Division of Medicinal Chemistry: Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: Monday, September 28 2026

Program Chair(s): Corey Hopkins, Katerina Leftheris

Note: Submission deadlines are at 11:59 EST on the day posted. Symposia, organizers and deadlines are subject to change. Last updated August 11, 2026.

Title Type Submission Type Organizer Cosponsor Description
Accelerating Hit-To-Lead Optimization Through Reaction Prediction (Invited) Oral Invited H2L reaction prediction
An Expanded Hit Discovery Toolbox (Invited) Oral Invited Screening and hit prediction strategies
Beyond the KD: Decoding the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Molecular Recognition (Invited) Oral Invited Leveraging enthalpy, entropy, and binding kinetics for precision drug design
Beyond the Rule of 5: Addressing the ADME Puzzle for Heterobifunctional Molecules (Invited) Oral Invited Symposium is targeting the key PK difficulties with BR05 compounds, specifically heterobifunctional ...
Biopharma 101: Transition to Industry (Invited) Oral Invited
Expanding the Covalent Toolbox: Non-Canonical Warheads in Drug Discovery (Invited) Oral Invited Evaluation of new and novel covalent warheads
Extending the Clock: Strategies to Boost MRT (Invited) Oral Invited Medicinal chemistry strategies to improve drug properties
First Time Disclosure (Invited) Oral Invited Symposium highlighting the first time disclosure of clinical candidates
Innovation and Acceleration Through Drug Discovery Partnerships (Invited) Oral Invited Collaborative strategies to accelerate drug discovery
Is First-In-Class Enough? Medicinal Chemistry Strategies to Overcome Resistance and Redefine Best-In-Class (Invited) Oral Invited Reevaluating first-in-class versus best-in-class
MEDI Awards Sessions (Invited) Oral Invited MEDI Awards
MEDI General Oral Sessions Oral Contributed General oral session from contributed abstracts
MEDI Poster Session Poster Contributed For MEDI General Posters
Medicinal Chemist's Toolbox: Binding Kinetics, Symmetry, and Polyvalency in Drug Design (Invited) Oral Invited A toolbox for chemists to assess kinetics and how that effects drug design
Targeting Neurodegeneration: Key Lessons and New Directions in Drug Discovery for Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders (Invited) Oral Invited