13th Annual Convention

Venue: NISMED Auditorium (AM) and CS Auditorium (PM), CSLAB, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Programme:

December 3, 2008

7:30 AM: Registration
8:30 AM: Opening Ceremonies
9:00 AM: Plenary Lecture 1
10:00 AM: Break
10:30 AM: Plenary Lecture 2
11:30 AM: Opening of Poster Exhibit
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Viewing of Poster Exhibit
2:00 PM: Dr. Alfredo C. Santos Lecture Series
3:00 PM: Break
3:30 PM: Dr. Alfredo C. Santos Lecture Series
4:00 PM: Awarding of Certificates
Business Meeting
President's Report
Treasurer's Report

5:00 PM: Viewing of Posters

The Scientific Session and the 17th Dr. Alfredo C. Santos Scientific Lectures will cover the following areas:

• • Natural Products
  • Chemistry (Terrestrial, Marine, Microbial)
  • Microbiological metabolites
  • Pharmacology and Toxinology
  • Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • Natural Product Development
  • Biodiversity

Pre-registration may be done at the following campuses through contact persons:

UST
Dr. Maribel G. Nonato
RCNS, UST, Manila
Tel./FAX: +63 (02) 7314031/
+63 (02) 4061611 loc. 4037
e-mail: pandans2001@yahoo.com

UPD
Dr. Irene M. Villaseñor
IC, UP-Diliman, Quezon City
Tel./FAX: +63 (02) 9205427
e-mail: ivillase@yahoo.com

Note: Official Receipt of the Society will be issued upon payment of fees.

For further inquiries, please contact:

DR. LOURDES B. CARDENAS
The Secretariat
IBS, UPLB, College, Laguna 4031
Tel.: (049) 536-2807
e-mail: lbcsweetsnow@yahoo.com

17TH DR. ALFREDO C. SANTOS LECTURES ON NATURAL PRODUCTS

Call for Papers
National Scientist Dr. Alfredo C. Santos pioneered phytochemistry in the Philippines. He was a model for the next generations of natural products scientists. To honor him and continue his mission of promoting natural products research, the NPSP features the work of new researchers. The NPSP invites these researchers to submit papers for presentation.
Young researchers (35 years and below) whose papers are accepted in the AC Santos lectures are awarded free registration.

Instruction for the Preparation of the Abstract
Full text must fit an 8.5 x 11-inch bond paper, maximum of 300 words.

11-point font size Times New Roman (TNR)for Title and author's name; 9-point font size TNR for affiliations/addresses.

Title, author's name, affiliations are centered.

Text - single spaced, justified, indent first line of paragraph.

Submit as attachment to e-mail. Abstract must be received by the Scientific Paper Committee on or before 20 October 2008. Abstracts sent by FAX will not be accepted.

Scientific Papers Committee
e-mail: natprodphils@yahoo.com