Published June 13, 2016
MONROE, La. 鈥� Abu Bakr Siddique, a graduate pharmacy student at the University of Louisiana Monroe,
won the Thomas L. Lemke Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the 43rd MALTO Medicinal
Chemistry-Pharmacognosy Meeting-in-Miniature held May 22-24 at the University of Houston.
MALTO gathers the faculty and students from colleges of pharmacy from Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma, and is an annual research conference
forum where undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows can present the results
of their research in a collegiate atmosphere.聽
This year鈥檚 MALTO welcomed more than 70 attendees who shared their latest research
in the discovery and design of synthetic compounds and natural products within the
fields of medical chemistry and pharmacognosy for the treatment of cancer, inflammation,
oxidative stress, and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.
Awards were given in three different categories for best podium and poster presentations.聽
Siddique鈥檚 winning poster presentation was a project named "Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
Based Oleocanthal: A Promising Lead for the Control of C-Met-Dependent Breast Malignancies."聽
This was Siddique鈥檚 first-time participating in an out-of-state scientific conference
while a graduate student at ULM.
鈥淎s a ULM graduate student, I am honored to be recognized with this prestigious award,鈥�
said Siddique. 鈥淚鈥檓 very optimistic this award will motivate forward my ongoing doctoral
research and future career."
Beside Siddique, the project was also signed by Hassan Y. Ebrahim and Mohamed M. Mohyeldin
who are coauthors of the project, while Dr. Khalid El Sayed, ULM Professor of Medicinal
and Natural Products, sponsored it.
鈥淭his award is a great reflection of the high caliber of students from the ULM School
of Pharmacy graduate program,鈥� said Dr. Sayed. 鈥淭he Thomas L. Lemke Outstanding Poster
Presentation Award is highly competitive as our students compete with universities
from all over the southeast.鈥�
For more information about the annual meeting and the organization, visit http://www.uh.edu/pharmacy/research/malto/.
