Welcome the 5^th edition of the Alumni symposium on natural compound research, entitled Traditional knowledge and medicinal plants in the "Omics" era – will defined standards (good/best practices) provide harmonization of scientific practice and lead to high quality standards of the publication practice? This workshop will be hosted by the faculty of biology and the School of Science of the Technische Universität Dresden.

In preceding Alumni workshops questions of standardization and in depth characterization of plant derived products, which are intended to be marketed as medicinal products or as dietary supplement were discussed. Thereby, specific fields of application (e.g. menopausal complaints), defined molecular targets (e,.g. nuclear receptors) or the relevance of the use of innovative technologies (e.g. “Omics” technologies) were covered.

For the upcoming symposium the topic of „Good/Best Practices“ in phytopharmaceutical research was chosen as the new core aspect of the workshop. We aim to a) make a crucial contribution in the harmonization of experimental practice in the field of ethnopharmacology, b) to increase the probability that participants get their research work published in high impact journals if adhering to these standardized practices. In addition, to these newly adopted topcis, thematic continuity to previous workshops and discussions on challenges regarding dissemination of research outcomes to the general public are of utmost concern.

Venue

Berghotel Friedrichshöhe 
Ahornalle 1
01773 Altenberg OT Oberbärenburg

Organizers

Prof. Dr. Günter Vollmer (Faculty of Biology, TU Dresden)
Prof. Dr. Oliver Zierau (Faculty of Biology, TU Dresden)
Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, TU Dresden)
Vice Dean for International Affairs School of Science
Maria Richter-Babekoff
International Affairs Advisor School of Science, TU Dresden

Website

5. Alumni Symposium Biology