The 2008 Edward E. Smissman Memorial Lecture Series

The Department of Medicinal Chemistry

presents:

The 2008 EDWARD E. SMISSMAN

MEMORIAL LECTURES

September 25th & 26th, 2008

by

Ronald Breslow, Ph.D.

S. L. Mitchill Professor of Chemistry and University Professor
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York

Biography of Ronald Breslow, Ph.D.

Public Lecture and Award Presentation

"How Did Chirality (Handedness) that was Critical for the Origin of Life get Started on Earth?"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4:30 p.m., Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union

Scientific Lectures

"SAHA, An Approved Cancer Medicine with a Novel Mechanism of Action"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
9:30 a.m., Alderson Auditorium

"Biomimetic Chemistry"
Friday, September 26, 2008
10:00 a.m., 1005 Haworth



Sponsored by:
The KU Department of Medicinal Chemistry
and
The Edward E. and Clarine F. Smissman Fund
Kansas University Endowment Association
Lawrence, Kansas