{"id":61572,"date":"2019-11-20T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=61572"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:33","slug":"carleton-hosts-science-cafe-a-retrospective-look-at-the-power-of-natural-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-hosts-science-cafe-a-retrospective-look-at-the-power-of-natural-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 A Retrospective Look at the Power of Natural Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Hosts Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 A Retrospective Look at the Power of Natural Products\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, Professor Emeritus John ApSimon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Chemistry<\/a> will present <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/cu_event\/a-retrospective-look-at-the-power-of-natural-products-50-years-of-chemical-dabbling-and-some-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Retrospective Look at the Power of Natural Products: 50 Years of Chemical Dabbling and Some Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For several decades, ApSimon has been involved in the chemistry of natural products \u2013 from forest and plant products and marine chemistry to fungal compounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lecture, ApSimon will discuss how his experiences endured through the years and remain useful in this field of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Science Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Science Caf\u00e9 series is organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty of Science<\/a> at Carleton to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet some of Carleton\u2019s award-winning faculty members and graduate students as they share their excitement about science with the community. For more information, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/events\/science-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science.carleton.ca\/science-cafe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, Professor Emeritus John ApSimon of the Department of Chemistry will present A Retrospective Look at the Power of Natural Products: 50 Years of Chemical Dabbling and Some Stories. When: Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":55887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[160,104],"class_list":["post-61572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-chemistry","tag-science"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63821,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61572\/revisions\/63821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}