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Moore Named Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Natural Products

July 13, 2025 by ASP Newsletter

By William Gerwick, PhD June 20, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 Bradley Moore, Editor-in-Chief, Credit: UC San Diego It is wonderful to see continued strong leadership at the helm of our flagship journal in natural…

Editor’s Corner

July 12, 2025 by ASP Newsletter

By Edward J. Kennelly, PhD July 12, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 We are extremely pleased to announce the relaunching of the ASP Newsletter, now in a web-only format. I hope you will enjoy…

ASP 2025: A Grand Natural Products Adventure

July 11, 2025 by ASP Newsletter

By Amit Chandra, PhD June 20, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 Downtown Grand Rapids This year’s ASP annual meeting, ASP 2025, will be held in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan from August 2…

Taking Action: DEI Careers and Current Events in Higher Education

July 11, 2025 by Amy Henckel

By Lesley-Ann Giddings, PhD and Christine Salomon, PhD July 11, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 Credit, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania On Thursday, April 24, 2024 the ASP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)…

In Memoriam: Mark O’Neil-Johnson

June 27, 2025 by ASP Newsletter

By Russell Williams, PhD June 21, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 Mark O’Neil-Johnson, Credit: Guido Pauli ASP member Mark O’Neil-Johnson passed away in Saint Louis, Missouri from lymphoma on December 11, 2024. He is fondly…

ASP Member Takes the Fork in the Road

June 20, 2025 by Amy Henckel

By Craig Hopp, PhD May 9, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 [Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this invited article are those of the author, and not necessarily those of the ASP.] Being a Program…

Hot Topics in Pharmacognosy: What’s Old Is New Again

June 20, 2025 by Amy Henckel

By David J. Newman, DPhil May 9, 2025 | This article appears in Volume 61, Issue 1 This column will cover a variety of topics culled from a number of recent publications including: potential methodologies against resistant microbes involved in…

Prof. Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn Appointed as the Chair of the 2024 Tu Youyou Award Committee

November 21, 2024 by pharmacognosy

Prof. Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University Photograph by Kevin Fitzsimons It is a great honor to announce that Prof. Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn will serve as the Chair of the Award Committee for the…

ASP Announces new Editor-in-Chief for JNP

November 6, 2024 by pharmacognosy

The American Society of Pharmacognosy is pleased to announce that Dr Bradley Moore will become the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Natural Products. Dr Moore is a Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UC San Diego where…

Hot Topics in Pharmacognosy

June 24, 2024 by ASP Newsletter

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: Antibiotic Structures from the Past, and/or Novel Sources Now Being (Re)investigated By David J. Newman, DPhil INTRODUCTION (WITH SOME HISTORY) The search for novel antibiotics by “interrogation” of the massive databases of compounds…