📣 Only 10 days left until the 7th ACS MEDI Webinar on Advances in Peptides & Macrocycles! 🧑‍🔬 Gaurav Bhardwaj (UW) 🧑‍🔬Petr Vachal (Merck) 📅 29 Oct Register: www.acsmediwebinars.org And a special thanks to Aragen Life Sciences for their generous financial support. #ACSMEDI #Peptides #Macrocycles

📣 7th ACS MEDI Webinar: Advances in Peptides & Macrocycles 🧑‍🔬 Gaurav Bhardwaj (University of Washington) 🧑‍🔬 Petr Vachal (Merck) 📅 29 Oct 2026 | 1:30 PM EST 📝 lnkd.in/enhvPXpc Don't miss this opportunity to learn from leading experts working at the forefront of peptide and macrocycle research.

🚨 Final call! Applications for ACS Spring 2027 travel support close 28 Sept. ✈️ MEDI Travel Grants: up to $2,000 💻 CCG Student Awards: $1,150 If you're presenting at #ACSSpring2027, don't miss your chance to apply. 🔗 MEDI: lnkd.in/eYFRHYhA 🔗 CCG: lnkd.in/er7j7wnG

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!