Event
Discovery Europe
Iolanda Micco, our Head of Discovery Chemistry, will be attending the Discovery Europe. Find us at booth 7!
She will present a talk: Difficult targets in small molecule drug discovery.
Abstract for the talk:
Disease relevance and druggability of novel targets rarely match. However, new drug mechanisms and modalities have challenged our current view on “undruggable targets”. We will discuss how to leverage on the right lead finding strategy to address also difficult targets with small molecules.
📅 Date: May 22 – h 13:10
📍 Location: Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Iolanda Micco is currently Head of Discovery Chemistry at Axxam in Italy, a leading provider of high-quality services for the identification of small molecules in drug discovery research. With a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Siena, Italy, she boasts more than 15 years of international experience in pivotal management and strategic roles.
Prior to her current role, she directed medicinal chemistry activities at Scandion Oncology in Denmark and served as Associate Director of Chemistry and Alliances at Vipergen. Before her ventures in Denmark, she covered a teaching position in Singapore and led interdisciplinary drug discovery programs at Siena Biotech, in Italy.