The International Conference of Natural Product Biosynthesis (ICNPB, 8th US–Japan seminar on the Biosynthesis of Natural Products)

Abstract

Hideaki Oikawa (Hokkaido University) and the organizing committee, which covered many important topics on biosynthesis of bioactive natural products. Ninety-two participants attended the conference composed of nine sessions. The major topics of this meeting were analyses of biosynthetic routes or enzymes to produce secondary metabolites in microbes and plants, and redesign of the metabolites by engineering the biosynthetic routes or enzymes. This report will briefly summarize some presentations that were given at the conference.