MIKI - Meeting in Miniature

The University of Kansas
45th Annual MIKI Meeting
April 13-15, 2007
Lawrence, KS

"Registration for MIKI 2007 is now closed. Please contact co-chairs Donna Lubbers (donnaj@ku.edu) or Timothy Ribelin (tribelin@ku.edu) if you have further questions. Thank you!"
Schedule | Accommodations | Catering | Poster Sessions | Contact | Keynote Speaker | Sponsors | MIKI History | MIKI Founders

Accommodations

SpringHill Suites by Marriott
All reservations will be handled through MIKI registration and your university’s office.

Catering

Catering for most of the events will be handled by Maceli’s. The Friday night welcome buffet dinner will be held at Maceli’s venue in downtown Lawrence. Please use your tour bus for transportation to Saturday night’s banquet at the Alvamar Country Club. Menu choices will be available at a later date. If you have any questions regarding catering, please contact Melanie Blevins.

Poster Sessions

The poster session and all presentations will be held in the conference rooms at SpringHill Suites.
Poster size: 4' X 6'
Deadline: March 31st 2007, Saturday 5:00 pm CST
Abstract should be submitted while registering for conference
For more information please contact Nikunj Shukla

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Albert Padwa


William Patterson Timmie Professor of Organic Chemistry at Emory University
For more information, please see Dr. Padwa's website.

Contact Information

Please direct any questions to 2007 MIKI Coordinators, Tim Ribelin or Donna Lubbers,
or to the faculty advisor, Dr. Emily Scott. For registration information, please contact Huijong Han.

Sponsors for MIKI 2007

• KU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
• KU School of Pharmacy
• Donnelly Design
• Abbott Laboratories
• ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry
• Merck
• KU Center for Research
• Schering-Plough
• ChemGlass
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
• Reliable Biopharmaceutical Corporation
• Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
• VWR International
• Fisher Scientific
• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
• Bruker BioSpin Corporation
• Mike Rafferty
• Bayer Pharmaceuticals
• Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company
• Shimadzu
• Bristol-Myers Squibb

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A Brief History of the MIKI Meeting

Each year, the Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy of the Universities of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois at Chicago participate in the Medicinal Chemistry Meeting-in-Miniature, better known as the “MIKI” meeting. This meeting is organized by students at the host university and has traditionally been one of the most successful regional meetings in Medicinal Chemistry. The first MIKI meeting was held in 1963 at the University of Iowa, and its founders are listed below. It was established to provide graduate students experience in presenting their research at a scientific meeting. It also provides a catalyst for the sharing and exchanging of ideas between students and faculty of the different universities.

Since 1966, a distinguished scientist has been invited to deliver a keynote address. This provides the graduate students an opportunity to interact both professionally and socially with one of the top scientists in the field.

The highlight of the meeting for graduate students is the opportunity to present their own work, in both oral and poster formats, to an audience of their peers. Many lasting friendships have been made at this meeting. The success of the MIKI meeting is such that it has become the most copied meeting of its type in medicinal chemistry departments around the world.

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MIKI Founders

Minnesota O. Gisvold P. S. Portoghese T. O. Soine	Illinois L. Bauer D. Coviello R. Daniels J. E. Gearien	Kansas M. P. Mertes E. E. Smissman R. A. Wiley	Iowa J. G. Cannon D. T. Witiak

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Information from MIKI 2003 can be found here.