2012-01-30
Paul Helquist - Development of New Therapeutic Agents in a Highly Collaborative Environment
The current Tage Erlander professor of Chemistry, Paul Helquist, will be visiting NV on Thursday the 2nd of February to give a seminar. Professor Helquist, who is a world leader in the field of organic and medicinal chemistry will be speaking on the "Development of New Therapeutic Agents in a Highly Collaborative Environment".
Välkomna till seminarium torsdagen den 2 februari kl 11.00-12.00 i sal N2007 Västergård, Smålandsgatan 26 E, Kalmar (föredraget är på engelska).
Development of New Therapeutic Agents in a Highly Collaborative Environment
Paul Helquist - Professor at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana
Professor Paul Helquist is a World leader in organic and medicinal chemistry. He is the current Tage Erlander professor of Chemistry, hosted by the universities of Stockholm and Gothenburg.
Professor Helquist's research group is concerned with two broad areas: (1) the development of new methods in synthetic organic chemistry, including the preparation, structural study, and applications of new transition metal organometallic complexes as catalysts and reagents for asymmetric synthesis; and (2) the structure, synthesis, mechanism of action, and pharmaceutical development of biologically active compounds including antibiotics and antitumor agents, many of which have their origins as natural products. Often we take advantage of the interface between these two areas by applying some of our new methods, reagents, and catalysts in the synthesis of targeted natural products.
