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Interview: Sweet Science
05 November 2009
David Jakeman talks about carbohydrates, drugs and meeting Darwin. Interview by Nicola Wise

Directing Biosynthesis 2010: Discovery, Evolution, Function
Further information on this conference to be held from 15 - 17 September 2010 in Durham, UK.

Major new global symposia series announced
14 October 2009
A new generation of international symposia across the chemical sciences for 2010 and beyond
2009 Annual Reports Section B is now published
09 September 2009
Section B: organic chemistry of Annual Reports has been published.

Issue 11 of NPR: themed issue on genomics
22 October 2009
Issue 11 of NPR contains 6 reviews focussing on the fascinating insights being provided into plant and bacterial secondary metabolism by genome sequencing and genome mining

Issue 10 of NPR now online
25 September 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Most cited articles in the last 10 years
21 August 2009
We look back at some of the most cited NPR articles from the last 10 years

Issue 9 of NPR now online
20 August 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Issue 8 of NPR now online
28 July 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Instant insight: True blue flowers
14 July 2009
What makes a purple pigment blue? The answer could lead to the elusive blue rose says Kumi Yoshida

Issue 7 of NPR now online
26 June 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Issue 6 of NPR now online
29 May 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Interview: Bearing fruit
28 April 2009
Alan Crozier on flavonoids, David Bellamy and good wine. Carl Saxton investigates

Issue 5 of NPR now online
23 April 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Issue 4 of NPR now online
26 March 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

2009 NPR Award Lecture
09 March 2009
David O'Hagan delivers the 2009 NPR Award Lecture at the Zing Natural Products conference

Issue 3 of NPR now online
26 February 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Issue 2 of NPR now online
30 January 2009
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

New NPR Editorial Board members announced
28 January 2009
We would like to welcome David Jakeman and Stefan Schulz to the NPR Editorial Board
Announcement: NPR Lecture Award winner 2009
15 January 2009
It is with great pleasure that we announce Professor David O'Hagan, from the University of St Andrews, UK, as the winner of the NPR Lecture Award 2009

Issue 1 of NPR now online
22 December 2008
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Instant insight: Life at the extremes
11 November 2008
Miniature natural product libraries can be found in the most unexpected places

Issue 6 of NPR now online
24 November 2008
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Interview: Fired up about fungi
17 November 2008
Russell Cox discusses his fiery introduction to chemistry and his work on polyketide biosynthesis

2009 NPR Lecture Award nominations closed
01 December 2008
Nominations for the 2009 NPR Lecture Award are now closed

Issue 5 of NPR now online
30 September 2008
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

NPR Board Member given RSC award
04 August 2008
Emma Raven (University of Leicester), a member of the Editorial Board for NPR has won the RSC 2008 award for Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms.
NPR Lecture Award 2008 presented
22 July 2008
Professor Jason Micklefield received the NPR Lecture Award 2008 at the IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products

Interview: Medicinal reasons
16 July 2008
Yixin Lu talks to Vikki Allen about his dreams and the importance of medicinal chemistry
Meet the board - Hal Kohn
26 June 2008
The NPR editorial board member tells Joanne Thomson about investigating the unknown and the joy experienced when its secrets are revealed

Fungi wake up to new natural products
29 April 2008
Re-awakening 'silent' metabolic pathways in fungi has revealed a new range of natural products to US scientists.

Issue 3 of NPR now online
23 May 2008
The latest issue of Natural Product Reports is now available online

Instant insight: Crossing the cell membrane
16 April 2008
Shana Kelley reveals how cell-penetrating peptides deliver the goods when it comes to biology and medicine.

Search for structures within articles
02 April 2008
RSC Prospect's new features allow you to do just that - and more

Themed issue: Synthesis
27 March 2008
Bringing together eight reviews from leading natural products synthetic researchers

Free access in April
14 March 2008
Online access to RSC journals provided for customers for the whole of April
Analytical Tools for the Life Sciences - Oxidative DNA Damage
22 February 2008
One of three workshops on Analytical Tools in the Life Sciences.

Instant insight: Speeding up cocaine
11 February 2008
Chang-Guo Zhan introduces the use of computational designs to develop promising therapeutics for treating cocaine addiction and overdoses

Free online access for new journal
29 January 2008
Registration will provide free institutional access to Energy & Environmental Science in 2008 and 2009

Natural products research articles in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Read the latest natural products research and review articles published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Announcement: NPR Lecture Award winner 2008
21 January 2008
The 2008 Natural Product Reports Lecture Award has been won by Dr Jason Micklefield, the University of Manchester, UK.

Meet the NPR team
The NPR team will be attending a number of conferences in 2008. Find out where you can meet us!

In Issue 6, 2007 of NPR
21 November 2007
The final NPR issue of the year features a Highlight article by Rolf Muller and Silke Wenzel and 10 reviews.

Instant insight: Natural remedies
13 December 2007
Jason Micklefield of the University of Manchester, UK, looks at how natural products hit the targets other molecules cannot reach

NPR Highlight: recent advances in the synthesis of polycyclic imidazole-containing marine natural products
27 September 2007
Steven Weinreb focuses on some recent approaches to the total synthesis of imidazole-containing alkaloids which have been isolated from marine sponges.

In Issue 4, 2007 of NPR
26 July 2007
Find out more about this issue's highlight article, HOT article and the front cover.

Themed issue: Heme
30 May 2007
Ten articles focussing on the chemistry and biochemistry of heme proteins.

NPR Award Lecture venue announced
24 May 2007
The 2007 Natural Product Reports Award Lecture will be delivered in September at the 5th European Conference on Marine Natural Products by Professor RX Tan.

Instant insight: In from the cold
03 May 2007
Bill Baker extols the virtues of cold-water marine natural products and considers their future prospects.

In Issue 2, 2007 of NPR
30 March 2007
Issue 2 features a Highlight article by Rajesh Gokhale and colleagues on polyketide synthases in mycobacteria, and seven reviews

In Issue 1, 2007 of NPR
02 February 2007
Issue 1 features a Highlight article by Gerardo Corzo and colleagues on natural products from spider venom, and the annual marine natural products review by John Blunt and coworker...

NPR Highlight: Marine metabolites make binding agreement
01 February 2007
Gerry Pattenden and Anna Bertram describe compelling evidence that azole-based cyclic peptides bound to metals play a role in biological function.

Announcement: NPR Lecture Award winner
04 January 2007
The 2007 Natural Product Reports Lecture Award has been won by Professor RX Tan, Nanjing University, China.

In Issue 6, 2006 of NPR
23 November 2006
Issue 6 features a Highlight article by Neil Bruce on bacterial pathways for degradation of nitroaromatics

NPR Lecture Award - Call for Nominations!
16 October 2006
The 2007 NPR Lecture Award is now open for nominations.

John Blunt presents the 2006 NPR Lecture Award
18 August 2006
2006 NPR Lecture Award recipient, John Blunt, lectures to delegates at the 2006 American Society of Pharmacognosy Conference in Washington, DC.

In issue 4, 2006 of NPR
01 August 2006
Issue 4 features a Highlight article by Christopher Walsh on Biological formation of pyrroles

Chris Schofield presents the 2005 NPR Lecture Award
23 May 2006
2005 NPR Lecture Award recipient, Chris Schofield, lectures to delegates at the 40th European Symposium on Bio-Organic Chemistry (ESBOC), Gregynog, UK.


