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ASP Members Recognized Among Most Influential Scientists

May 4, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Dr. George Robert Pettit Edward J. Kennelly, PhD (Gordon Cragg, PhD, also contributed) A 2020 article in PLOS Biology of the 100,000 most influential scientists with regards to their publication citations includes at least 47 ASP members. Searches of those…

Meet a New ASP Member: Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson

April 26, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

Parkinson in her laboratory at Purdue University. PHOTO: CRISSI MARTINEZ-BROKA Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson, our featured new member in this issue of the Newsletter, began her appointment as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of…

Making STEM a Safer Place

April 22, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By Alison Hughes, PhD Candidate February 11 was International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a United Nations initiative actioning “full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality.” It…

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: Chemistry and CoV-2 Treatments

April 12, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By David J. Newman, DPhil INTRODUCTION Over the last eight or so months there have been a series of papers, some short, some long, covering what can be considered as four major topics: natural products, repurposing of approved drugs, use…

HOT TOPICS IN PHARMACOGNOSY: The Evolution of Dolastatin 10 Derivatives as Sources of ADC Warheads

February 8, 2021 by ASP Newsletter

By David Newman, DPhil Though natural product chemists who specialize in marine-sourced agents are usually aware of the contribution of structures based upon dolastatin 10 as warheads in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), targeted against cancers of varying etiologies, the majority of…