Chemical Biology & Medicinal events

RSC Prizes Lecture Tours

Event dates: 8 May 2024 - 30 September 2026
Event summary: As part of their prize, many of the RSC’s Prize winners deliver lectures across the UK and Ireland.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

17th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations

Event dates: 29 June 2025 17:00 - 3 July 2025 17:00
Event summary: BIOTRANS 2025 will take place in Basel, Switzerland from June 29 to July 3, 2025. Biotrans 2025 will highlight the latest advances in biocatalysis research achieved across the world.
Event Venue: Congress Centre Basel, Basel, 4058 , Switzerland

25th Tetrahedron Symposium

Event dates: 1 - 4 July 2025
Event summary: The annual Tetrahedron Symposium is a leading conference for reporting and discussing the latest advances in organic chemistry, chemical biology and medicinal chemistry.
Event Venue: Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre , Bruges, 8000, Belgium

RICT 2025 - 59th International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry

Event dates: 2 - 4 July 2025
Event summary: 59th International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
Event Venue: Palais des Congrès d'Orléans - Co'MET, Orléans, 45100, France

Chemical Sciences Research Symposium

Event dates: 3 July 2025 16:00-20:00
Event summary: An event for local researchers to share their work.
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom

July Webinar on Protein and Peptide Science

Event dates: 4 July 2025 13:00-14:00
Event summary: The presenters for the July Peptide and Protein Science seminar will be Dr Himanshi Chawla, Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London, and Dr Oleg Melnyk, CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille.
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7th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering

Event dates: 8 July 2025 08:00 - 11 July 2025 18:00
Event summary: ICNMSME-2025 aims to address on Modern Problems of Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering,
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

RSC Protein and Peptide Science Group (PPSG) 2025 Early Stage Researcher Meeting

Event dates: 10 July 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: Annual PPSG Early Stage Researcher Meeting featuring Oral and Poster presentations from PhD candidates & postdcotoral researchers alongside the AZ PPSG Prize Lecture by Prof Ronald Raines (MIT)
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Haworth Building, Birmingham, B152TT, United Kingdom

21st RSC Nucleic Acids Forum – 2025

Event dates: 11 July 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: This is the RSC Nucleic Acids Group’s annual meeting, bringing together the Nucleic Acids Research community to showcase and discuss new research at the chemistry-physics-biology interface.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Chemical Development & Scale-Up in the Fine Chemical & Pharmaceutical Industries

Event dates: 14 July 2025 16:00 - 21 July 2025 20:00
Event summary: Online
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UK Exposure Science 2025

Event dates: 15 July 2025 10:00-16:30
Event summary: An annual meeting of occupational and environmental exposure science.
Event Venue: UKHSA Training Centre, Didcot , OX11 0RQ, United Kingdom

IV Medicinal & Biological Chemistry Ireland conference

Event dates: 15 - 16 July 2025
Event summary: Welcome to the meeting of the Medicinal & Biological Chemistry Division of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland.
Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

Solutions in Science (SinS) 2025

Event dates: 15 July 2025 09:00 - 17 July 2025 17:00
Event summary: SinS unites analytical scientists to explore solutions to global challenges. Run by ILM, RSC interest groups, the BMSS, ChromSoc & others to host the UK’s top analytical conference in Brighton.
Event Venue: The Brighton Centre, Brighton , BN1 2GR, United Kingdom

ADVANCED STUDY COURSE ON OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSORS (ASCOS2025)

Event dates: 20 July 2025 17:00 - 27 July 2025 10:00
Event summary: The aim of ASCOS 2025 is to establish education, discussion, and a contact platform for researchers (from Master level upwards) working in the growing field of optical chemical sensors and biosensors.
Event Venue: University of Leon, Leon, 24071, Spain

Radiochemistry Group New Researchers Meeting 2025

Event dates: 23 July 2025 12:00 - 24 July 2025 14:00
Event summary: The Radiochemistry Group's biennial New Researchers Meeting is a chance for those embarking on their research careers to present their work to their peers in a friendly, supportive environment!
Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Patents and Freedom to Operate for Chemists and Biologists

Event dates: 23 July 2025 13:00 - 24 July 2025 16:00
Event summary: Delegates will learn how to search for, identify and navigate third party 'blocking' patents that may limit their freedom to operate such as developing a novel process or launching a new product.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Short Course ISIMS 2025 Berlin

Event dates: 2 August 2025 09:00 - 3 August 2025 16:00
Event summary: Lectures covered various forms of IMS (e.g., drift tube IMS, DMS, TWIMS, TIMS, cyclic IMS, AIMS), stand-alone IMS instrument and tandem systems (e.g., coupled to chromatograph and mass spectrometer).
Event Venue: Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 10249, Germany

International Conference on Ion Mobility Spectrometry 2025 Berlin

Event dates: 3 August 2025 08:00 - 7 August 2025 14:00
Event summary: The conference encompasses many technical aspects of ion mobility spectrometry, from cutting edge research to novel applications.
Event Venue: Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 10249, Germany

Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications 2025 (VCCA-2025)

Event dates: 11 - 15 August 2025
Event summary: VCCA-2025 is organised by the Computational Chemistry Group in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair of Computational Chemistry of the University of Mauritius and is endorsed by IUPAC.
Event Venue: Online, Online, Reduit, 80837, Mauritius

European Peptide Synthesis Conference 2025

Event dates: 25 August 2025 12:00 - 27 August 2025 16:00
Event summary: Join the EPSC in Porto, where we discuss the complete workflow of peptide synthesis.
Event Venue: Sheraton Porto Hotel and Spa, Porto, 4100-476, Portugal

12th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides

Event dates: 25 - 27 August 2025
Event summary: The 12th in a series of international meetings covering the mode of action, prediction and design of AMPs as well as their role in immunomodulation and applications in biomaterials and therapeutics.
Event Venue: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, D02, Ireland

EFMC-ASMC 2025 - X EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry

Event dates: 31 August 2025 17:00 - 4 September 2025 12:30
Event summary: This symposium gathers chemists from industry, academia, and start-ups worldwide, focusing on advances in synthesis methods, chemical biology, process/medicinal chemistry, and AI in drug discovery.
Event Venue: Alfândega Porto Congress Centre, Porto , 4050-430, Portugal

10th EFEPR Summer School (Manchester UK)

Event dates: 31 August - 6 September 2025
Event summary: The European Federation of EPR groups (EFEPR) 10th Summer School will be hosted at the University of Manchester, from August 31st to September 6th 2025.
Event Venue: University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices - NANOMAT2025

Event dates: 2 - 5 September 2025
Event summary: The NANOMAT2025 is tailored to unite prominent scientists, researchers, engineers, and technology developers in nanotechnology
Event Venue: The Westin Zagreb Hotel, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

Technician Commitment relaunch event

Event dates: 3 September 2025 13:00-17:00
Event summary: Join us to celebrate five years of the RSC's support for the Technician Commitment.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Beilstein Enzymology Symposium - Natural and Synthetic Evolution of Catalysis

Event dates: 9 September 2025 09:00 - 11 September 2025 17:30
Event summary: This symposium provides a platform that brings together experts from enzymology and biocatalysis to present and discuss new results, approaches and methodologies.
Event Venue: Hotel Jagdschloss Niederwald, Rüdesheim (Rhein), 65385, Germany

20th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR2025)

Event dates: 9 - 12 September 2025
Event summary: The primary aim of ESOR2025 is the exchange of the latest developments and ideas in the field of physical organic chemistry, particularly with regard to organic reactivity.
Event Venue: Centro Culturale ‘San Gaetano’, Padova, 35121, Italy

ICSD 2025 13th International Conference on Sustainable Development Rome, It

Event dates: 10 September 2025 09:00 - 11 September 2025 19:00
Event summary: The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University"
Event Venue: Roma Eventi Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 0187, Italy

2nd CBIC Chemical Biology Leadership Retreat for Early Career Researchers

Event dates: 10 September 2025 10:00 - 12 September 2025 13:00
Event summary: The second RSC Chemistry Biology Interface Community (CBIC) Leadership Retreat for early career researchers
Event Venue: Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Organocatalysis

Event dates: 11 September 2025 14:00 - 12 September 2025 17:30
Event summary: Online
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14th International Conference on “Instrumental Methods of Analysis” (IMA-2025)

Event dates: 14 September 2025 18:00 - 17 September 2025 17:00
Event summary: IMA is a biannual series of conferences that covers all areas of Analytical Chemistry and applications in a wide range of scientific disciplines.
Event Venue: Municipality Theatre “Kefalos”, Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece, Kefalonia, 28100, Greece

INCOME2025 - 11th International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying

Event dates: 14 - 18 September 2025
Event summary: INCOME 2025 (Berlin, Sept 14–18) gathers global experts in mechanochemistry to discuss cutting-edge research on mechanically driven reactions, novel materials, and sustainable synthesis.
Event Venue: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, 12489, Germany

Vienna Summer School on Drug Design 2025

Event dates: 14 - 19 September 2025
Event summary: The summer school especially focuses on students and professionals who have a clear interest in learning the basics as well as latest developments in Pharmacoinformatics.
Event Venue: University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria

Physical Organic Chemistry Concepts for Process Scale-Up

Event dates: 15 September 2025 14:00 - 17 September 2025 17:00
Event summary: Online
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Physical Organic Chemistry Concepts for Process Scale-Up

Event dates: 15 September 2025 14:00 - 17 September 2025 17:00
Event summary: Online
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New synthetic methods – Design and application III

Event dates: 18 September 2025 09:30-17:20
Event summary: The aim of the meeting is to highlight new synthetic approaches, disconnections and methods, and their application as developed by key researchers from both academia and industry.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

RSC Carbohydrate Group Winter Meeting 2025

Event dates: 22 September 2025 12:00 - 23 September 2025 16:00
Event summary: Join us to share and celebrate the latest research in carbohydrate chemistry, across disciplines such as medicinal and computational chemistry, structural biology, chemical biology and biochemistry.
Event Venue: National STEM Learning Centre, York, YO105DD, United Kingdom

Organofluorine Chemistry: Synthesis, Applications, Sources and Sustainability

Event dates: 22 September 2025 14:00 - 24 September 2025 17:30
Event summary: Online
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GDCh Science Forum Chemistry 2025

Event dates: 29 September 2025 09:00 - 1 October 2025 16:00
Event summary: The aim of our conference is the exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge, the creation of a platform for networking and transdisciplinary and international cooperation.
Event Venue: KIT, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany

TOPRA Symposium 2025

Event dates: 29 September 2025 11:00 - 1 October 2025 15:30
Event summary: Join Europe’s premier healthcare regulatory affairs conference – The TOPRA Symposium 2025 between 29 September – 1 October in Berlin, Germany.
Event Venue: JW Marriott Hotel , Berlin, 10785, Germany

37th International Symposium on Preparative and Process Chromatography (PREP 2025)

Event dates: 29 September 2025 12:00 - 2 October 2025 13:00
Event summary: Celebrating 40 years, PREP 2025 continues its legacy as a leading symposium in Preparative & Process Chromatography, offering workshops, talks, exhibits & networking to drive innovation forward.
Event Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Centre, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States

5th Virtual ChemBio Talks

Event dates: 30 September 2025 12:00-18:00
Event summary: Talks covering the hottest topics in chemical biology
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International Particle Technologies Forum

Event dates: 30 September 2025 09:00-19:30
Event summary: The International Particle Technologies Forum is a platform for scientists and engineers to share knowledge and discuss recent advances in particle science and technology.
Event Venue: National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - Institute of Quantum Standards and Technologies (IQST), Teddington, TW11 0EL, United Kingdom

Conference Series on Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials

Event dates: 6 October 2025 08:30 - 10 October 2025 13:00
Event summary: San Sebastián (Spain) is hosting the inaugural edition of the Conference Series on Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials, between October 6th and October 10th, 2025.
Event Venue: University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, 20007, Spain

Future feedstocks for sustainable chemistry

Event dates: 7 October 2025 09:30-17:00
Event summary: This one-day meeting on the subject of future feedstocks will continue SCI’s focus on sustainability.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

What Drug Hunters need to know about Computational Chemistry 2025

Event dates: 14 October 2025 09:30 - 15 October 2025 16:30
Event summary: The ability to exploit information through computational chemistry is vital for any modern drug hunter wishing to develop a therapeutic more efficiently and effectively.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium 2025: Technologies Shaping Future Directions in Synthesis

Event dates: 14 - 16 October 2025
Event summary: This Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium is organized by Anna Slater, University of Liverpool and Luigi Vaccaro, University of Perugia.
Event Venue: Dom Hotel Limburg, Limburg, 65549, Germany

The International Symposium “Priorities of chemistry for a sustainable development Priochem XXI"

Event dates: 15 October 2025 09:00 - 17 October 2025 16:00
Event summary: Early-stage and experienced researchers are invited to the XXIst edition of PRIOCHEM to present their most recent results in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering.
Event Venue: National Institute of Research-Development for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM Bucharest, Bucharest, 060021, Romania

13th MIBio Conference in Cambridge

Event dates: 15 October 2025 08:00-17:10
Event summary: MIBio 2025 will bring together leading experts from both industry and academia to explore how the latest discoveries in molecular interactions can be leveraged in biopharmaceutical formulation.
Event Venue: Downing College, Cambridge, CB2 1DQ, United Kingdom

How to Develop Organometallic Catalytic Reactions in API Synthesis

Event dates: 20 October 2025 14:00 - 28 October 2025 17:00
Event summary: Online
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I Sentiatech Congress

Event dates: 21 October 2025 09:30 - 22 October 2025 14:30
Event summary: One of the most important European events in the field of the development of robust solutions for the early detection, measurement and control of emerging chemicals, pathogens and pollutants.
Event Venue: Las Naves & La Harinera complex, Valencia, 46024, Spain

JPAG Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Awards & Carers Symposium 2025

Event dates: 11 November 2025 09:00-18:00
Event summary: The annual one-day JPAG Symposium held at the RSC Headquarters in London where the prestigious Geoffrey Phillips Award will be awarded to the best podium presentation.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

BMCS New approaches to the treatment of Parkinson's

Event dates: 12 November 2025 09:00-17:00
Event summary: Join the ��ɫ�� Biological Medicinal Chemistry Sector and Parkinson’s UK to hear about new approaches to the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

New approaches in medicinal chemistry

Event dates: 12 November 2025 10:00-16:50
Event summary: This conference is for academic and industrial medicinal chemists at all career points, with an interest in applying innovative and modern strategies to the early stages of drug discovery.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology Research and Innovation

Event dates: 18 November 2025 08:00 - 21 November 2025 18:00
Event summary: ICNTRI-2025 looks for significant Modern Problems of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

BMCS Hot Topics: Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Event dates: 20 November 2025 13:00-17:00
Event summary: The BMCS Hot Topics: Antibody-Drug Conjugates will take place virtually on Thursday 20th November 2025.
Event Venue: Online, United Kingdom

Bioinformatics in Microbiology

Event dates: 24 November 2025 09:00 - 25 November 2025 05:00
Event summary: International Conference on Bioinformatics in Microbiology Theme: Decoding Microbial Interactions with Bioinformatics
Event Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Paris Boulogne , Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100 , France

31st SCI Annual Review Meeting – Frontiers in Organic Synthesis: Emerging Methods and Applications

Event dates: 25 November 2025 10:00-17:15
Event summary: The meeting is ideally suited to those working in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or agrochemical industries who want to develop their knowledge in key areas.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Lipids in diet and health

Event dates: 27 November 2025 10:00 - 28 November 2025 12:45
Event summary: This meeting aims to foster collaboration between industry and academia, and support development of early career researchers.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Organic chemistry poster symposium 2025

Event dates: 1 December 2025
Event summary: Organic chemistry poster symposium 2025
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Iodine uncovered: tackling the hidden deficiency in health and food systems

Event dates: 2 December 2025 09:30-16:30
Event summary: Hear from experts across health, agriculture, and food systems, and gain a clearer understanding of iodine’s importance and the opportunities for supporting healthier populations.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Joint SoBRA / RSC Winter Conference 2025 Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment

Event dates: 10 December 2025 09:50-18:00
Event summary: An annual meeting to update those in the field on new and emerging topics in contaminated land risk assessment.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

1st RSC Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference

Event dates: 15 - 16 December 2025
Event summary: The RSC PPSG is pleased to announce the first RSC Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference. This two-day event will be hosted by the University of Nottingham on the 15th and 16th of December 2025.
Event Venue: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, United Kingdom

Biotransformations III: Pathways to sustainability

Event dates: 16 December 2025 09:30-17:00
Event summary: RSC Biotechnology Group one-day symposium to highlight recent achievements, future challenges and current trends in the use of biotransformations and biocatalysis.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group Annual Symposium

Event dates: 12 January 2026 12:00 - 13 January 2026 17:00
Event summary: This annual flagship event of the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group will cover recent developments in fundamentals and applications of novel nanomaterials.
Event Venue: The ��ɫ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology

Event dates: 14 January 2026 09:00 - 16 January 2026 18:00
Event summary: ICONAN 2026 will showcase advances in nanomedicine, exploring AI, bioelectronics, and novel therapies. Held in Rome (Jan 14-16), it fosters collaboration and features top experts in the field.
Event Venue: Roma Eventi - Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 00187, Italy

India Pharma Expo 2026

Event dates: 23 April 2026 09:00 - 25 April 2026 18:00
Event summary: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is a premier international exhibition and conference dedicated to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and technology sectors.
Event Venue: HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, 500084, India

Medicinal Chemistry Summer School 2026

Event dates: 7 - 12 June 2026
Event summary: Medicinal Chemistry Summer School 2026
Event Venue: Burleigh Court Conference Centre and Hotel, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

26th Isoprenoid Conference 2026

Event dates: 15 September 2026 09:00 - 17 September 2026 18:00
Event summary: Conference on Isoprenoids was established as the Polish-Czechoslovak forum of natural products chemists. The conference lately fulfilled a role in integrating not only European chemists.
Event Venue: Association of Scientific and Technical Societies. Czech Chemical Society, Praha 1, 11000, Czech Republic