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Friday, May 11, 2007

8:30 - 6:00p.m.

Department of Chemistry

The University of Michigan

Room 1800, Dow Chemistry Building

For More Information,

Call (734)-622-5619

This Event is Free.

No Registration Required

Chemical Tools toSolve Biological Problems

Barbara Imperiali Harry KrotoCarolyn Bertozzi Steven Benner  Laura Kiessling

13thAnnual Contemporary

Challenges in Chemistry Symposium

Celebrating 150 Years of Chemistry

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Chemical Tools to Solve Biological Problems

Friday, May 11, 2007

Organizing Committee

Pfizer Global Research and Development

Dr. Paul Galatsis

Dr. Lorna Mitchell

Lisa Gilbert

The University of Michigan

Professor Neil Marsh

Professor Nils Walter

Patti Fitzpatrick 

Prior Symposium Topics

1995 Carbohydrate Chemistry

1996 Molecular Recognition in Drug Discovery

1997 Enantioselective Catalysis

1998 Research at the Chemistry-Biology Interface

1999 Molecular Diversity at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology

2000 Biology and Chemistry of Natural Products

2001 Organometallic Chemistry

2002 Biosynthetic Mechanisms

2003 Challenges in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

2004 Organic Chemistry: From Catalysis to the Clinic

2005 Frontiers in Chemical Biology

2006 Frontiers in Catalysis for Chemical Synthesis

Program

8:30 Coffee and Pastries in the Atrium

9:00  Welcome  Dr. Bruce Roth, Vice President Chemistry Department

Pfizer Global Research and Development

9:05 Opening Remarks

  Professor Carol Fierke, Chair Chemistry Department, University of Michigan

9:15 Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, Univ. of California, Berkley  Chemistry in Living Systems: Shedding Light on Glycans

Introduction by Kate Carroll

10:30 Break 

10:45 Professor Laura Kiessling, Univ. of Wisconsin  Illuminating Bacterial Cell Wall Biosynthesis Using Chemical Biology 

Introduction by Jason Gestwicki

12:00 Lunch (on your own)

1:30 Professor Barbara Imperiali, MIT  Chemical Tools for the Study of Complex Biological Systems

Introduction by Neil Marsh

2:45 Break 

3:00 Professor Steven Benner 

Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution  Redesigning Nucleic Acids, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology, and the

Personalization of Human Health Care

Introduction by James Coward

4:15 Concluding RemarksDr. Paul GalatsisPfizer Global Research and Development

4:20 Break 

4:45 Special Lecture  Sir Harold Kroto, Florida State University  Science, Society and Sustainability