Chemical societies across North and South America, Europe, and Africa invite chemistry professionals to the 3rd Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCChem). This event offers an opportunity for top scientists from around the Atlantic Basin to share ideas and collaborate on current multi-disciplinary chemistry topics. ABCChem 2026’s theme is Chemistry for Global Impact: Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Innovation.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a workshop exploring the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in chemical sciences and drug discovery. Sponsored by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable, this event will bring together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to examine how AI tools can address data biases and democratize pharmaceutical research, potentially reducing drug development costs down from billions of dollars and decades of work.
Neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, remain a critical global health problem, particularly in underprivileged communities. Our research aims to develop potential therapeutic agents by synthesizing and characterizing analogues of aureothin, a polyketide with known antiparasitic activity.
Heterocyclic ring systems are essential in drug design, serving as core structures in many approved drugs. Nitrogen- and oxygen-containing heterocycles, in particular, have become increasingly significant in recent years. Despite the availability of efficient synthetic methods, there is an ongoing need for new approaches that offer higher molecular complexity, better functional group compatibility, and atom economy, using readily available starting materials under mild conditions.
Produced by the medicinal chemistry focus team of the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, this quick tips guide covers purification, solvent selection, reagents, energy, and resources to make medicinal chemistry more sustainable.