The Chemistry Biology Interface Program at The Ohio State University Presents:
Dr. Dale L. Boger
Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
CBIP Annual Symposium Events:
Lecture: Tuesday, April 16th , 2013 11:30am ‐ 1:00pm 115 Biomedical Research Tower
Poster Session:
Tuesday, April 16th, 1:30pm‐3:00 pm 105 Biomedical Research Tower
Redesigning Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria
Dr. Boger earned his B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1975, and a Ph.D., under E.J. Corey, from
Harvard in 1980. He started his academic career at the University of Kansas in 1979. He later moved to
Purdue, and then finally to The Scripps Research Institute where he is the Richard and Alice Cramer
Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Boger has won numerous awards Chemistry, and has been named a Fellow of
the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Dr. Boger’s research interests span from the development of new synthetic
methods to the chemistry of antitumor antibiotics. His career over the past 3 decades has yielded 533
publications, 2 books and eight patents. His talk will focus on his studies with the total synthesis of
glycopeptide antibiotics and their redesign to address the emerging problem of vancomycin resistance.