Monday July 24, 2023 - Check Back for additional program details
**Program Subject to Change**
Chair – TBD
Jiangnan Peng (Morgan State University)
SFC and NMR Methods for the Authentication of Botanical Raw Materials
Katherine Maloney (Point Loma Nazarene University)
Cryptic Species Membership as the Primary Driver of Secondary Metabolism in Sarcophyton glaucum: Leveraging Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Get Research Done at a PUI
Chair – Craig Hopp (NCCIH)
John Bencich and Richard Stewart (Achieve Life Sciences)
Stephanie Fertig (NIH)
SEEDing Biomedical Innovation: Support for Small Businesses at NIH
Sharad Verma (NCI)
Programs for Helping Extramural Investigators Develop Small Molecules for the Clinic: NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program
Chair: TBD
Parallel Session
Andrew Lowell (Virginia Tech)
Enhanced Enzyme Stability: Extremophile Biosynthesis of Thermorubin
Sandra Bennett (University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Microbial Diversity and Bioactivity of Longnose Gar Eggs and Ectoparasites
Xinhui Yu (Oregon State University)
Influence of Geographic Variation on Chemistry and Bioactivities of Pacific Northwest Endemic Cyanolichens
Mira Liu (University of California Berkeley)
Surface-Active Antibiotics Provide an Adaptive Advantage for Bacteria from Burned Soils
Chair: Lin Du (NIH, National Cancer Institute)
Parallel Session
Yi Tang (UCLA)
Discovery of New Structures, Enzymes and Functions from Fungal Biosynthetic Pathways
Dan Xue (University of South Carolina)
Harnessing Bioactivity-led Metabolomics for Natural Products Discovery Targeting A Rare and Severe Cancer
Robert Stankey (Terra Bioforge)
Directed BGC Cloning Combined with Bacterial and Fungal Expression Tools Uncover Novel Biosynthetic Mechanisms and Validate Metabologenomics
Kyo Bin Kang (Sookmyung Women’s University)
Mass Spectrometry-based Untargeted Metabolomics for Investigation on Chemical Interaction and Biotransformation by Fungi
Erin McCauley (California State University DH)
Development of a Fungal Natural Products CURE for Upper-Division Chemistry & Biochemistry Laboratory Classes
Charles Wu (Intact Genomics, Inc)
Fungal Artificial Chromosome Pipeline Enables the Discovery of Novel Compounds from Unique Biosynthetic Gene Clusters
Buses will depart and return from the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Convention Center
Registration is Required to Attend (Ticketed Event)
