AstraZeneca Chemistry Symposium

Invitation to Graduate Students, Post Docs and Professors in Organic Chemistry

Plenary Lectures

• Professor Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  Recipient of the 2008 AstraZeneca Award in Chemistry:
  Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time
• Professor Nicolas Moitessier, McGill University, Montreal,
  Recipient of the 2009 AstraZeneca Award in Chemistry:
  At the Interface of Computer Science, Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Synthesis

Presentations on Drug Discovery at AstraZeneca R&D Montréal

This session will include talks and posters on drug discovery from Medicinal Chemistry Department scientists. Please see detailed agenda for more information.

Following lunch and the Student Poster Competition, there will be tours of our state-of-the-art facilities.

Student Poster Competition

AstraZeneca R&D Montréal is soliciting abstracts of posters for presentation at the AstraZeneca Chemistry Symposium. Prizes will be awarded to the top three posters. Each abstract, in English or French, must be composed of a title, the authors' names and affiliation(s) followed by the body of the abstract (text, with or without graphics) in Word format, maximum printed size 7.5” x 4.5”. Authors should send their abstract as a Word document attachment to carole.kaszel@astrazeneca.com by September 3, 2010. The competition is limited to 20 submissions. Authors of accepted posters will be notified by e-mail by September 13, 2010.

Registration Information

Please note that attendance for this event is by on-line registration only, before September 3, 2010. Accepted registrants will be notified by September 13, 2010. Space is limited so please register early. Click here for directions to AstraZeneca R&D Montréal in Ville St. Laurent.

For more information, please contact

Carole Kaszel
Administrative Coordinator,
AstraZeneca R&D Montréal.
Phone: 514-832-3223
E-mail : carole.kaszel@astrazeneca.com