MEDIMonday, August 20, 2007

9:00 AM-12:30 PM BCEC -- 210 B/C, Oral
Smissman Award Symposium
Organizer:David Rotella
9:00 AMAddiction and brain mechanisms
Barry Hoffer
9:40 AMSerendipity rediscovered — an oxymoron or rational drug design: Studies on subtype selective BzR/GABAergic ligands
James M. Cook, Harry June, Elise Weerts, Micheal L. Van Linn, Donna Platt, Tim DeLorey, Miroslav Savic, Terry Clayton
10:20 AMLigand based structural biology of the endocannabinoid system
Alexandros Makriyannis
11:00 AMDevelopment of potential drug abuse medications derived from the hallucinogenic natural product salvinorin A
Thomas E. Prisinzano
11:40 AMIntroduction of Smissman awardee
11:50 AMMedicinal chemistry in drug abuse research
Kenner C. Rice

Symposium Grid -- Division of Medicinal Chemistry -- Session Listing

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007