18TH MONA SYMPOSIUM - JANUARY 3 - 7, 2000

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

PLENARY LECTURES


MONDAY, JANUARY 3

Morning

10:30 - 11:30        Richard J. K. Taylor
        Department of Chemistry
        University of York
        Heslington, York
        United Kingdom YO10 5DD

TITLE:        The Synthesis of Manumycin Antibiotics.

Afternoon

2:00 - 3:00        Jin Cha
        Department of Chemistry
        University of Alabama
        P.O. Box 870336
        Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0336
        USA

TITLE:        Small Ring-mediated Organic Synthesis.

3:25 - 4:25        Viresh H. Rawal
        Department of Chemistry
        University of Chicago
        5735 South Ellis Avenue
        Chicago, IL 60637
        USA

TITLE:        New Methods and Strategies for Complex Molecule Synthesis.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4

Morning

9:00 - 10:00        John P. N. Rosazza
        College of Pharmacy
        University of Iowa
        115 S. Grand Ave.
        Iowa City, IA 52242
        USA

TITLE:        Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase: Substrates, Inhibitors and GTP Metabolites.

10:25 - 11:25        Gary W. Ashley
        Kosan Biosciences, Inc.
        3832 Bay Center Place
        Hayward, CA 94545
        USA

TITLE:        New Drugs from Genetic Engineering of Natural Product Pathways.

Afternoon

2:15 - 3:15        A. Douglas Kinghorn
        College of Pharmacy
        University of Illinois at Chicago
        833 South Wood Street
        Chicago, IL 60612
        USA

TITLE:        Plant Constituents with Potential Use in Combatting Cancer.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6

Morning

9:00 - 10:00        J. Stephen Clark
        Department of Chemistry
        The University
        Nottingham
        United Kingdom NG7 2RD

TITLE:        New Reactions and Strategies for Marine Natural Product Synthesis.

10:25 - 11:25        William H. Fenical
        Scripps Institution of Oceanography
        University of California
        La Jolla, CA 92093
        USA

TITLE:        Marine Microorganisms, a New Source of Chemical Diversity.

Afternoon

2:00 - 3:00        Masahiko Yamaguchi
        Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
        Tohoku University
        Aoba, Sendai 980-8578
        Japan

TITLE:        Chemistry of Optically Active Compounds Containing Helicene.

3:25 - 4:25        Gordon Cragg
        Natural Products Branch
        National Cancer Institute
        Frederick, MD 21702-1201
        USA

TITLE:        Natural Products Drug Discovery at the National Cancer Institute.
Past Achievements and New Directions for the New Millenium.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7

Morning

9:00 - 10:00        Motoo Tori
        Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
        Tokushima Bunri University
        Yamashiro-cho
        Tokushima 770-8514
        Japan

TITLE:        Reductive Cyclizations into Hydrindanones using Samarium(II) Iodide.
Synthetic Studies toward Coronafacic Acid and Botrydial.

10:25 - 11:25        Christopher J. Moody
        School of Chemistry
        University of Exeter
        Exeter
        United Kingdom EX4 4QD

TITLE:        Synthesis of Thiopeptide Antibiotics.

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DAILY SCHEDULE
        
MONDAY, JANUARY 3

Morning

8:30 - 9:00        Completion of Registration

9:00 - 10:00        Opening Ceremony and Announcements

        Chairman: Professor Baldwin Mootoo

10:00 - 10:30        Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30        Plenary Lecture #1
        Richard Taylor - The Synthesis of Manumycin Antibiotics.

11:30 - 11:40        Question and Discussion Period

11:40 - 12:00        Short Paper #1
        Richard Franck - Synthesis of a C-Glycoside Analog of an Antiproliferative Glycolipid
via the Ramberg-Backlund Reaction.

12:00 - 12:20        Short Paper #2
        Caroline Cox - Synthesis of 5- and 6-Chloropyridyl-substituted 2-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes;
Novel Epibatidine Isomers.

12:20 - 12:30        Question and Discussion Period


Afternoon        
        Chairman: Professor Richard Franck

2:00 - 3:00        Plenary Lecture #2
        Jin Cha - Small Ring-mediated Organic Synthesis.

3:00 - 3:10        Question and Discussion Period

3:10 - 3:25        Coffee Break

3:25 - 4:25        Plenary Lecture #3
        Viresh Rawal - New Methods and Strategies for Complex Molecule Synthesis.


4:25 - 4:35        Question and Discussion Period

4:35 - 4:55        Short Paper #3
        James Cook - Enantiospecific Synthesis of Tryptophan and Tryprostatins via the Schöllkopf
        Chiral Auxiliary.

4:55 - 5:15        Short Paper #4
        Karla-Sue Marriott - Synthesis of Rotenonoids and Azarotenonoids.

5:15 - 5:25        Question and Discussion Period

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4

Morning
        Chairman: Dr. Basil Burke

9:00 - 10:00        Plenary Lecture #4
        Jack Rosazza - Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase: Substrates, Inhibitors and GTP Metabolites.

10:00 - 10:10        Question and Discussion Period

10:10 - 10:25        Coffee Break

10:25 - 11:25        Plenary Lecture #5
        Gary Ashley - New Drugs from Genetic Engineering of Natural Product Pathways.

11:25 - 11:35        Question and Discussion Period

11:35 - 11:55        Short Paper #5
        William Reynolds - NMR Assignments and Investigation of Hindered Side Chain Rotation
in Lupeol Derivatives.

11:55 - 12:15        Short Paper #6
        Wolfgang Kraus - Isolation and Structure Determination of Biologically Active Plant
        Constituents using Online LC Bioassay, LC-NMR and LC-MS Techniques.

12:15 - 12:25        Question and Discussion Period

Afternoon
        Chairman: Dr. Anderson Maxwell

2:15 - 3:15        Plenary Lecture #6
        Douglas Kinghorn - Plant Constituents with Potential Use in Combatting Cancer.

3:15 - 3:25        Question and Discussion Period

3:25 - 3:40        Coffee Break

3:40 - 4:00        Short Paper #7
        Mike Antoun - The Flora of Puerto Rico as a Potential Source of Bioactives.

4:00 - 4:20        Short Paper #8
        Karen Nelson - Implications of Genomic Sequencing
        for Health, Biotechnology and the Environment.

4:20 - 4:30        Question and Discussion Period

4:30 - 5:30        Poster Session

SYMPOSIUM IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR WOLFGANG KRAUS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6

Morning
        Chairman: Professor James Cook

9:00 - 10:00        Plenary Lecture #7
        Stephen Clarke - New Reactions and Strategies for Marine Natural Product Synthesis.

10:00 - 10:10        Question and Discussion Period

10:10 - 10:25        Coffee Break

10:25 - 11:25        Plenary Lecture #8
        William Fenical - Marine Microorganisms, a New Source of Chemical Diversity.

11:25 - 11:35        Question and Discussion Period

11:35 - 11:55        Short Paper #9
        John Huffman - Synthesis and Pharmacology of a Hybrid Cannabinoid.

11:55 - 12:15        Short Paper #10
        Andrew Matthews - Synthesis and Study of Polyamine-sterol Conjugates
Structurally Related to Squalamine.

12:15 - 12:25        Question and Discussion Period

Afternoon
        Chairman: Professor John Huffman

2:00 - 3:00        Plenary Lecture #9
        Masahiko Yamaguchi - Chemistry of Optically Active Compounds Containing Helicene.

3:00 - 3:10        Question and Discussion Period

3:10 - 3:25        Coffee Break

3:25 - 4:25        Plenary Lecture #10
        Gordon Cragg - Natural Products Drug Discovery at the National Cancer Institute.
Past Achievements and New Directions for the New Millenium.

4:25 - 4:35        Question and Discussion Period

4:35 - 4:55        Short Paper #11
        Greg Buchanan - An Insecticidal Sesquiterpene from Hyptis verticillata.

4:55 - 5:15        Short Paper #12
        Dwight Collins - Four Isomeric Sesquiterpenes from Capraria biflora.

5:15 - 5:25        Question and Discussion Period

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7

Morning
        Chairman: Professor Winston Tinto

9:00 - 10:00        Plenary Lecture #11
        Motoo Tori - Reductive Cyclizations into Hydrindanones using Samarium(II) Iodide.
        Synthetic Studies toward Coronafacic Acid and Botrydial.

10:00 - 10:10        Question and Discussion Period

10:10 - 10:25        Coffee Break

10:25 - 11:25        Plenary Lecture #12
        Chris Moody - Synthesis of Thiopeptide Antibiotics.

11:25 - 11:35        Question and Discussion Period

11:35 - 11:50        Closing Ceremony

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