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Short-term Training Program
Chemical Science Program
This is a program in which particular emphasis is placed on organic chemistry including organic synthesis, natural products and some aspects of medicinal chemistry. Leading international experts have been invited to our special seminars and training courses to provide updates on recent advances in the above mentioned disciplines. The program has brought together chemists from national universities and governmental agencies to benefit from the activities organized.
Year 2013 | Date |
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The Enzymatic Mechanisms of Oxalate Decarboxylase Studied by EPR Spectroscopy Prof. Dr. Alexander Angerhofer, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA | 31 May |
Sustainable Catalysis – From Concepts to Application Prof. Dr. Magnus Rueping, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany | 8 May |
Greener Catalytic Cross-Coupling from C-H Bonds: New Trends from Palladium to Ruthenium Catalysts Prof. Dr. Pierre Dixneuf, Laboratory of Organometallic Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Rennes, France | 2 May |
Sialyltransferase Inhibitors Suppress Cancer Metastasis in Vitro and in Vivo Prof. Wen-Shan Li, Laboratory of Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan | 4 Mar |
Discovery of AZADOs : The Highly Active Organocatalysts for Alcohol Oxidation Prof. Yoshiharu Iwabuchi, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan | 4 Mar |
Colloidal Nano Gold as a Unique quasi-Homogeneous Catalyst Prof. Hidehiro Sakurai, Research Center for Molecular Scale Nanoscience, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan | 20 Feb |
Molecular Transformation for Synthesis of Azaheterocycles Powered by Single-Electron-Transfer Processes Assoc.Prof. Shunsuke Chiba, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | 20 Feb |
Year 2012 | Date |
Curcumin and cancer metastasis Prof. Ikuo Saiki, School of Chemistry, University of Toyama, Japan | 17 Dec |
Regulation of Ser/Thr phosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinases Prof. Hiroaki Sakurai, School of Chemistry, University of Toyama, Japan | 17 Dec |
“Rule of Three” and Making Lead-like Scaffolds Prof. Tim Gallagher, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK | 22 Oct |
Synthesis of Indoles and Indole Alkaloids & Targeting Mitochondria Prof.Dr. Peter Wipf, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, USA | 10 May |
Cyclic Enaminones – Methodology Development, Total Synthesis, and Library Construction Dr. Hajime Seki, Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development, University of Minnesota, USA | 5 Apr |
Training Workshop on “Organocatalysts” Prof. Albrecht Berkessel, Institute für Organische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Germany | 20-21 Mar |
Quality Control of Herbal Drugs and Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPs) in Europe Prof. Adelheid H. Brantner, Department of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Austria | 24 Feb |
Asymmetric Formation of Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters Prof. Sung Ho Kang, Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea | 20 Feb |
Exploring New Synthetic Strategies in Aymmetric Synthesis: From Chiral Sulfur and Olefin Chemistry to Chiral Sulfur-Olefin Chemistry Prof. Ming-Hau Xu, Shanghai Institue of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, P.R.China | 8 Feb |
Natural Products and Chemistry on some Contributions of Organic Synthesis to Natural Products Development Dr. Georges Massiot, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNCRS)-Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France | 2 Feb |
Year 2011 | Date |
Concise Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products Prof. Yangxing Jia, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking university, P.R.China | 19 Dec |
Chiral Bronsted Base Catalyzed Enantioselective Reactions Prof. Choon-Hong Tan, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore | 5 Oct |
Fluorescent Probes for Multiplexed Intracellular Imaging Prof. Kevin Burgess, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, USA | 12 Sep |
Recent Advance on Chemistry of Antitumor Isoquinoline Marine Natural Products: Total Synthesis of Renieramycin G and Cribrostatin 4 Prof. Naoki Saito, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan | 1 Sep |
A quick look at hydroformylation Assoc.Prof. Roderick Wayland Bates, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | 4 Jul |
Biosynthesis of aminoglycoside antibiotics and macrocyclic polyketides-Charaterization of biosynthetic enzymes Assoc.Prof. Fumitaka Kudo, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | 7 Mar |
Developing New Gold-catalyzed Reactions: A Flexibility-driven Approach Prof. Young Ho Rhee, Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea | 21 Feb |
Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Promoted by Camphor Derived Chiral Ligands Prof. Biing-Jiun Uang, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan | 15 Feb |
Activation of hydrosilanes by ruthenium catalysts leading to new and efficient synthetic procedures for organic molecules and polymers Prof. Hideo Nagashima, Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan | 4 Feb |
New Synthetic Strategy for Nitrogen Heterocycles and Its Application to Total Synthesis of Structurally Complex Alkaloids Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan | 24 Jan |
Heterocycles from Conjugated Acetylenic Ketones Prof. Dr. Leiv K. Sydnes, Department of Chemistry , University of Bergen, Norway | 17 Jan |
Synthetic and Biosynthetic Studies on Polyketide Derived Natural Products Prof. Christine Willis, Director of the Chemistry Graduate Admissions, University of Bristol, UK | 14 Jan |
Cytisine-From Synthesis to Smoking Cessation Prof. Dr. Timothy C. Gallagher, Head of School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK | 14 Jan |
Year 2010 | Date |
New Drugs from Nature Prof. Kurt Hostettmann, Professeur Honoraire, aux Universit'e de Geneve, Lausanne, Switzerland | 8 Feb |
Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Cyclobutanes via Heteroconjugate Addition & Synthetic Studies toward Natural Products Assist. Prof. Masaatsu Adachi, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan | 25 Jan |
Total Synthesis of Bioactive Marine Natural Products Directed toward the Discovery of New Anticancer Drugs Prof. Takehiko Yoshimitsu, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan | 20 Jan |
Synthesis of C-manosyltryptophan, a novel C-glycosyl amino acid found in proteins Prof. Toshio Nishikawa, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan | 12 Jan |
Update: 28 June 2013