Aug 22 2025

2025 Norman R. Farnsworth Lecture | Dr. Jean-Luc Wolfender

Annual Norman R Farnsworth Lectures

August 22, 2025

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago

Location

UIC College of Pharmacy, 134-1, and online (see link below)

Address

833 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612

The 2025 Farnsworth Lecture

https://go.uic.edu/farnsworthlecturelive

Cost

$0

Calendar

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The collegiate Farnsworth Lectureship in Pharmacognosy is hosted in memory of Norman R. Farnsworth, who was one of the College's most dedicated pharmacy educators and internationally renowned, transformational pharmacognosy researchers. His scientific and educational contributions relate to the chemistry, biology, and therapeutic properties of medicinal plants and natural products. The Farnsworth Lecture is hosted annually by the UIC Pharmacognosy Institute on behalf of the UIC College of Pharmacy (see History of Farnsworth Lectures since 2013).

The 11th Farnsworth Lecture will be held on August 22, 2024 (12:30 CT/13:30 ET/11:30MT/10:30 PT; 19:30 CET; UTC-6h; see world time zone map here), by Dr. Jean-Luc Wolfender from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Geneva, CMU, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. The title of Dr. Wolfender's lecture will be "Nature Meets Technology: A Revolution for Pharmacognosy?:

Background information about the Lecturer

  • Jean‐Luc Wolfender is Professor at the University of Geneva where he leads the phytochemistry bioactive natural product (PBNP) group. Since the 1990s, Dr.Wofeldender has introduced LC-MS and LC-NMR methods for the profiling of natural extracts, improved dereplication, and acceleration of the discovery of novel bioactive compounds. He is currently developing innovative metabolomic approaches based on mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in various aspects of natural product research. His work includes LC-MS computational approaches for data mining with a focus on generic assessment of the composition of natural extracts that are used therapeutically and as dietary supplements. His research focuses on the discovery of NP-based drugs, evidence-based phytotherapy, and new NP that can be induced in response to biological stimuli.

Contact

Pharmacognosy Institute
uicpi@uic.edu

Date posted

Jan 23, 2025

Date updated

Jul 6, 2025

Speakers

Jean-Luc Wolfender | Professor | University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Dr. Wolfdender is a Full Professor at the Phytochemistry and  Bioactive Natural Product research unit of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Geneva (Switzerland).  He is currently developing innovative MS‐ and NMR‐ based metabolomics strategies in the frame of projects related to phytochemistry, microbial interactions, and phytotherapy. His resarch drives the development of dereplication and de novo structure identification methods of bioactive natural products in the context of pharmaceutical and human health applications.