Organic Chemistry Division
(OR)
Divisional Representatives: Dennis Hall and Rik Tykwinski, University of Alberta
The Organic Chemistry Division gratefully acknowledges
the financial contributions of an anonymous donor, Anacor
Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca Canada, Boehringer
Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd./Ltée, Fisher
Scientific, Merck Frosst Canada
Ltd./Ltée, MethylGene Inc., NAEJA Pharmaceutical
Inc.,Neurochem Inc., Omicron Biochemicals, Inc., Pfizer Global Research
& Development, Praxair Technology Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Canada, University of Alberta,
Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Division and Xerox Research Centre of Canada in support of the scientific program.
OR1 Applied Physical Organic
Chemistry
Organizers: Cornelia Bohne,
University of Victoria and Todd Sutherland, University of
Calgary
This symposium is supported by Edinburgh Instruments.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Heather Andreas, Dalhousie
University
Cornelia
Bohne, University of Victoria, Clara Benson Award
Lecture
Gonzalo Cosa, McGill
University
Elizabeth Gillies, The University
of Western Ontario
J. Peter Guthrie, The University
of Western Ontario, R. U. Lemieux Award Lecture
Yoshihisa Inoue, Osaka
University
Matthew Lukeman, Acadia
University
Ana
Moore, Arizona State University
Anne
Petitjean, Queen's University
Tito
Scaiano, University of Ottawa
William Skene, Université de
Montréal
OR2/BM2 Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology (Joint with BM)
Organizers: Christopher Cairo,
University of Alberta and Chang-Chun Ling, University of
Calgary
This symposium is supported by the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate
Science.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Andrew Bennet, Simon Fraser
University
David Bundle, University of
Alberta
David Jakeman, Dalhousie
University
Harry Jennings, Institute for
Biological Sciences
Jamie Rich, University of British Columbia (research carried out at University of
Alberta), Boehringer Ingelheim Award Lecture
Martin Tanner, University of
British Columbia
Stephen Withers, University of
British Columbia
Vivian Yip, University of British
Columbia, CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award Lecture
OR3/IN3 Catalysis (Joint with
IN)
Organizers: Cathleen
Crudden, Queen’s University and Steve Westcott, Mount Allison
University
This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, MBraun, Inc., PARTEQ, SiliCycle and Torcan.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Tom Baker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Steven Bergens, University of
Alberta
Simon Doherty, University of
Newcastle
Deryn Fogg, University of
Ottawa
Michel Gagné, University of
North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dennis Hall, University of
Alberta, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award Lecture
Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya
University
Nathan Jones, University of
Western Ontario
Hélène Lebel,
Université de Montréal
Jennifer Love, University of
British Columbia
Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, University
of British Columbia
Warren Piers, University of
Calgary
Laurel Schafer, University of
British Columbia
Doug
Stephan, University of Toronto
Mark Stradiotto, Dalhousie
University
OR4 Catalytic
Transformation of C-H Bonds
Organizer: Keith
Fagnou, University of Ottawa
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Olafs Daugulis, University of
Houston
Vy Dong, University of
Toronto
Jonathan Ellman, University of
California, Berkeley
C.-J. Li, McGill
University
Andrew
Wee, University of Regina
OR5/BM3 Chemical Biology: Molecular Probes and Organic Biomaterials (Joint with
BM)
Organizers: David Vocadlo, Simon
Fraser University and Fraser Hof, University of Victoria
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Michael
Brook, McMaster University
Eric
Brown, McMaster University
David Bundle, University of
Alberta
Robert Campbell, University of
Alberta
Dennis Dougherty, California
Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Gillies, The University
of Western Ontario
Jeffrey
Hartgerink, Rice University
Sarah O'Connor, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
John Pezacki, Steacie Institute
for Molecular Sciences
OR6/IN4 Conjugated Materials and Heterocycles (Joint with IN)
Organizer: Alison Thompson,
Dalhousie University
This symposium is supported by Sepracor Canada.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
François Gabbaï, Texas
A&M University
James Wuest, Université de
Montréal
Raymond
Ziessel, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur
OR7/MT3 Fundamentals and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes (Joint with
MT)
Organizers: Yuming Zhao, Memorial
University of Newfoundland and Benoit Simard, Steacie
Institute for Molecular Sciences
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Alex Adronov, McMaster
University
David Antonelli, University
of Windsor
Michael Baird, Queen's
University
Trisha
Huber, Defence R & D Canada
Richard Martel, Université de
Montréal
Dmitrii Perepichka, McGill
University
OR8 Microwave-Promoted
Organic Synthesis
Organizer: Rolando Perez,
University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Biotage and CEM Corporation.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Oliver
Kappe, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Nicholas
Leadbeater, University of Connecticut
Michael
Organ, York University
Grace
Vanier, CEM Corporation
OR9 Organic Synthesis: The
Latest Trends
Organizers: Fred West
and Derrick Clive, University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Amgen, Apotex Pharmachem Inc., Boehringer
Ingelheim, Chemical
Communications, ChemRoutes Corporation, Dalton Medicinal Chemistry Partners,Dalton Pharma Services and
Gilead Alberta
ULC.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Varinder Aggarwal, University of
Bristol
Tom Back, University of Calgary,
Alfred Bader Award Lecture
Louis Barriault, University of
Ottawa
Jean Burnell, Dalhousie
University
Janine Cossy, École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie
Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI)
Pierre Deslongchamps, Université de Sherbrooke
Alex Gagnon, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
Yvan Guindon, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
(IRCM)
Michael Jung, University of California, Los Angeles
Brian Keay, University of Calgary
Dale Ward, University of Saskatchewan
Robert Williams, Colorado State University
OR10 Organocatalysis
Organizer: Michel Gravel,
University of Saskatchewan
This symposium is supported by TCI America.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
J.
Michael Chong, University of Waterloo
Marek Majewski, University of
Saskatchewan
William Ogilvie, University of
Ottawa
Viresh Rawal, University of
Chicago
Tomislav Rovis, Colorado
State University
OR11/BM8 Small Molecule Drug Design and Development (Joint with
BM)
Organizer: Amitabh Jha,
Acadia University
This symposium is supported by Canadian Breast
Cancer Foundation-Atlantic, Sepracor Canada and Varian Canada.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Edward
Knaus, University of Alberta
Lakshmi Kotra, The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro and University of Toronto
Virinder Parmar, University of
Delhi
Youla Tsantrizos, Boehringer
Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
Herbert Waldmann, Max Planck
Institute for Molecular Physiology
Donald Weaver, Dalhousie
University
OR12 General
Organizers: Dennis Hall
and Rik Tykwinski, University of Alberta
