Welcome to the final President’s message of 2024. It was great to see so many of you in sunny Honolulu! I am delighted that the meeting attracted 770 attendees and I hope you have all enjoyed the excellent program, multiple poster sessions and many other networking opportunities. Many congratulations to our award winners Dr. Nina Isoherranen (North American Scientific Achievement Award) and Dr. Li Di (Distinguished Accomplishments in Drug Discovery and Development Award). For the first time, we presented the ISSX Fellowship for Minority Scientists within the North American Region Award to Jose Cátala Torres. The call is now open for 2025 and the application is accessible on the ISSX website, please spread the word.
If large meetings are not your thing, there were plenty of other smaller targeted ISSX meetings to choose from, including two virtual workshops on endogenous biomarkers and bioanalysis trends, and the in-person proteomics workshop. If you have missed any of these workshops, there is still an opportunity to view the lecture material via our ISSX Learning Center.
Recently, we have launched the Premier Membership and many of you are already enjoying the benefits. This new membership type includes exclusive access to the full range of content in the ISSX Learning Center. All the details of the new membership options are now available on our website. If you have already renewed your membership for 2025, you can easily upgrade to Premier Membership if you wish.
Looking ahead to 2025, we will start the year with the very first ISSX Africa workshop: Africa's Journey in Pharmacogenomics and DMPK: Exploring Progress and Potential which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 5-7th March 2025. Thank you to workshop chairs, Rose Hayeshi and Julius Enoru, for coordinating an exciting program. This workshop is part of ongoing ISSX Africa initiative, and aims to facilitate networking and training of DMPK scientists in the region. I am delighted that the workshop has attracted many sponsors already, including the Gates foundation, which will allow support of the travel and registration costs for PhD students/ postdocs from the region. If you would like to sponsor this exciting workshop or get involved in future ISSX Africa activities, please feel free to reach out to me.
Stay tuned for the program of the 14th International ISSX Meeting (September 21-24, 2025 in Chicago) which will be released shortly on our website. The theme of the meeting is ‘New Frontiers and Challenges: Novel Therapeutic Modalities, Technologies, and Approaches’ and promises an exciting mix of symposia and topics, including a friendly debate to stimulate discussions with and among the audience. The Meeting Organizing Committees for our 2026 meetings (European meeting will be held in Basel, and North American will be in San Francisco) will soon start working on the programs. In addition to meeting, our webinar series have been popular and I appreciate everyone who took time from their busy schedule to take part in these. There were some excellent examples of integrated, cross theme/ Focus groups webinars that resulted in thought-provoking talks and discussions. If you have an idea for a webinar/ speaker or would like an opportunity to share your research with the ISSX community, please get in touch, we always welcome new and great ideas! Details of all coming activities in 2025 and beyond will be available on our website; hopefully you will be able to register and join us for as many of these events as possible.
As I have mentioned in my previous message, we will be changing our managing company in 2025 and start working with Raybourn Group International as our new managing partner. The transition process has been ongoing for the last few months to ensure that the ISSX activities are not affected. Nicole Brandt will be our new Executive Director, and we are looking forward to working with her and the new team. On behalf of the ISSX Council (past and present), I would like to thank Zoë Fuller and her team for their excellent service and support to the ISSX over many years, it has been greatly appreciated.
It has been a busy year for everyone. Wishing you a wonderful and relaxing holiday season and a Happy New Year!
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