2nd Advances In Chemical Sciences Symposium
April 11th, 2008, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA
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Advances In Chemical Sciences Symposium
Sponsored by
NESACS, IUPAC and RSC-US

Friday the 11th of April, 2008
9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
This 2nd Annual Symposia was held at:
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge, MA

Confirmed Speakers:

Magid Abou-Gharbia
Wyeth
“Contrasting Tactics in Lead Optimization”

Erik J. Sorensen
Princeton University
“Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Natural Product Synthesis”

Timothy F. Jamison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Epoxide-Opening Cascades”

Mathew Shair
Harvard University
“Synthesis Studies of the Lomaiviticins Leading to Discovery of New Reactions”

Mark Goulet
Merck Research Laboratory
“Discovery of Taranabant:  A Novel Cannabinoid-1 Receptor Inverse Agonist for the Treatment of
Obesity”

John Piwinski
Schering Plough
“Meeting Challenges in the Discovery of New Pharmaceuticals”


The symposium was followed by a vendor exhibition and networking reception.
Extensive hors d’oeuvres were served.

Advance registration was required (click for registration form)
For additional details, please contact any of the Organizing Committee:

Mukund Chorghade                Les McQuire (Novartis)                John McKew (Wyeth)
Leslie.McQuire@Novartis.com

Scott Cowen (Astrazeneca)               Ralph Scannell                   John Amedio (Ziopharm)

Gurmit Grewal (Astrazeneca)    Gabriel Martinez-Botella (Vertex)    Kristin.Rosner (Schering-Plough)

Raj (SB) Rajur (CreaGen Biosciences)                Yanhong Li (Pfizer)
RRajur@CreagenBio.com                                       
The Organizing Committee

John Amedio
Mukund Chorghade
Scott Cowen
Gurmit Grewal
Bayard Huck
Gabriel Martinez-Botella
Yanhong Li
John McKew
Les McQuire
Raj Rajur
Kristin Rosner
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

EMDSerono

Abbott
AstraZeneca
Creagen Biosciences
Genzyme
Merck
Novartis
Schering Plough
Sirtris
Vertex
Wyeth
Ziopharma


Exhibitors
Aptuit
Biotage
Cambrex
Chemglass
Chiral Technologies, Inc.
Fisher Scientific
Gilson, Inc.
Johnson Matthey
Pharma Services
Lotus Separations, LLC
Organix, Inc.
Shimadzu
Strem
Syrris
Teledyne-Isco, Inc.
UCT, LLC
Yamazen Science