Yi Pan                   Guo-qiang Lin             Rao Rapaka

  On behalf of the organizing committee of International Symposium on Organic Synthesis and Drug Development 2008 (ISOSDD08), to be held at the beautiful city of Nanjing in China from October 14-17(14 for registration) 2008, I warmly invite you to participate in this Symposium.

    This symposium will bring  together organic/medicinal chemists from around the world to  share the latest development on organic synthesis and drug discovery presented by leading academic and industrial scientists. It will cover novel synthetic methodologies, new total synthetic tactics, medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and development. This conference will benefit and promote the organic research, pharmaceutical industry and higher education.

     Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, had served as ancient metropolis of six dynasties with several thousand-year-long history; it is indeed one of the four major ancient capitals in China. Nanjing is located on downstream of the Yangzi River which forms the most active economic zone of China. The unique combination of modernity and ancient civilization makes Nanjing among the most attractive cities in  China as well as in the world. Nanjing University is one of the earliest and top universities in China.

    Nanjing has a pleasurable atmosphere in October. We look forward to meeting you in Nanjing, China in October, 2008.

Sincerely,

Guo-Qiang Lin ( SIOC, CAS and NSFC),  Rao Rapaka (NIH),  Yi Pan (Nanjing University)

Co-chairman of the Organizing Committee, ISOSDD2008