Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 30/01/2026Follow up to Doug Hanahan’s visionary article about the stages of cancer development from back in the 1990s www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comHallmarks of cancer—Then and now, and beyondHanahan revisits the evolving framework of cancer hallmarks, synthesizing 25 years of conceptual refinement into a multidimensional view of tumor biology. This review highlights how aberrant capabilit... 12913
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialEFMC @euromedchem.bsky.social · 24/12/2025As 2025 ends, we sincerely thank you for your trust and support of EFMC. Wishing you a joyful festive season and a prosperous New Year! Warm regards, Luc Van Hijfte (EFMC President) Gianluca Sbardella (EFMC President Elect) 031
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The #AvogadroColloquia 2025 ended in the best possible way, with an amazing, truly inspiring talk by @francesarnold.bsky.social. A great honor for the Italian chemical community (@socchimita.bsky.social and CNR) and an unforgettable memory for the attendees. 100
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Join @youngscinet.bsky.social for "Under Pressure: A Mental Health Conversation for the Academic Community," a virtual workshop aimed at building resilience, support and creating a healthier future for yourself and academia. October 10 - 1PM 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 000
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialEFMC @euromedchem.bsky.social · 27/08/2025👩🔬 Have you read our latest #MedChemBioConversation ? Get to know Maria Letizia Barreca from University of Perugia, Italy.🔍 Dive into our monthly talks with specialists to explore the latest breakthroughs in drug discovery and pick up some valuable advice. 🔗https://buff.ly/63Jy5As 022
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 27/08/2025(I had to repost this since the BlueSky account named DPhG is not related to DPhG…) 020
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 27/08/2025The report of the FiMC, co-organized by the Med Chem Division of the @gdch.de, the #DPhG and the @scs-dmccb.bsky.social, has been just published in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.comA Warm Welcome to MedChem: The Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2025The Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry (FiMC) is the largest international Medicinal Chemistry conference in Germany and took place from April 1st to 4th, 2025, in Erlangen. This conference report summ... 120
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 27/08/2025A new #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) article explores the effect of modified bifunctional antisense oligonucleotides (BASOs) on the phenotype of cancer cells, evaluated by real-time measurement of cell proliferation and motility. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.comModified Nucleotides in Bifunctional Antisense Oligonucleotides: Exploring their Anticancer Potentialbifunctional antisense oligonucleotide (BASO) modulates pre-mRNA splicing by using two functional domains: an antisense region that hybridizes with target sequences and a regulatory region that recru... 021
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out (chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187...) with a Front Cover illustrating the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of clathrin with the known binding sites colored and a selection of Pitstop 2 analogues. 011
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/06/2025An Highlight article just accepted in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) spotlights #balinatunfib, an orally available small molecule jointly developed by Sanofi and UCB preventing TNFα from effectively binding to its receptors. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 051
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out (chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187...)! 031
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialStu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 16/06/2025I have poked the @rsc.org on X/Twitter a bit over the years (sorry folks...), but huge kudos to them for leaving what has become even more of a toxic and hateful platform www.rsc.org/news-events/... 👏 #chemskyrsc.orgSocial media and connecting with our community 713930
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialStephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Only two weeks left to apply for a Flash Talk at the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social! If you are a PhD or postdoc and want a chance to present to a global #ChemBio audience, make sure to check out our abstract challenge: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... 1138
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Another great edition of @youngscinet.bsky.social #MedChemBioOnline is going to start in 1 hour and a half. Do not miss the opportunity to learn about "Best Practices in Discovering PROTACs" with experts in the field! 000
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The last talk of the day at the 11th Novalix Conference “Biophysics in Drug Discovery” was the terrific keynote lecture by Stefan Knapp on "Comprehensive Characterization of Chemical Tools and New Modalities such as PROTACs". @thesgc.bsky.social 021
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Amazing keynote lecture by Amanda Garner at the 11th Novalix Conference—Biophysics in Drug Discovery in Strasbourg. Amanda delivered a brilliant talk on "Enabling Technologies for Revealing Druggable Paths in RNA Biology". @acsmedi.bsky.social 010
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Great talk by @mariaduca-cnrs.bsky.social at the 11th Novalix Conference about Biophysics in Drug Discovery. Maria presented a few of her group projects, talking on how to target RNA using synthetic small molecules and how to discover an characterize RNA binders. Brilliant! 022
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187... 021
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025No orders for supplies/reagents/equipment (already a huge bottleneck after earlier cuts). No travel or conference registrations. And certainly no hiring. So this could be a total freeze, in everything but name. Is that the new workaround the administration is trying? Isn't that illegal? (2/2) 48321
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I'm getting word that the latest attempt to strangle what's left of the NIH is that purchasing agents have been mostly/completely cut, with the purchasing to be done by centralized GSA staff. Who either don't exist or aren't assigned. That means in practice no spending at all! (1/2) 319685
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialBethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 28/03/2025If you love drug candidates but weren't able to attend the #FirstTimeDisclosures symposium at #ACSSpring2025, check out my story about the session for @cenmag.bsky.social - with lots of cool-looking molecules. cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs...cen.acs.org12 drug candidates debut in San DiegoStructures unveiled during first-time disclosures symposium 01510
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Absolutely my pleasure! Looking forward to meeting you again in Rome in late November for the Avogadro Colloquia of the @socchimita.bsky.social 010
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 24/03/2025An amazing, totally inspirational and emotional journey! The @acs.org Priestley Medal talk by @francesarnold.bsky.social at #ACSSpring2025 0112
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187... 051
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialHolden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The response of the science community to the last month is not about one statement or action. It's about all of us with our different frames. For Science's part, we are doing what we have always done and have no plans to change. My thoughts on what we can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgCome together, right nowThe chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu... 6264116
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialMartin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 27/02/2025New on @science.org's daily Trump Tracker: A key influenza vaccine meeting gets abruptly canceled, and more than 90% of all USAID grants are terminated. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaosFollow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally 03416
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialScience Magazine @science.org · 27/02/2025A new White House freeze on using government-issued credit cards is the latest shock for federal scientists, potentially affecting everything from conference travel to needed purchases for clinical care or lab work. scim.ag/4hV9oRbscim.agTrump credit card freeze sparks alarm at health agencies“Cost efficiency” order could block travel, supplies for labs and patient care 111644
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 27/02/2025A Career doing STUFF, a Guest Editorial by Mike Hann for the #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) MedChem Musings series, summarises the many things he did during his 45 year-career in drug discovery. Practical advices and inspiration for future generations of researchers. lnkd.in/dNNy7FaE 011
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The Hit to Lead process is an integral part of contemporary drug discovery. A perspective just published in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social), highlight the new set of @euromedchem.bsky.social best practices focused on H2L. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC) Best Practice Initiative: Hit to LeadBest practices for the Hit-to-Lead phase of drug discovery are exemplified in this article, with links to further materials and references as a learning resource. This consensus output was produced b.... 0117
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187... 021
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...globalnews.caHow a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.caIn 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. 11264858212423
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Understanding of how structural elements impact #atropisomer stability enables the more efficient optimization of this important feature. A new manuscript just accepted in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 062
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialKeith Hornberger @krhornberger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025If you work in drug discovery and you read one thing this weekend, make it this exceptional J Med Chem editorial. Hits on almost every blessed thing I’ve tweetorialized over the last several years. Quantitation and Error Measurements in Dose–Response Curvespubs.acs.orgQuantitation and Error Measurements in Dose–Response Curves 48819
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Concluding remarks by Claudia Höbartner at #EFMCISCB25. Thanks to sponsors, exhibitors, committees, secretariat and, above all, participants that made this event a very successful one. See you again in 2027! @euromedchem.bsky.social @youngscinet.bsky.social 152
Reposted by gsbardella.bsky.socialEFMC @euromedchem.bsky.social · 31/01/2025🌟Poster prize winners - ISCB 🌟 Congratulations to : - Barbara HERRMANN, TU Wien, 🇦🇹 - Zeyneb Vildan CAKIL, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, 🇩🇪 -Christine MARTY, EPFL,🇨🇭 - Luka RAGUZ, University of Basel, 🇨🇭 - Alfred DOHERTY, GSK, 🇬🇧 @chemistryeurope.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social 161
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 31/01/2025An amazing KL by Akane Kawamura (@kawamuragroup.bsky.social) opened the session on “Chemical Biology of Chromatin and the Epitranscriptome” at #EFMCISCB25, chaired by Paola Arimondo. Akane thrilled the audience with her work on 2OG Oxygenases in Epigenetic Regulation. @euromedchem.bsky.social 195
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Chaired by Claudia Höbartner, the last day at #EFMCISCB25 starts with the PL by Cynthia Burrows (@uofupress.bsky.social) thrilling the audience with her nanopore studies on chemically modified RNA. @euromedchem.bsky.social 063
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The 2nd day at #EFMCISCB25 starts early with a Career Panel Discussion, featuring @stephanhacker2.bsky.social, @kawamuragroup.bsky.social, Cristoph Dumelin, and Thais Gazzi, chaired by Laia Josa Culleré. @euromedchem.bsky.social @youngscinet.bsky.social 094
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 29/01/2025And now is the turn of @euromedchem.bsky.social President, @luvah.bsky.social, introducing EFMC and its many activities in the Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology field and to cheer the attendees of #EFMCISCB25 032
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 29/01/2025And finally the #EFMCISCB25 is starting, opened by Uwe Grether, co-chair of the event together with Claudia Hobartner. @euromedchem.bsky.social 093
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 28/01/2025A β-glucuronidase-responsive albumin-binding prodrug programmed to release a potent Isocombretastatin A-4 analog within the tumor microenvironment. Just accepted in #ChemMedChem @chemistryeurope.bsky.social chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 051
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Just arrived in Basel, ready for the @euromedchem.bsky.social #EFMCISCB25 starting tomorrow! 151
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 17/01/2025A new methodology to derive biomolecular structure ensembles from distance distribution measurements via a library of tagged proteins bound to an unlabeled and otherwise unmodified target biologic. Just accepted in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) lnkd.in/eAiqfVWa 021
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 15/01/2025The new issue of #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social) is out! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18607187... 021
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 15/01/2025LAST CHANCE TO JOIN @euromedchem.bsky.social EFMC-ISCB 2025! Do not miss this key event in chemical biology, already attracting over 225 participants! (www.efmc-iscb.org/speakers) Day pass available. Register Now! (www.efmc-iscb.org/registration) #EFMCISCB25 @youngscinet.bsky.social 041
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Assessing protonation states for two separate systems (protein and ligand) might result in the incorrect assignment of protonation states and hence incorrect calculation of binding energy. Just accepted in #ChemMedChem (@chemistryeurope.bsky.social). lnkd.in/ePCrpt8S 042
gsbardella.bsky.social @gsbardella.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Nicely written by Kurt Ritter with a finishing touch by Jean Quancard, a short article highlighting the recent set on #PROTACs of the @euromedchem.bsky.social Best Practices in Medicinal Chemistry series. Thank you, @drughunter.com, for hosting it! drughunter.com/articles/emf...drughunter.comEMFC Best Practices: PROTACs® at a GlanceHave you ever wondered how medicinal chemists work in other companies or in academia? Are there important trends or new technologies that you may have missed? How can you find guidelines or tips and t... 000