Dr. David Kingston, Virginia Tech, the first outside research to access Merck natural products library since transfer to the Hepatitis and Virus Research Institute.
Natural Products News
Natural Products Discovery Institute Signs First Major Deal
January 31st, 2012Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research Receives Merck Natural Products Library
January 31st, 2012“Comprehensive Natural Products Library Finds New Home and Mission at Hepatitis B Foundation’s Research Institute”
Les Mitscher named ACS Fellow
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 [...]
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Advances Cyclopamine Derivative in Phase II Cancer Trials
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
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 [...]
Bromophycolides kill fungi, malaria parasites
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.
NCI Natural Products Repository photo tour
March 4th, 2011Carmen Drahl, Associate Editor of Science/Technology/Education, Chemical & Engineering News, provides a photo tour of the Natural Product Repository at the Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute.
Navigating Nagoya
March 4th, 2011C&EN article focuses on biodiversity treaty impact on natural products research (C&EN, February 28, 2011, pp 50-52)
Ben Shen appointed Scripps faculty member in Florida
January 30th, 2011ASP member Ben Shen has been appointed as a professor of the Scripps Research Institute campus in Jupiter, Florida.
Eisai’s Halaven receives FDA approval for breast cancer
January 5th, 2011Drug based on halichondrin B is approved for late stage breast cancer (Wall Street Journal, January 3, 2011)
