Monday, 16 October 2006: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Bonsai (Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park)
Victor J. Hruby Symposium
Organizers:Fahad Al-Obeidi
Terry O. Matsunaga
Presiders:Terry O. Matsunaga
Fahad Al-Obeidi
8:30 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:35 AMDrugs for the Brain from the Brain: Glycopeptides and Membrane Hopping
Robin Polt, Charles M. Keyari, Larisa Yeomans, Dhanasekaran Muthu, Michael M. Palian, Scott A. Mitchell, Lajos Z. Szabo
9:10 AMStability of MRX-850: a formulation for intravenous oxygen delivery
Jennifer L.H. Johnson, Melissa C. Allen, Dilip M. Worah, Terry O. Matsunaga, Evan C. Unger
9:35 AMUniversity of Arizona Professors Responsible for Discovery, Development and Commercialization of Melanocortins for Therapeutic Applications
Mac E. Hadley
10:20 AMBreak
10:45 AMNon-Nucleoside Inhibitors of IMP Dehydrogenase
Edward B. Skibo
11:25 AMFrom combinatorial chemistry to cancer targeting agents
Kit S. Lam
12:05 PMLuncheon in Honor of Victor J. Hruby
12:35 PMLife As a Chemical Iconoclast: Interdisciplinary Research - What's Taking So Long?
Victor Hruby
1:15 PMLuncheon continued
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:35 PMDrug Discovery: Back to the Future
Gary A. Flynn
2:00 PMThe development of PX-866, a novel and potent phosphoinositide-3-kinase inhibitor
Jeffrey W. Millard, Lynn D. Kirkpatrick, Linda A. Pestano, Garth Powis
2:25 PMDrug discovery and development using mixture-based combinatorial libraries
Richard A. Houghten
3:10 PMBreak
3:35 PMThe Ligand Discovery Laboratory (LDL), the Center for High-throughput Synthesis and Screening
Josef Vagner
4:00 PMSynthesis of some double-pharmacopore (opioids and NSAIDs) ligands for relief of pathological pain
Ruben Vardanyan, Victor Hruby
4:25 PMUltrasound-Mediated Studies Using Perfluorocarbon-Based Submicron-Sized Bubbles and Droplets
Terry O. Matsunaga
4:55 PMConcluding Remarks

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