The 29th French-Japanese Symposium on Medicinal & Fine Chemistry

The 29th French-Japanese Symposium on Medicinal & Fine Chemistry

Program

(As of April 11, 2025)
FJS2025 in Sendai Program

The program is composed of invited lectures, a poster session and related discussions. All lectures are by invitation. The symposium language will be English. Plenary lectures will last 50 min (40+10), invited lectures will last 30 min (25+5).

Sunday, May 18, 2025
15:00

Registration at Tohoku University Sakura Hall

Posting the Posters

17:30

L1 Hajime ITO (Hokkaido University)
The Rise of Mechanochemical Organic Synthesis: Innovations and Future Perspectives

https://itogrouphp.eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Chair:

Yoshiharu Iwabuchi
19:00 Welcome Mixer at Tohoku University Sakura Hall
Monday, May 19, 2025
8:30

Opening Remarks: Yoshiharu Iwabuchi

8:40

L2 Rachid BENHIDA (University of Côte D’Azur)
Drug Lead Discovery Based on Specific Oriented Design

https://icn.univ-cotedazur.eu/research-teams/molecular-diversity-metabolomics-synthesis/synthesis-and-development-of-new-bioactive-molecules

Chair:

Shigeki Sasaki
9:30

S1 Kenji NAKAHARA (Shionogi)
Discovery of Ensitrelvir, a Drug for the Treatment of COVID-19 that targets 3CL protease

10:00 Coffee Break
10:30

L3 Andrey KLYMCHENKO (University of Strasbourg)
Chemistry in the lipid nanostructures for fluorescence biosensing and bioimaging

http://klymchenko-lab.u-strasbg.fr/Home.html

Chair:

Laurent Micouin
11:20

S2 Masao YOSHIDA (Daiichi-Sankyo)

DXd ADC technology, antibody-drug conjugates with DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor

11:50 Lunch
13:30

L4 Hidetoshi TOKUYAMA (Tohoku University)
Total Syntheses of Structurally Complex Alkaloids featuring Late-Stage Oxidative Transformations

http://www.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp/~seizou/index-e.html

Chair:

Kiyoshi Tomioka
14:20

S3 Camille OGER (University of Montpellier)
Total Synthesis: Unraveling Nature’s Chemistry for Biomedical Innovation

https://camilleoger-chemblog.jimdo.com/

14:50 Coffee Break
15:20

L5 Yoshiaki NAKAO (Kyoto University)
Catalytic Denitrative Transformations

http://www.npc05.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp/npc05/?lang=en

Chair:

Frédéric Leroux
16:10

S4 Fabien RODIER (EUROAPI)
Process chemistry, sustainability, flow chemistry

16:40 Poster Session with Oral Presentation
19:00 Refreshment in the Sendai Down Town
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
8:30

L6 Shino MANABE (Hoshi University)
From Glycochemistry to Armed Antibody

https://www.hoshi.ac.jp/laboratory/gousei/

Chair:

Arnaud Voituriez
9:20

S5 Erica BENEDETTI (University of Paris City)
Small-Molecule 3D Ligands for RNA recognition

https://lcbpt.biomedicale.parisdescartes.fr/erica-benedetti/

9:50 Coffee Break
10:20

S6 Mikimasa TANADA (Chugai)
Drug Discovery on Orally Bioavailable Mid-Sized Cyclic Peptides Targeting Intracellular Proteins

Chair:

Kenji Yamawaki
10:50

S7 Guillaume BERTHON (Syngenta)
Digital Chemical Synthesis at Syngenta Crop Protection

11:20

S8 Shinya YUUKI (ELIX)
AI Drug Discovery at Elix: Molecular Design with Generative Models and Recent Case Studies

11:50 Lunch
13:30

L7 Morgan DONNARD (University of Strasbourg)
Selective Functionalization of Alkynes for Direct Access to Original Heterocycles

https://coha.unistra.fr/morgan_donnard/

Chair:

Takenori Tomohiro
14:20

S9 Raphaël BELTRAN (Sanofi)
Innovation as a key driver for more sustainable and controlled processes for API manufacturing

15:00 Move to Matushima
16:00

Matsushima, in Miyagi Prefecture, is known for its stunning bay with 260 pine-covered islands. Visitors can enjoy scenic cruises, explore Zuiganji Temple, and savor fresh oysters. The landscape changes beautifully with the seasons, making it a must-visit destination in Japan.

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5100.html

19:00

Banquet KIRIN Beer Port Sendai
(KIRIN Factory)

https://www.kirin.co.jp/experience/factory/english/beer/

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
8:30

L8 Akio OJIDA (Kyushu University)
Artificial assembly lines for divergent syntheses of natural products and their variants

https://bunseki.phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index-e.html

Chair:

Xavier Franck
9:20

S10 Matthieu JEANTY (NOVALIX)
Photocatalyzed Synthesis of Novel Scaffolds & Leveraging Technology for Medicinal Chemistry

9:50 Coffee Break
10:20

L9 Samir MESSAOUDI (Ecole Polytechnique)
Catalytic approaches to functionalize biomolecules (carbohydrates, peptides and proteins)

https://www.biocis.universite-paris-saclay.fr/?-MESSAOUDI-Samir-

Chair:

Kousei Shimada
11:10

S11 Tatsuki KOIKE (Takeda)
Development of Specific Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Tracers for Central Nervous System Drug Targets

11:40 Closing
12:30 Departure to Post-Symposium Tour