Virtual Lecture: Chemistry Innovation and Biological Discovery through Natural Product Total Synthesis

Lecture held on: August 24, 2022

Presenter

Prof. Mingji Dai – Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

In this lecture, Prof. Mingji Dai focused on recent efforts in function and efficiency driven total synthesis of medicinally important natural products. The target molecules include macrolides, alkaloids, and polycyclic diterpenoids. Novel and enabling synthetic strategies and methodologies toward these target molecules will be highlighted. Biological evaluation and target identification of the selected natural products and their analogs will be discussed as well. Overall, this talk emphasized how Prof. Mingji Dai uses natural product total synthesis to achieve chemistry innovation and biological discovery.