Subject: Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry

From: Carlos Montanari <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:01:05 -0200

Announcement:

Dear colleague,

It is our pleasure to announce the first Brazilian interdisciplinary
symposium on Medicinal Chemistry: QSAR and Molecular Modelling,
organised by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Brazilian
Chemical Society, to be held at the Federal University of Minas Gerais,
in Belo Horizonte, from November 11 to 16, 2001.
 The scientific programme will include the following topics:
1. Perspectives in drug discovery and design of antiprotozoan drugs;
2. Receptor-based prediction of binding affinities;
3. Membranes and drug design;
4. Applications of multivariate QSAR;
5. Medicinal chemistry of natural products.

The following speakers have already confirmed their attendance:
1. Christophe Verlinde, USA
  Protein structure-based design of anti-protozoal drugs
2. David W. Boykin, USA
  DNA minor groove binders as antiprotozoan agents
3. Glaucius Oliva, BRA
  Target-directed drug discovery in tropical diseases
4. John Dearden, UK
  QSAR modelling of toxicity of drugs
5. Tudor Oprea, SW
Integrating DMPK and binding affinity predictions: a paradigm shift in
lead discovery
6. Ferran Sanz, Spain
Comparison of biomolecules on the basis of molecular interaction
potentials
7. Gerd Folkers, CH
  Designing the keys and engineering the locks: CAMD approaches in gene
therapy
8. Antonia Tavares do Amaral, BRA
9. Roy Bruns, BRA
  Multivariate planning, data analysis and QSAR
10. Anderson Coser Gaudio, BRA
   Computer simulation of the drug-receptor interaction
11. Hugo Kubinyi, Germany
  Chemical similarity and biological activity
12. Otto Richard Gotllieb, BRA
1999 Nobel Prize nominee
13. João B. Calixto, BRA
The role of natural products in the process of drug discovery and
development
14. Gabriele Cruciani
Application of QSPR models in pharmaceutical research

Abstracts related to these topics are welcome.
The official language will be English.
The deadline for abstract contributions is July 23, 2001.

Please visit our homepage for a continuing update of this programme:
http://www.qui.ufmg.br/~nequim/qsar/brasmedchem.html

    Carlos Montanari
    On behalf of Organising Committee