Fully booked: PACN Congress 2015: Healthcare: From discovery to delivery

17 - 19 November 2015, Nairobi, Kenya


Introduction
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED This year's Pan Africa Chemistry Network Annual Congress: Healthcare: from discovery to delivery will take place at the University of Nairobi in Kenya from 17 - 19 November. This will be the 9th International PACN Congress, and will include delegates from across Africa and the world. This conference will bring together over 200 participants from across Africa and the globe to discuss current research, new developments and crucial issues on the topic of Healthcare. The conference will be attended by leading international experts in healthcare in order to share expertise and best practice and discuss cutting edge research and applications. It will reflect the diversity of science and research that impacts our understanding of healthcare in Africa.
 
The conference is a three day event with international and African speakers from academia and industry. There will be four themes covered in sessions during the course of the three days with plenty of opportunities for discussion and interaction. The four themes are:
• Discovery (natural products, medicinal chemistry, drug design)
• Manufacturing (green chemistry, formulation, regulatory, sustainability)
• Healthcare innovations (diagnostics, devices, commercialisation)
• Infectious diseases
 
Please submit your abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations using the more information button on this page. Funding will be provided only for those that are selected to speak. This format leads to opportunities to engage with other scientists, exchange ideas and has led to new collaborations and partnerships. Registration is free and this includes the welcome dinner, lunch on both days and the conference dinner. The conference will start with registration from 09:00 on 17 November 2015, and will conclude around 17:00 on 19 November.
 
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. We are operating a waiting list, if you would like to join it please contact events@rsc.org.
 
Oral abstracts - Approximately 10 people will be selected to give oral presentations of 15 minutes each. Those wishing to present will need to select which session is best suited to their research area; discovery, manufacturing, healthcare innovations, and infectious diseases. Poster abstracts - we welcome poster submissions from all those who wish to contribute to discussions. In addition, approximately 10 poster presenters will be selected to give a 5 minute flash presentation to the conference audience. Those wishing to present will need to select which session is best suited to their research area; discovery, manufacturing, healthcare innovations, and infectious diseases. Bursaries will be available for African scientists, working in Africa, selected by the scientific committee to make oral presentations or flash presentations.
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Programme
10:00

Registration

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Opening session and welcome

Christopher Nyamai
Dean, School of Physical Sciences
Stephen Hawthorne
Deputy CEO, Royal Society of Chemistry
Bernard O. Aduda
Principal, School of Biological and Physical Sciences
Peter Mbithi
Vice Chancellor, University of Nairobi
Hon. James W. Macharia
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health
13:30 African Science for a Healthier Future
Ramil Burden
Vice-President, Africa and Developing Countries, GSK
14:00 INV01: Breaking transcriptional locks to discover novel microbial antibiotics
Christophe Corre
University of Warwick, UK
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14:30 O01:Synthesis, characterization, and molecular docking of novel 4-aminoquinolines as potential antimalarial agents
Asanda Vincent Busa
University of Western Cape, South Africa
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14:50 O02: Alkyl phenols, alkenylcyclohexenones and other phytochemical constituents from Lannea rivae (chiov) Sacleux (Anacardiaceae) and their bioactivity
Dorothy Okoth Akinyi
Maseno University, Kenya
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15:10 INV02: Developing high valued products for wellness and body care
Ernias Dagne
Addis Ababa University, Ethopia
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15:40

Coffee break

16:10 O03: Chemical epigenetic remodelling of fungal secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes generates molecular diversity and compounds with anticancer properties
Ahmed Yakasai Ali
Bayero University, Nigeria
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16:30 FP01: Isolation by countercurrent chromatography and biological membrane permeation studies of phenlyproplyamino alkaloids from khat (Catha edulis (vahl) endl.)
Minaleshewa Atlabachew Gebretsadik,
Tshwane University of Technology, South Afric
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16:35 FP02: New acylphloroglucinol derivatives and prenylated chalcone from South African helichrysum species and their skin anti-aging activities.
Olugbenga Popoola
University of Western Cape, South Africa
16:40 FP03: Exploring ethnobotanical uses of the African flora for the search of target base anti-cancer agents using mechanism base assays
Conrad Veranso Simoben
University of Buea, Cameroon
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16:50 FP04: Assessment of PYRX and autodock vina software for the design of new anticancer inhibitors by virtual screening and bioassay
Edson Ireeta Munanura
Makerere University, Uganda
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16:55 Questions
17:30 DFID’s research capacity building programmes in East Africa
Julia Kemp
Head, East Africa Research Hub, Department for International Development. British High Commission
17:50 Advancing excellence in science in Africa
Evelyn Giteau
Programme Manager, AESA, African Academy of Sciences
18:10

Q&A session


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University of Nairobi

University of Nairobi, Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya

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