DMDG 2023 meetings and training courses

JOINT MEETING

16th European ISSX and DMDG Meeting

11—14 June 2023

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

SHORT MEETINGS

Early Career's meeting 2022: Hot Topics in the lab

11 May 2023

Nottingham Trent University

4th DMDG European Biotransformation Workshop

June 2023

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

DMDG COURSES

Chemistry Essentials for DMPK

20 22 March 2022

Burleigh Court, Loughborough

Methods for Bioanalysis and Drug Metabolism

27—30 June 2023

Burleigh Court, Loughborough

Fundamentals for DMPK

5 7 September 2023

Burleigh Court, Loughborough

Pharmacokinetics in Drug Discovery

9 12 October 2023

Burleigh Court, Loughborough

In Vitro Technology

Date TBC

Burleigh Court, Loughborough For

The DMDG was happy to be able to present farewell gifts and outstanding achievements award to Sherri Dudal and Jo Goodman, our DMDG Joint Chairs during pandemic and lockdown. It was unfortunate on the one hand that both Jo and Sherri took up the DMDG reigns during this period of upheaval resulting in us not being able to meet face-to-face as a DMDG community, but it was also fortuitous that it was their vision and steady stewardship that steered us through this period.

It is customary that outgoing Chairs receive our deserved commendation for the time and effort they put in to the DMDG which typically lasts 5 years in various roles usually ending with the role of the Chair in their final year of tenure. This presentation is done at an Open Meeting to suitably embarrass the recipients ‘In front of a live studio audience’. Unfortunately doing this on Zoom, as was the norm during this period, did not quite cut it, and whilst the incoming Chair, Jamie Henshall paid a fitting homage to Sherri and Jo at our last online Open Meeting, we wanted to save a proper face-to-face presentation until the next Open Meeting, but neither Jo nor Sherri were able to attend.

In the end, Stuart Hex of the DMDG Secretariat was able to present an Award to Jo at the Large Molecules Course in November 2022 for which she is a long-standing tutor…

...and current Committee member, Caroline Rynn, was able to present Sherri with her award at Roche in Basel in front of colleagues.

We are delighted to announce that in 2023 our 49th Open Meeting will be a Joint Meeting with ISSX. The main meeting will be held from the 12th -14th June at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Meeting planning is well underway, and we have a great programme reflecting the interests of members of both societies as well as opportunities for discussion and networking. You can expect to see some firm DMDG favourites including the highly popular debate, a plenary session from our newly elected fellow, an early Career Scientist Session and the Free Comms session focussing on hot topics. There will also be a programme of short courses that can be attended on Sunday 11th and the European Biotransformation workshop will again be associated with the Open Meeting on Thursday 15th. Accommodation will be on site at the University to maintain the usual DMDG networking opportunities and there will be an additional social event at nearby Knebworth Barns in the Knebworth House estate a short coach ride away.

Registration for the event is available on the ISSX website. Please note, on-campus accommodation is available to book separately via the DMDG website please book your delegate place at the meeting first!

We encourage all members to contribute to the poster session with abstract - submission details available on the website

So, book this in your diaries and we look forward to meeting you in Hertfordshire in June.

Details of the programme as it emerges are available on the website, but an outline is provided on the next page.

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