ACS/RSC/IUPAC Meeting in Cambridge, MA
March 30th, 2007
Outstanding Program, Sell Out Crowds
                    Advances In Chemical Sciences Symposium
                                            sponsored by
                            NESACS, IUPAC and RSC-US

8:15-9:00       Registration

9:00-9:10       Welcome
                    Mukund Chorghade, Chair NESACS
                    Les McQuire, RSC-US

9:10-10:10     Mark Murcko, Vertex
                    “Integrating Structure & Computation into Drug Discovery”
                    Introduced by Gabriel Martinez-Botella

10:10-11:10   Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University
                    “General Yet Selective Asymmetric Catalysts”
                    Introduced by Scott Cowen

11:10-12:10   Tomi Sawyer, Pfizer
                    “Exploring Chemical Space in Protein Kinase Inhibitor        
                    Drug Discovery”
                    Introduced by Michael Pollastri

12:10-1:30     Lunch Break

1:30-2:30       Steve Ley, Cambridge University
                    “The Changing Face of Organic Synthesis”
                    Introduced by Ralph Scannell

2:30-3:30        William Greenlee, Schering Plough
                    “Discovery of Orally-Bioavailable Non-Peptide Thrombin     
                    Receptor Antagonists for the Prevention of Thrombosis”
                    Introduced by David Calderwood

3:30-4:00                Break

4:00-5:00       Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
                    “Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for the Synthesis of Complex
                    Molecules”
                    Introduced by John Amedio

                            Closing Comments - John McKew

5:00-6:30       Vendor Exhibition and Networking Reception
Overview of the ACS/RSC/IUPAC Symposium

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The Organizing Committee

John Amedio
David Calderwood
Mukund Chorghade
Scott Cowen
Gabriel Martinez-Botella
John McKew
Les McQuire
Michael Pollastri
Ralph Scannell

The Organizing Committee thanks the sponsors and exhibitors for their generous
support.  Without their contributions this meeting would not have been possible.

Industrial Sponsors

Abbott
AstraZeneca
Millennium
Novartis
Pfizer
Vertex
Wyeth
Ziopharma


Exhibitors
ACD Labs
Biotage
CEM
ChemGlass
Chemizon
Distek
Fisher Scientific
Genevac
Milestone
Oakwood
Organix
Prime Organics
Safety Partners
SiliCycle
Strem Chemicals
Syrris
Teledyne Isco
UCT