High throughput techniques have revolutionised the drug discovery process and are widely used in medicinal chemistry to speed the development of new and higher quality drug candidates.

Date:	6th May 2008
Location:	B501 Auditorium, Pfizer, Sandwich
Application and Fees:	RSC Members - £112.00, Non RSC Members - £153.00
For Further Information:	Please contact Michele Sahrle.

	09:00 Registration and Coffee 09:50 Introduction 10:00 Synthetic and Technology Applications for High Throughput Chemistry Dr. Donal O'Shea, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin. 10:30 Routes to medium-sized rings for High Throughput Synthesis Dr Nick Westwood, University of St Andrews 11:00 Drug discovery and the Complex World of Chemistry Dr Tony Wood, Pfizer Global R&D, Sandwich, UK 11:40 Tour of High Throughput Chemistry Facility and lunch 13:15 Microreactors in the Hands of Synthetic Chemists Professor Peter Seeberger, ETH, Zurich 13:55 Medicinal Chemistry in India: A view from Ranbaxy Dr Ian Cliffe, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India 14:25 Small Molecule Libraries Targeting Histone Acetylation, Deacetylation and Methylation: Progress and Potential for Drug Discovery Dr A Ganesan, University of Southampton. 14:55 Tea and Coffee 15:15 From Collection Tin to Cancer Therapeutics: Drug Discovery at Cancer Research Technology Dr Tony Raynham, Cancer Research Technology, London 15:45 Drug Discovery in the 21st Century - the Collaborative Paradigm Dr Chris Newton, BioFocus DPI , Saffron Walden, Essex 16:25 Close Meeting / Wine Reception 19:00 Finish