Welcome Message from the President
On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, I have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 7th Annual CNPD Conference 2026, which will be held online in association with the Society for Natural Products Discovery (SNPD) on 2-6 March 2026.
Like the six successful CNPD conferences held previously, this conference will be a unique platform for highlighting the advances in natural products research covering cosmetics, food, medicine, and agricultural products. The conference will comprise invited talks (20 min) and short talks (10 min), focusing on what matters most, to be delivered by global leaders in natural products research as well as by young scientists (PhD students and postdocs). This conference will offer individual sessions dedicated to open, interactive, and participatory discussions with selected panel members and the audience on various challenges around natural products research.
This conference marks the 7th anniversary of the foundation of the Centre for Natural Products Discovery (CNPD), which conducts externally funded and impactful natural products research to discover new high-value natural products that will contribute to tackling current and future societal and global challenges in health and well-being, socio-economic growth, natural conservation, and environmental sustainability. The CNPD is based in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at LJMU, which is the second-oldest Pharmacy education provider in the UK and has a rich history of world-leading natural products research.
This year, CNPD has partnered with the newly formed society SNPD, a UK-registered charity dedicated to enhancing global collaboration, participation, and cooperation in high-value natural products research, as well as promoting public understanding of various natural products applications. I look forward to welcoming you to this exciting conference. Please join us virtually and have a wonderful time with our CNPD and SNPD members and all other participants!!!
Prof Satya Sarker
President of the Conference Organizing Committee
Founding Head of the CNPD
Founding Chair of the SNPD
Editor in Chief, Natural Products Analysis & Journal of Natural products
Director of School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK