92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Hamilton, ON, May 30 - June 3, 2009

Intro

|    Program  |    Registration  |    Sponsors  |    Exhibition  |    Travel/Hotels  |    Committees  |    Events/Meetings  |    Career Fair  |   |   |  Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Division

Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Division 

Divisional Representative: Yingfu Li, McMaster University   

The Biological & Medicinal Chemistry Divsion gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Bio-Rad Laboratories,  GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., the School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University and VWR International.     

BM1/SS1 Biological Surfaces and Interfaces (joint with SS)                                                             

Organizer: Christopher Yip, University of Toronto

BM2/PT4 Biomolecular NMR (joint with PT)                                                                                  

Organizer: Giuseppe Melacini, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by Bruker Canada, Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc., the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids, New Era Enterprises, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Canada and Varian.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Michèle Auger, Université Laval

David Boehr, The Pennsylvania State University

Kalle Gehring, McGill University

Steffen Graether, University of Guelph

Mitsu Ikura, University of Toronto

Vladimir Ladizhansky, University of Guelph

Anthony Mittermaier, McGill University

Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, University of Michigan

Simon Sharpe, University of Toronto

Leo Spyracopoulos, University of Alberta

Peter Stathopulos, University of Toronto

BM3/AN1 Biosensors and Bioaffinity Probes (joint with AN)                                                            

Organizers: Ulrich Krull, University of Toronto and Maria DeRosa, Carleton University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Frank Bright, University at Buffalo

Mansel Griffiths, University of Guelph

Sergey Krylov, York University

Yingfu Li, McMaster University

Paul Piunno, Safeguard Biosystems Inc.

Michael Thompson, University of Toronto

BM4/OR2Carbohydrates and Glycobiology (joint with OR)                                                                    

Organizer: France-Isabelle Auzanneau, University of Guelph

This symposium is supported by the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, the College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, the College of Physical & Engineering Science, University of Guelph, the Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph and John Wiley and Sons Canada, Ltd.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Anthony Clarke, University of Guelph

Zhongwu Guo, Wayne State University

Susan Logan, Institute for Biological Sciences

Mario Monteiro, University of Guelph

Mark Nitz, University of Toronto

Tony Yan, Brock University

BM5 Enzymology                                                                                                                      

Organizer: Paul Berti, McMaster University

This symposium is supported by GlaxoSmithKline Inc.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Andrew Bennet, Simon Fraser University, Bernard Belleau Award Lecture

Eric Brown, McMaster University

David Jakeman, Dalhousie University

Renata Oballa, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research

David Perrin, University of British Columbia

John Richard, University at Buffalo

David Vocadlo, Simon Fraser University

BM6/OR4Microbial Chemical Biology (joint with OR)                                                                                  

Organizer: Gerry Wright, McMaster University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Christopher Boddy, University of Ottawa

Eric Brown, McMaster University

David Thomas, McGill University

BM7/OR6 Natural Products (joint with OR)                                                                                     

Organizer: Paul Harrison, McMaster University

Confirmed invited speakers:

Raymond Andersen, University of British Columbia, R. U. Lemieux Award Lecture

Soledade Pedras, University of Saskatchewan

Thomas Simpson, University of Bristol

John Sorensen, University of Manitoba

Robert White, Dalhousie University

John Vederas, University of Alberta

BM8/OR7 Nucleic Acids (joint with OR)                                                                                         

Organizers: Tony Yan, Brock University and Christopher Wilds, Concordia University

This symposium is supported by the Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Brock University,  John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd., Norgen Biotek Corp., RSC Publishing and TriLink BioTechnologies.

Confirmed invited speakers:

Masad Damha, McGill University

Maria DeRosa, Carleton University

Jean-Paul Desaulniers, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Zhen Huang, Georgia State University

Robert Hudson, The University of Western Ontario

Yingfu Li, McMaster University

Barry Linkletter, University of Prince Edward Island

Richard Manderville, University of Guelph

Muthiah Manoharan, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Jean-Pierre Perreault, Université de Sherbrooke

Dipankar Sen, Simon Fraser University

Peter Unrau, Simon Fraser University

BM9 Peptides and Peptidomimetics                                                                                                         

Organizer: Kamaljit Kaur, University of Alberta

Confirmed invited speakers:

Pu Chen, University of Waterloo

Kent Kirshenbaum, New York University

Les Miranda, Amgen Inc.

John Vederas, University of Alberta

Normand Voyer, Université Laval

BM10 General                                                                                                                

Organizer: Yingfu Li, McMaster University

92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition Hamilton, ON, Canada  info@csc2009.ca Organized by the Canadian Society for Chemistry 130 Slater Street, Suite 550, Ottawa, ON, Canada  K1P 6E2 T. 1-888-542-2242  F. 613-232-5862 www.chemistry.ca