RSC Medicinal Chemistry Blog

Congratulations to Dr Fleur Ferguson, recipient of the 2026 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship! The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their early independent academic career. The RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board have selected Dr …

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Editorial Board member Dr Susanne Müller-Knapp (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany). Take a look…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Editorial Board member Dr Hayley Binch (Hoffman-La Roche, Switzerland). Take a look at which artic…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Sally-Ann Poulsen (Griffith University, Australia). Take a look at which articles…

We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Editor Professor Christina Chai from National University of Singapore to the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board! Read on to find out more about Christina and her thoughts about the journal and her new role. More about Christina Christina Chai received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a PhD in free radical chemist…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Cynthia Dowd (George Washington University, USA). Take a look at which articles…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Jian Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China). Take a lo…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Sankar Guchhait (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (N…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Maria Duca (Université Côte d’Azur – CNRS, France). Take a look at which articl…

Congratulations to Professor Michael Bollong, recipient of the 2025 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within th…

Congratulations to Professor Luca Laraia, recipient of the 2024 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within the la…

Congratulations to Dr Christoph Nitsche, recipient of the 2023 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within the las…

We are delighted to announce that Professor Cynthia Dowd has joined RSC Medicinal Chemistry as an Associate Editor.   About Cynthia: Dr. Cynthia Dowd is a Professor of Chemistry at George Washington University (GWU), USA.  She obtained a BA in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University […]

We are delighted to announce that Professor Jian Zhang has joined RSC Medicinal Chemistry as an Associate Editor. About Jian: Jian Zhang is a Distinguished Professor and Head of Medicinal Chemistry & Bioinformatics Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine in China. In addition, he is also Dean of the School of Pharmacy at […]

Nir London receives the 2022 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship

We are delighted to announce that Professor Mike Waring has joined the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board as our newest Editor-in-Chief! Mike said about joining as Editor-in-Chief: “RSC Medicinal Chemistry is one of the premier medicinal chemistry journals and we look forward to continuing to publish cutting edge science with the highest standards of rigour. I hope […]

We were delighted to welcome to the team Professor Younghui Zhang as an Associate Editor for RSC Medicinal Chemistry earlier this year, and we wanted to find out more about him and his research experiences. Read our interview with Yonghui below. What attracted you to pursue a career in medicinal chemistry and how did you get to […]

Congratulations to Dr Jacob Bush, recipient of the 2021 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship. The Lectureship was open to any candidate who received their PhD in 2011 or later and has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry in their early career. The RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board selected Dr. Bush, from GSK, from […]

The RSC Interest Group for the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector has a number of awards, events and grants supporting the medicinal chemistry community. Here, we will introduce just one of the ways the BMCS celebrates outsanding science in our field. The BMCS Hall of Fame and Medal The Hall of Fame and Medal is […]

We are delighted to announce our newest themed issue on Covalent Drug Design, which is Guest Edited by Dr. Lyn Jones (Dana-Faber Cancer Institute), Prof. Keriann Backus (UCLA), and Prof. Zhengying Pan (Peking University). This issue on covalent drug design will include areas such as covalent fragment-based drug discovery, reversible covalent warhead design, structure-based drug […]