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Jerrold Meinwald, 2014 National Medal of Science winner, dies at 91

Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and a 2014 winner of the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for achievement in science and engineering, died April 23 in […]

Interested in Hosting an Annual ASP Meeting?

ASP is looking for a Host for the 2022 Meeting and beyond.  ASP now provides planning and logistical support so you can concentrate on the program and the science! If interested, please fill […]

ASP Statement on Proposed Tax Code Reform

Much of the current bench research conducted in natural products science is carried out by graduate students, who receive very modest stipends and tuition waivers as compensation. It is of great concern therefore […]

Remembering Dr. Charles D. Hufford

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Dr. Charles D. Hufford, Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy at the University of Mississippi, passed […]

The Ford Foundation Fellowships for Life Sciences Research

This year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships, 24 postdoctoral fellowships, and 60 predoctoral fellowships. Fellowships are tenable at any fully-accredited, non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education. An […]

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The American Society of Pharmacognosy was founded in 1959 as a society international in scope dedicated to the promotion, growth, and development of pharmacognosy and all aspects of natural products sciences.

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