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Raci Natural Products Chemistry Group RACI NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY GROUP - ANNUAL ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, GROUND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOMS, BUILDING 30, CAMPBELLTOWN CAMPUS UWS FRIDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2015 The RACI Natural Products Chemistry Group One-Day Symposium is an annual event that brings together researchers from all the sub-disciplines involved in the chemistry of natural products, including marine, microbial and terrestrial natural product isolation and characterization, biosynthesis, total synthesis, as well as pharmacology and pharmacognosy. This year the Natural Products chapter of RACI will be hosted by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine on Friday, 2 October at the Campbelltown Campus of the Western Sydney University. INVITED SPEAKERS (full bios over page) • A/Prof Jonathan Morris - Taking the lead from Natural Products – using organic synthesis to investigate biological problems • Prof Peter Karuso - Natural Products as leads in the development of novel fluorophores and biomimetic reactions leading to natural products and unnatural analogs • Prof Richard Payne - Synthesis of Natural Products - large and small - as Therapeutic Leads • Prof Stephen Pyne - Recent Phytochemical and Biological studies on Traditional Medicinal Plants To register: Please complete the Registration Form and return to RACI. Price: $85 non-member, $80 member and $50 student. Drinks and canapés to be provided after the event and are included in the registration fee. *As is our custom, students giving an oral presentation will have their registration fee waived. For further enquiries: Please email [email protected] with the subject line “RACI Symposium” or phone our conference coordinator, Natalie McCarthy: 02 4620 3705. ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS • Rydges Campbelltown: This contemporary 4.5-star accommodation is located not far from the train station, and is approximately a 20 minute walk from the venue. Priority booking can be arranged at www.priorityguestrewards.com.au • WSU Village: These self-contained single rooms or apartments are located on campus and can be booked by calling (02) 4624 0800 or visit: http://www.wsuvillage.com.au/campbelltown/the- village/short-stays.html • Other local accommodation can be found by searching the Campbelltown, Narellan, Macarthur region. Building 5 Campbelltown Campus T (02) 4620 3284 F (02) 4620 3291 www.nicm.edu.au Locked Bag 1797, PENRITH NSW 2751 Page 2 of 2 INVITED SPEAKERS Assoc Prof Jonathan Morris is based in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Australia. Prior to his appointment in 2009, he held academic positions at the University of Canterbury (NZ) and the University of Adelaide. Prof Morris completed his PhD at the Australian National University under the supervision of Prof Lew Mander and did postdoctoral studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the development of strategies for the synthesis of biologically active natural products, with a particular focus on using chemistry to answer biological problems. His work on chemical inhibitors of the kinases that control alternative splicing has led to the formation of Exonate Ltd. Prof Peter Karuso completed his BSc and PhD in the Department of Organic Chemistry at Sydney University in natural products chemistry (Total synthesis of the aportphine alkaloid eupolauramine; W.C. Taylor). Prof Karuso postdoced with Dame Patricia Bergquist (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Paul Scheuer (University of Hawaii), and A. I. Scott (Texas A&M) before being awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the Technische Universität München (Horst Kessler) then returning to Sydney as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology at Macquarie University. He is currently the Professor of Chemistry at Macquarie University. Prof Richard Payne received his BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2002. In 2003 he was awarded a Gates Scholarship to undertake his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with a PhD in 2006. After 18 months as a Lindemann Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla) he began his independent career (in January 2008) at the University of Sydney where he is currently Professor of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Professor Payne’s research focusses on utilising the power of synthetic organic chemistry to interrogate biological systems and address problems of medical significance. He has made significant breakthroughs in the development of new methodologies for the assembly of peptides and proteins bearing complex post- translational modifications, including vaccine and therapeutic candidates and in the use of natural products as leads for anti-infective drug discovery. As a result of his research endeavours, he has been the recipient of several prestigious national awards including the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Biota Medal in Medicinal Chemistry (2008), the Rennie Memorial Medal (2012), the Athel Beckwith Lectureship (2013), the Tregear Award for Peptide Science (2013) and the Le Févre Memorial Prize from the Australian Academy of Science (2014). Prof Stephen Pyne received his PhD in 1979 from the Australian University under the supervision of Prof. Lew Mander, working on the chemical synthesis of the plant growth hormone, gibberellic acid. After postdoctoral research fellowships at Purdue University (with P. Fuchs) and Harvard (with E.J. Corey) he started his first academic appointment as a lecturer at the University of Wollongong in 1985. In 1998 he was appointed to Professor of Chemistry. Prof Pyne was the Young Researcher of the Year for 1992 (offered by the Australian Research Council and the von Humboldt Foundation), a Rhone Poulenc Fellow (1994), an ARC Senior Fellow (1994-1998) and won the A.J. Birch Medal for excellence in Organic Chemistry Research, from the Organic Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 2012. His main areas of research include, natural product synthesis (especially alkaloids), phytochemistry (including plants from SE Asia), the discovery of new methods for the synthesis of heterocycles, fullerene chemistry and antibacterial drug discovery. Building 5, Campbelltown Campus T (02) 4620 3705 F (02) 4620 3291 www.nicm.edu.au Locked Bag 1797, PENRITH NSW 2751 .
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