23rd MONA SYMPOSIUM - JANUARY 4-7, 2010

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
DAILY SCHEDULE

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

SUNDAY, JANUARY 3
Evening
7:00 – 10:00        Registration and Conference Mixer

MONDAY, JANUARY 4
Morning
8:30 - 9:30        Completion of Registration

9:30 - 10:00        Opening Ceremony and Announcements
Opening Remarks: Dr. Peter Ruddock (Chairperson)
Manager, Tanaud International BV

Welcome:         Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa
Dean, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
Address:        Mr. Joseph Pereira
Deputy Principal, UWI Mona Campus

Greetings: Professor Paul Reese
         Head, Department of Chemistry

Announcements
10:00 - 10:30        Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30        Plenary Lecture #1: Simon Gibbons
Phytochemistry – A Source of New Antibacterial Chemotypes

11:30 - 11:40        Question and Discussion Period

11:40 - 12:00        Short Paper #1: James Cook
Highly Active Cu-Catalyst: Easy Access to Stereo- and Regiospecific Vinyl Ethers, Vinyl Sulfides and Vinyl Amines which are Potent Antimicrobial Agents, Active Against Gram-Positive Bacteria and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

12:00 - 12:05        Question and Discussion Period

12:05 - 12:25        Short Paper #2: Andrew Morris
        Approaches to Azarotenoids

12:25 - 12:30        Question and Discussion Period

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon         Chairperson: Dr. Julie-Ann Grant

2:00 - 3:00        Plenary Lecture #4: Sean Brady
Culture Independent Approaches for the Discovery of New Bacterial Metabolites

3:00 - 3:10        Question and Discussion Period

3:10 - 3:25        Coffee Break

3:25 - 4:25        Plenary Lecture #3: Wendy Kelly
Thiostrepton Biosynthesis: An Impressive Collection of Posttranslational Modifications

4:25 - 4:35        Question and Discussion Period

4:35 - 4:55        Short Paper #3: Rupika Delgoda
Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Cytochrome P450 1A1 Inhibitors

4:55 - 5:00        Question and Discussion Period

5:00 - 5:20        Short Paper #4: Lawrence Williams
Dibenzyl Trisulfide (DTS), an Immunomodulatory Polysulfide with Anticancer Activity and Agrochemical Activities of its Transformed Derivative, Methyl Benzyl Sulfonic Anhydride

5:20 - 5:25        Question and Discussion Period

7:30        Reception and Concert
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5

Morning
        
Chairperson: Dr. Norman Townsend

9:00 - 10:00        Plenary Lecture #8: Ryuichi Sakai
Chemical and Biological Investigation for Marine Sponge Toxins

10:00 - 10:10        Question and Discussion Period

10:10 - 10:25        Coffee Break

10:25 - 11:25        Plenary Lecture #5: Hiroki Oguri
Expeditious Access and Structural Diversification of Natural Product Analogs Inspired by Triostins, Saframycins, Artemisinins and Indole Alkaloids

11:25 - 11:35        Question and Discussion Period

11:35 - 11:55        Short Paper #5: Andrew Lamm
The Importance of the Characterization of Nocardia iowensis: An Organism Rich in Biocatalytically Important Enzymes and Nitric Oxide Synthase

11:55 - 12:00        Question and Discussion Period

12:00 - 2:00        Lunch Break
Afternoon        Chairman: Dr. Chadwick Anderson

2:00 - 3:00        Plenary Lecture #6: William Reynolds
From the Frozen Wilds of Northern Manitoba to the Archaeological Ruins of Mexico: A 50 Year Odyssey

3:00 - 3:10        Question and Discussion Period

3:10 - 3:25        Coffee Break

3:25 - 3:45        Short Paper #6: Patrice Peart The Biotransformation of 3â,17â-Dihydroxyandrost-5-ene using Free and Immobilized Fungi

3:45 - 3:50        Question and Discussion Period

3:50 - 4:10        Short Paper #7: Duanne Biggs
 Insecticidal, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Abietane Diterpenoids from Hyptis verticillata

4:10 - 4:15        Question and Discussion Period

4:15 - 4:20        Presentation

4:20 - 6:30        Poster Session
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7

Morning
        Chairman: Prof. James Cook

9:00 - 10:00        Plenary Lecture #7: Ben Shen
Inspiration for Novel Chemistry and Drug Discovery

10:00 - 10:10        Question and Discussion Period

10:10 - 10:30        Short Paper #8: Christina Geiger
Synthesis and Gelation Studies of a Biphenyl-Cholesterol Organogelator. Study of Aggregation Modes Change by Thermal Control of the Sol-Gel Phase Transition Based on Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy.

10:30 - 10:35        Question and Discussion Period

10:35 - 10:50        Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:50        Plenary Lecture #9: Uwe Beifuss
Laccase and other Copper-Catalyzed Reactions for the Synthesis of Natural Products and Other Heterocycles

11:50 - 12:00        Question and Discussion Period

12:00 - 12:20        Short Paper #9: Denton Fearon
Secondary Metabolites from Marine-Derived Fungi

12:20 - 12:25        Question and Discussion Period

12:25 - 2:00        Lunch Break
Afternoon
        Chairman: Dr. Anderson Maxwell

2:00- 3:00        Plenary Lecture #2: Coran Watanabe
Got Milk Blindness? Betalactoglobulin, Cycloretinal and their Link to Age Related Macular Degeneration

3:00 - 3:10        Question and Discussion Period

3:10 - 3:25        Coffee Break

3:25 - 3:45        Short Paper #10: Oscene Barrett

Approaches to the Synthesis of Benzobisthiazoles and their Derivatives

3:45 - 3:55        Question and Discussion Period

3:55 - 4:15        Short Paper #11: R. Alan Aitken
New Gas-Phase Cascade Reactions Leading to Ring-Fused Carbazoles including Eustifoline D and to Quinolines

4:15 - 4:20        Question and Discussion Period

4:20 - 4:40        Closing Ceremony

7:30        Conference Dinner
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