PROF. JIM-MIN FANG

Dr. Jim-Min Fang received his B. S. degree in 1974 from the National Taiwan University (Department of Chemistry) and Ph. D. degree in 1980 from Yale University. After finishing postdoctoral research in Columbia University and in the Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research (Osaka), he joined the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, as Associated Professor in 1982, and promoted to Professor in 1986. He served as departmental chairman from 1993 to 1996. He is now Distinguished Professor and TBF Chair in Biotechnology. He has joint appointment in the Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica.

His current research interests are organic synthesis and chemical biology, including new synthetic methods, asymmetric catalysis, biomolecular recognition, natural products and drug discovery. He has published over 230 SCI papers, edited 3 books, and file tens patents. He has obtained several prestige awards, such as National Science Council Award for Outstanding Research, Ministry of Education’s Academic Award, National Taiwan University Award for Teaching Excellence, TienTe Lee Award for Outstanding Medical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, as well as TBF Chair in Biotechnology of Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation. He has been a member in the Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron Publications, since 1996. He also serves as scientific advisor in Academia Sinica (Institute of Chemistry, Research Center for Applied Sciences, and Incubation Center), as well as in pharmaceutical companies.

Invited Lectures

Selective Ligands for Actinide-Lanthanide Separations
Design, Synthesis, And Pharmacological Properties Of New Cb₂ Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands
Novel Rearrangements in Targeted Synthesis of Natural Compound Analogs
Nef-Isocyanide Adducts as key Intermediates for Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds
Multicomponent 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Stabilized Azomethine Ylides
Discovering new applications of chiral N-sulfinyl imines in heterocyclic chemistry
Aliphatic Nitrocompounds as Strategic Sources of Heterocycles
Synthetic Strategies for New Pyrazoles of Potential Biological Activities
Enaminones in the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. [2+2] Cycloadditions, ring expansion reactions and other transformations
Design, synthesis and pharmacological properties of new thiazole and thiadiazole derivatives
Cultivating over thirty years the passion to build heterocycles from 1,2-diaza-1,3-dienes
[1,4]Thiazino[3,4-c][1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-ones: an examination of their reactivity and of their biological profile
Effective Conversion of Carbohydrate Molecules to Nitrogen-containing Heterocyclic Derivatives
Recent Advances in Appel Salt Chemistry
Heterocyclic compounds in the design of biodegradable polymers
Synthesis and study of some triazolo Isoxazole heterocyclic Compounds
Three different approaches to target the T315I mutation: ATP-competitive, ATP-non-competitive and 14-3-3 inhibitors
Tetrapyrrolic macrocycles: Synthetic features and potential applications
Reactivity of alpha-halogen substituted pyridinium ylides.
Benzopyran building blocks: herald of hope for multitarget drug discovery
A new general 3CR leading to 1,4,5-trisubstituted-1,2,3-triazoless
Marine alkaloid nortopsentin analogues inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1)