Announcements

We are glad to announce that, on Friday 8 September 2017, the 1^st Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium will be taking place in Barcelona at the School of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Our open-access journal Molecules is the sponsor of this one-day monographic symposium that will address the topic of Emerging Drug Discovery Approaches against Infectious Diseases. In this sense, our intention is to provide a forum for discussion from novel biological targets and resistance mechanisms to the design and synthesis of new structural classes or the implementation of innovative therapeutic approaches against bacterial, protozoan, viral, and fungal infections. The event will gather together over 70 experts in the field of medicinal chemistry from more than 15 countries and 3 continents, mostly from academia but also from pharmaceutical industry and product development partnerships, therefore offering a very interesting platform for international networking in this field.

For more information please access the following ling: https://sciforum.net/conference/MMCS2017

Following this event, Barcelona will also be hosting two more MDPI Conferences this year:

• The 5^th International Symposium on Sensor Science will be held on 27–29 September 2017 at the AXA Convention Centre in Barcelona, Spain.
  This event, sponsored by our journal Sensors, will address the recent developments made in the field of sensor technology. To properly do so, the event will be split into 5 different sessions, each one of them focussing on the following different aspects of the field: chemosensors, bio-inspired and bio-based strategies for sensing and fluidics, biosensors, sensors for structures, and sensors for applications.
  The registration to attend the event is open until 7 September 2017.
  For more information please access the following link: https://sciforum.net/conference/i3s2017Barcelona.

• The First International Conference on Symmetry will be held on 16–18 October 2017 at the Parc Cientific de Barcelona (PCB), Barcelona, Spain.
  This conference, sponsored by our journal Symmetry, is an excellent opportunity to attend an event where cutting-edge ideas and knowledge on symmetry will be presented and shared. During the three days of the conference, a variety of subjects ranging from fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and biology will be brought together under the fundamental scientific phenomenon that is symmetry.
  The registration to attend the event is open until 25 September 2017.
  For more information please access the following link: https://sciforum.net/conference/symmetry2017

We are also pleased to announce that the following events will also be held in Barcelona in 2018:

• Viruses 2018 – Breakthroughs in Viral replication
  The event will take place at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona, on 7–9 February 2018.
  Early bird: 24 November 2017
  Abstract submission: 31 October 3017
  Registration: 22 January 2018
  For more information please access: https://sciforum.net/conference/Viruses-2018
  
• Polymers: Design, Function and Application
  The event will take place at the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona on 22–23 March 2018
  Early bird: 15 December 2017
  Abstract Submission: 22 November 2017
  Registration: 2 March 2018
  For more information please access: https://sciforum.net/conference/polymers-2018
  
• Entropy 2018: From Physics to Information Sciences and Geometry
  The event will take place at the Faculty of Geology of the University of Barcelona on 14–16 May 2018.
  Early Bird: 14 February 2018
  Abstract Submission: 16 January 2018
  Registration: 25 April 2018
  For more information please access: https://sciforum.net/conference/Entropy2018-1