Conferences
4–5 September 2025, Porto, Portugal
12th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS 2025)
The 12th edition of the EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium will be held in Porto, Portugal, on September 4–5, 2025. Jointly organised by the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC) and the EFMC Young Scientists Network (YSN), EFMC-YMCS will take place in connection with the X EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ASMC 2025).
This short symposium has the following aims:
- Creating a network of young European investigators;
- Stimulating young European investigators to share their scientific work with peers and inspiring leaders in the field;
- Creating competition and excellence within Europe by selecting the European Champion in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
The Programme of the 12th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium will include the following:
- Keynote lectures given by inspiring Early Career Researchers in the field;
- “National Highlights” talks given by invited prize winners from national young medicinal chemist’s and chemical biologists’ meetings in Europe;
- Oral communications and flash poster presentations selected from submitted abstracts;
- A poster session open to any young researcher submitting an abstract;
- A commercial exhibition;
- Several prizes assigned at the end of the symposium.
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