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The 25th Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2022 (JST)/Wednesday, March 2, 2022 (PST) as a live-streaming event.
The Gold Medal will be presented to Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Stanford University, USA), and the Silver Medal will be presented to Professor Motomu Kanai (The University of Tokyo, Japan).
Please register from;
https://www.msd-life-science-foundation.or.jp/symp/nagoya/nagoya_about2022.html
The Nagoya Medal Award was initially proposed by Professor Hisashi Yamamoto and Professor Ryoji Noyori, and founded in 1995 with Professor Noyori as the president through the financial support of the MSD Life Science Foundation (Banyu). The Nagoya Gold Medal has been awarded every year to an organic chemist who has made significant original contributions to the field in its broadest sense. The first medal was presented to Professor Yoshito Kishi, and many eminent scientists have come to give lectures, including recipients of the Goto Memorial Lectureship started earlier. The Silver Medal, established in 1999, has been awarded every year to a front-runner based in Japan, whose research has a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The medals are designed in the shape of a sword guard, an idea proposed by Professors Yamamoto and Noyori. The flowers on the surface are lilies, which are the city flower of Nagoya City, and have the meaning of “a kind heart and competitiveness”. At the award lectures, the recipients are asked to talk not only about the profundity of their unique chemistry, but also the in-depth philosophy behind it, encouraging young chemists and students.
The 25th Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemisty
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 9:00-14:10 (JST)
Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 16:00-21:10 (PST)
Gold Medal Lecture: Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Stanford University, USA)
1. “Therapeutic opportunities in glycoscience”
2. “Targeted degradation of extracellular proteins with lysosome targeting chimeras (LYTACs)”
Silver Medal Lecture: Professor Motomu Kanai (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
“Hybrid catalysis in flasks and living organisms”
Registration and Program Details:
Free of charge
URL: https://www.msd-life-science-foundation.or.jp/symp/nagoya/nagoya_about2022.html
Chair:
Professor Kenichiro Itami (Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University)
Sponsored by:
The Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry Committee
Co-sponsored by:
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University
Financial support by:
MSD Life Science Foundation
Supported by:
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
The Chemical Society of Japan
Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan