Dear Colleagues,

The 2005 Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Conference will be held August 7th through 12th at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. Vice-Chair John Lowe (john_a_lowe@groton.pfizer.com) has done an outstanding job putting together the cutting edge program below. If you are interested in attending the conference and presenting a poster, please send an abstract of your poster to Frank Salituro at Vertex (francesco_salituro@vrtx.com), after you have applied to the conference. The conference scientific sessions will end with a Special Topics Session, comprised of late-breaking results from recent clinical compounds. This session will be organized by Mary Mader of Lilly; please contact her with any suggested contributions for Special Topics (mader_mary@lilly.com). Finally, the conference will wrap up on Thursday evening with the traditional lobster dinner and Chair's Talk, which will be given by Roy Vagelos, formerly of Merck.

The Medicinal Chemistry GRC will continue the tradition of outstanding science presented in a relaxed atmosphere. Social events for the week will be organized by Vice-Chair Elect George Hartman of Merck and will feature the Monday Hike to the peak of Mt. Kearsarge, the Tuesday East/West Softball Game (Krantz Cup) and the Wednesday Vice-Chair Elect Golf Tournament. Please contact George with any questions or suggestions for activities (george.hartman@merck.com).

I would like to specifically encourage the application and attendance of scientists from a diversity of backgrounds and experience. In particular, women, minorities and younger scientists in the early stages of their careers as medicinal chemists should consider application. I am looking forward to an outstanding conference this summer and thank you for your interest in the Medicinal Chemistry GRC.

David Kimball
Chair, 2005 GRC on Medicinal Chemistry
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals