Programme - Sustainable Drug Synthesis-State of the art 2026 - India collaboration
Programme
All sessions will take place in auditorium R5 (map to the auditorium) in Realfagbygget NTNU (The Science Building)
Thursday June 25, 2026
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration |
| Session Chair: Elisabeth Jacobsen | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Opening of the Conference Words of welcome: Elisabeth Jacobsen, Chair of Conference, NTNU Chiral Drugs for Cardiovascular Diseases 2020-2026 |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Honorary Opening Lecture Prof. Dr. Jennifer Littlechild, University of Exeter, UK |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Pyrrolopyrimidines And Purines As Csf1r Inhibitors Prof. Dr. Eirik Sundby, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Heterogeneous catalysis and selective Programming of Polysaccharides Prof. Dr. Armanda Cordova, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall, Sweden |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | New Psychoactive Substances: Chemistry, Synthesis, and Societal Impact R&D Manager Dr. Huiling Liu, Chiron AS, Trondheim, Norway |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch break |
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| 14:15 - 14:45 | Discovery and Development of Proximity Inducing Agents: Aurigene Oncology´s Contribution to Neo-PPI Driven Pharmacology CSO Dr. Susanta Samajdan Aurigene, Indore, India |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | High-Pressure Processing: A Gentle Strategy for Tailoring Polymer Functionality and Extracting Sensitive Bioactives Prof. Dr. Marcelo Cristianini, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Scalable Synthesis Method for Drug Encapsulation in Polymer Nanoparticles Prof. Dr. Sulalit Bandyopadyhay, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
Friday June 26, 2026
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Precision Dearomatisation with Arene – π- Tribromide Complex and Visible Light Catalysis Prof. Dr. Debayan Sarkar, IIT, Indore, India |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Sustainable Drug Synthesis – an overview. Videolink Prof. Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth, University of Lodz, Poland |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | CEO Dr. Wei Zhu, Syncozymes, Co. LTD, Shanghai, China |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | From OpenSPIM to FlowSPIM: Enhancing The Versatility of a Light Sheet Microscope Through an Iterative Design Process Dr. Joachim Mossige. University of Oslo |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Flavin-Based Photodynamic Inactivation as a Sustainable Approach for Extending the Post-Harvest Shelf Life of Fresh Produce in India Dr. Niladri Sekhar Roy, IIT, Indore, India |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Prof. Dr. Astrid Silva De Wijn, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
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| 13:45 - 14:05 | Chemoenzymatic Synthesis for Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Biologically Active Lipid Derivatives Truls Rossbach Hammer NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 14:05 - 14:35 | Visible Light-induced Crossed [2+2] Cycloaddition of Aryl Terminal Olefins via Energy Transfer Catalysis Dr. Subarna Roy, IIT, Indore, India |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis Of Enantiopure Precursors And Derivatives For B-Blockers Practolol, Pindolol And Carteolol Morten André Gundersen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 14:55 - 15:15 | Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Building Block for Tramadol And Enzymatic Reversibility Analysis Ivar Skogvik, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Poster session and discussions |
Saturday June 27, 2026
| Session Chair: Jennifer Littlechild | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Flavin-Photocatalyzed Benzylic Functionalization, Spirocyclization, and Spiroepoxidation of Phenols Majid Ahmad Ganie, IIT, Indore |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Enantiopure Betablocker (+)-Nebivolol Fredrik Bjørnes, Norway |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Prof. Dr. Rafi Ahmad, Universitetet Innlandet, Norway |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Enantiopure Building Blocks for (S)-Verapamil and Derivatives Christina Glenna Pettersen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway |
| 11:20 - 12:05 |
Special Honorary Concluding Lecture Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals: Examples From a Forty Years Research Activity |