Award Symposium Honoring Dr. Wencewicz - St. Louis ACS Award Winner

Saint Louis Section ACS Award Symposium in honor of Prof. Timothy Wencewicz

Please join us on November 1, 2024 to honor Dr. Timothy Wencewicz, the 2024 Saint Louis ACS Award Winner. Below is the schedule of events:

1:00 Dr. James Bashkin –Chair of the St. Louis Section, American Chemical Society

Welcome and General Introduction

1:05 Dr. Jennifer Heemstra – Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Symposium Chair

Introduction and Salute to Dr. Wencewicz

1:10 Dr. Timothy Wencewicz –Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, Awardee

Antibiotics and Enchanted Rings

2:00 Dr. Gautam Dantas – Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, WashU School of Medicine

Understanding, Predicting, and Combating Antibiotic Resistance Evolution Across Diverse Habitats

2:50 Coffee Break

3:05 Dr. Andrew Gulick – Professor of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Structural Studies of Enzymes that Catalyze Unusual Reactions in the Biosynthesis of Peptide Natural Products

3:55 Dr. Laura Kiessling – Novartis Professor of Chemistry, MIT

TBA

4:45 Reception- immediately following in the Rettner Gallery

6:00 Saint Louis Award Banquet – Glen Echo Country Club (reservations required)