Medicinal Chemistry Meeting-in-Miniature History

About MIKIW

The first medicinal chemistry meeting-in-miniature was held in 1963 at the University of Iowa. These meetings have often been referred to as 'MIKI' meetings as the founders originated from the Departments of Medicinal Chemistry at the Universities of Minnesota, Illinois at Chicago, Kansas, and Iowa. Since then, these four universities have alternately hosted the MIKI meetings each year. In 2018, the School of Pharmacy at University of Wisconsin-Madison joined the original MIKI lineup, thus creating 'MIKIW'.

MIKIW is the longest-running and largest regional medicinal chemistry conference in the United States. The MIKIW meetings have historically been organized and led entirely by graduate students on an annual basis. The meeting integrates over 200 graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty members for a two-day, multidisciplinary conference that exposes students and faculty alike to a wide array of medicinal chemistry aspects. The conference provides an excellent environment in which research is presented as symposium talks and poster presentations.

The MIKIW meeting aims to promote scientific discussion and exchange of ideas that encompasses medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, chemical synthesis, bioanalytical chemistry, chemical biology, and drug metabolism between scientists across universities. Additionally, graduate students are given the valuable opportunity to present their research as a short oral presentation and/or in a poster presentation in order to develop and hone their scientific communication skills. Since 1966, the host university has invited an eminent scientist to deliver a keynote address. This year, the University of Iowa is pleased to have Dr. Kate Carroll (Scripps Research) as our keynote speaker. The keynote talks allow MIKIW participants the unique opportunity to interact both professionally and socially with one of the top scientists in the field.

In 2020, the MIKIW meeting was postponed due to COVID-19 and in 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted the first ever fully virtual MIKIW meeting. This 2022 MIKIW meeting will mark the first in-person meeting since 2019 due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to continuing the tradition of a weekend of science, networking, and fun.

MIKIW Founders

Minnesota

O. Gisvold
P. S. Portoghese
T. O. Soine

Iowa

J. G. Cannon
D. T. Witiak

Kansas

M.P. Mertes
E.E. Smissman
R.A. Wiley

Illinois

L. Bauer
C. Coviello
R. Daniels
J. E. Gearien

Past MIKIW Keynote Speakers

The previous keynote speakers are among the most accomplished scientists. Scientists from this esteemed group include Nobel laureates, members of the National Academy of Sciences, leaders in the pharmaceutical industry, and many members of the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division Hall of Fame. In 2022, we are pleased to have Dr. Kate Carroll deliver the keynote address.

Year	Host	Speaker	Association
2021	The University of Wisconsin-Madison	Dr. Emma R. Parmee	Janssen Research & Development
2020
2019	The University of Kansas	Dr. Nicholas A. Meanwell	Bristol-Myers Squibb
2018	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Michelle Arkin	University of California, San Francisco
2017	University of Minnesota	Dr. Uttam K. Tambar	UT Southwestern Medical Center
2016	The University of Iowa	Dr. Amy Hauck Newman	NIH-NIDA
2015	The University of Kansas	Dr. Bruce Roth	Genentech
2014	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Paul Wender	Stanford University
2013	University of Minnesota	Dr. Marvin J. Miller	University of Notre Dame
2012	The University of Iowa	Dr. Heidi E. Hamm	Vanderbilt University
2011	The University of Kansas	Dr. Dennis C. Liotta	Emory University
2010	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Tomáš Hudlický	Brock University
2009	University of Minnesota	Dr. Dale Boger	Scripps Research Institute
2008	The University of Iowa	Dr. Daniel Kahne	Harvard University
2007	The University of Kansas	Dr. Albert Padwa	Emory University
2006	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. William Fenical	University of California, San Diego
2005	University of Minnesota	Dr. Christopher Lipinski	Pfizer, Inc.
2004	The University of Iowa	Dr. Kenner Rice	NIH
2003	The University of Kansas	Dr. C. Dale Poulter	University of Utah
2002	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Richard B. Silverman	Northwestern University
2001	University of Minnesota	Dr. Andrew Hamilton	Yale University
2000	The University of Iowa	Dr. Michael Marletta	University of Michigan
1999	The University of Kansas	Dr. Roger M. Friedinger	Merck Research Laboratories
1998	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Richard A. Lerner	Scripps Research Institute
1997	University of Minnesota	Dr. John Montgomery	Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1996	The University of Iowa	Dr. David Nichols	Purdue University
1995	The University of Kansas	Dr. Paul Anderson	Dupont Merck Pharmaceuticals
1994	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Arthur Patchett	Merck Research Laboratories
1993	University of Minnesota	Dr. Daniel Rich	University of Wisconsin, Madison
1992	The University of Iowa	Dr. Laurence Hurley	University of Texas, Austin
1991	The University of Kansas	Dr. Julius Rebek	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Koji Nakanishi	Columbia University
1989	University of Minnesota	Dr. John Katzenellenbogen	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1988	The University of Iowa	Dr. Carl Djerrasi	Stanford University
1987	The University of Kansas	Dr. William Roush	Indiana University
1986	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Joseph Fried	University of Chicago
1985	University of Minnesota	Dr. David Triggle	SUNY Buffalo
1984	The University of Iowa	Dr. Alan Katritzky	University of Florida
1983	University of Wisconsin	Dr. Paul Bartlett	University of California, Berkeley
1982	The University of Kansas	Dr. Henry Rapoport	University of California, Berkeley
1981	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Harry Wasserman	Yale University
1980	University of Minnesota	Dr. Eugene Jorgensen	University of California, San Francisco
1979	The University of Iowa	Dr. Alan Sartorelli	Yale University
1978	The University of Kansas	Dr. Albert Meyers	Colorado State University
1977	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Heinz Floss	Purdue University
1976	University of Minnesota	Dr. Donald Jerina	NIH
1975	The University of Iowa	Dr. Everett May	NIH
1974	The University of Kansas	Dr. Marjorie Horning	Baylor University
1973	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Arnold Brossi	Hoffman-LaRoche
1972	University of Minnesota	Dr. Gertrude Elion	Burroughs-Wellcome
1971	The University of Iowa	Dr. Bernard Belleau	University of Ottawa
1970	The University of Kansas	Dr. Corwin Hansch	Pomona College
1969	University of Illinois at Chicago	Dr. Everett Maynert	University of Illinois
1968	University of Minnesota	Dr. Bernard Baker	University of California, Santa Barbara
1967	The University of Iowa	Dr. Julius Axelrod	NIH
1966	The University of Kansas	Dr. Richard Schowen	The University of Kansas