ACADEMIC SPEAKERS
Plenary conferences
Prof. Dr. Stéphane Quideau
Synthesis & Activity of Natural Substances - Univ. Bordeaux - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires - France
Our research activities are today mainly concerned with (A) the chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds as novel reagents for modern metal-free organic synthesis, and (B) the chemistry and chemical biology of natural products with a focus on plant (poly)phenolic compounds. Ongoing projects are dealing with (1) the exploitation of regioselective and asymmetric oxygenative phenol dearomatization reactions in the total synthesis of natural products, in concert with the development of novel chiral hypervalent iodine reagents for asymmetric oxygen-transfer and carbon-carbon coupling reactions, (2) the study of the chemical reactivity and synthesis of bioactive plant polyphenols, such as grape flavanoids, oak C-glucosidic ellagitannins and gallotannins, and (3) the development of biophysico-chemical analytical tools for the study of polyphenol-proteins interactions.
Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry - Faculty for Chemistry and Earth Sciences - Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena - Germany
Our group elucidates new chemical defence- and communication strategies of marine and freshwater organisms using the tools of modern bioorganic chemistry. The work aims to understand the role of secondary metabolites as mediators of ecological interactions. Isolation, structure elucidation and organic synthesis of natural products are important aspects of our work, but we believe that the full picture of the role of the compounds can only be obtained if metabolomics, biochemistry and ecology are brought in as well. Our interdisciplinary work gives new insights into the chemically mediated species interactions and the function of natural products.
Prof. Dr. Ian Manners
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry - School of Chemistry - University of Bristol - UK
Our research focuses on the development of new synthetic approaches involving ring-opening reactions, catalysis, and self-assembly and their applications in molecular chemistry, polymer and materials science, and nanoscience with a particular (but not exclusive) emphasis on exploiting the interesting features of main group and transition elements. Our current research involves three synthetic approaches and each generates a range of exciting projects and new molecules and materials of fundamental and, in many cases, also of applied interest.
1) Ring-opening reactions.
2) Catalysis.
3) Self-assembly.
INDUSTRIAL SPEAKERS
Plenary conferences
INDUSTRIAL SPEAKERS
Plenary conferences
Armen Instrument
Presented by Céline Le Quemener
Armen Instrument was founded in March 1994 in Vannes (Brittany, France) in the purpose of develop, manufacture and market innovative instruments in the field of fractionation and purification. Since June 2003, Armen Instrument focused its researches to "Centrifugal Partition Chromatography" (CPC/CCC), a new innovative silica free chromatographic technology. In parallel, Armen Instrument set up an application laboratory for customer services, consulting and training on purification. Equipped with a large range of instruments, this laboratory can help for scale up and production, from bench to industrial scale.
Presented by Dr. Craig Harris
Galderma is a global dermatology company partnering with healthcare professionals to provide innovative medical solutions to patients with skin health needs. Galderma’s R&D is continually dedicated to finding new medical solutions, offering physicians more options and offering patients a better quality of life. Five state-of-the-art R&D centers and six manufacturing sites are dedicated to providing a wide range of innovative medical solutions which meet the highest standards of safety and efficacy.
Arkopharma
Presented by Dr Philippe Robinet
Founded in 1980 in Carros, near Nice in France, by Dr. Max Rombi, Arkopharma is a pharmaceutical laboratory specialised in the area of phytotherapy, natural medicine and dietary supplements.
For 34 years, ARKOPHARMA Laboratories has been dedicated to new “healthy medicines” based on natural products. It has been a period marked by the search for a healthier life and for essential values; phytotherapy and dietary supplements.
Round Table
Ecoat
Presented by Dr Mathieu Sonnati
They develop bio-based chemistries for the Coatings Industry.
Ecoat’s strategy is based on a patented technology and has 2 pillars:
- Build a worldwide franchise on innovative bio-based alkyd emulsion
- Build industry partnerships for the deployement of the patented technology outside the alkyd emulsion market.
Genochem
Presented by Dr Cedric Poinsart
Genochem produces innovative molecules for drug discovery and provides a list of fully new synthesis intermediary immediately available.
They innovate, conceiving chemical structures never prepared or commercialized before, to supply Pharmaceutical Industry.
They are equipped for the production of single compounds as well as multiple targets in parallel for high speed analoging
They also have other skills such as pharmacology optimization, off target selectivity, tissue exposure, metabolism, toxicity, PKPD relationship, in vivo efficacy, crystallinity or solubility.
Botanicert
Presented by Loïc Loffredo
Founded in January 2011 by Francis Hadji-Minaglou, Doctor of Pharmacy, ethnobotanist expert pharmacologist and pharmacognose, BOTANICERT meets a need of expertise of companies which implement plants and plant extracts in their product lines.
Botanicert, specializing in the field of plant, is a contract testing laboratory of Natural Products and herbal medecine in partnership agreement with the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, and more particularly with the Chemistry Laboratory of Master 2 FOQUAL.