Molecules Webinar | Future Trends in Bioorganic Chemistry
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Francesca Cardona
University of Firenze, Italy;
Francesca Cardona, born in 1971, received her Master’s degree in Chemistry in 1995 with Dr. A. Goti and her PhD in Chemical Sciences in Firenze in 1998 with Prof. A. Brandi. After a 1-year Post-Doc at the University of Lausanne (CH), with Prof. P. Vogel, she was hired as a permanent researcher (2002–2015) at the Chemistry Department in Firenze, where she has been an Associated Professor since 2015. In 2006, she was awarded the “G. Ciamician” medal of the Italian Chemical Society (Organic Chemistry Division) for young researchers. She has been a member of the Editorial Board of Molecules (Bioorganic Chemistry Section) since 2020. Her interests span from the stereoselective syntheses of nitrogenated glycomimetics and their biomedical applications to new green oxidation methods, as well as multivalency. She is the author of 101 papers, 11 chapters in scientific books, 1 book (RSC) and 1 patent (h-index 34) on these topics.
On Tuesday 1 June 2021, MDPI and the Journal Molecules organized the 9th webinar, entitled "Future Trends in Bioorganic Chemistry".
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Professor Francesca Cardona, from the University of Florence, Italy. Her interests span from the stereoselective syntheses of nitrogenated glycomimetics and their biomedical applications to new green oxidation methods, as well as multivalency.
The first speaker to quick off this webinar was Prof. Dr. Anthony S. Serianni from the University of Notre Dame, USA. A few of his many research interests include methods development for site-specific isotopic labeling of carbohydrates and their derivatives; synthesis and conformational studies of simple and complex carbohydrates related to the N-glycans of human glycoproteins by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, etc. His presentation was entitled “MA’AT Analysis: Conformational Equilibria and Dynamics from NMR Spin-Couplings and Circular Statistics”.
The second presentation with the title " Design and Synthesis of Luminescent Iridium Complex-Peptide Hybrids for the Theranostics of Cancer" was held by Prof. Dr. Shink Aoki. His major research interests are organic synthetic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, photochemistry, and medicinal chemistry, mainly using metal complexes in aqueous solution
The last presentation was given by the Chair herself, Prof. Dr. Francesca Cardona, and was entitled " Synthesis of Alkylated Azasugars: New Potential Pharmacological Chaperones for Gaucher Disease?"
Each presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Molecules, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Women in Bioorganic Chemistry
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Francesca Cardona, Dr. Camilla Parmeggiani and Dr. Camilla Matassini
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021
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Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Handzlik and Dr. Katarzyna Kucwaj-Brysz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021
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Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Claus Jacob, Dr. Enrique Domínguez-Álvarez and Dr. Małgorzata Anna Marć
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021