THE MONA SYMPOSIUM (2014)
Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry
Mona, Jamaica
25th Meeting
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
DAILY SCHEDULE 6th- 9th January
Monday Morning, 6th January
8:30 - 9:30 Completion of Registration
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Ceremony and Announcements
Chairperson: Andrew Lamm
University of Technology, Hope, Kingston, Jamaica
10:30 - 11:30 Plenary Lecture #1: Reinhard Neier
From Porphobilinogen Synthase to Photodynamic Therapy:
A Challenge for Synthetic Chemists and Biochemists.
11:30 - 11:40 Question and Discussion Period
11:40 - 12:00 Short Paper #1: Roger Laine
Sialinas as a Therapeutic Target for Solid Tumors.
12:00 - 12:05 Question and Discussion Period
12:05 - 12:25 Short Paper #2: Alexa Redway
A Novel Route to the Synthesis of Azacoumarins
12:25 - 12:30 Question and Discussion Period
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break
Monday Afternoon
Chairperson: Chadwick Anderson
The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
2:00 - 3:00 Plenary Lecture #2: James Cook
Synthesis of Natural Products and Related Heterocyclic Compounds.
Search for Agents to Treat Neuropathic Pain, Epilepsy and Anxiety
Disorders as well as Simple Molecules to Treat TB and MRSA Infections.
3:00 - 3:10 Question and Discussion Period
3:10 - 3:25 Coffee Break
3:25 - 4:25 Plenary Lecture #3: Minoru Ueda
Chemical Biology of Plant and Animal Hormones:
“Glycosylation Switching”.
4:25 - 4:35 Question and Discussion Period
4:35 - 4:55 Short Paper #3: Stacy-Ann Parker
Polycyclic Polyisoprenylated Acyl Phloroglucinol Derivatives
from Clusiaceae Species of Jamaica.
4:55 - 5:00 Question and Discussion Period
5:00 - 5:20 Short Paper #4: Geneive Henry
Spirocyclic Acylphloroglucinol Derivatives from
Hypericum pyramidatum.
5:20 - 5:25 Question and Discussion Period
7:30 Reception
Tuesday Morning, 7th January
Chairperson: Peter Ruddock
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Lecture #4: Graham Jones
Natural Products Inspired Chemical Probes, Imaging Agents
and Chemotherapeutics.
10:00 - 10:10 Question and Discussion Period
10:10 - 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 - 11:25 Plenary Lecture #5: Douglas Hansen
Type I Polyketide Synthases: From Early Investigation to
Biocatalytic Development and Structural Examination.
11:25 - 11:35 Question and Discussion Period
11:35 - 11:55 Short Paper #5: Sharna-Kay Daley
Approaches towards the Efficient Synthesis of Balsaminone A.
11:55 - 12:00 Question and Discussion Period
12:00 - 2:00 Conference Photo and Lunch Break
Tuesday Afternoon
Chairperson: Keith Pascoe
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
2:00 - 3:00 Plenary Lecture #6: Toshiaki Sunazuka
Isolation and Total Synthesis of Novel Polycyclic Biologically Active
Indole Alkaloids.
3:00 - 3:10 Question and Discussion Period
3:10 - 3:25 Coffee Break
3:25 - 3:45 Short Paper #6: Ross Wilkie
Total Synthesis of (±)-Dehalo-perophoramidine.
3:45 - 3:50 Question and Discussion Period
3:50 - 4:10 Short Paper #7: Ainka Brown
The Use of a Thioxotriazinone En Route to a Conformationally Restricted
Analogue of the Plant Metabolite (E)-Caracasanamide.
4:10 - 4:15 Question and Discussion Period
4:15 - 6:00 Poster Session
Thursday Morning, 9th January
Chairperson: Anderson Maxwell
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Lecture #7: Geoffrey A. Cordell
The Paradox of Alkaloids.
10:00 - 10:10 Question and Discussion Period
10:10 - 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 - 11:25 Short Paper #8: Astor Tate
Generation of Novel Analogues of the Tetracyclic Diterpene Stemodin.
11:25 - 11:30 Question and Discussion Period
11:30 - 11:50 Short Paper #9: Fabian Banton
Secondary Metabolites from the Aerial Parts of Bursera lunanii.
11:50 - 11:55 Question and Discussion Period
11:55 - 12:15 Short Paper #10: Niconor Reece
Investigation of Biofuels for the Transportation Sector in Jamaica.
12:15 - 12:20 Question and Discussion Period
12:20 - 2:00 Lunch Break
Thursday Afternoon
Chairperson: Rupika Delgoda
The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
2:00 - 3:00 Plenary Lecture #8: Geoffrey A. Cordell
Chemistry and the Globalization of Traditional Medicines.
3:00 - 3:10 Question and Discussion Period
3:10 - 3:25 Coffee Break
3:25 - 3:45 Short Paper #11: David Picking
The Contemporary Use of Medicinal Plants in Jamaica and
In-vitro Assessment of Potential Herb-Drug Interactions and
Chemopreventive Properties of Select Plants.
3:45 - 3:50 Question and Discussion Period
3:50 - 4:10 Short Paper #12: Theresa Campbell
Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Extracts of the Jamaican Red Raspberry (Rubus rosifolius).
4:10 - 4:15 Question and Discussion Period
4:15 - 4:35 Closing Ceremony
7:30 Conference Dinner