ASMC'11 St. Petersburg

4th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry

 St. Petersburg, Russia    August 21-25, 2011

Confirmed Speakers

Metal-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalizations for Sustainable Synthesis

Prof. Lutz ACKERMANN
GEORG-AUGUST UNIVERSITY GOETTINGEN, Goettingen, Germany

Chemical Probes for Epigenetics

Dr Mark BUNNAGE
PFIZER, Boston, United States

Novel Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 4 (mGluR4) Allosteric Potentiators for the Treatment of Parkinsons’s Disease

Dr Sylvain CELANIRE
ADDEX PHARMACEUTICALS, Geneva, Switzerland

A few of my Favorite Rings: Catalysis Inspired by Lactones and Lactams

Prof. Vy M. DONG
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Toronto, Canada

Tofacitinib (CP-690,550): Discovery of a Potent and Selective JAK Inhibitor

Dr Mark FLANAGAN
PFIZER, Connecticut, United States

Antibody Directed Cytotoxics

Prof. John FLYGARE
GENENTECH, California, United States

From Homer to Hedgehog: Chemistry, Biological Investigations and Medical Perspectives of Cyclopamine

Prof. Athanassios GIANNIS
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG, Leipzig, Germany

Bicyclic Peptides with Tailored Binding Specificities for Therapeutic Application

Prof. Christian HEINIS
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Regioselective Reactions on a Chiral Substrate Controlled by the Configuration of a Chiral Catalyst

Prof. Henri KAGAN
UNIVERSITY PARIS-SUD 11, ORSAY Cedex, France

Discovery and Development of Novel Antimalarials

Dr Rodney KIP GUY
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, Memphis, United States

Target Synthesis Directed Methodology Development

Prof. Dawei MA
SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Shanghai, China

Minor Enantiomer Recycling – A Strategy for Improving Enantioselectivity

Prof. Christina MOBERG
KTH SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Stockholm, Sweden

Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals—Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Zr-Catalyzed Asymmetric carboalumination of Alkenes (ZACA)

Prof. Ei-ichi NEGISHI
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, United States

Maitotoxin. An Inspiration for Synthesis

Prof. K.C. NICOLAOU
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Houston, United States

Small Molecules Inhibitors of the WNT Signalling Pathway with Potential Applications in Oncology

Dr Alessandro PADOVA
SIENA BIOTECH, Siena, Italy

Design Strategy for Preparation of Drug-like Polyheterocycles with Privileged Substructures for Discovery of Specific Small Molecule Modulators

Prof. Seung Bum PARK
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea, South

Synthesis of Marine Polyketides as Promising Anticancer Agents

Prof. Ian PATERSON
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, United Kingdom

GPR119: Knowledge Based Lead Identification

Dr Sherrie L. PIETRANICO-COLE
ROCHE, NUTLEY NJ, United States

A Step Closer to Hepatitis C Remedy: TMC435, an HCV Protease Inhibitor in Advanced Clinical Trial

Dr Pierre RABOISSON
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, Mechelen, Belgium

The Many Uses of Noncovalent Mass Spectrometry in Early-stage Drug Discovery

Dr Jean-Paul RENAUD
NOVALIX, Ostwald, France

The Resurgence of Covalent Drugs

Dr Juswinder SINGH
AVILA THERAPEUTICS, United States

Lessons in Chemoselectivity: Total Synthesis of Polyphenolic Natural Products

Prof. Scott SNYDER
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, United States

Asymmetric Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules

Prof. Mikiko SODEOKA
RIKEN, Hirosawa, Japan

Biochemical Efficiency, a Metrics for an Optimal Molecular Mechanism of Action

Dr David SWINNEY
IRND3, Mountain View, United States

Drug Discovery by Programmed Self-Assembly

Prof. Nicolas WINSSINGER
UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bromodomains a New Class of Epigenetic Targets Ripe for Small Molecule Drug Discovery

Dr Jason WITHERINGTON
GLAXOSMITHKLINE R&D, Stevenage, United Kingdom

Validation of N-Myristoyltransferase as a Drug Target

Prof. Paul WYATT
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, Dundee, United Kingdom

Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Enantioselectivity and Positional Selectivity

Prof Jin-Quan YU
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, La Jolla, United States

Selected Oral Communications

Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Neuropilin-1 VEGF-A Interaction

Dr Philip FALLON
DOMAINEX, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom

Halogen Bonding in Protein–ligand Interactions

Mr Leo HARDEGGER
ETH ZURICH, Zürich, Switzerland

The Chemical Biology Consortium- and Experimental Therapeutics Program

Dr Sanjay MALHOTRA
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, Frederick, United States

Adventures in Medicinal Chemistry and Knowledge Capture

Dr Alexander MAYWEG
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD, BASEL, Switzerland

Identification of Bisaryloxy Azetidine Urea Derivatives as Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibitors

Dr Hans MEISSNER
VERNALIS, Winnersh, United Kingdom

Identification of Leads from the Tres Cantos Antimalarial Set: Cyclopropyl Carboxamides Show Good Oral Bioavailability and Efficacy In Malarial Animal Models

Mrs Maria Lourdes RUEDA-BENEDE
GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Tres Cantos, Spain

Highly Efficient Catalytic System for C-H Activation: A Novel and Practical Synthesis of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers

Dr Masahiko SEKI
MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION, Fukuoka, Japan

The Grandisine Alkaloids as Selective δ-Opioid Receptor Agonists; When is a Natural Product not a Natural Product?

Prof. Richard TAYLOR
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, York, United Kingdom
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Exploring the Rigid Mono- and Diamine Chemical Space

Dr Dmytro VOLOCHNYUK
ENAMINE LTD., Kiev, Ukraine

Lead identification of a new class of P2Y12 inhibitors "From a low active and insoluble HTS hit to soluble and active lead compounds"

Mr Fredrik ZETTERBERG
ASTRAZENECA, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Chemistry of Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions: Thinking Outdside of the Box

Dr Giovanna ZINZALLA
CANCER RESEARCH UK - THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, London, United Kingdom