International Symposium on Natural Products, Kasane, Botswana, 25-29 February 2008. IOCD and the International Society for the Development of Natural Products are jointly organizing this symposium featuring eminent scientists from around the world, and held in one of the world's last remaining areas of extensive wilderness.

Free Distance Learning Course in Medicinal Chemistry. In partnership with the University of Kansas, Lester Mitscher of the IOCD Medicinal Chemistry Working Group has created a free online training course in medicinal chemistry for developing-country scientists. Click here to find out more information.

Global Microscience Programme. The IOCD is partnering with UNESCO, IUPAC, and the International Foundation for Science Education (IFSE) to deploy this innovative teaching approach around the globe. Click here to find out more information.

Building Capacity of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). The Working Group for Environmental Analytical Chemistry is partnering with UNBS to strengthen its capacity for testing commodities for export. Click here to read more.

Book Donation to Developing Countries. We have completed shipments to 10 countries around the world, including Georgia, Swaziland, Liberia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Currently, we are preparing shipments for Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uganda, and we are considering an expansion of the program to include the shipment of medical equipment. Click here to read more.

IOCD International Symposium on ‘Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Studies of Asian Plants’, Surabaya, Indonesia, 9-11 April 2007. This conference brought together scientists from around the world in academia, public health organizations, and industry. Plenary lectures and special sessions dealt with the present and future of Asian traditional medicine and its implications for the development of new therapeutics.

Fourth Annual COST B22 Congress on Drug Discovery and Development for Parasitic Diseases, Dundee, Scotland, 10-13 June 2007. IOCD provided travel grants to 10 early-career scientists from developing countries to attend this meeting. One of the scientists was awarded a grant from the Crabbé, Seaborg and Blout Founder's Fund for further training in one of the COST B22 laboratories. Click here to read the congress report, and here to learn more about this Working Group.

The 10th International Chemistry Conference (ICCA), Garyounis University, Benghazi, Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, November 18-21, 2007. Click here to read the conference report and here to read the observations and recommendations that were made.

CHEMRAWN XII: The Role of Chemistry in Sustainable Agriculture and Human Well-being in Africa, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, December 2-5, 2007. Click here for the conference website.