International Symposium on Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
Program schedule (20/04/2006 - 58 KB)
28/05/2006
14:00Registration
18:00Welcome Reception
19:00Live Performance of Cypriot and Greek Songs by the Choir of Karavas Organization
29/05/2006
08:00Welcome and Opening remarks
08:40Natural Product Synthesis: A Stimulus for Discovery
Prof. Steven V. LEY
(UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
09:30Coffee break and Poster session
10:00Multidimensional Lead Optimization: The Discovery of Innovative Small Molecule Therapeutics
Prof Magid ABOU-GHARBIA
(TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, United States)
10:50Reactivity and Applications of a New Diene for Organic Synthesis
Prof. Erik SORENSEN
(PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, United States)
11:30The Discovery of Non Transition-State Isostere BACE Inhibitors
Dr Philippe NANTERMET
(MERCK AND CO., WEST POINT, United States)
12:00Lunch and Poster session
14:00Mini Business Symposium and Panel Discussion
14:01Chemistry in Drug Discovery: New Trends and New Challenges. Coordinator: Dr Ron Magolda, Wyeth Research, Princton, USA. Participants: to be announced
14:02New Trends in Chemistry Outsourcing. Coordinator: Dr Eugene Vaisberg, ChemBridge, San Diego, USA. Participants: to be announced
30/05/2006
08:00Synthetic Investigations of Antimitotic Agents
Prof. Madeleine JOULLIÉ
(UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, United States)
08:50From Chemistry to Medicine: New Chemical Reactions and New Synthetic Molecules Leading to New Therapies for Inflammation and Cancer
Prof. Nicos A. PETASIS
(UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, United States)
09:30Coffee break and Poster session
10:00Structure-based Design of Nuclear Receptor Hormone Ligands: Potent Quinoline-based Liver X Receptor (LXR) Agonists
Dr Ronald MAGOLDA
(WYETH RESEARCH, Monmouth Junction,, United States)
10:30TAFIa Inhibitors for Treatment of Thrombosis
Dr Mark BUNNAGE
(PFIZER, Boston, United States)
11:00From the Insoluble Dye Indirubin Towards Highly Active, Soluble CDK2-Inhibitors
Dr Rolf JAUTELAT
(SCHERING, Berlin, Germany)
11:30Discovery of Pyrido-Pyrimidone Based Selective and Orally Efficacious p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitors
Dr Swaminathan (Ravi) NATARAJAN
(MERCK, Rahway, United States)
12:00Lunch and Poster session
14:00A Multi-dimensional Approach to Molecular Recognition in Chemistry and Biology: Towards New Antimalarial Therapies
Prof. François DIEDERICH
(ETH ZURICH, Zürich, Switzerland)
14:50Towards Measuring and Modulating Protein Function with Small Molecules
Prof. Nicolas WINSSINGER
(UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France)
15:30Coffee break
15:50Discovery and Optimization of Novel Drug Like Molecules via the ConTourTM Design Technology
Dr David CLAREMON
(VITAE PHARMACEUTICAL, Fort Washington, United States)
16:20Development of Transition Metal Catalyzed Reaction for Organic Synthesis
Prof. F. Dean TOSTE
(UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, United States)
31/05/2006
08:00Structure-based Organic Synthesis of Drug Prototypes
Prof. Stephen HANESSIAN
(UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL, MONTREAL, QC, Canada)
08:50Chemistry and Biology of Heterocycles: From Combinatorial Chemistry to Natural Product Synthesis
Prof. Stefan BRAESE
(UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE, KARLSRUHE, Germany)
09:30Coffee break and Poster session
10:00Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Active Alkaloids
Prof. David TANNER
(THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK, LYNGBY, Denmark)
10:40Geometric Control of Alkenes in Organic Synthesis
Prof. Jun'ichi UENISHI
(KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY, KYOTO, Japan)
11:20Natural Products; Targets of Opportunities
Prof. Emmanuel THEODORAKIS
(UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, United States)
12:00Lunch and Poster session
14:00Excursion Details to be announced
19:00Nicolaou Group Re-union Dinner
01/06/2006
08:00Melatonin, a Hormone in the Dark
Prof. Peter J. GARRATT
(UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, London, United Kingdom)
08:50Synthesis Adventures with Bases and Bridges
Prof. Nigel SIMPKINS
(UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom)
09:30Coffee break an dPoster session
10:00Biocatalysis: Key Element in the Synthesis of Bioactive Heterocycles and Natural Products
Prof. Floris RUTJES
(RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
10:40Study towards the Total Synthesis of Micrandilactone A
Prof. Zhen YANG
(PEKING UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, United States)
11:20Inhibition of the Formation of the Transcription Activation Complex by the Thyroid Hormone Receptor
Dr Rodney KIP GUY
(ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Memphis, United States)
12:00Lunch and Poster session
14:00Asymmetric Two-Center Catalysis: Construction of Tetrasubstituted Carbons
Prof. Masakatsu SHIBASAKI
(UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan)
14:50The Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis
Prof. Phil BARAN
(SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, La Jolla, United States)
15:30Coffee break
16:40The Art of Total Synthesis at the Limits of Chemical Complexity
Prof. K.C. NICOLAOU
(THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Houston, United States)
17:00Closing
19:00Banquet
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