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WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

ChemBioChemistry-Europe

of the EuChemS division of “CHEMISTRY IN LIFE SCIENCES” and CHEMISTRY EUROPE

 

We are proud to announce the winner of the 1st “ChemBioChemistry-Europe“ of the EuChemS division of “CHEMISTRY IN LIFE SCIENCES” and CHEMISTRY EUROPE.

This prize is dedicated to outstanding young researchers (≤ 7 years after PhD) working in the Chemical Biology area in Europe and starting their independent scientific activity as PIs

Our selection committee designated:

   

 

      Prof. Dr. Nadja A. Simeth-Crespi

      Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany

      as the winner of the 2024 Edition!

 

 

 

The 2024 Award will be presented at the European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS), which will be held in Paris in 2025

Nadja A. Simeth studied chemistry at the University of Regensburg, Germany. She graduated in 2014 after working with Morten Grøtli at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, for her Master’s project, in which she investigated a light-controlled kinase inhibitor. Then, she pursued her doctorate studies with Burkhard König at the University of Regensburg, Germany, as a fellow of the German Scholarship Foundation and developed novel light-controllable tools for biological processes. Specifically, she worked on mimetics of Coenzyme Q and Sirtuin inhibitors as well as photoresponsive unnatural amino acids for genetic code expansion. In 2017, she was a visiting researcher with Maurizio Fagnoni at the PhotoGreenLab at the University of Pavia, Italy. Then, she returned to Regensburg and defended her thesis in summer 2018 with summa cum laude. Nadja afterwards joined the group of Ben L. Feringa at the University of Groningen as a postdoc supported by a Feodor-Lynen Fellowship of the Humboldt Foundation. Her research focus moved towards light-controlled supramolecular interactions between small molecules and DNA investigating secondary structure formation and self-assembly.
In autumn 2021, she was appointed as assistant professor at the University of Göttingen, Germany. Her lab’s research is located at the interface of chemistry investigating photochemical tools to probe biological processes. The team employs opto-bioorganic building blocks, light-responsive small molecules, and (photo)chemical labeling reactions to achieve highly-controlled chromo-selective transformation in a complex, biological environment.

 

Call for Nominations

“4th Young Investigator Workshop (YIW 2024)”

12-13 July 2024, Galway, Ireland

After the success of the previous editions, we are pleased to announce the 4th Young Investigator Workshop of the EuChemS Chemistry in Life Sciences Division in Galway, Ireland on 12 and 13 July 2024. The YIW is an officially recognized satellite event of ECC (Dublin, 7-11 July) and will include young investigators chosen from researchers nominated by the EuChemS member National Chemical Societies.

The Call for Nominations is open!

Please visit the Regulations for more information. (file updated on 22nd December 2023)

Deadline for submission is on 31st January 2024 (postponed deadline from 15th January!)

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ChemBioChemistry-EuropePrize of the EuChemS division of “CHEMISTRY IN LIFE SCIENCES” and CHEMISTRY EUROPE

The awardee was elected by a Committee constituted by members of the Governing Board of the EuChemS-LS Division and delegates, which assessed the merits presented by the candidates, the impact of their contributions and the relevance of the chosen article. The prize consisted of a diploma, € 1000, and the presentation by the Prize recipient of an invited lecture at the next edition of the European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS, Paris 2025) organized by the EuChemS-LS Division. See the past Regulations for more details.

The call for the prize is now closed!

 

SCF Chemical Biology Symposium 2024 – Chemistry meets Biology

The SCF Chemical Biology Symposium 2024 – Chemistry meets Biology was held on January 24-26, 2024 at Universitè of Paris-Saclay (Paris, France).

Please visit our Conferences section for more information about the last edition!

 

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR WORKSHOP OF THE EUCHEMS – DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY IN LIFE SCIENCES (YIW2023)

The  3rd Young Investigator Workshop (YIW2023) of the EuChemS Chemistry – Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences was held on May 12-13 2023 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Biocenter 2, University of Helsinki (Finland).

Please visit our Conferences section to see the last edition!

After the great success of the YIW2023, we are delighted to share with you some pictures!

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ELRIG THERAPEUTIC OLIGO AND EUROPEAN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 2023 (ELRIG/ECBS 2023)

The ELRIG meeting on Therapeutic OLIGOs combined with the 8th European Chemical Biology Symposium (ECBS) was held on May 9-11 2023 in Gothenburg (Sweden).

Please visit our Conferences section to see the last edition!