Conference Description
The Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
The study of natural products and bioactive compounds has had far reaching impacts from chemistry to biology, basic research to applications. As we study their synthesis in both biological and laboratory settings, we fill in gaps in the reported literature and become inspired by the possibilities of unexplored chemical space. In this way, natural product research has led to advancements across disciplines, including development of new synthetic methodologies, implementation of new technologies to enable their isolation and preparation, and increased understanding of the biosynthetic pathways and biological targets that underpin their bioactivity. Given their role of inspiration and innovation, it is no surprise that natural products play an important role in drug discovery, with many therapeutics being either derived from or inspired by natural products.
