​Date: 22 June 2024
Location: Berlin, Germany

The Long Night of Science is an annual event during which scientific institutions in Berlin and its surroundings invite the public to take a glimpse at their research, to attend lectures and perform exciting experiments.

The Nazaré Lab at FMP opened its doors to visitors under the topic "The path to perfect medicines: medical compounds and chemical reactions". After an introductory lecture by ALLODD PI Prof. Dr. Nazaré, the audience visited the chemistry lab, where students including ESR 7 Vincenzo DiLorenzo and ESR 8 Nina-Louisa Efrém gave an insight into the chemistry lab work in drug discovery. Visitors could experience and learn about basic processes in the development of medical compounds: chemical reactions, compound isolation and -characterisation procedures as well as computer-aided exploration of proteins and protein-ligand interactions.

More information can be found here.
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Copyright of the photos:  Peter Himsel

Title: At the Interface of Academia and Industry for 35 Years... (aka - "You get less time for murder!")
Lecturers: Steve Maginn, Chemical Computing Group / Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society and focus on careers​
Date: 10 July, 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 (CET)
Venue: online

Date: 1-2 June 2024
Location: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium
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ALLODD member Martijn Bemelmans (ESR13) participated in J&J in Belgium: From Lab to Life, held at Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium, on June 1-2, 2024. This public engagement event opened J&J Belgium’s research facilities to friends and family of employees, offering an inside look at the company’s drug discovery efforts.

Martijn engaged with attendees, explaining the importance of allostery in drug discovery and showcasing computational modeling approaches used to identify novel therapeutic targets. Through interactive discussions, visitors gained insights into the application of computational tools in modern pharmaceutical research.

Check the new ALLODD Press release.

The University of Urbino awarded the University Seal to Prof.  Jean-Pierre Changeux, the pioneer in allostery! 

Part of the award ceremony was covered by a local TV news station, and you can watch it here: Award Ceremony Video.

For more details, you can read the press release from UniUrb (in Italian): Press Release.

Additionally, Resto del Carlino, one of the most widely read newspapers in central Italy, published an article about the event: Resto del Carlino Article.

You can view the University Seal Award Ceremony along with all talks of the "3rd Training School & Networking Meeting"
in the ALLODD Youtube channel.

Check the blog post by ESR12 Léxane Fournier

Date: 4-6 June 2024
Location: Excel London Platinum Suite
ALLODD participated in the Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics Europe that took place in London (UK). This meeting is organized by the Antibody Society and is recognized as Europe´s leading antibody conference for accelerating next-generation antibodies to commercial success.
Léxane Fournier (ESR12) presented a poster at the event.
Find out more about this event here