Discover MEDI programming at #ACSFall2026 The MEDI Division is bringing cutting-edge science, translational insights, and meaningful community engagement to #ACSFall2026 — and you won’t want to miss it! We look forward to seeing you there!

🏆 Congratulations to the 2026 MEDI Hall of Fame Inductees! 👏 Mark Cushman 👏 David DeGoey 👏 Sabine Hadida 👏 Stefan Laufer 👏 Philip S. Low Join us in celebrating their induction at ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago! 📅 25 August, 5:30 PM 📍 McCormick Place, S102bc #ACSFall2026 #MedChem #MEDI #HallOfFame

👏 Congratulations to the MEDI Early Career Investigator awardees! 📍Join us at #ACSFall2026 to meet them!

Announcing our 6th ACS MEDI Webinar! Join us as we hear about Aspects of Conformational Control in Drug Design from experts in the field: 🧑‍🔬 Gilles Ouvry 🧑‍🔬 Bernd Kuhn 🧑‍🔬 Gerhard Müller We are grateful to SpiroChem, sponsor of this edition. 📅 June 17 | 1:30PM to 3:30PM EST 🔗 www.acsmediwebinars.org

#NMCS2026 closing session: MEDI Celebrates 150 Years of the ACS! Innovation in Antibacterial and Antiparasitic Drug Discovery | June 3.

#NMCS2026 is in 2 months! Discover Session 4: Atlanta’s growing strength in medicinal chemistry. June 2. Register before May 1! nmcsmedi.org

NMCS 2026 - Monday June 1 | Session 3: “Addressing Challenging Targets through Alternative Modalities” #NMCS2026

NMCS 2026 - Monday June 1 | Session 2: “Cracking Tough Targets: Covalency, Protein-Protein Interactions, and Unique Binding Sites” #NMCS2026

Breaking Boundaries in CNS & Aging Therapeutics 🧠 Session 1 at #NMCS2026 | May 31 | Atlanta | Program: nmcsmedi.org

🌟 The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry is excited to announce its programming for #ACSSpring2026! 🌟 A huge thank you to our session organizers, and collaborative divisions! 🔗Register Now: www.acs.org/events/sprin...

🌟𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐈𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂–𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫! Professor 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁. 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 (Northwestern University) is honored for his groundbreaking contributions to medicinal chemistry, including the invention of pregabalin (Lyrica®) and multiple innovative therapies now in clinical development.

⏲️ Our 5th Webinar is Tomorrow! 🧑‍🔬 Join Mark Levin & Logan Bartholomew for an exciting discussion around Skeletal Editing. Our event sponsor, PharmaBlock Group, will also showcase New Building Blocks for Efficient Drug Synthesis. 📅 Feb 10 at 1:30-3:30PM 🔗 www.acsmediwebinars.org

🌟Release of a Special Issue in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry! "Medicinal Chemistry of Next Generation Vaccine Adjuvants" was led by Deepak B. Salunke and Rahul Kumar. 🔗Special Issue: pubs.acs.org/page/si/vacc... 🔗Editorial: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

👉 Meet the speakers of our next ACS MEDI Webinar. Our 2 hour event, tackling Skeletal Editing will showcase: 🧑‍🔬 Logan Bartholomew 🧑‍🔬 Mark Levin 🧑‍🔬 Bo Zhang 📅 Feb 10, 2026 - 1:30 to 3:30 PM EST 🔗 lnkd.in/enhvPXpc We also thank PharmaBlock (USA), Inc. for their kind support.

Announcing our 5th webinar! Join us as we hear about Skeletal Editing from experts: 🧑‍🔬 Logan Bartholomew (Merck) 🧑‍🔬 Mark Levin (University of Chicago) 📣 PharmaBlock, our sponsor for this edition 📅 Feb 10 | 1:30PM to 3:30PM EST 🔗 lnkd.in/enhvPXpc

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞 Honorees will be recognized during the ACS Fall National Meeting in Chicago, IL (August 23–27). Inductees will receive a commemorative plaque and travel reimbursement. 📅𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏 🔗𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 & 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: www.acsmedi.org/division-of-...

🎓 Congratulations to our Travel Awardees! A special thanks to our Fall 2025 Platinum, Gold & Silver sponsors for their contribution in funding the travel awards for ACS Spring 2026: Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Company, Gilead Sciences, OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences, and Sanofi!

Congratulations to our newly elected officers! 👏 🔹Terry Moore (Academic Councilor) 🔹 Katerina Leftheris (Industrial Vice Chair) 🔹 Paul Trippier (Secretary) 🔹 Michael Walters (Treasurer) We also warmly welcome Rheem Totah as our Alternate Academic Councilor. We look forward to their contributions!

📢 Call for Nominations - Portoghese Lectureship This Award is to recognize two outstanding early career investigators conducting research in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. 📅 Deadline: Dec 1, 2025 🔗 Make a Nomination here: americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗙𝗠𝗖–𝗔𝗖𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 For this edition in Dublin, the YMCC is offering travel grants of up to $3,000 for young researchers based in the US. More info at www.acsmedi.org/medicinal-ch... 📍Dublin, Ireland 📅 June 22-25, 2026 🔗 www.medchemfrontiers.org

🌐NEW WEB ADDRESS🌐 You can now find us at www.acsmedi.org — don’t forget to update your bookmarks! Although the web address is new, everything else remains unchanged: you still have full access to your account using your existing login credentials.

🚨𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗖𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺! A distinguished lineup of speakers is set, promising a high-profile international scientific meeting. The MEDI Division will offer comprehensive programming! 📍 Atlanta, GA 📅 May 31-June 3, 2026 🔗 www.nmcsmedi.org

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬! 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗 Planning to attend the next ACS National Meeting in Atlanta, GA? Apply for a MEDI Division Travel Grant for a chance to present your research and get reimbursed for your travel expenses. 🔗 www.acsmedi.org/travel-grants

Don’t miss our First Time Disclosures session on Wednesday, August 20 at #ACSFall2025. Wrap up the day with the Pharma Community Networking Reception and Future Pharma Innovators Poster Session afterward. Thank you to our sponsor Drug Hunter!

🔎 Discover this exciting session showing how the field of medicinal chemistry is evolving with newest machine learning advancements and applications. Thank you to OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences! #ACSFall2025

👏 Don't miss the reception on Monday evening, August 18, to celebrate our 2025 Hall of Fame inductees! Congratulations again to Sheila DeWitt, Muthiah Manoharan, Mark Murcko, and Jonathan Vennerstrom! #ACSFall2025

We are proud to present another installment of A Medicinal Chemist’s ToolBox series, sponsored by Eli Lilly!

📅 Only 10 days left until #ACSFall2025 in Washington, D.C.! Don’t miss the exciting MEDI Division programming lineup.

Announcing the 2025 MEDI Hall of Fame Inductees! Join us in celebrating their achievements during our HoF ceremony at the Fall ACS National Meeting, Washington DC 📅Monday, August 18th, 6:00–8:00 pm (EDT) 📍Marriott Marquis Washington, Independence Salon A–C #MedicinalChemistry #MEDIHallOfFame

🌟We’re excited to announce a new Special Issue: Exploring Covalent Modulators in Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology. This joint issue was put together by Lori Ferrins and Ashley Adams. 🔗: pubs.acs.org/page/si/cova...