====== 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  ^
|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  |	
^  Year 2009  ^  Date  ^
|Biomimetic Syntheses of Biologically Significant Natural Products \\  //**Prof. Dr. Wei-Dong Z. Li**, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry,Nankai University, China//|  18 Nov  |
|Cancer Neovascular Therapy \\  //**Prof. Naoto Oku**, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science,Shizuoka University, Japan//|  17 Nov  |
|Radical Cyclizations of a-Iodoketones: Application to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products\\  //**Prof. Chin-Kang Sha**, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China//|  20 Oct  |
|Search for New Anti-angiogenic and -lymphagiogenic Compounds from Natural Resources\\  //**Assoc.Prof. Tomofumi Miyamoto**, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan// |  19 Oct  | 
|Catalytic Multicomponent Reactions: Controlled Access to Molecular Complexity and Diversity \\  //**Prof. Ronald Grigg**, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, U.K.//|  21 Jul  | 
|Designed  Nitroxides  for  the  Development  of  Sensors and Tailored  Materials\\  //**Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Braslau**, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, U.S.A.//|  9 Jun  | 
|Using Synthetic Chemistry to Elucidate Fundamental Mechanisms of Malaria Infection and Create an Anti-Malaria Vaccine \\ //**Prof. Peter H. Seeberger**, Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Chemistry, Free University, Germany // |  7 May  |
|Process Chemistry at the Academic Industry Interface \\ //**Prof. Jay S. Siegel**, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland // |  7 Apr  |
|Generation of a set of simple, interpretable ADMET rules of thumb **Dr. Matthew Paul Gleeson**, Glaxo Smith Kline, United Kingdom \\ |  11 Mar  |
|Gold-Catalyzed Steroselective Annulation of Carba-and Heterocyclic Compounds: Developments and Applications \\ //**Prof. Dr. Seunghoon Shin**, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Korea // |  23 Feb  |
| An Overview of the Pharmaceutical Industry   I and II \\ //**Prof. Tim Gallagher**, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Head, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, United Kingdom // |  23 Feb  |  
| Bioorganic Chemistry of Carcinogenesis Chemotherapy and Chemoprevention \\ //**Prof. Shana Sturla**, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Universitry of Minnesota, USA.// |  17 Feb  |
| Asymmetric Ir-catalysed Hydrogenations: New Ligands, New Substrates \\ //**Prof. Pher Anderson**, Department of Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden // |  11 Feb  |
| Supramolecular structure and nanoassemblies of conjugated macrocycles \\ //**Prof. Masahiko Iyoda**, Dapartment of Chemistry, Gracuate school of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan // |  2 Feb  |
^  Year 2008  ^  Date  ^
| Modified Nucleic Acid Systems for Biomedical Applications \\ //**Prof. Byeang Hyean Kim**, Department of Chemistry, BK School of Molecular Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea // |  22 Dec  |
| Asymmetric Allylic Substitution and Aryne Chemistry in Natural Product Syntheis \\ //**Dr. Darunee Soorukram**, Department of Chemnistry Imperial College, The United Kingdom // |  26 Nov  |
| Strategies in the Development and Chemical Modification of the New Artemisinin Antimalarial Artemisone \\ //**Prof. Richard K. Haynes**, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (click to see Abstract) // |  4 Aug  |
| Marine Biodiversity and Bioprospecting: Chemistry Underwater \\ //**Prof. Mary J. Garson**, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia// |  31 Jul  |
| Rheology of Self-assemble Surfactant Micelles and Study on Drug Delivery \\ //**Dr. Wanwipa Siriwatwechakul**, School of Bio-Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat Univerisity (click to see Abstract)// |  30 Jul  |
| "Cyclic Sulfamidates as Vehicles for Heterocyclic Synthesis" and "Natural Product as Leads for Nicotinic Agonists" \\ //**Prof. Timothy C. Gallagher**, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, The United Kingdom// |  18 Jul  |
| Organic Synthesis and methodology Inspired by Natural Products: Fragmentation reactions \\ //**Assoc.Prof. Gregory B. Dudley**, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University, U.S.A.// |  16 Jul  |
| Excursions into Total Synthesis \\ //**Dr. Roderick Bates**, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore// |  3 Jul  |
| The Use of NMR and MS in Metabolic Profiling and Fingerprinting \\ //**Dr. Manfred Spraul**, Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Germany \\  **Dr. Kurt Schenker**, Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Germany \\ **Mr. Peter Sprenger**, Bruker BioSpin AG, Thailand// |  26 May  |
| How we can work on the molecular signals in insect eggs? A case study on silkworm diapause \\ //**Prof. Minoru  Isobe**, Nagoya University, Japan// |  24 Mar  |
| Fine molecular transformation of amino acids and sugars \\ //**Mr. Takeo Kawabata**, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan (click to see Abstract)// |  26-27 Feb  |
^  Year 2007  ^  Date  ^
| A highly selective, organocatalytic route to chiral 1,2-oxazines and pyridazines and their application to natural product synthesis \\ //**Ms. Sirirat Kumarn**, The University of Cambridge, The United Kingdom (click to see Abstract)// |  18 Dec  |
| Synthetic Mimics of Small Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors \\ //**Dr. Siwarutt  Boonyarattanakalin**, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Switzerland// |  9 Oct  |
| Synthesis of N-subsituted Isoindolinones via a Palladium-catalysed Three Component Carbonylation-amination-Michael addition Cascade \\ //**Dr. Tossapol Khamnaen**, University of Leeds, United Kingdom// |  9 Oct  |
| Studies on the daunorubicin-doxorubicin type II polyketide synthase \\ //**Dr. Pakorn Wantanaamorn**, Bristol University, United Kingdom// |  25 Sep  |
| Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Glycinoeclepin A \\ //**Dr. Charnsak  Thongsornkleeb**, York College, The City University of New York, U.S.A// |  17 Sep  |
| Workshop on Contemporary Approaches for the Screening of Bioactive Natural Products \\ //**Prof. Kurt Hostettmann and Dr. Andrew Marston**, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland// |  27-28 Aug  |
| Cyclopropanes as Chemical Chameleons \\ //**Prof. Leiv Sydnes**, Past President of IUPAC, University of Bergen, Norway// |  28 Mar  |
| Action Mechanism and Active Ingredients of Kampo (Japanese herbal) Medicines \\ //**Prof. Haruki Yamada**, Director & Dean, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences & Graduate School of Infection Control Science, Kitasato University, Japan// |  27 Feb  |
| Study of the Chemistry Tröger’s Base Cyclopentadienones, and 2,1-Benzothiazines \\ //**Dr. Kanok-on Rayanil**, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University// |  16 Feb  |
| Special Conference on **"Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry in China"** (click to see information) |  23 Jan  |
^  Year 2006  ^  Date  ^
| Using Protein Engineering and Chemical Synthesis to Understand the Biophysics of Beta-sheet Proteins and Peptides \\ //**Dr. Songpon Deechongkit**, Amgen Incorporation, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA// |  26 Dec  |
| Extraction and Reaction of Natural Materials with Sub- and Super-critical Fluids \\ //**Asst.Prof. Dr. Artiwan Shotipruk**, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University// |  22 Dec  |
| Characterization of the Indirect Pathway for Asn-tRNA(Asn) Biosynthesis Used by the Human Pathogen Helicobacter pylori \\ //**Dr. Pitak Chuawong**, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University// |  8 Dec  |
| Advances in Transition Metal Lewis Acid–Mediated and Catalyzed Reactions \\ //**Prof. E. Peter Kündig**, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland// |  18 Sep  |
| Heterocycle Synthesis Using Michael Addition \\ //**Dr. Roderick Bates**, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore// |  28 Jul  |
| The Role of Natural Products in Pest Control \\ //**Dr. Istva’n Ujva’ry**, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary// |  26 Jul  |
| Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formations Mediated by Transition Metal Catalysts: Applications to the Synthesis of Natural Products and Drug Discovery \\ //**Dr. Philip Chan**, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore// |  23 May  |
| Hydrogenation of Largely Unfunctionalized Dienes and Alkenes as a Route To Chirons in Natural Product Syntheses \\ //**Prof. Kevin Burgess**, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, USA// |  17 May  |
| Current Trends in Natural Products Research \\ //**Prof. Leslie Gunatilaka**, Director, SW Center for Natural Products Research & Commercialization, the University of Arizona, USA// |  24 Mar  |
| Chemical Synthesis of Glycodendronized Chitosan \\ //**Prof. Rene Roy**, Department of Chemistry, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada// |  6 Mar  |
| Megastigmanes - An Interesting Group of Natural Products \\ //**Professor Hideaki Otsuka**, Programs for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan// |  14 Feb  |
| From Plant Extract to Innovative Medicine \\ //**Prof. Robert Gurny**, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Geneva, Switzerland// |  26 Jan  |
| The Potential of Plants as Source of New Drugs \\ //**Prof. Kurt Hostettmann**, Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Phytochimie, Ecole de Pharmacie Genve-Lausanne, Universit de Genve, Switzerland// |  26 Jan  |

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Update: 28 June 2013