The MedChem Lab attended the 23rd edition of the annual event of Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), entirely dedicated to young researchers working in Chemistry, the Merck Young Chemists’ Symposium 2024 (MYCS 2024, Rimini, 13-15 Novembre 2024). The contributions to this conference were numerous and covered all the topics addressed in the laboratory.
Oral presentation:
- Valeria Cavalloro. Metabolites from lichens against cholangiocarcinoma: from computational predictions to patient-derived organoids.
- Martina Garbagnoli. Development of a series of photoactivable interferents of the HuR-RNA complex as potential anticancer agents.
- Giacomo Rossino. A green Heck reaction protocol towards trisubstituted alkenes, versatile pharmaceutical intermediates.
- Anna Fontana. Castagnoli-Cushman reaction(CCR)-mediated synthesis of preferential HDAC6 inhibitors as modulators of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-related fibrosis.
Poster and Flash presentation:
- Giorgio Milli. Novel Agents Against Biofilm Formation: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of LsrK Ligands as AI-2 Quorum Sensing Inhibitors
- Alice Fossati. Investigating the Italian flora to discover new weapons against glioblastoma multiforme
- Elisabetta Tumminelli. Preparation, phytochemical characterization, and biological evaluation of extracts from pruning wood of Prunus persica
