The Fourth Annual Conference and Training Program of Pan-Balkan Alliance of Natural Products and Drug Discovery Associations and International Seminar of UNESCO Regional Network of Natural Products Chemistry for Safety and Well-being in Asia and the Pacific was held from 29th November to 2nd December 2023 at the Parkyard Hotel, Shanghai, China.

The conference attended nearly 60 scientists from China, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Hungary, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Korea, Mongolia, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. At the conference, lectures were held on the biomedical research achievements of various countries in the areas of major chronic diseases, and newly emerging viral infectious diseases, including the discovery of bioactive compounds derived from natural products and traditional medicines, the discovery of new drugs based on active compounds, etc.

Participants from IBISS: Dr. Marina Soković, Dr. Jasmina Glamočlija, Dr. Ana Ćirić, Tamara Carević, Mladen Rajaković, Nađa Hadžimurtović

Organizers:
Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stanković (IBISS), National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade

Conference programme