Department of BioMolecular Sciences
The University of Mississippi

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The Department of BioMolecular Sciences at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy will host the 42nd Annual MALTO Medicinal Chemistry–Pharmacognosy Meeting-in-Miniature in Oxford, MS on May 17-19, 2015.

The MALTO research conference is a forum where graduate and undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows can present the results of their research in a collegial atmosphere. The MALTO organization was founded in 1973 and includes faculty and students from medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy programs in colleges of pharmacy from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.

The A. Nelson Voldeng Memorial Lecturer will be Alan P. Kozikowski, Professor, Drug Discovery Program, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago. The topic will be:

“Chemistry, the Brain, and Cancer – Ups and Downs on the Road to HDAC6i Drugs”

Registration is now open and for the 42nd Annual MALTO Medicinal Chemistry–Pharmacognosy Meeting-in-Miniature.  This year’s meeting is hosted by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Oxford, MS on May 17-19, 2015.

Registration and accommodation information may be found below.

Our program, abstracts a UM campus map and menus can be downloaded here.

Please ask your students to start getting their presentations ready.

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PODIUM AND POSTER PRESENTERS
Podium presentations (power point):  no longer than 15 minutes + 5 minutes for Q/A
Poster presentations:  Poster size should be no larger than 60 inches long X 48 inches wide
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Contributors to our Organization

MALTO Medicinal Chemistry, Inc. would like to thank the following contributors, without whom our meetings would not be possible!

  •  American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Division – The ACS is a proud supporter of the MALTO meetings. Memberships to ACS can be obtained by clicking on this link: http://acsmedi.mybigcommerce.com
  • Cypress Creek Pharma, Inc.
  • Arbor Therapeutics, LLC
  • Ironstone Separations, Inc.
  • Robert A. Magarian
  • Thomas L. Lemke
  • Ronald F. Borne
  • Paradox Pharmaceuticals

Bus Information

Oxford now has a transit system! Please click here for fares, routes, and schedules.

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at The Inn at Ole Miss at the following rates for the MALTO Group:

Deluxe Accommodation $124/night

One Bedroom Suites $164/night

(plus applicable taxes – currently 7% per room, per night)
*The rates listed are for double occupancy. There will be a $10 per person fee for additional adults.

Hotel Reservations

Reservations need to be made by individual guests. Guests can make reservations by calling 1-888-486-7666 and referencing the MALTO Meeting Group. Any rooms still left 30 days prior to arrival, April 17, 2015, (the “Cut-Off Date”) will be
released for general sale, and the Hotel will determine whether or not it can accept reservations
based on a space-and rate- available basis at the  MALTO Meeting Group rate after this date.