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Working in Cannabis

August 11, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By Daniel Kulakowski, PhD Dr. Daniel Kulakowski in his analytical laboratory at Steep Hill, Maryland If you would like to work with one of the most widely used plant medicines in the country and enjoy the opportunity to directly impact…

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: So What About the Other Half of Kinase Inhibitor Activities?

July 12, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By David J. Newman, DPhil INTRODUCTION Although we have been inundated over the years with stories of the successes with inhibiting protein tyrosine kinases (aka PTKs) and their chemical cousins, based on other amino acids such as serine or threonine…

Taking Action: The Imposter Syndrome and Graduate Minority Students

June 28, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By Vanessa Nepomuceno, PhD At some point in graduate school, most people experience imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is when you doubt your skills and talents, minimize your own accomplishments, and have an internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud.”…

ASP Hosts Virtual Symposium in an Interactive Environment

May 24, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By C. Benjamin Naman, PhD This summer, the ASP will host a virtual symposium series July 16, 23, and 30 entitled “Vanguards of Natural Product Research 2021.” These events will highlight the work and creativity of students and postdocs in…

ASP Members Recognized Among Most Influential Scientists

May 4, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Dr. George Robert Pettit Edward J. Kennelly, PhD (Gordon Cragg, PhD, also contributed) A 2020 article in PLOS Biology of the 100,000 most influential scientists with regards to their publication citations includes at least 47 ASP members. Searches of those…

Meet a New ASP Member: Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson

April 26, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Parkinson in her laboratory at Purdue University. PHOTO: CRISSI MARTINEZ-BROKA 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 Chemistry and 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…