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EUFEPS-European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to serve and advance excellence in pharm

09/10/2026

🤖 Career Pathways in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the AI Era

As part of the 3rd SITELF National PhD Summer School – XXV ADRITELF National PhD School, "Simulations and in vitro/in vivo methods for testing your delivery systems", held from 29 September to 1 October 2026 at the Flamingo Resort, P**a (CA), Sardinia, the EUFEPS Young Section Committee was delighted to collaborate with SITELF Giovani on a stimulating roundtable exploring the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence in pharmaceutical sciences.

The roundtable was co-chaired by Sara Lorenzoni, member of the EUFEPS Young Section Committee, and Dr. Luca Casula, member of SITELF Giovani, bringing together perspectives from academia, industry and regulatory science.

The discussion, with three outstanding speakers — Dr.Martina Pannuzzo, Prof. Maryam Parhizkar and Prof. Paola Minghetti — touched on some of the key questions facing pharmaceutical sciences today: How is AI changing the way we conduct research? How can predictive and mechanistic models support innovation? Are regulatory frameworks ready to keep pace with these developments? And who bears responsibility for scientific results generated with substantial AI contribution?

An interactive session with the Summer School participants added another valuable dimension to the discussion, highlighting both the growing interest in AI across the pharmaceutical field and the questions that still need to be addressed.

A sincere thank you to our speakers for generously sharing their expertise and perspectives, and to all the participants who contributed with their questions and reflections.

We are particularly grateful to SITELF for this opportunity to collaborate and for providing such a valuable setting for dialogue between the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists and experts from across the field.

We look forward to continuing to build bridges between young scientists, academia, industry and regulatory stakeholders — and to many more conversations on how we can shape the future of pharmaceutical sciences together.

07/10/2026

Call for the 2nd EUFEPS Young Talks – Showcase Your Research! 🎓🔬

Following the first EUFEPS Young Talks, we are excited to announce the 2nd EUFEPS Young Talks, taking place on 14 December 2026!

The European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS) invites PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers (up to 5 years after PhD) to submit their abstract and CV for the opportunity to present their research to the European pharmaceutical sciences community. Selected young scientists will have the opportunity to deliver a 10-minute oral presentation and showcase their work.

This is a great opportunity to gain visibility, share your research, and connect with the European pharmaceutical sciences community – from drug discovery and formulation to regulatory science and industrial pharmacy.

📅 Application deadline: 10 November 2026

🎤 2nd EUFEPS Young Talks: 14 December 2026

📩 Submit your application to: [email protected]

More information available: https://eufeps.org/newsreader/eufeps-young-talks-2.html

We look forward to discovering the research of the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists!Apply now and take the opportunity to share your research with the EUFEPS community!

25/09/2026

💊🌍 Happy World Pharmacists Day to all pharmacists worldwide who make a difference every day through science, care, and dedication! 💚

04/09/2026

The EUFEPS Mentoring Program 2026 – Application Deadline Extended!

We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the EUFEPS Mentoring Program 2026 has been extended to September 20, 2026.

The six-month mentoring program brings together early-career pharmaceutical scientists and experienced professionals from academia, industry, and public administration, creating opportunities for professional development, knowledge exchange, and meaningful connections within the pharmaceutical sciences community.

🔹 For mentees:
PhD students in the second half of their doctoral studies and postdoctoral researchers are invited to apply and benefit from one-to-one mentoring tailored to their professional and career development.

🔹 For mentors:
Experienced professionals with expertise in pharmaceutical sciences and related fields are encouraged to contribute their knowledge, experience, and perspectives by mentoring the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists. Mentor registration remains open throughout the year.
📅 New mentee application deadline: September 20, 2026
📅 Program start: October 15, 2026

Whether you are looking to develop your career, expand your professional network, share your expertise, or support the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists, the EUFEPS Mentoring Program offers a valuable platform for professional exchange and development.

👉 Find out more and apply:
https://www.eufeps.org/mentoring.html

16/07/2026

Connect. Collaborate. Disseminate. Shape the future of pharmaceutical sciences.
EUFEPS is pleased to launch a new call to join the EUFEPS Networks (EuNets) reserved to the EUFEPS members!
The EuNets bring together scientists and professionals across pharmaceutical sciences, creating a European platform for scientific exchange, collaboration, knowledge sharing and dissemination, and new joint initiatives.
By joining an EUFEPS Network, you can connect with colleagues who share your scientific interests, exchange expertise, explore opportunities for collaboration and funding, and help shape scientific activities and contribute to scientific positions within your field.
Who can join?
All members of EUFEPS Member Societies and EUFEPS Individual Members are invited to participate.
Interested in becoming part of an EUFEPS Network?
Discover the different networks and register via the EUFEPS website or by contacting your member society.
Registration deadline: 30 September 2026
Join the EUFEPS community and help us build active, connected, and forward-looking scientific networks across Europe!

07/07/2026

📢 Introducing the EUFEPS Mentoring Program 2026

We are delighted to announce the launch of the EUFEPS Mentoring Program 2026—a unique European initiative designed to support the next generation of pharmaceutical scientists through one-to-one mentoring.

The six-month program brings together early-career researchers and experienced professionals from academia, industry, and public administration to foster professional growth, knowledge exchange, and meaningful connections across the pharmaceutical community.

Whether you are:

🔹 a PhD student in the second half of your doctoral studies,

🔹 a postdoctoral researcher looking to shape your career, or

🔹 an experienced professional willing to mentor and inspire the next generation,

the EUFEPS Mentoring Program offers a valuable opportunity to learn, connect, and grow.

📅 Program start: October 15, 2026

📝 Applications for mentees are now open (deadline: September 10, 2026)

👥 Mentor registration remains open throughout the year.

More information about the program:
https://www.eufeps.org/mentoring.html

06/07/2026

🌍 Nexa Funding Opportunity

Are you developing innovative solutions at the intersection of climate change and health?

Nexa is a climate and health initiative co-led by Grand Challenges Canada and the Science for Africa Foundation, in collaboration with a global consortium of partners and funders. The initiative supports locally led innovations that address the growing health impacts of climate change.

📢 Current Call for Proposals

Projects must directly address at least one of the following focus areas:

🔹 Climate-informed early warning and monitoring systems

Innovations that enable health actors to anticipate and respond to the impacts of heat, poor air quality, and/or changing mosquito ecology, including the accelerated spread of malaria and dengue infections.

🔹 Climate-responsive patient care delivery

Innovations that strengthen local responses to the harms caused by mosquito-borne infections and/or the health impacts of heat and poor air quality.

📅 Information Meeting: 6 July 2026, 9:00 AM

⏰ Application Deadline (Call Closure): 22 July 2026

Don't miss this opportunity to support climate-resilient, locally driven health innovations.

More information:

https://www.grandchallenges.ca/funding-opportunity-nexa/

04/07/2026

🏆 Celebrating Excellence at the EUFEPS–SITELF Joint Annual Meeting PhD Competition

We are delighted to present the first-place winner of this year's PhD Competition, recognizing exceptional early-career researchers and their outstanding contributions to pharmaceutical sciences.

🥇 Monika Prašnikar (Slovenia)

Presentation: Overcoming high viscosity in concentrated monoclonal antibody formulations using novel excipients

Monika Prašnikar graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, in 2022 and is currently pursuing her PhD at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pegi Ahlin Grabnar and the co-supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mirjam Gosenca Matjaž.

Her research focuses on formulation strategies for the subcutaneous administration of protein and peptide drugs, with particular emphasis on developing novel viscosity-reducing excipients for highly concentrated monoclonal antibody formulations, as well as liquid crystalline nanoparticles for the sustained release of peptide therapeutics.

Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Pharmaceutics and the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, and she has presented her research at major international conferences. Alongside her scientific achievements, Monika is actively involved in teaching and science outreach, helping to promote public engagement with science and health.

Congratulations to Monika Prašnikar on this well-deserved first place and on her inspiring contributions to pharmaceutical research. We wish her continued success in her scientific career!

03/07/2026

🏆 Celebrating Excellence at the EUFEPS-SITELF Joint Annual Meeting PhD Competition

Over the upcoming days, we are proud to introduce the winners of this year's PhD Competition, recognizing outstanding early-career researchers and their innovative contributions to pharmaceutical sciences.

🥈 2nd Place – Nico Boback (Germany)

Presentation title: “Quantifying protein assembly and inhibition – label-free drug discovery by mass photometry”

Nico Boback is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) in the research group of Prof. Daniel Lauster. His research focuses on protein–protein interactions in health and disease, investigating the regulation of protein assembly and its modulation by bioactive compounds using quantitative biophysical methods. He applies label-free mass photometry to quantitatively characterize protein assembly and disassembly pathways at the single-molecule level.

In his recent first-author work published in Protein Science (Boback et al., 2025), and through his contributions to a related study in ChemBioChem (Gorenflos López et al., 2023), Nico employed mass photometry to investigate the assembly behavior and inhibitor-induced disruption of human UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase. By directly measuring protein stoichiometries and assembly states in solution, his research provides mechanistic insight into protein complex regulation and supports the development of quantitative assays for pharmaceutical research and drug discovery.

Congratulations, Nico, on this well-deserved achievement!

02/07/2026

🏆 Celebrating Excellence at the EUFEPS-SITELF Joint Annual Meeting PhD Competition

Over the upcoming days, we are proud to introduce the winners of this year's PhD Competition, recognizing outstanding early-career researchers and their innovative contributions to pharmaceutical sciences.

🥉 3rd Place – Marloes Pennings (The Netherlands)

Presentation title: “Molecular glues of the regulatory ChREBP/14-3-3 complex protect beta cells from glucolipotoxicity”
Marloes Pennings is a final-year PhD candidate in the Chemical Biology group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), supervised by Prof. Luc Brunsveld. Her research focuses on developing molecular glues that stabilize protein–protein interactions (PPIs) involving the hub protein 14-3-3. By investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying cooperative PPI stabilization, she aims to advance the rational design of selective 14-3-3 molecular glues. Her work has contributed to the development of molecular glues targeting the 14-3-3/ChREBP interaction, demonstrating their potential to rescue pancreatic β-cells from glucolipotoxicity. In addition to small-molecule approaches, she has explored the use of macrocycles as molecular glues to stabilize the 14-3-3/ChREBP interaction. More recently, she contributed to studies on the 14-3-3/C-RAF complex, where molecular glues were developed to promote the auto-inhibited state of C-RAF and suppress MAPK signaling. She is currently finalizing her PhD research and hopes to successfully defend her thesis in October this year.

Congratulations, Marloes, on this well-deserved achievement!

Read more:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57241-7

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202521678

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c12622

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