2018-11-02 – Symposium Honoring Dr. James W. Janetka
American Chemical Society Saint Louis Section
St. Louis Award Symposium
Friday, November 2, 2018
Erlanger Auditorium, McDonnell Sciences Building
Washington University School of Medicine – St. Louis
Honoring
Dr. James W. Janetka
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis
Mimicking Nature’s Biomolecules in Transformational Drug Discovery
1:00 pm: Dr. Benjamin Barth – Saint Louis School of Pharmacy, Chair of the St. Louis Section, American Chemical Society
Welcome and General Introduction
1:05 pm: Dr. John Cooper – Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Symposium Chair
Introduction and Salute to Dr. Janetka
1:10 pm: Dr. James Janetka, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine – St. Louis Awardee
From Ligands and Substrates to Drugs: The Power of Rational Design
1:50 pm: Dr. David Crich, Wayne State University
Shaping Next Generation Aminoglycoside Antibiotics for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Diseases
2:30 pm: Dr. Robert Galemmo, ProteXase Therapeutics
Adventures in drug hunting: Taking a hint from Nature and the literature
3:10 pm: Refreshment Break
3:30 pm: Dr. John Talley, Euclises Pharmaceuticals
Discovery of Cox-2 inhibitors
4:10 pm: Dr. Tomi Sawyer, Merck & Co.
Peptide Drug Hunter: An Extraordinary Trek into Intracellular Target Space
4:50 pm: Dr. John Cooper
Concluding Remarks
5:00-6:00 Reception immediately following
6:30 pm 2016 Saint Louis Award Banquet, Glen Echo Country Club
3401 Lucas & Hunt Rd, Normandy, MO. Reservations required
St. Louis ACS Section Award Banquet Information
Friday, November 2, directly after the Saint Louis Award Symposium
Glen Echo Country Club
3401 Lucas & Hunt Road
Saint Louis, MO 63121
6:30 pm cocktails (open bar), hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm banquet
8:00 pm program
• Dr. Benjamin Barth, Associate Professor, Chemistry – St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and Chair, St. Louis Section–American Chemical Society
Opening Remarks and Award Presentation
• Dr. John Cooper, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University Medical School in Saint Louis
Introduction of the Awardee
• Dr. James Janetka, 2018 ACS St. Louis Section St. Louis Awardee, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University Medical School in Saint Louis
Award Address: Drugs: Overcoming the Resistance
Please send reservations, including check, by October 30th to:
Jeffrey Cornelius
Department of Chemistry
1 Maybeck Place
Principia College
Elsah, IL 62028
phone: 618.374.5296; fax: 618.374.5122
email: jeff.cornelius@principia.edu
Make checks payable to Saint Louis Section–ACS and note any special dietary limitations. Please send an email confirmation to Dr Cornelius, with the following information:
Name(s) __________________________________________________
Special dietary limitations, if any __________________________________________________
Number attending _____ × ($30 each, Regular ACS members and spouses, $15 each Graduate and Undergraduate ACS members, $60 each, non-members) = amount remitted
$____________________
For information on obtaining first time ACS Membership and a bonus offer connected to this event contact Brent Znosko at 314.977.8567 or brent.znosko@slu.edu
Venue directions:
Glen Echo Country Club is in Normandy, in the southwest sector of the intersection of Natural Bridge Road and Lucas & Hunt Road.
