Cornelia Kern, Autor bei Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

New GA Homepage – a fresh start to a new functionality

12. April 2021

A fresher look and newest functionality – that´s what the re-launched homepage of GA offers. Already now, appealing news items ease the use, and a more user-friendly membership application and payment form makes the start at GA smooth for new members.
In a second step, in a few weeks of time, a member´s net with offer exclusive information only available for GA members, as well as self service functions for members, to make membership at GA even more attractive.

April 18, 2021: ISE-GA African Research Workshop

1. April 2021

ISE-GA African Research Workshop to take place during the 20th International Congress (virtual) of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, April 18, 2021
Program available now!

GA – 69th Annual Meeting 2021 – registration opening soon

31. March 2021

15th April: Opening of registration and abstract submission

How Horizon Europe will shape research

5. March 2021

First call for grant applications issued!

ANNOUNCEMENT 2021 GA AWARDS

1. March 2021

GA has scheduled three Awards for 2021
Egon Stahl Award in Silver: a Silver medal and an award of 3,000 € to scientists up to the age of about forty, who have published outstanding scientific work during the years following their graduation
Bionorica Phytoneering Award: an award of 10,0000 € to young scientists (normally younger than 45) for outstanding research in the field of development and application of phytopharmaceutical products
Dr. Willmar Schwabe Scholarship
A scholarship of 10,0000 € with the aim to support research of young scientists, especially from developing countries in leading research institutions.

Nature Reviews Highlight the Importance of Natural Products in Drug Discovery

2. February 2021

Advances and opportunities of natural products research for the development of new therapeutics was just highlighted with a publication in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, of course, a widely read and influential journal. This publication was prepared with the participation of multiple GA members (including the current GA President Prof. Dr. Judith M. Rollinger and Vice-President Prof. Michael Heinrich) and under the leadership of the natural product-focused open innovation platform International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST) coordinated by Dr. Atanas G. Atanasov (first author of the publication).