The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inc., was founded in January 1917, and has several special interest divisions including the Division of Biomolecular Chemistry (formerly The Division of Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry).
The division had as its patron the eminent Australian scientist Adrien Albert who was world renowned for his work in toxicology and chemistry. The division has named its most prestigious lectureship, The Adrien Albert Lecture after him.
The division has established reciprocal links with the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society and has held two highly successful joint conferences.
Chair
Renate Griffith
T. +61 (0)2 9385 1912
E. R.Griffith@unsw.edu.au
Chair-elect
Michael Kassiou
E. m.kassiou@usyd.edu.au
Secretary
Andrew Harvey
E. aharvey@bionomics.com.au
Treasurer
Bret Church
E. bret.church@sydney.edu.au
Committee Members
Jonathan Baell
Chris Burns
Mary Collins
Ian Crosby
Joanne Jamie
Michael Kassiou
Paul Keller
Michael Kelso
Ian McDonald
Wim Meutermans
Sally-Anne Poulsen
Dave Winkler
Scott Stewart
Richard Payne
Andrew Abell
Bernie Flynn
The Biomolecular Division would like to congratulate two of our members for receiving the following awards:
Adrien Albert Award 2012
Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Abell, University of Adelaide, who has won this award for his sustained, outstanding research in Medicinal Chemistry. Andrew’s major current research efforts are focused on the design, synthesis and exploitation of small molecule inhibitors and probes of proteases and other biologically important proteins.
Biota Award 2012
Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Matthew Piggott, University of Western Australia, who has won this award for the best drug design and development publication in the previous year. This paper describes research into novel analogues of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ‘ecstasy’) for Parkinson’s disease.
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