ASP Newsletter: Fall 2022, Volume 58, Issue 3
by Edward J. Kennelly, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter 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 this newly imagined presentation. It has been almost a year since we published our last Newsletter, and that time was spent working on developing this new format and was not an easy task. I appreciate all the time and effort so many people have put into this Newsletter makeover.
by Amit Chandra, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
This year’s ASP annual meeting, ASP 2025, will be held in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan from August 2 to 6, 2025. The theme of the meeting is “Pharmacognosy Infused Health and Wellness Solutions.” There will be a special focus on the applied aspects of this science. The program covers a diverse range of topics.
by Lesley-Ann Giddings, PhD and Christine Salomon, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
On Thursday, April 24, 2024 the ASP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee invited Terrance Harris (Director of DEI, College of Engineering, Drexel University), Jason J. Dorsette (Executive Director and Chief Diversity Officer, Linn Benton Community College) and Dr. Amanda Marie James (Chief Diversity Officer, Associate Dean – Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, Emory University) to give a webinar on “DEI Careers and Current Events in Higher Education.”
by Russell Williams, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
ASP member Dr. Mark O’Neil-Johnson passed away in Saint Louis, Missouri from lymphoma on December 11, 2024. He is fondly remembered for his smiling face, passion for natural products, and significant contributions to planning several ASP annual meetings.
by Craig Hopp, PhD
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter Volume 61, Issue 1.
Being a Program Officer at NCCIH for the past 16 years has been the most rewarding job I have ever held. The ability to shape priorities and support the ASP research community was enormously gratifying. During my tenure I watched as the number of ASP presentations and posters acknowledging NCCIH support went from minimal to substantial. Despite my high job satisfaction, I have always maintained a variety of interests and activities outside of my job with NCCIH. Additionally, the work environment has taken a dramatic turn for the worse recently. So, when presented with the “fork in the road” from the current administration, I decided to take the offer. As of March 7, I am no longer a federal employee.
by David J. Newman, DPhil
This article appears in the ASP Newsletter 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 biofilms; recent reports on boron-containing potential antibiotics, some old, some new; organo-metallic (ferrocene-containing) against fungi and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs); a short excursion into the genetics of didemnin B production; and finally a very interesting protein kinase inhibitor, from a marine sample collected under the NCI’s marine collection program, further fractionated under the later NCI’s Program for Natural Products Discovery (NPNPD), and then synthesized-yielding aplithianines A and B.
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