5-10 September 2010
Hotel Villa del Mare, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy
Chaired by:
- Jef K. De Brabander - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Biochemistry and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, US
- Dieter Schinzer - University of Magdeburg, DE
Organising Committee:
- Trond Vidar Hansen, University of Oslo, NO
- Mathias Christmann, Dortmund University of Technology, DE
Programme |
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The unique architectures and biological activities associated with many of nature’s small molecules are pushing the frontiers in diverse areas inspired by natural products, hence the focus of this ESF-COST High-Level Research Conference.
This year’s outstanding group of speakers will address the latest developments related to the isolation of biologically active natural products, their role in the area of chemical biology and drug development, as well as the inspiration that they provide for the advancement of synthetic chemistry. Leaders in the field of novel methodology and reaction development will discuss progress in asymmetric catalysis, organocatalysis, C-H bond functionalisation, cascade reactions and applications in the context of natural product total synthesis and medicinally relevant small molecules. Other speakers will emphasise new aspects of isolation, total synthesis, chemical biology, and medicinal chemistry of biologically active natural products.
Afternoon poster sessions will be an integral part of the conference, providing an ideal forum for unpublished work and exchange of ideas in an informal setting - a format which has been highly successful in the past years. All conferees are encouraged to submit abstracts; a number of papers will be selected for a short talk presentation.
Full conference programme is available here.
List of Invited Speakers and Accepted Participants
List of Accepted Posters: PDF (118 KB) Last updated 2-September-2010
List of Accepted Short Talks: PDF (81.6 KB) Last updated 2-September-2010
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How to Participate |
For accepted participants and invited speakers only
All participants - including speakers, chairs & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for Early Bird Registration & fee payment: 25 July 2010
Final closing date for ALL registration & fee payment: 8 August 2010
Fees & Grants |
Conference fees cover an all inclusive package which includes all basic expenses that occur during the event. For more details, click here.
| Name | Description | To Pay |
| Grantee | Conference fee will be covered by ESF and its partners | 0 € |
| Assisted | Conference Fee will be partially covered by ESF and its partners | 380 € |
| Early Bird | Registration and payment no later than 25 July 2010 | 730 € |
| Normal | Registration and payment between 26 July and 8 August 2010 | 800 € |
| Non-Residential | Conference participation without accommodation | 550 € |
Grants are available for students and early stage researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grants are distributed based on financial need and scientific merit. Grantees must attend the entire conference in order to benefit from the grant. Grant requests should be made by ticking appropriate field(s) in the paragraph "Grant application" of the application form.
7 EUR of this fee is used to make this conference more ecologically sustainable. This amount will allow us to offset almost 100% of the CO2 emissions created by this conference and are part of our efforts to make ESF Research Conferences greener. For more information, please click here.
Practical Information |
Group transportation will be organised on the first and last day of the conference between Sapri train station and Hotel Villa del Mare. For information on group transportation, accommodation and other practical details, please click here.
Hotel Villa del Mare in Acquafredda di Maratea (near Naples), Italy
Acquafredda di Maratea is situated on the coast, on the Gulf of Policastro, between Sapri and Maratea, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Naples and about 400 km (250 miles) south of Rome. For further information, click here.
Sponsors & Exhibitors |
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
