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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…

Making STEM a Safer Place

April 22, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By Alison Hughes, PhD Candidate February 11 was International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a United Nations initiative actioning “full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality.” It…

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: Chemistry and CoV-2 Treatments

April 12, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By David J. Newman, DPhil INTRODUCTION Over the last eight or so months there have been a series of papers, some short, some long, covering what can be considered as four major topics: natural products, repurposing of approved drugs, use…

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…