Networking on Drug Design
The ICS Network on Combinatorial Chemistry and Drug Design & Discovery and Molecular Modelling aims at strengthening international cooperation between local and European institutions as well as among specialized institutions in selected developing countries (South-South cooperation) in agreement with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 6 and 8.
This includes the preparation of international projects, as well as the development of e-learning tools.
A non exhaustive list of possible partners
Africa: Univ. Abobo-Adjame and Cocody (Cote d'Ivoire), Univ. Douala (Cameroon), Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (Ghana), Addis Ababa Univ. (Ethiopia), CISR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South-Africa), Beni Suef University (Egypt), Inst. Pasteur (Tunisia)
South America: Univs. of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos and Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazil), Univ. de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Univ. of Havana (Cuba), Inst. Pasteur de Montevideo (Uruguay), Univ. Nacional de Colombia (Colombia), Petroleum Institute of Mexico Catalysts and Chemical Products Competency (Mexico)
Asia: NCL Pune (National Chemical laboratory), Central Drug Research Inst. (CDRI) Lucknow, ICGEB New Delhi (India), Univ. Malaya, Univ. Sains Malaysia (Malaysia), Mahidol, Naresuan, Chulalongkorn Univ. (Thailand), Shandong Univ. of Technology (China), National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore), Univ. Of the Philippines Los Banos College (Philippines)
Europe: Univs. of Bologna, Milan, Siena and Trieste, Sissa, Nerviano Med. Sciences (Italy), GSK (Glaxo Smith Kline), Univ. Barcelona, GSK (Glaxo Smith Kline), (Spain), Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), National Inst. of Chemistry (Slovenia), Rudjer Boskovic Inst. (Croatia), Rega Inst. for Medical Research (Belgium), Inst. of Experimental Oncology - Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia), Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Rep), Gedeon Richter Plc (Hungary), Univ. of Ss. Cyril and Methodius (Macedonia), Ankara and Hacettepe Univs. (Turkey)
Other countries: Univ. of Washington Seattle, John Hopkins Univ. Baltimore (USA)
Organizations: TDR/WHO Affiliated Laboratories - MMV (Medicines for Malaria Venture) and linked Laboratories.