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


Afternoon

2:00 - 3:00        Ray C. F. Jones
        Department of Chemistry
        Loughborough University
        Loughborough, Leicestershire
        United Kingdom LE11 3TU



3:25 - 4:25        D. Jean Burnell
        Department of Chemistry
        Dalhousie University
        Halifax, Nova Scotia
        Canada B3H 4J3


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4

Morning

9:00 - 10:00        Minoru Isobe
        Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
        Nagoya University
        Furocho, Chikusa
        Nagoya 464-8601
        Japan



10:25 - 11:25        Franois Diederich
        Laboratorium fŸr Organische Chemie
        ETH Hšnggerberg, HCI
        CH-8093 ZŸrich
        Switzerland


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


FRIDAY, JANUARY 6

Morning

9:00 - 10:00        Nigel S. Simpkins
        School of Chemistry
        University of Nottingham
        University Park
        Nottingham
        United Kingdom NG7 2RD



10:25 - 11:25        Gurdial Singh
        Department of Chemistry
        University of the West Indies
        St. Augustine
        Trinidad


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



3:25 - 4:25        Gordon W. Gribble
        Department of Chemistry
        Dartmouth College
        6128 Burke Laboratory
        Hanover, NH 03755
        USA


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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