RSC MedChem School

Royal Society of Chemistry
Residential School: Medicinal Chemistry
29 June - 3 July 2009, University of Nottingham

Application FORM available here


Course Content:
The course will include the following topics:
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Biological Mechanisms
  • Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Screening of New Compounds
  • Patents
  • Molecular Biology in Medicinal Chemistry
  • Exploiting a Chemical Lead
  • Combinatorial Chemistry and Molecular Diversity
  • Case Histories of Drug Discovery
  • Toxicology in Drug Discovery
  • Pharmaceutical Considerations in Drug Development
  • Structure-guided Drug Design
  • Physical Properties and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships
  • Hints and Tips in Medicinal Chemistry
Previous courses have been oversubscribed and to ensure a fairer distribution of places there will be a ballot.
All applications should be lodged at the RSC by 2 March 2009