More than 200 of the brightest minds in medicinal chemistry will be in Lawrence this week as the 57^th Annual MIKIW Conference gets underway at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy.

Nicholas Meanwell from the Department of Molecular Technologies at Bristol-Myers Squibb Research & Development will deliver this year’s keynote address.

MIKIW 2019 kicks off with a reception Friday evening and continues with a schedule full of lectures and presentation through noon Sunday.