Introduction

The talk will start with a brief review of the treatment of aliments through the ages and then go on to look at the work of Perkin which led others to the discovery of the sulphonamide antibiotics. The many roles played by chemists in the modern drug discovery process will be considered, looking at how chemical synthesis, natural product isolation, and genome data are used to generate promising compounds, and how these are developed into successful drugs.

Venue

The University of Birmingham

Lecture Theatre 101, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Organised by

The West Midlands Chemistry Teachers' Centre

Contact information

David Jones
United Kingdom
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