Iwao Ojima and George Sosnovsky

Director, Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
BS, 1968, The University of Tokyo
MS, 1970, The University of Tokyo
PhD 1973, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Naoki Inamoto)

Appointments:

1973-1983 Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader, Sagami Institute of Chemical Research
1983 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1984 Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1989 Professeur invité, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
1991 Leading Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1995 University Distinguished Professor, State University of New York
1996 Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Visiting Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
1997 Professeur invité, Université de Paris XI, BIOCIS, Châtenay-Malabry, France
1997-2003 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook
2003-present, Director, Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook.

His first lecture was presented October 16th and his second lecture was presented October 17th 2008 with the title:

Taxane-Based Tumor-Targeting

Cancer is the second major cause of death in the United States. Despite the signicant progress in the development of cancer detection, prevention,surgery and therapy, there is still no common cure for patients with malignant diseases. This lecture will present our research program on the discovery and development of novel taxane-based anticancer agents possessing tumor-targeting ability and ecacy against various cancer types, especially drug-resistant tumors.