RICT 2008 - Interfacing Chemical Biology, Natural Products and Drug Discovery
02/07/2008
08:30Registration of participants & Introduction
Accueil des participants & Introduction
Session 1
From Natural Products to Drug Discovery
Des produit naturels à la découverte de médicaments
Prof. Pascal RICHOMME
(UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS, Angers, France)
09:30New Approaches for the Search of New Bioactive Compounds from Higher Plants
Prof. Kurt HOSTETTMANN
(UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE SCIENCES II, Genève, Switzerland)
10:15Marine Metabolites as Pharmacophores and Biomedical Research Tools
Prof. Marcel JASPARS
(UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Old Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
11:00Elucidating New Pathways for Natural Product Biosynthesis and Exploiting them for Drug Discovery
Prof. Gregory L. CHALLIS
(UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, Coventry, United Kingdom)
12:00Lunch and Poster
Repas et installation des communications par affiches

(EYEDPHARMA)
13:30From a Plant to a Drug Candidate S 23906 and Acronycin Derivatives - Illustration of the Complementarity of Industrial and Academic Approaches
Prof. François TILLEQUIN
(UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES, Paris, France)
From a Plant to a Drug candidate S 23906 and Acronycin derivatives Illustration of the complementarity of industrial and academic approaches
Dr. Bruno PFEIFFER
(INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER, Croissy sur Seine, France)
14:15Venomics – Targeted Drug Discovery in Animal Venoms
Dr. Reto STÖCKLIN
(ATHERIS LABORATORIES, Geneva, Switzerland)
15:00Poster Session
Communications par affiches
Session 2
Natural Products Synthesis
Synthèse de produits naturels
Prof. Michael D. THREADGILL
(UNIVERSITY OF BATH, Bath, United Kingdom)
15:30Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products
Prof. Tony BARRETT
(IMPERIAL COLLEGE, London, United Kingdom)
16:15Mimicking "Nature Diversity-Oriented Synthesis": the Manzamine Family of Marine Alkaloids
Dr. Christian MARAZANO
(INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
17:00Synthetic, Structural and Biosynthetic Studies on Mupirocin (Pseudomonic Acid) Biosynthesis
Prof. Tom SIMPSON
(UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, Bristol, United Kingdom)
18:45Reception at Hôpital St. Jean offered by the municipality of Angers (including a visit of the Apocalypse by Jean Lurçat
Réception à l'Hôpital St. Jean offerte par la municipalité d'Angers (avec un visite de l'Apocalypse de Jean Lurçat
03/07/2008
Session 3
Challenging Targets and Approaches
Cibles et approches défiantes
Prof. Gerard DELERIS
(UNIVERSITY BORDEAUX SEGALEN, Bordeaux, France)
08:45Chromenone- and Pyranone-Based Inhibitors of DNA Damage-Activated Kinases as Antitumour Agents
Prof. Roger J. GRIFFIN
(NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
09:30"Prix Charles Mentzer"
Development and Biological Evaluation of Prodrugs for a Selective Treatment of Cancer
Prof. Lutz F. TIETZE
(GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITÄT, Göttingen, Germany)
10:15Coffee break
Pause café
10:35P-Glycoprotein - from Inhibitor Design to Substrate Prediction
Prof. Gerhard ECKER
(EFMC, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, Vienna, Austria)
11:20Targeting DNA and Protein-Protein Interactions
Dr. Mark SEARCEY
(UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich, United Kingdom)
12:15Mini-Session
Chemical Biology, Life Sciences and Drug Discovery: How to Promote "Cross-Talks"?
Prof. Gerard DELERIS (UNIVERSITY BORDEAUX SEGALEN, Bordeaux, France)
Dr Yves ROLLAND (SOCIÉTÉ DE CHIMIE THÉRAPEUTIQUE, Châtenay-Malabry, France)
12:45Lunch
Repas
Career Opportunities Session from 14:00 to 15:30
Session carrières de 14h à 15h30
Dr. Robert H. DODD
(ICSN CNRS, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France)
13:45Chemical Diversity and Biotransformation: Metabolomics Based Approaches
Mr. Bernard WALTHER
(TECHNOLOGIE SERVIER, Orleans, France)
14:30Inhibitors of Heterotrimeric G-Protein Signalling: A New Strategy for Anti Cancer Therapy
Dr. Grégoire PREVOST
(GROUP IPSEN, Les Ulis, France)
15:15Poster Session
Ciommunications par affiches
Session 4
Tools and Approaches
Outils et apporches
Prof. Tom SIMPSON
(UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, Bristol, United Kingdom)
16:00Finding New Biologically Active Natural Products via HTS: Reality or Utopia
Dr. Delphine JACQUOT
(MERCK KGAA, Darmstadt, Germany)
16:45High Thoughput Physicochemical Profiling in Drug Discovery - Equilibria and Dynamics
Dr Richard TAYLOR
(UCB, Slough, United Kingdom)
17:30ADME/Tox: a New Tool for Medicinal Chemistry
Dr. Christian FILAQUIER
(CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE, Castres, France)
Gala Dinner at "Greniers St. Jean"
Dîner de gala aux Greniers St. Jean
04/07/2008
Session 5
Tools and Approaches
Outils et approches
Prof. Janos SAPI
(SCT & UNIVERSITY OF REIMS-CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE, Reims, France)
08:45Approaches to the Design of Kinase Inhibitors by Molecular Modeling
Dr. Pascal FURET
(NOVARTIS PHARMA INC, Basel, Switzerland)
09:30"Paul Ehrlich" Lecture
Some Recent Advances in Drugs and Nanomaterials Development for Therapeutical Applications
Dr Frédéric TARAN
(CEA/SACLAY, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
10:15Coffee break
Pause café
Prof. Marcel JASPARS
(UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, Old Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
10:35A Multidisciplinary Approach Leading to the Discovery of a Novel RSV Fusion Inhibitor
Dr Jean-François BONFANTI
(TIBOTEC, A DIVISION OF JANSSEN-CILAG, Val de Reuil, France)
11:20Identification of activin-like kinase 5 (ALK5) inhibitors for the treatment of fibrosis: chronicle of a toxicity foretold
Dr. Françoise GELLIBERT
(SERVIER, Suresnes Cedex, France)
12:15Lunch
Repas
Session 6
Carbohydrates
Hydrates de carbone
Dr Luc VAN HIJFTE
(SCT & NOVITHERA, Illkirch, France)
13:45From Automated Oligosaccharide Synthesis to a Malaria Vaccine
Dr. Bastien CASTAGNER
(ETH, Zürich, Switzerland)
14:30Design, Synthesis and Properties of SSR126517E, a Biotinylated Antithrombin Pentasaccharide
Dr. Gilbert LASSALLE
(SANOFI-AVENTIS, Toulouse, France)
15:15Closing
Conclusions
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