Meeting Agenda
Program Booklet available to download here.
August 8, 2009 Saturday
PSNA Executive Committee meeting
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Rm 360 Smith Hall
Registration and
Arrival
2:00 – 8:00 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Key Note Presentation
Dr. James Duke
6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Herbal Village
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Spices and Culinary Herbs in Folk Medicine
and Phytomedicine
Reception
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
August 9, 2009 Sunday
Opening Remarks
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Chao Lu
Dean Graduate School, Towson University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Session I: Moderator James A. Saunders, Towson University
Dr. Jed Fahey
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Johns Hopkins University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
The action of glucosinolates/isothiocyanates
on Helicobacter pyloris
Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn
9:45 – 10:30 AM
Ohio State University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Discovery of Potential Anticancer Agents
from Tropical Plants
Morning Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Eloy Rodriguez
11:00 – 11:20 AM
Noon Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Cornell University
The Biochemical Evolution of Phytomedicines
Zhonghua Wang
11:20 – 11:40 AM
Lecture Room 326
University of British Columbia Smith Hall
Isolation and Characterization of the
Kalanchoe daigremontiana Cyclases forming the Cuticular Triterpenoids
Glutinol and Friedelin
Cedric B. Baker
11:40-12:00 PM
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Mercer University-College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Bioactive Phytochemicals in Medical Foods
for Phytotherapy
Lunch
12:00 – 1:05 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Session II: Moderator Cecilia McIntosh, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Jinhui Dou
1:10 - 1:55 PM
Food and Drug Administration
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Botanical Drug Development in the U.S.
Poster Introductions (2 minute rounds)
1:55 – 3:15 PM
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Poster Session and refreshments
3:15 – 5:00 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
August 10, 2009 Monday
Session III: Moderator Roland Roberts, Towson University
Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer
8:45 – 9:30 AM
Ashland University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Analytical Strategies for Ecologically
Active
Phytochemicals
Dr. Vonnie Shields
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Towson University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
The
effects of alkaloids on the feeding behavior and neurophysiology of
insects
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Neish Speaker
I
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Gale G. Bozzo
University of Guelph
Salvage of Folate Catabolites in Plants:
Biochemical Characterization of p-Aminobenzoylglutamate Hydrolase
Neish Speaker II
11:15 – 11:45 AM Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Syed G.A. Moinuddin
Washington State University
COMT (CAFFEIC ACID O-METHYL TRANSFERASE)
Mutations and Effects on Both Lignin Primary Structure and
Deconstruction
Lunch
11:50 – 1:10 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Session IV: Moderator Tim Dwyer, Stevenson University
Dr. Ikhlas A. Kahn
1:20 – 2:05 PM
University of Mississippi
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Drug Discovery of Natural Products for
Pharmacognosy
Cristobal L. Miranda
2:05 – 2:25 PM
Oregon State University
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Xanthohumol and Related Prenylated
Flavonoids from Hops Inhibit Production of Inflammatory Mediators in
Activated Monocytes and Macrophages
Daniel K. Owens
2:25 – 2:45 PM
East Tennessee State University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Identification, Biochemical
Characterization, and Structure Function Analysis of a Flavonol
3-O-Glucosyltransferase from Citrus Paradisi
Ming-Zhu Shi
2:45 – 3:05 PM
North Carolina State University
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Red Callus Culture of Arabidopsis as a Tool
for Analyzing the Regulation Mechanism Controlling the Function of Pap1
Transcription Factor
Poster Session and Refreshments
3:10 – 4:30 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
PSNA Business meeting,
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
August 11, 2009 Tuesday
Session V: Moderator John Thor Arnason, University of Ottawa
Dr. Bill J. Baker
8:45 – 9:30 AM
University of South Florida
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Antarctic Red Marine Algae Produces
Influenza Inhibitory Chemistry
Dr. Michael C. Tims
National Institutes Standards & Technology
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
A Little biology Goes a Long Way:
Evaluation of Extraction Methods for Gallic Acid, Catechins and
Xanthines in Green Tea
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Ralph L. Reed
10:45 – 11:05 AM
Oregon State University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Glucosinolate Degradation Products in
Fermented Meadowfoam Seed Meal and Their Herbicidal Activities
Sungbeom Lee
11:05 – 11:25 AM
Virginia Tech
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Unraveling The Biosynthesis Of Volatiles In
Plant Defense: A Single CYTP450 Enzyme Is Responsible For the Conversion
of Geranyllinalool to the Insect-induced Homoterpene TMTT in ARABIDOPSIS
THALIANA
Jim Tokuhisa
11:25 – 11:45 AM
Virginia Tech
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
The Steroidal Glycoalkaloids of Solanum
Chacoense
Lydia Meador
11:45 – 12:05 PM
North Carolina State University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Characterization of PAP1-Transgenic Cell
Suspension Culture through Growth, Anthocyanins, and Gene Expression
Lunch
12:05 – 1:15 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Session VI: Moderator David Gang, University of Arizona
Neish Speaker III
1:20 – 1:50 PM
De-Yu Xie
North Carolina State University
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Red cell culture of the PAP1transgene: a
functional tool to understanding the regulatory mechanism of MYB75
controlling the biosyntheses of both anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins
Kevin Spelman
1:50 – 2:10 PM
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Spilanthol, undeca-2E-ene-8, 10-diynoic
acid isobutylamide and extracts from Spilanthes acmella demonstrate
anti-plasmodial activity
M. S. C. Pedras
2:10 – 2:30 PM
University of Saskatchewan
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Plant Defenses and Pathogen Attack,
Tricking Plant Pathogens
Phanikanth V. Turlapati
2:30 – 2:50 PM
Washington State University
Lecture Room 326, Smith Hall
Tellimagrandin II Biosynthesis in Tellima
grandiflora: C–C coupling STEP
Young Investigators Program
3:00 – 4:30 PM
Chesapeake Rooms, Student Union
Banquet,
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Chesapeake Room, Student Union
Dinner Presentation, Dr. Norman Farnsworth
7:30 – 8:30 PM
YSONGOCAMRAHP and the Search for Bioactive
Chemicals
Chesapeake Room, Student Union
August 12, 2009
Wednesday
Session VI: Moderator Norman Lewis, Washington State University
Dr. Sangeeta Dhaubhadel
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Regulation of Isoflavonoid Synthesis in
Soybean Seeds
Dr. Mark Bernards 9:45 – 10:30 AM
University of Western Ontario
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
The Ecological Role(s) of Ginsenosides
Lili Zhou
10:30 – 10:50 AM
North Carolina State University
HPLC/MS Profiling of Anthocyanin and
Carotenes of Sweet potato Genotypes with Variable Flesh Colors
Sung-Jin Kim
10:50 – 11:10 AM
Washington State University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
Formation of Allyl/Propenyl Phenols in
Liquid Media: Substrate Versatility of Monolignol Acyltranserases and
Allyl/Propenyl Phenol Synthases
Masaomi Yamamuraa
11:10 – 11:30 AM
Kyoto University
Lecture Room, Rm 326, Smith Hall
The Subunit Composition Of Hinokiresinol
Synthase Controls Enantiometirc Composition Of Hinokiresinol Formation
RAP Editorial Meetings
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Smith Hall 360