Princess Chulabhorn Distinguished Lecture Series (PCDL)

“Innovative Scientific Paradigms in Cancer Chemotherapy”
13 December 2005
Chulabhorn Convention Center, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok

This Distinguished Lecture Program was organized to mark the auspicious occasion of Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn’s 48^th birthday anniversary. The theme, Innovative Scientific Paradigms in Cancer Chemotherapy, very much reflects Her Royal Highness’ special interest in cancer research, evident in the new venture to be added to the Chulabhorn Research Institute’s varied activities: the creation of a cancer center that will make available to Thai patients the most up to date cancer treatment.

In her opening address on this landmark occasion, Her Royal highness expressed her appreciation of the kindness and generosity of the five most distinguished guest lecturers for accepting the invitation to share with the invited audience the knowledge and excitement which is an essential part of being at the forefront of scientific and medical research developments. Over 500 invited guests and participants’ attended this year’s event.

The five eminent scientists who delivered the lectures are all at the forefront of the most recent developments in cancer research. This years’ distinguished lecturers were:

• Professor Phillip A. Sharp (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1993), Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.: “The Biology and Therapeutic Potential of Short RNAs”
• Professor Ryoji Noyori (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2001), RIKEN and Department of Chemistry, Nagoya University, Japan: “Pursuing Practical Elegance in Chemical Synthesis”
• Professor John M. Essigmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.: “Design of Anticancer Agents that Intentionally Disrupt Multiple Biochemical Pathways”
• Professor Ram Sasisekharan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.: “Understanding and Exploiting the Roles of Glycans in Cancer”
• Professor Neal Rosen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, U.S.A.: “Mechanism-Based Cancer Therapy: The Promise and the Challenge”

In her closing remarks, Her Royal Highness Thanked the lecturers for their outstanding contributions, stating that the presentations of new research and developments in the area of cancer therapy would be a source of inspiration to all who work in the areas of cancer research and treatment in Thailand.