AIMECS 07
ORGANIZED BY

Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry [AFMC]


SPONSORED BY
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
MANAGED BY
The Computer Aided
Drug Design & Development
Society in Turkey (CADD&D)

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Scientific Programme

Final Programme

July 08, 2007 (Sunday))

12:00 – 16:30

REGISTRATION

At the Venue Place : The Marmara Istanbul Hotel

GRANDBALL ROOM

16:30 – 17:30

OPENING  CEREMONY

Chairing by
Ismail YALCIN (AFMC President & Symposium Chairman, Turkey )
Esin AKI(SENER) (AIMECS 07 Organization Committee Chair, Turkey )

17:30 – 18:30

OPENING  LECTURE

By

Toshi-Hiko KOBAYASHI,

AFMC Past President, PhRMA ( USA ), Japan

“Strategy-Life Cycle Management of Drugs”

18:30 – 19:30

CULTURAL  EVENT

Show for the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Belhi-Rumi, Poet and Philosopher

(Celebration of anniversary which UNESCO is associated for the Year of 2007)

19:30 - 21:00

WELCOME  COCKTAIL

(The  Marmara Istanbul  Hotel)


July 09, 2007 (Monday))

GRANDBALL ROOM

Plenary  Lecture

Chair; Toshi-Hiko KOBAYASHI

(AFMC Past President, Japan )

09:00 - 09:50

PL-1

 “Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals through Asymmetric Two-center Catalysis”

Masakatsu SHIBASAKI, (Nobel Prize Canditate)

The University of Tokyo, Japan

09:50 - 10:15

Coffee  Break

SESSION 1

GRANDBALL ROOM

Biosynthetic Medicinal Chemistry (ACS Session)

Chair: Frank E. KOEHN

(Director- Natural Products, Wyeth Research, U.S.A. )

10:15 - 10:50

IL-1

“Synthesis, SAR, and Preclinical Evaluation of Marine Natural Products that Modulate PI3Kinase Signaling”

Raymond J. ANDERSEN,

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

10:50 - 11:10

OP-1

“Combinatorial Biosynthesis: A New Tool for Developing Structural Diversity in Natural Products”

Jose A. SALAS,

University of Oviedo, Spain

11:10 - 11:30

OP-2

“Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Studies on Biosynthetic Key Enzymes - Perspectives for Drug Discovery”

Jurgen ROHR,

University of Kentucky, Lexington, U.S.A.

11:30 - 11:50

OP-3

“Towards 'best-in-class' Hsp90 Inhibitors: A Synthetic Biology Approach”

Ming-Qiang ZHANG,

Biotica Technologies, Ltd., Cambridge, U.K.

11:50 - 12:10

OP-4

“Directed Biosynthesis and SAR of Mannopeptimycins”

Frank E. KOEHN

Director- Natural Products, Wyeth Research, U.S.A.

12:10 – 12:30

OP-5

“Structural Elucidation of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes of Novel Allicin-mimics”

Mino CAIRA,

University of Cape Town, South Africa

SESSION 2

TAKSIM HALL

Protein-Protein Interactions (EFMC Session)

Chair: Ferran SANZ

(EFMC Past President, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain)

10:15 - 10:50

IL-2

“Protein-Protein Interactions”

Patrick CHENE,

Oncology Department, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland

10:50 - 11:10

0P-6

“Assessing the Drug Ability of Protein-Protein Interactions”

Xavier BARRIL,

Barcelona University, Spain

11:10 - 11:30

OP-7

“Association of Protein Bindings Sites with Fluctuation Behavior of Residues”

Turkan HALILOGLU,

Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

11:30 - 11:50

OP-8

“Fragment-based Approaches to Inhibitor Discovery: Targeting Cofactor-binding Sites and Protein-Protein Interactions”

Alessio CIULLI,

University of Cambridge, U.K.

11:50 - 12:10

OP-9

“NMR Study on Membrane proteins-ligands Interactions”

Ichio. SHIMADA

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan

12:10 – 12:30

OP-10

“Insight into the Folding Inhibition of HIV-1 Protease by a Small Peptide”

Massimiliano BONOMI,

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

ANADOLU HALL

Poster Session (Group A)

SESSION 3

GRANDBALL ROOM

Predictive in silico  Methods

Chair: Renate GRIFFITH,

( University of Newcastle, Australia )

15:30 - 16:05

IL-3

“Predictive QSAR Modeling Workflow and its Application to Support the Experimental Discovery of Biologically Active Compounds”

Alex TROPSHA,

University of North Carolina, U.S.A.

16:05 – 16:25

OP-11

“Molecular Modelling as a Tool for the Design of Drug Candidates”

Maurizio BOTTA

University of Siena, Italy

16:25 – 16:45

OP-12

“Modeling Strategies Used to Support the Discovery of Caspase-3 Inhibitors”

Gregory J. TAWA

Wyeth Research, U.S.A.

16:45 - 17:05

OP-13

Molecular Modelling Studies on Some Eukaryotic Topoisomerase II Enzyme Inhibitor Fused Heterocyclic Compounds”

Ilkay YILDIZ

Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

17:05 - 17:35

Coffee Break

17:35 - 17:55

OP-14

“A Fast Empirical Scoring Method for Docking and Virtual Screening”

Pietro COZZINI,

University of Parma, Italy

17:55 – 18:15

OP-15

“A Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) Study of Flavonoids Active Against HT-29 Colon Carcinoma”

Bo Cheng WANG,

Tamkang University, Taiwan

18:15 – 18:35

OP-16

“Modelling Ligand Selectivity: an Integrated Approach”

Vladimir A. Palyulin

Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Russia

SESSION 4

TAKSIM HALL

Natural Products with Biological/Physiological Activities

Chair: Toshio FUJITA

(Kyoto University, Japan)

15:30 - 16:05

IL-4

“Cancer Preventive Food Phytochemicals: Screening, Animal Model Studies and Possible Action Mechanisms”

Hajime OHIGASHI,

Fukui Prefectural University, Japan

16:05 – 16:25

OP-17

“Anti-dementia Compounds from the Mushroom Hericium erinaceum

Hirokazu KAWAGISHI,

Graduate School of Science and Technology , Shizuoka University, Japan

16:25 – 16:45

OP-18

Phagocytosis of Polymer Microspheres by Alveolar Macrophages for Overcoming Tuberculosis

Hiroshi TERADA

Tokyo University of Science, Japan

16:45 - 17:05

OP-19

“Small Molecule Potassium-Channel Blockers As Potential Treatments for Autoimmune Disease”

Jonathan B. BAELL,

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

17:05 - 17:35

Coffee Break

17:35 - 17:55

OP-20

“Recent Progress in Biosynthetic Studies on Bioactive Triterpenoid Saponins” Yutaka EBIZUKA,

University of Tokyo, Japan

17:55 – 18:15

OP-21

“Composition and Antioxidant Activities of Polysaccharides from Mycelial Culture of a Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps sinensis Cs-HK1”

Jian-Yong WU,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong


July 10, 2007 (Tuesday)

GRANDBALL

ROOM

08:45 - 09:00

Plenary  Lecture

Chair; David WINKLER

(President-Elect of AFMC, Australia )

Introduction of the AIMECS 09 Meeting in Australia by Chair

09:00 - 09:50

PL-2

“Structural Insights into Ligand-Induced Activation of the Insulin Receptor”

Colin WARD,

CSIRO Molecular & Health Technologies, Australia

09:50 - 10:15

Coffee Break

SESSION 5

GRANDBALL

ROOM

Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs

Chair: Koichi HIRAI

(Sankyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan )

10:15 - 10:55

IL-5

“How to ensure Safety of Drugs-Efforts by Japan ’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW)-”

Hisayoshi MORIOKA

Pharmaceuticals and Food Safety Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan

10:55 - 11:30

OP-22

“Intersection of Regulatory Requirements and Intellectual Property Rights”

Mark PAXTON,

Associate Vice President, PhRMA, U.S.A.

11:30 - 12:00

OP-23

“Regulatory Delays and Patent Terms”

Michael J. CAINE,

Davies Collison Cave, Melbourne, Australia

12:00 - 12:30

OP-24

Intellectual Property Rights in the Pharmaceutical Industry:Turkish Experience

Hülya CAYLI

Paragaon Consultancy Incorporated, Ankara, Turkey

SESSION 6

TAKSIM HALL

Novel Drug Targets as a
Basis for New Drug Development

Chair: Young-Ger SUH,

( Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea )

10:15 - 10:50

IL-6

“Development of Novel Clinical Candidates Targeting A3 Adenosine Receptor”

Lak Shin JEONG,

College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

10:50 - 11:10

OP-25

“Triazole Analogue of the Immunostimulant α-Galactosylceramide (KRN7000): Synthesis and Evaluation”

Sanghee KIM

College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea

11:10 - 11:30

OP-26

“Small-Molecule Inhibition of Siderophore Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis”

Jae-Sang RYU,

College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

11:30 - 11:50

OP-27

“Udenafil, A New Long Acting PDE5 Inhibitor”

Moohi YOO

Research Laboratories, Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Korea

11:50 - 12:10

OP-28

“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of HIV-1 Protease Monomer: Assembly of N-terminus  and C-terminus into β-Sheet in Water Solution”

Mao-Sheng CHENG,

Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China

12:10 – 12:30

OP-29

“Therapeutic Potential of the Potent BKCa Channel Openers: Synthesis, SAR, Mechanism of Action and Pharmacological Evaluation of Benzofuroindole Analogues”

Yong-Chul KIM,

Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju, Korea

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

ANADOLU HALL

Poster Session (Group B)

SESSION 7

GRANDBALL

ROOM

Biomarkers in HTS through Preclinical & Clinical Development

Chair: Norio MATSUKI

(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

15:30 - 16:05

IL-7

“Acrolein as a Novel Biochemical Marker for Cerebral Stroke and Silent Brain Infarction”

Kazuei IGARASHI,

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan

16:05 – 16:25

OP-30

“Development of Bioimaging Fluorescent Probes Based on Photo-induced Electron Transfer”

Tetsuo NAGANO,

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan

16:25 – 16:45

OP-31

“Efficient Fluorescence Assay for Serine/Threonine Kinases”

Naoki UMEZAWA

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan

16:45 – 17:05

OP-32

“Hydrogen Peroxide Regulates Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus”

Norio MATSUKI,

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

17:05 - 17:35

Coffee Break

17:35 - 17:55

OP-33

“High-Throughput Repurposing and Its Application to the Study of Angiotensin AT1 Antagonists”

David ARAGONES,

Prous Institute for Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain

17:55 - 18:15

OP-34

“Development of Benzofurazan Labeling Reagents for LC/MS/MS and Their Application to Biomarker Analysis”

Tomofumi SANTA,

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

SESSION 8

TAKSIM HALL

New Methods for Drug Discovery

Chair: Alex TROPSHA

( University of North Carolina, U.S.A. )