The 1st International Conference on Drug Design & Discovery: Dubai, February 3 - 6, 2008






Section: FRONTIERS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Organizing Secretary: Patrice Talaga, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Discovery Technologies
Global Chemistry, R&D, Belgium



INVITED LECTURES

The Expanding Role of NMR in the Early Steps of Drug and Discovery
G. Bertho
Universite Paris Descartes, Equipe RMN et Modelisation, France

Triazine Derivatives as Protein a Mimetics for the Treatment of Autoimmune Disease
Boulos Zacharie
Director of Chemistry, ProMetic Biosciences Inc., Canada

The Use of SUR1/Kir6.2-selective Potassium Channel Openers in the Treatment of Endocrine Metabolic Disorders Associated with Hyperinsulinemia: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
Bernard Pirotte
Drug Research Center, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Liege, Belgium

Design, Application, and Chemical Biology of Tumor-Targeting Drug Conjugates
Iwao Ojima
Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

Interfering with Human Thymidylate Synthase Dimerization: A Strategy for Folate Pathway Down Regulation in Platinum Resistant Ovarian Carcinoma
Maria Paola Costi
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, USA

Brain-Selective Estrogen Therapy
Laszlo Prokai
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology, USA

Oxidative Window to Alzheimer Disease Therapeutics
George Perry
Dean and Professor, College of Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Retrometabolic Drug Design Strategies: Soft Drugs and Chemical Delivery Systems
Nicholas Bodor
Center for Drug Discovery, University of Florida, USA

Discovery of Compounds Active at the Niacin Receptor
Graeme Semple
Vice President, Discovery Chemistry, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA

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