Medicinal Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society’s Awards
Dr. Laura Scalvini
Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco
Università degli Studi di Parma
“From the catalytic mechanism to the enzyme substrate selectivity: a study on N-acylethanolamine acid amidase”
Dr. Francesco Merlino
Dipartimento di Farmacia
Università degli Studi di Napoli «Federico II»
“From Natural Resource to Preclinical Candidate: Our Experience with the Temporin-derived Peptide Antimicrobial Agents”
Best Doctoral Thesis Awards
Marco Maspero, University of Milan, Italy Design and Synthesis of new PET radiotracers in drug discovery
Filippo Basagni, University of Bologna, Italy Design and synthesis of (pro)electrophilic compounds for investigating the multifactorial nature of neurodegenerative diseases: focus on inflammation-driven events
Luigi Musajo Medal Award
Prof. Gabriele Costantino Università degli Studi di Parma
Winners of the Poster Prizes
Fabio Bertozzi
D3-PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova
FROM A HIT TO A PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT CANDIDATE: THE DISCOVERY OF ARN23765, A NOVEL PICOMOLAR CORRECTOR OF THE F508del-CFTR PROTEIN (PO-016)
Francesca Spyrakis
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, via Giuria 9, 10125 Turin
NEW TARGETS AND INTERFERENTS TO FIGHT STAPHILOCOCCUS AUREUS RESISTANCE (PO-099)
Daniela Trisciuzzi
Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari
PLATO: A USER-FRIENDLY WEB PLATFORM FOR TARGET FISHING AND BIOACTIVITY PREDICTION (PO-104)