“Comprehensive Natural Products Library Finds New Home and Mission at Hepatitis B Foundation’s Research Institute”
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Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research Receives Merck Natural Products Library
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Les Mitscher named ACS Fellow
Thursday, August 18th, 2011Lester A. (‘Les’) Mitscher, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor, natural products researcher, past ASP President, ASP Fellow, and AAAS Fellow has been named to the 2011 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Mitscher has numerous awards and honors related to his research career. Congratulations on this latest recognition! The full list of new fellows can be viewed at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/89/8932acs2.html.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Advances Cyclopamine Derivative in Phase II Cancer Trials
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011A sulfonamide derivative of cyclopamine, IPI-926, targeting the Smoothened target in the Hedgehog pathway is entering Phase II clinical trials for myelofibrosis.
Conservation, Research & Education Opportunities (CREO) program
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011The Conservation, Research & Education Opportunities (CREO) program, with funding from the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Program, is an opportunity for upper-level undergraduate students and recent graduates to do research in Panama for up to 6 months in summer and fall 2011, with possible extension to spring 2012. The research assistantships are at at the Institute of Scientific Investigations and High Technology Services (INDICASAT-‐AIP) or at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City, Panama. (more information at the link)
Bromophycolides kill fungi, malaria parasites
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Julia Kubanek, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, reports the inhibition of heme crystallization, a mechanism behind the killing of Plasmodium parasites, by compounds isolated from the red alga Callophycus serratus from Fiji.
