2020

Meet a New ASP Member

April 26, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Parkinson in her laboratory at Purdue University. PHOTO: CRISSI MARTINEZ-BROKAW Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson, our featured new member in this issue of the Newsletter, began her appointment as an assistant professor in the Department of…

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: The Evolution of Dolastatin 10 Derivatives as Sources of ADC Warheads

February 8, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By David Newman, DPhil Though natural product chemists who specialize in marine-sourced agents are usually aware of the contribution of structures based upon dolastatin 10 as warheads in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), targeted against cancers of varying etiologies, the majority of…

Investing in Natural Products

February 8, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Published as a SIDEBAR to: HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: The Evolution of Dolastatin 10 Derivatives as Sources of ADC Warheads By David Newman, DPhil By Cedric Pearce, PhD After 25 years of working as a scientist in increasingly entrepreneurial…

O’Keefe Interviewed for BBC Documentary

December 18, 2020 by ASP Newsletter

O’Keefe being interviewed for the BBC documentary Extinction: The Facts. By Mario Figueroa, PhD On September 2020, the BBC released Extinction: The Facts, a documentary about the sixth mass extinction. It is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, a natural…

Opinion: Current Federal Policies Are Injurious to US Science and Natural Products Research

October 30, 2020 by pharmacognosy

Editor’s Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the ASP or this Newsletter. By William Gerwick, PhD The value of international engagement in US science…