On
May 25th 2018, Prof. Dale L. Boger from the Scripps Research
Institute paid visit to the SKLEOC. After scientific discussions with faculty
members of the institute in the morning, he gave a lecture entitled “Redesign
of Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria” at 4:00 P.M. in the lecture of hall of
Shixian Building.
Before the speech, Prof. Qilin Zhou
dedicated Prof. Boger the “Nankai University Lectureship on Organic Chemistry”
certificate on behalf of the SKLEOC. In his talk, Prof. Boger thoroughly
discussed his research on the structural modification and total synthesis of
vancomycin to improve its biological activities towards resistant bacteria. The
humorous style of Prof. Boger’s talk was certainly attractive to the audience
resulting in an enthusiastic atmosphere. After the talk, further discussions
continued on the details of the activities of vancomycin.
Prof. Dale L. Boger received his Ph.D. in
1980 from Harvard University under the supervision of Prof. E. J. Corey. He is
currently Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry at the department of
chemistry and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, and served as chairman of
the department of chemistry from 2012. Prof. Boger is internationally reckoned
as an expert in organic synthesis, heterocyclic chemistry, natural product
synthesis and their biological functions, synthetic methodologies and medicinal
chemistry. He is the founding editor of Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Letters. He’s research has received much awards, including being a member of
the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
