21ST MONA SYMPOSIUM - JANUARY 3 - 6, 2005
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
DAILY SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3
Morning
10:30 -
11:30 Marco A.
Ciufolini
Department of
Chemistry
University of
British Columbia
2036 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 1Z1
- TITLE: Synthetic Studies on Heterocyclic
Natural Products.
Afternoon
2:00 - 3:00 Ray C.
F. Jones
Department of
Chemistry
Loughborough
University
Loughborough,
Leicestershire
United Kingdom
LE11 3TU
- TITLE: A Cycloaddition-Isoxazole 'Building
Block' Strategy towards Cyclic Tricarbonyl Metabolites.
3:25 - 4:25 D.
Jean Burnell
Department of
Chemistry
Dalhousie
University
Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Canada B3H 4J3
- TITLE: Recent Progress in the Synthesis of
Cyclic Systems.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4
Morning
9:00 -
10:00 Minoru Isobe
Graduate School
of Bioagricultural Sciences
Nagoya University
Furocho, Chikusa
Nagoya 464-8601
Japan
- TITLE: Synthetic Studies toward Ciguatoxin,
a Marine Polyether. Molecular Mechanism of Silkworm Diapause
Termination and Squid Bioluminescence.
10:25 -
11:25 Franois
Diederich
Laboratorium
fŸr Organische Chemie
ETH
Hšnggerberg, HCI
CH-8093
ZŸrich
Switzerland
- TITLE: Molecular Recognition Studies with
Biological Receptors: towards New Anti-malarials.
Afternoon
2:15 - 3:15 Mark
T. Hamann
Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Coulter Hall,
P.O. Box 1848
University of
Mississippi
University, MS
38677
USA
- TITLE: New Marine Products from Jamaica's
Deep Reef and Sustainable Sourcing from Invertebrate Associated
Bacteria.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
Morning
9:00 - 10:00 Nigel
S. Simpkins
School of
Chemistry
University of
Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
United Kingdom
NG7 2RD
- TITLE: New Applications of Chiral Lithium
Amide Bases.
10:25 -
11:25 Gurdial
Singh
Department of
Chemistry
University of the
West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad
- TITLE: A Strategy for the Synthesis of
Glycosides.
Afternoon
2:00 -
3:00 Hidetoshi
Tokuyama
Graduate School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of
Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033
Japan
- TITLE: Synthetic Studies on Structurally Complex
Indole Alkaloids.
3:25 - 4:25 Gordon
W. Gribble
Department of
Chemistry
Dartmouth College
6128 Burke
Laboratory
Hanover, NH 03755
USA
- TITLE: Novel Indole Chemistry in the
Synthesis of Heterocycles.
DAILY SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3
Morning
8:30 -
9:30 Completion of
Registration
9:30 -
10:00 Opening
Ceremony and Announcements
Chairman:
Anderson Maxwell
10:00 -
10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 -
11:30 Plenary
Lecture #1: Marco Ciufolini
Synthetic Studies on Heterocyclic Natural Products.
11:30 -
11:40 Question and
Discussion Period
11:40 -
12:00 Short Paper
#1: James Cook
General Approach to the Synthesis of Ring-A Alkoxy Substituted
Indole Alkaloids via the Asymmetric Pictet-Spengler Reaction.
12:00 -
12:20 Short Paper
#2: Mickea Rose
Cyclization Studies using Iminium Ion Chemistry: Approaches
towards the Synthesis of Erythrina and Homoerythrina Alkaloids.
12:20 -
12:30 Question and
Discussion Period
Afternoon
Chairman:
2:00 -
3:00 Plenary
Lecture #2: Ray Jones
A Cycloaddition-Isoxazole 'Building Block' Strategy towards
Cyclic Tricarbonyl Metabolites.
3:00 -
3:10 Question and
Discussion Period
3:10 - 3:25 Coffee
Break
3:25 -
4:25 Plenary
Lecture #3: Jean Burnell
Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Cyclic Systems.
4:25 -
4:35 Question and
Discussion Period
4:35 - 4:55 Short
Paper #3: Vijay Pattabiraman
Total Synthesis of Carbon Analog of Lantibiotic Peptide,
Lacticin 3147 A2.
4:55 - 5:15 Short
Paper #4: Darren Derksen
Synthesis and Biological Activity of Bacteriocins.
5:15 -
5:25 Question and
Discussion Period
7:30 Reception
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4
Morning
Chairman:
9:00 -
10:00 Plenary
Lecture #4: Minoru Isobe
Synthetic Studies toward Ciguatoxin, a Marine Polyether.
Molecular Mechanism of Silkworm Diapause Termination and Squid
Bioluminescence.
10:00 -
10:10 Question and
Discussion Period
10:10 -
10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 -
11:25 Plenary
Lecture #5: Franois Diederich
Molecular Recognition Studies with Biological Receptors: towards
New Anti-malarials.
11:25 -
11:35 Question and
Discussion Period
11:35 -
11:55 Short Paper
#5: Omar Christian
Using Jasplakinolide to turn on Pathways that enable the
Isolation of New Chaetoglobosins from Phomopsis
asparagi.
11:55 -
12:15 Short Paper
#6: A. Christy Hunter
Aspergillus tamarii, a Chemical Gymnast: Reactions and
Further Elucidation of the Metabolic Pathway.
12:15 -
12:25 Question and
Discussion Period
Afternoon
Chairman:
2:15 -
3:15 Plenary
Lecture #6: Mark T. Hamann
New Marine Products from Jamaica's Deep Reef and Sustainable
Sourcing from Invertebrate Associated Bacteria.
3:15 -
3:25 Question and
Discussion Period
3:25 - 3:45 Short
Paper #7: Geneive Henry
Acylphloroglucinol Derivatives from Hypericum
prolificum.
3:45 - 4:05 Short
Paper #8: William Reynolds
Overcoming Problems of Severe Spectral Overlap in Natural
Product Structure Determination by NMR.
4:05 -
4:15 Question and
Discussion Period
4:15 - 4:30 Coffee
Break
4:30 - 6:00 Poster
Session
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6
Morning
Chairman:
9:00 -
10:00 Plenary
Lecture #7: Nigel Simpkins
New Applications of Chiral Lithium Amide Bases.
10:00 -
10:10 Question and
Discussion Period
10:10 -
10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 -
11:25 Plenary
Lecture #8: Gurdial Singh
A Strategy for the Synthesis of Glycosides.
11:25 -
11:35 Question and
Discussion Period
11:35 -
11:55 Short Paper
#9: Roger Laine
Eremophilane Derivatives, Pharmacophores and Biological Activity
against Formosan Subterranean Termites.
11:55 -
12:15 Short Paper
#10: Navindra Seeram
Lovastatin (Monacolin K) and Other Polyketides from a
Cholesterol-lowering Chinese Red Yeast Rice Dietary Supplement
are Bioavailable in Human Plasma.
12:15 -
12:25 Question and
Discussion Period
Afternoon
Chairman:
2:00 -
3:00 Plenary
Lecture #9: Hidetoshi Tokuyama
Synthetic Studies on Structurally Complex Indole Alkaloids.
3:00 -
3:10 Question and
Discussion Period
3:10 - 3:25 Coffee
Break
3:25 -
4:25 Plenary
Lecture #10: Gordon Gribble
Novel Indole Chemistry in the Synthesis of Heterocycles.
4:25 -
4:35 Question and
Discussion Period
4:35 -
4:50 Closing
Ceremony
7:30 Conference
Dinner
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