Invited Speakers
Plenary lectures
Marko Anderluh
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Slovenia
Novel DNA gyrase inhibitors bind asymmetrically to their target using symmetrical bifurcated halogen bonds
Giannamaria Annunziato
University of Parma, Department of Food and Drugs, Italy
Dealing with anti-microbial resistance (AMR) by taking advantage of cysteine biosynthesis inhibitors as antimicrobial adjuvants
Anikó Borbás
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hungary
Emerging roles of glycopeptide antibiotics: teicoplanin and vancomycin derivatives with enhanced antibacterial and antiviral activities
Peter Ertl
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland
Magic Rings: Navigation in the Chemical Space of Bioactive Rings
Marcin Kolaczkowski
Collegium Medicum of Jagiellonian University of Cracow, Poland
Biased agonists of the 5-HT1A receptor – a new hope for addressing treatment-resistant depression?
Nela Malatesti
University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology, Croatia
The tale of the lipophilic tail of the meso-tripyridinium porphyrins in the photodynamic action
Martin Smieško
University of Basel, Switzerland
Designing Safer Drugs: Structure-Based Methods in Predicting Off-target Binding
Jan Zitko
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Czechia
Biological Properties of pyrazinamide derivatives: Antimicrobial activity and beyond
Keynote lectures
Stella Maria Cascioferro
University of Palermo, Italy
Anti-virulence agents with anti-biofilm mechanism of action to counteract antibiotic resistance in grampositive pathogens
Andrej Emanuel Cotman
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Slovenia
Chiral going viral: Asymmetric catalysis paves the way for improved property lead compounds
Slawomir Filipek
University of Warsaw, Poland
Allosteric and ortho-allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptors
Josef Jampílek
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia & Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Investigations of new derivatives of β-hydroxyarylcarboxylic acids
Sándor Balázs Király
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hungary
Domino cyclization reactions for the preparation of condensed heterocycles with antiproliferative activity
Urban Košak
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Slovenia
Selective inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase for alleviating symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
Katharina Pallitsch
University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Austria
Organic chemistry as a potent tool to study human metabolism
Dionysia Papagiannopoulou
University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Technetium-99m tracers towards the development of molecular imaging agents
Đani Škalamera
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Croatia
Synthesis of natural and modified Quillaja saponins as new potent vaccine adjuvants
Milan Štefek
Centre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Novel indole-based bifunctional aldose reductase inhibitors/antioxidants as promising drugs for treatment of diabetic complications
Tana Tandarić
University of Uppsala (Sweden) & Ruder Boskovic Institute (Croatia)
An insight into the mechanism of the irreversible inhibition of monoamine oxidase enzymes by propargylamine inhibitors