• Natural products discovery from Actinomycetes in the genomic era
Richard Baltz, CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting, Indianapolis, IN/USA
• Protein interactions in acetate metabolic pathways
Michael Burkart, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA/USA
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• The re-emergence of natural products in drug discovery and development
David H. Sherman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI/USA
• Upping the ante’ for natural product synthesis: from traditional to bioactivity-guided retrosyntheses
Daniel Romo, Baylor University, Waco, TX/USA
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• Using genomics approaches to discover terpenoid pathway enzymes in non-model systems
Joerg Bohlmann, University of British Columbia, Vancouver/CDN
