Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Sciences Lecture Series - No. 196

Topic：Multi-target strategies in drug discovery: the dawn of H2S-donor chimeras for therapeutic purposes

Speaker：Simona Rapposelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, the University of Pisa

Chair：Prof. Rongbiao Pi, School of Pharmaceutical Science, SYSU

Time：10:00 a.m., November 5 (Wednesday), 2014

Venue：125 Lecture Hall, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, East Campus, SYSU

Introduction of the speaker:

Dr. Simona Rapposelli is an Assistant Professor in Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Pisa. She received her Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from University of Pisa (Italy) in 2003. In the past 10 years, she has extensive experience in the design and synthesis of new compounds potentially active in several pathologies, such as anti-cancer (P-glycoprotein inhibitors, SERMs) and cardiovascular fields (anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, anti-ischemic). She is the author of 65 publications in high quality peer reviewed journals, 4 book’s chapters, 3 international patents and 3 national patents. Dr. Rapposelli hold several ongoing projects cooperating with national and international research groups, on anti-cancer (Italy, Wisconsis, London) and anti-Alzheimer’s disease (Italy, China) field. And she is also the reviewers of over 20 peer-reviewed journals including J. Med. Chem., and Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, and the Guest Editor of Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry.

All are welcome to the lecture!