How to close the gap between academic training in medicinal chemistry and industrial reality?

Moderator:
Prof. Peter Matyus
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Participants:
"What can we do from the industry to reduce the gap and help academy to better prepare the students for the "real life"
Dr. Javier Fernandez
J&J Pharmaceutical Research and Development, a Division of Janssen-Cilag, Toledo, Spain

"Teaching medicinal chemistry in a university chemistry department"
Prof. Robin Ganellin
University College London, Dpt of Chemistry Christopher Ingold Laboratories, London, UK

"Extending the Interface between Acamedia and Industry in a Latin American Country: Uruguay"
Dr. Gloria Serra
Faculty of Chemistry, UDELAR, Dpt of Organic Chemistry, Montevideo, Uruguay

"Medicinal Chemists for the Indian Pharma, Biotech & Healthcare Industry: A Prognostic Snapshot of Industry Structure and Educational Needs"
Prof. Noel de Souza
University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Inndia

"Academic curricula; training for a job or for becoming a scientist?"
Prof. Henk Timmerman
VU University Amsterdam, Department of Pharmacochemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"What a Medicinal Chemist should know and where to learn it"
Dr. Hugo Kubinyi,
Weisenheim am Sand, Germany