This is the ninth iteration of the Prague Summer School on Advances in Drug Discovery, and
the fifth year in a row it is held jointly with the Weizmann Institute of Science. The school is
co-organized by the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague and Institute of Organic
Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences
.
The school is intended mainly for PhD students and postdocs. Expert speakers from academia
as well as major international pharma and biotech companies will cover among others:

  • Target discovery and validation
  • Medicinal chemistry
  • Structure and In silico based drug design
  • Drug Discovery for neglected disease
  • Covalent drug discovery
  • Antivirals
  • Principles and examples of commercial drug development cycle
  • Additional topics will be announced shortly

 

Registration deadline
June 15th, 2023

Organizing committee

  • Jakub Abramson, Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel
    Haim Barr, Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel
    Radek Cibulka, University of Chemistry and Technology | Prague
    Martin Fusek, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry | Prague
    Ronen Gabizon, Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel
    Nir London, Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel
    Petra Menová, University of Chemistry and Technology | Prague

Sponsors

  • The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange
  • Abisch-Frenkel RNA Therapeutics Center at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Coordinator & Accessibility Issues

Irit Veksler
irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il