On October 17th of 2018, the 5thNankai-Asymchem Lectureship took place at Nankai University. The invited
speakers of this year are Prof. Jan-E. Bäckvall from Stockholm University and
Dr. Stephan Caron from Pfizer. They respectively demonstrated their recent works
in developing biomimetic green organocatalysis and practical industrial
syntheses of pharmaceutical relevant building blocks. The lecture was hosted by
Prof. Qilin Zhou. The invited speakers later had in depth discussions with
faculties of organic chemistry discipline. Leaders and experts from Asymchem
were also present at the lectureship.
The Nankai-Asychem Lectureship is founded by Asymchem and Nankai University in 2014. The lectureship takes place annually in October or November. Each lectureship invites one member each from the academia (distinguished professors) and the industry (leaders and chief scientists from established pharmaceutical industries) to speak at Nankai University. The idea of the lectureship is to encourage students in face-to-face communications with top-tier elites of both the academia and the industry. The lectureship serves as a platform for the students to understand the cutting-edge developments of chemistry, biology and medicinal sciences, as well as providing a broader view for international scientific cooperations.
