Australia- Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures. He will be open for discussions with potential partners from Australia wishing to collaborate with EU-OPENSCREEN. For more information on the event please see here.

SLAS Conference

Oct 4-5, 2021 Berlin, Germany

Our Director, Wolfgang Fecke, our Laboratory Automation Manager Sohie Brusseau and our Analytical Chemist, Victoria Mora, will present EU-OPENSCREEN´s central compound management facility at this year´s SLAS conference in Berlin. They will explain our laboratory automation system and our comprehensive and unique EU-OPENSCREEN compound collections. Interested scientists are welcome to discuss collaboration options with us. For more information please see here.

EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC 2021), virtual

August 29 - September 2, 2021

The biennial EFMC-ISMC 2021 will cover advances in drug discovery in major therapeutic areas, including bacterial and viral infections, diseases of the brain, heart, and respiratory system, fibrotic diseases and cancer. Visit EU-OPENSCREEN and discuss with us at our virtual booth.

More information: https://www.efmc-ismc.org/confirmed-exhibitors

45th FEBS Congress, virtual

July 3-8, 2021

This year, the annual congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) will be a virtual event and is entitled 'Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons'. Join our EU-OPENSCREEN presentation during the 'Meet the expert session' and visit us at our virtual booth. We share our booth with other research infrastructures in structural biology (Instruct), biological and medical imaging (Euro-BioImaging), and biobanks (BBMRI).

More information: https://2021.febscongress.org/

European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC)

Virtual Mini Symposium July 5-6, 2021

Victoria Mora, Analytical Chemist at EU-OPENSCREEN, will give a talk on "OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY NEW BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF ACADEMIC COMPOUNDS" at this year´s ESOC virtual mini symposium. For more information please visit the event website.

SLAS Europe 2021 Digital Conference and Exhibition
22-25 June, 2021, Vienna, Austria

The SLAS Europe 2021 Digital Conference and Exhibition: Connecting People. Advancing Science will focus on how automation can improve your laboratory's efficiency or how to better use the data from your automated processes. You can meet Phil Gribbon, Assistant Head of Deaprtment at our partner site Fraunhofer ITMP Hamburg, during the 'Academic Drug Discovery Special Interest Group (SIG)' session on Wednesday, June 23, 13:00-13:30 CEST. You can also watch Bahne Stechmann's presentation on EU-OPENSCREEN as part of the pre-conference 'SLAS Career and Business Showcase' session on Wednesday, 16-June-2021 from 16:00 to 18:00 CEST.For more information please visit the event website.

Advancing Data Technologies to Corner AMR 2021
Virtual ADTCA 2021 on June 24, 2021

ADTCA 2021 brings together groundbreaking Data Technologies, and derived products and services which have the potential to greatly influence the global curbing of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Wolfgang Fecke, General Director of EU-OPENSCREEN, will give a talk on “Open data for discovery of novel antibiotics”. For more information please visit the event website.

Latin America - Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures virtual conference

15-Jun-2021 14:00 CEST to 17-Jun-2021 22:00 CEST

The virtual three-day symposium co-organised by EU-OPENSCREEN within the RI-VIS project brings together delegates from Latin American and European research infrastructures (RIs), science policy organisations and research institutions to discuss opportunities and challenges for RI cooperations between Latin America and Europe. On June 16 at 10:30 CEST Bahne Stechmann will present EU-OPENSCREEN in the session on "Expanding Latin-American- European Partnerships". For more information and registration see here.

ICRI 2021 International Conference on Research Infrastructures

Canada , virtual conference

June 1-3, 2021

The International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) brings together policy experts, facility managers, leading researchers and a variety of other stakeholders to discuss challenges and emerging trends for research infrastructures around the world.

EU-OPENSCREEN has been chosen to present its COVID-19 related services in the response to the pandemic section. For more information on the ICRI 2021 conference see here.

European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS)

May 26-28, 2021 virtual conference

For free registration and abstract submission please visit the event website: https://ecbs2021.eu/

The biennial European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS) is jointly organised by EU-OPENSCREEN and the EuChemS Division of Chemistry for Life Sciences and will be held as a virtual meeting on May  26-28, 2021. .

The ECBS 2021 will bring together scientists from Europe and overseas to present and discuss their latest achievements in cutting edge chemical sciences, ranging from small molecule targeting nucleic acids, targeted protein degradation via PROTACs or molecular glues, artificial intelligence in drug design, new antiviral therapies, natural products, protein aggregation, glycochemistry & -biology and nanostructured material for biology and medicine.

We encourage young researchers to present their work at the meeting (oral & flash presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts), discuss with the speakers and embrace the exciting developments currently happening in chemical biology.

Virtual Helmholtz Drug Discovery Conference – HDDC 2021

March 25th/26th, 2021 virtual conference

The HDDC 2021 is co-hosted by Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup from our partner site Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany. Two afternoons (mornings in the US) will focus on two of today’s hottest topics in drug discovery: 'Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) - a new drug discovery paradigm?' and 'Novel treatment options against SARS-CoV-2'.
 
The conference provides a stimulating platform to discuss the state of the art in drug discovery with academic experts and scientists from biotech and pharmaceutical industries. An exceptional group of internationally renowned speakers will foster interaction and knowledge gain in the field. Due to the pandemic situation the HDDC 2021 is organised in a virtual and shortened format.
The conference is free of charge.
 
For further information and registration see here
 

Information day on RIs in Biomedical Sciences in Spain

March 10, virtual meeting

The Research Infrastructures (RIs) in Biomedical Sciences (EATRIS, ECRIN, EU-OPENSCREEN, ELIXIR, INFRAFRONTIER and INSTRUCT), with the support of the Ministry of Science, are organising a national conference in Spain on Wednesday 10 March to discuss with the Spanish research community. We will inform about what RIs are, the role we will play in the Horizon Europe programme, and the services we can offer to researchers.

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Bioprosp_21 - The 10th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology

March 9-10, virtual meeting

BIOPROSP_21 is the 10th biennial International Conference on Marine Biotechnology and bioprospecting, which is co-organised by our scientific partner Prof. Jeanette Andersen at UiT- The Arctic University of Norway in Tromso. BIOPROSP is an exciting and rewarding conference for researchers and representatives from both research institutions and enterprises. This year, BIOPROSP_21 is a brief, but inspiring and useful (and affordable) digital experience! The scientific conference will cover topics ranging from 'Accessing Biodiversity' and 'Tools for Marine Bioprospecting' to 'Scale-up and Industrialization' and 'Success stories'. For more information please visit the event website.

Africa-Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures

Feb 1-2, 2021 virtual conference

Research Infrastructures (RIs), science policy organisations and research institutions meet to discuss opportunities and challenges for RI cooperations between Africa and Europe. If you would like to know more about EU-OPENSCREEN´s range of services, do not miss the talk of Bahne Stechmann, EU-OPENSCREEN Head of Operations and Scientific Strategy, on February 1, 2021 at 1:15-1:30 p.m.

We hope to raise awareness of individual RIs, to identify measures to mitigate current challenges of biregional cooperations between RIs, to initiate new and strengthening existing collaborations, and to initiate networks in a sustainable way so that all stakeholders benefit. We invite all researchers who have an interest in learning more about Research Infrastructures and the research opportunities they offer to scientists. Participation in this event is for free, but registration is required.

This symposium is organised as part of the RI-VIS project, a Horizon 2020-funded project to increase the visibility and raise awareness of European RIs to new communities beyond Europe.
More information and registration on the event website.

Cell Bio Virtual 2020 | An Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting

December 3, 2020

17:45-18:30 CET

EU-OPENSCREEN and Euro-BioImaging will organise the joint session “How to benefit from integrating international research infrastructures in your research project” at the upcoming Cell Bio Virtual 2020 Meeting, which is organised by ASCB and EMBO. This interactive session will be a unique opportunity for international scientists to learn how researchers can gain a competitive edge by working with research infrastructures in biological and medical imaging (Euro-BioImaging), and high-throughput screening (EU-OPENSCREEN). Different funding options will be presented.

Learn more about the event: here