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Divisions and Symposia

Biological / Medicinal Chemistry

Division Representatives

Donald Poirier, Université Laval
Éric Marsault, Université de Sherbrooke

Symposia and Organizers

General Session

Organizers:
D. Poirier, Université Laval
É. Marsault, Université de Sherbrooke
Invited Speakers:
Craig Lindsley, Vanderbilt University, USA
Dennis Hall, University of Alberta
Youla Tsantrizos, McGill University
Stephen Hanessian, Université de Montréal
Laurel Schafer, University of British Columbia

Inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions

Organizer:
J. Wulff, University of Victoria
Invited Speakers:
Patrick Gunning, University of Toronto
Cherryl Arrowsmith, University of Toronto
Adrian Whitty, Boston University, USA
Lakshmi Kotra, TGRI / University Health Network

Nature in Action: Drug-design using Natural Products - joint with OR

Organizers:
G. Bérubé, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
D. Poirier, Université Laval
Invited Speakers:
Scott Taylor, University of Waterloo
Jim Gleason, McGill University
Robert Croy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

New Trends in Protein Science

Organizers:
N. Voyer, Université Laval
P. Lavigne, Université de Sherbrooke
J. Pelletier, Université de Montréal
Invited Speakers:
Robert Ben, University of Ottawa
Nicolas Doucet, INRS
Rafael Najmanovich, Université de Sherbrooke
Lewis Kay, University of Toronto
Ratmir Derda, University of Alberta
Christian Salesse, Université Laval
Louis Vézina, Medicago
Joelle Pelletier, Université de Montréal
Markus Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Marc Beauregard, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières
Eric Madore, CO2 Solutions
Laura Soucek, Barcelona, Spain
Elizabeth Meiering, University of Waterloo
Amnon Kohen, University of Iowa
Michel Vivaudou, Institut de Biologie Structurale - Grenoble, France

Radiochemistry

Organizers:
R. Schirrmacher, McGill University
N. Vasdev, Harvard University
Invited Speakers:
Peter Scott, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
Gilles Tamagnan, Yale University, USA
Brigitte Guérin, Université de Sherbrooke
Neil Vasdev, Harvard University, USA
Alexei Kostikov, McGill University
Alan Wilson, University of Toronto
Steven Liang, Harvard Medical School, USA
Lee Collier, Advion Inc.

Recent Advances in Anticancer Drug Discovery

Organizers:
A. Siddiqui, Paraza Pharma
R. Al-Awar, Ontario Institute of Cancer Research
Invited Speakers:
Nabil Seidah, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
Rene Lemieux, Agios Pharmaceuticals
Rima Al-Awar, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Matthieu Schapira, Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Toronto

Recent Advances in Anti-infectious Drug Discovery

Organizers:
F. Malouin, Université de Sherbrooke
K. Auclair, McGill University
Invited Speakers:
John Vederas, University of Alberta
M. Miller, University of Notre Dame, USA
F. Schweitzer, University of Manitoba
C. Boddy, University of Ottawa
T. Parr, Fedora Pharma
Y. Bennani, Vertex

Recent Advances in Peptides and Peptidomimetics – joint with OR

Organizers:
W. Lubell, Université de Montréal
Y. Dory, Université de Sherbrooke
D. Perrin, University of British Columbia
Invited Speakers:
Andrei Yudin, University of Toronto
Ratmir Derda, University of Alberta
Scott Lokey, University of California San Francisco, USA
David Perrin, University of British Columbia
Jung-Mo Ahn, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
William Lubell, Université de Montréal

Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Biology of Oligonucleotides

Organizers:
J. Perreault, INRS
J.-P. Desaulniers, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Invited Speakers:
Richard Manderville, University of Guelph
Chris Wilds, Concordia University
Maria DeRosa, Carleton University
Dipanker Sen, Simon Fraser University
Daniel Lafontaine, Université de Sherbrooke
Pascale Legault, Université de Montréal