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Erasmus Mundus Summer School on Chemoinformatics

University of Ljubljana, 30. June - 4. July 2025

Chemoinformatics+ Summer School 2025

Program Schedule

Monday, 30 June

Hackathon (Participants of Hackathon only)
Hackathlon moderators: Črtomir Podlipnik (University of Ljubljana); Gilles Marcou and Dragosh Horvath (University of Strasbourg); Marko Jukič (University of Maribor); Viet-Khoa Tran-Nguyen (University - Paris Cite)

Tuesday, 1 July

09:00 – 12:00
Mini Workshop – Didactics for Chemoinformatics
- How to create microMOOCs (asist. prof. Črtomir Podlipnik – Hands-on Session)
- Task-Based and Project-Based Learning (prof. João Montargil Aires de Sousa)
🔒 By invitation only – EMJM Chemoinformatics+ members and guests.
13:00 – 17:00
Chemoinformatics+ Boards (EMJM Chemoinformatics+ members only)
14:00 – 16:00
Hackathon Results (Participants only)

The following sessions are open to all registered participants of EMJM CSS 2025.
15:30 – 17:00 Registration
16:30 – 17:00 Opening Ceremony
17:00 – 18:00 Lecture 1: Prof. Alexandre Varnek (Strasbourg University) – Artificial Intelligence: the Future for Synthetic Chemistry?
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Party

Wednesday, 2 July

09:00 – 09:40 Lecture 2: Prof. Matija Strlič
09:40 – 10:20 Lecture 3: Prof. Pavel Polishchuk – Multi-instance learning as a response to the complexity of molecular entities
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:20 Lecture 4: Prof. Hanoch Senderowitz – Forensic Informatics: Using ML in Crime Scene Analysis
11:20 – 12:00 Lecture 5: Prof. Marc Baaden
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:10 Lecture 6: Prof. Martin Šicho – De Novo Drug Design
14:10 – 14:30 Keynote 1: Dr. Filip Cernatič (Chemical Institute - Ljublljana) - Multi-elemental signal detection limits in laser ablation imaging techniques
14:30 – 14:50 Keynote 2: Tieu Long Phan (Universität Leipzig) - SynKit: A Comprehensive Cheminformatics Tool for Streamlined Manipulation and Analysis of Chemical Reaction Data
14:50 – 15:10 Keynote 3: (To Be Announced)
15:10 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 Tutorial: Prof. Gilles Marcou – Compound Profiling using QSAR
17:00 – 19:00 Poster Session

Thursday, 3 July

09:00 – 09:40 Lecture 7: Prof. Igor Tetko (Helmholtz Munich) - How to win challenges? Best practices for model development.
09:40 – 10:20 Lecture 8: Prof. Thierry Langer (University of Vienna) - Pharmacophore Methods for Rational Compound Design and Toxicity De-Risking.
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:20 Lecture 9: Prof. Sheraz Gul
11:20 – 12:00 Lecture 10: Prof. Maria-Paola Costi
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 Excursion to Industry (EMJM Students only)
16:00 – 19:00 Social Activity (Ljubljanica Boat Trip or Castle Visit)
19:30 – 23:00 Conference Dinner – The Place

Friday, 4 July

09:00 – 9:20 Keynote 4 (To Be Announced)
09:20 – 9:40 Keynote 5 Said Byadi (Title Be Announced)
09:40 – 10:00 Keynote 6 Viet Khoa Than Nguyen (Title Be Announced)
10:00 – 10:20 Keynote 7 Marko Jukić (Title Be Announced)
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:30 Lecture 11: Prof. Dragosh Horvath (University of Strasbourg) - Docking – Between Myth and Reality: Lessons from Practice and Benchmarking
11:30 – 12:15 Round Table – CHEMOINFORMATICS: QUO VADIS?
12:15 – 12:30 Closing Ceremony
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 OHD Workshop