Learn more about each of the winners, gain insight into what inspires their research, and view the winning posters.
The Scientific Organizing Committee of the ACS Publications Symposium: Biological and Medicinal Chemistry accepted 90 abstracts, which were presented during the symposium in Bonn, Germany from March 6-8, 2023.
Five poster winners and one fan favorite were selected based on their exceptional research. We caught up with each of the winners to learn about what inspires their work, their mentors, and important unsolved issues in their respective fields.
Get to know each of the winners and view their posters below.
Zaida L. Almeida, Winner
Chemistry Department and Coimbra Chemistry Centre-Institute of Molecular Sciences (CQC-IMS), University of Coimbra
Removal of aberrant aggregates in amyloid diseases: from in silico analysis to in vitro biological activity
Zaida L. Almeida, Rui M. M. Brito
Smith B. Babiaka, Winner
Senior Lecturer
Georg Forster Alexander von Humboldt and Georg Forster-Bayer
Research Fellow
Natural Products Research | Hughes Research Group, University of Tübingen, Germany
Molecular Networking of Novel Antimicrobial Leads from Euspongia sp. and Spongia sp. Marine Sponges
Smith B. Babiaka, Marita Wurm, Chambers C. Hughes, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt
Alica Fischle, Winner
PhD Candidate
University of Münster
Institute of Food Chemistry
Biologically active cyclic tetrapeptides derived from genetically modified fungi Fusarium fujikuroi
Alica Fischle , Mika Lutsch , Hans-Ulrich Humpf, Svetlana A. Kalinina
Dr. Anna Junker, Winner
University of Münster, European Institute for Molecular Imaging
Development of PET Tracers for the Imaging of CD73 Expression in Breast and Pancreatic Cancer
C. Dobelmann, Georg Rolshofen, Mirko Scortichini, L. Grey, Sonja Schelhaas, Sven Hermann, K.A. Jacobson, C.E. Müller, A. Junker
Dr. Antoine L. D. Wallabregue, Winner
Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate / Organic Stipendiary Lecturer, St Hugh’s College
EPSRC Programme Grant - redOX⇌KCL
University of Oxford
Development of bioreductive fluorescent probes to image different levels of hypoxia in human and plant cells
Antoine L. D. Wallabregue, Hannah Bolland, ShawneazKhan, Emily Flashman, Ester Hammond, Stuart J. Conway
Carolin S. Pikullik, Fan Favorite
Apothekerin, M. Sc. Drug Research
University of Bonn
Pharmaceutical Institute
Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry
Protein kinase inhibitor ceritinib blocks ectonucleotidase CD39 – a promising target for cancer immunotherapy
Carolin S. Pikullik, Laura Schäkel, Salahuddin Mirza, Vittoria Lopez, Riham Idris, Haneen Al-Hroub, Riekje Winzer, Eva Tolosa, Christa E. Müller
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