The 58th Natural Products Gordon Research Conference will continue a tradition of excellence in a broad range of areas relating to natural products chemistry and isolation, novel synthetic methods, chemical biology, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. While remaining true to its foundation of organic synthesis of natural products, the speakers in this years' outstanding lineup will deliver lectures in topics as diverse as catalytic synthetic methodology, the use of natural product like molecules as tools to probe and better understand biological systems, and recent advances in drug discovery. Continuing a trend that has held for many years, the conference will have geographically diverse representation and will include speakers from both academic and industrial settings around the world. Consistent with previous meetings, this year's Natural Products GRC will also include a series of poster presentations that will afford an ideal opportunity to exchange of findings and ideas in an informal setting. It is anticipated that the exciting topics, diverse range of speakers and attendees and highly interactive tradition of this conference will make this year's conference both memorable and enjoyable.

As in recent years, the 2009 Natural Products GRC will be held at the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire. The accommodations at Tilton are comfortable, the staff is friendly and the setting will provide abundant opportunity for recreation and relaxation in the afternoons.

All conferees are encouraged to present poster presentations describing novel, unpublished work and should submit an abstract complete with title, authors and affiliation/address (one page) to both the Chair, Marvin M. Hansen and the 2009 Vice Chair, Jef K. De Brabander via e-mail. Jef De Brabander will be responsible for both organizing the poster sessions and for working with the Chair to select a few poster abstracts for short talk presentations.