Programs

A program committee consisting of leaders from the industrial and academic communities has been assembled and a first-rate scientific program consisting of eight general symposia has been put together covering the following topics:

• Natural Products in Agriculture
• Biodiversity
  
• Metabolism and Metabalomics
  
• Drug Discovery- Problematic Diseases
• Issues and Botanicals
• Natural Product Ecological Roles and Tritrophic Interactions
  
• Bioassays and Targets
• Metabolic Engineering and Biotechnology

Norman R. Farnsworth Research Achievement Award lecture
A. Douglas Kinghorn - "The Relevance of Higher Plants in Lead Compound Discovery Programs"

Varro E. Tyler Award Lecture
Mark Blumenthal – “Herbal Medicine in North America: The Development of the Nonprofit Educational and Advocacy Programs of the American Botanical Council and how they were Influenced by Prof. Varro E. Tyler”

Matt Suffness Young Investigator Award Lecture
Eric Schmidt – “Supply and Genetic Modification of ‘Symbiotic’ Natural Products”

Confirmed Speakers

• Pam Marrone [bio], Marrone BioInnovations;  “The Potential of Natural Products in Agriculture”
• Sharon L. Doty [bio], University of Washington, “Endophytes for sustainable bioenergy crop production”
• Susan McCormick, USDA/ARS ; “Trichothecene Triangle – toxins, genes and plant-microbe interactions “

Symposia #2 -  Biodiversity,

• Jurgen Rohr [bio], University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy; “Generation of Biodiversity of Microbial Natural Products through Combinatorial Biosynthesis”

Symposia #3 - Drug Discovery – Problematic Diseases,

• Dennis Kyle [bio], University of South Florida, College of Public Health; Title forthcoming
• Gunda Georg [bio], University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center; “Natural Products as Promising Therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment”
• WITHDRAWN | Scott G. Franzblau [bio]; University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy Director, Institute for Tuberculosis Research; “Natural product-based drug discovery for tuberculosis“

Symposia #4 - Issues in Botanicals,

• Diane Birt [bio], Iowa State University, College of Human Sciences/Agriculture and Life Sciences; “Using diversity in Echinacea, Hypericum and Prunella to understand and enhance potential health benefits”
• De-an Guo [bio], Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences; “Recent Research Progress in Traditional Chinese Medicine”

Symposia #5 - Natural Products: Ecological Roles and Tritrophic Interactions,

• James Tumlinson [bio], Penn State, College of Agricultural Science, Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology, Director, Center for Chemical Ecology; “ “
• Juergen Gross [bio], Julius Kuhn Institute; ”Drugs for Bugs: The potential of infochemicals mediating insect-plant-microbe interactions for (phyto)medical purposes”

Symposia #6 - Bioassays and Targets,

• Susan Mooberry [bio], UT Health Science Center, Pharmacology; “Mitosis, the Great Divide:  The value of Cell-based Screens to Identify Tubulin-disrupting Antimitotics”
• Hendrik Luesch [bio], University of Florida, Chemistry; “Global and Targeted Approaches to Determine Bioactivities and Mechanisms of Action”

Symposia #7 - Metabolism and Metabolomics,

• Anne Osborne [bio], John Innis Center, UK; “Operon-like Gene Clusters for Adaptive Evolution in Plants”
• Eve Wurtele [bio], Iowa State University; "Searching the Ttranscriptomic and Metabolomic Space toDdecipher Metabolism and its Regulation: Focus on Complex Polyketides in Medicinal Plants"

Symposia #8 - Metabolic Engineering and Biotechnology,

• Wendy Kelly [bio], Georgia Tech University, Chemistry;  “Thiostrepton: a Model System for Thiopeptide Antibiotic Biosynthesis”
• Eric Schmidt [bio], University of Utah, Molecular Biology; “Supply and Genetic Modification of ‘Symbiotic’ Natural Products”

Short Courses

1. Development and Validation of Analytical Methods for Dietary Supplements

This one-day course is designed for those who perform, supervise, manage, audit, or oversee the validation of analytical methods for the quality control of Dietary Supplements. This includes, but is not limited to, students and professionals in Analytical Development, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance. The course will benefit any persons who find method validation and/or the evaluation of analytical methods among their responsibilities.

In this one-day workshop you will learn a systematic approach to method development and how to perform a single laboratory validation according to AOAC and ICH guidelines. The development of this course was funded by ODS at NIH and the certificate of completeness will be a valuable document to add to your training especially now that GMPs will be in full enforcement as of June 2010.

2. Automated Flash Chromatography for Purifying Natural Products