2018 Southwest Regional Meeting

Abstract

The ACS Central Arkansas Local Section will host the 2018 Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) at the Little Rock Marriott and Statehouse Convention Center on Nov. 7–10. The general cochairs are Marty Perry of St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and Grover Miller of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Technical program. The meeting theme is “The Natural State of Chemistry.” Symposia will feature various aspects of nanotechnology and a keynote address by John Wright of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Other highlights of the technical program include symposia on bioanalytical chemistry, natural products chemistry, and drug discovery. The Cope Scholars Symposium, as well as technical sessions on medicinal chemistry, nanotechnology, chemical education, and chemical toxicology, will also take place. Workshops. Faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) will benefit from the Reaxys Education workshop. Reaxys Education is developing a series of open education resources that are available t...