Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to attend and contribute to the International Symposium on Drug Research and Development “From Chemistry to Medicine” DRD 2009 and Educational Fair on “GLP and Laboratory Safety: New Approaches” which is organized by Hacettepe University, Medicinal Chemistry Research, Development and Application Center (MAGUM).

MAGUM, a subunit of Hacettepe University, was established in 1996 for the purpose of realization of the drug design, structure-activity relationships, synthesis, analysis and molecular quality control of synthetic and natural drugs and drug raw materials in medicinal chemistry area with cooperation of departments of Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and other faculties to improve outputs of drug research, development and application by multidisciplinary collaboration approaches.

The high quality performed scientific International Symposium on Drug Research and Development “From Chemistry to Medicine” organized by MAGUM every two years. Due to the week of “May 4-10” was announced “Work Health and Safety Week” by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Labour and Social Security since 1987 in Turkey, in addition to DRD 2009 symposium, which will be held on May 4-7, 2009, Educational Fair on “GLP and Laboratory Safety: New Approaches” was also planned to conduct by MAGUM.

The mission of “International Symposium DRD 2009 and Educational Fair” will be to provide a scientific forum by the invitation of distinguished scientists having national / international reputation in their areas, so the most recent advances will be discussed and evaluated interactively and the exchange of interdisciplinary knowledge from chemistry to medicine. The format of the scientific program will also include oral and poster presentations on the concerning scientific topics in addition to the invited lectures.
Members of the organizing committee and I cordially invite you to join us at DRD 2009 in Ankara, May 4-7, 2009.

We are looking forward to see you in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.

With our kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Ünsal ÇALIŞ
Chair