Professor William D. Lubell
Département de Chimie
Université de Montréal
C. P. 6128 Succursale Centre Ville
Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 CANADA
Tel: 514-343-7339
fax: 514-343-7586
Email: william.lubell@umontreal.ca
Professor in the department of chemistry at the Université de Montréal, William Lubell is actively investigating solution-phase and solid-phase synthesis of heterocycles, amino acids, peptides, peptide mimics and the preparation of their libraries by combinatorial science. His interests lie both in developing new methodology for effectively synthesizing these novel structures for drug discovery, as well as in their use to explore protein folding, molecular recognition and bioorganic catalysis.
Education
1984: A.B., Chemistry, Columbia University, NYC, NY, USA
1989: Ph.D., Professor H. Rapoport, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Thesis Title: "Alpha Amino
Carbonyl Compounds, Synthesis of the Cyclosporine MeBmt Amino Acid."
1990-91: Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor R. Noyori, Department of Chemistry, University of Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan
Academic Positions
04-06 - present: Full Professor – Chemistry – Université de Montréal, Canada
97-06 - 04-05: Associate Professor – Chemistry – Université de Montréal, Canada
91-09 - 97-06: Assistant Professor – Chemistry – Université de Montréal, Canada
90-02 - 91-07: Postdoctoral Fellow – Chemistry – University of Nagoya, Japan
89-11 - 90-01: Postdoctoral Fellow – Chemistry – University of California, Berkeley, USA
85-07 - 89-10: Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant – Chemistry – U. of California, Berkeley, USA
83-06 - 83-08: Undergraduate Research Assistant w/Prof. G. Stork, Chemistry, Columbia U., NY, USA
82-06 - 82-08: Undergraduate Research Asst. w/Prof. R. Breslow, Chemistry, Columbia U., NY, US
Awards and Distinctions
2018: Teva Canada Limited Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry
2013: Bernard Belleau Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry for distinguished contribution to the field of medicinal chemistry
2005: Agora Trophy of the Abassadors' Club of the Société du Palais de congrès de Montréal
2002: Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Award
1999: Danish National Bank Housing Award: 18 Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997: DuPont Canada, Educational Aid Grant
1994: Bio-Méga/Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator
1993 to 1996 : : Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
1990: Monbushu Grant in Aid
1990-1991: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Activities and contributions: Selected Appointments
2020/11 – Present: Journal Handling Editor, Amino Acids (Springer)
2019/10 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Molecules (MDPI)
2019/07 – 2019/08: Wilsmore Fellow, University of Melbourne
2018/11 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Biomedicines (MDPI)
2017/05 – 2017/05: Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Universita Degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
2016/05 – Present: Founding Scientist, Mperia Therapeutics Inc.
2016/05 – 2016/06: Schulich Visiting Professorship, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
2014/07 – 2014/09 : Invited Professor, Université Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France
2013/08 – Present: Review Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Biology
2013/05 – 2013/06 : Invited Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
2011 – 2015: Member, American Peptide Society, Nominating Committee (elected)
2011/01 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Peptide Science
2009 : Murray Goodman Award Selection Committee Chair, American Peptide Society
2008 – Present: Editorial Board Member, International J. Peptide Research and Therapeutics
2007: Co-Chair, 20th American Peptide Society Meeting, Montreal
2006/01 - 2006/12: Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2005/10 – 2018/12: Associate Editor, American Chemical Society, Organic Letters
2005 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
2005 – 2008: Editorial Board Member, J. Peptide Research
2004 – Present: Editorial Board Member, Biopolymers, Peptide Science
2003/06 - 2009/06 : Council Member, American Peptide Society (elected)
1999/02 - 2000/01: Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carlsberg Laboratorium, Denmark
Other Professional Activities
2020 : Member, Akabori Memorial Award Selection Committee, Japanese Peptide Soc.
2020 – 2021 : Guest Editor, Special Issue " A Tribute … in Honour of S. Hanessian " Molecules
2020 – 2021 : Guest Editor, Special Issue "Peptide-Based Drug Development" Biomedicines
2019 – 2021 : Scientific Advisory Board Member, 36th European Peptide Symposium, Barcelona,
Spain 08/21
2018 – 2020 : Research Topic Editor “Polyamide Backbone Modification in Peptide and Protein Science” Frontiers in Chemistry
2018 – 2020 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu, HA, 12/20
2018 – 2019 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium 102nd CSC, Quebec City, 06/19
2017 – 2018 : Invited Editor, “Peptide Science” special issue “Emerging Peptide Science from Canada”.
2017 – 2018 : Scientific Advisory Board Member, Peptide Meeting in Tenerife 5-6 March 2018
2017 – 2018 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 101st CSC, Edmonton, 05/18
2017 – 2018 : Scientific Advisory Board Member, 35th European Peptide Symposium, Dublin,
Ireland 08/18
2016 – 2017 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 100th CSC, Toronto 05/17
2016 : Member, Merrifield Award Selection Committee, American Peptide Society
2016 – 2017 : Scientific Advisory Board Member, 34th European Peptide Symp. and 8th
International Peptide Symp., Leipzig, Germany 09/16
2015: Invited co-editor, “Peptide Science” special issue “Peptides in Paris”
2013 – 2015 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Chemistry Symposium, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu, HA, 12/15
2013 – 2014 : Co-Organizer, Peptides in Paris Symposium, PIPS 2014, Paris 10/14
2013 – 2014 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 97th CSC, Vancouver 05/14
2012 – 2013 : Co-Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 96th CSC, Quebec City 05/13
2012 : Editor of Am. Chem. Soc. virtual issue “Peptide Chemistry”
2012 – 2013 : Chair, Biological & Medicinal Chem. Division, Canadian Society of Chemistry
2011 – 2012 : Treasurer, Biological & Medicinal Chem. Division, Canadian Society of Chemistry
2010 – 2011 : Organizer, Biol. & Med. Chem. Division Symposia, 94th CSC, Montreal 06/11
2010 – 2011 : Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 94th CSC, Montreal 06/11
2010: Member, 22nd American Peptide Society Meeting, Scientific Program Committee
2009 – 2010 : Co-organizer, Peptide Chemistry Symposium, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu, HA, 12/10
2009 : Member, Scientific Program Committee, 5th Int. Peptide Symp. and 47th Japanese Peptide Symp., Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 4-9, 2010
2009 : Organizer, Am. Chem. Soc. Hirschmann Award Symp., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2008 – present : President, VW2L Consultants Inc. 2006 – present: Originator and Director, Molecules of Life (MoL, www.moleculesoflife.ca)
2006 – 2015 : Director, Montreal Centre for Combinatorial Chemistry (MC3)
2005 – 2006 : Organizer, Peptide Science Symposium, 89th CSCCE, Halifax, NS 06/06
2005 – 2012 : Founding Board of Directors Member and Chemistry Representative, GRUM, Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le medicament, Université de Montréal
2005 – 2011 : Board of Directors Member and Team Chemist, CTiGAR, CIHR-funded Team in G Protein-Coupled Receptor Allosteric Regulation
2004 – 2005 : Co-organizer, Peptide Chemistry Symposium, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu, HA, 12/05
2004 : Member, 19th American Peptide Society Meeting, Scientific Program Committee
2002 – 2007 : Vice-president, VW2L Consultants Inc.
2002 : Member, 2003 Bruce Merrifield Award Nominating Committee, Am. Peptide Society
2002 : Member, 18th American Peptide Society Meeting, Scientific Program Committee
2002 – 2006 : Director, Québec Combinatorial Chemistry Consortium (QC3)
2000 – 2001 : Organizer, Combinatorial Chemistry Symposium, 83rd CSCCE, Montreal 06/01
1999 – 2000 : Co-organizer, Peptide Chemistry Symposium, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu, HA, 12/0
Invited Conference Presentations / Keynote and Plenary Lectures
65. 36th European and 12th International Peptide Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 29/08-3/09, 2021.
64. Oxford Global, 8th Peptides Congress, 04, 26–27, 2021
63. 8th Biennial Indian Peptide Symposium (IPS-2021) Indian Inst. Sci., Bangalore, 03, 24-26, 2021.
62. 7th Modern Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis Symposium. Palm Cove, Australia, 5-7 Sep. 2019
61. 26th American Peptide Symposium, Monterey, CA, USA, June 22-27, 2019.
60. Endocrine Society Meeting ENDO2019, New Orleans, USA, March 23-26, 2019.
59. Peptide Therapeutics Forum, Basel, Switzerland, September 13-14, 2018.
58. 35th European Peptide Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, August 26-31, 2018.
57. 101st Can. Chem. Conf., Teva Canada Ltd BMC Award Lecture Edmonton, AB May 27-31, 2018
56. Peptide Meeting in Tenerife, 5-6 March 2018
55. CHI’s Peptide Discovery and Delivery Conference, Boston, USA, March 26-27, 2018.
54. 4th Belgian Peptide Group Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, February 28th and March 1st, 2018.
53. 16th Iberian Peptide et 4th Chem. Biology Group Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 5-7, 2018.
52. 25th American Peptide Symposium, Whistler, BC, June 17-22, 2017.
51. 34th European and 8rd International Symposium on Peptides, Leipzig, Germany, Sept. 4-9, 2016.
50. 15th Belgium Organic Synthesis Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, July 10-15, 2016.
49. 15th Naples Workshop on Bioactive Peptides, Centro Congressi Federico II, Italy, June 23-25, 2016.
48. Chemical Biology Symposium, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, May 29, 2016.
47. 24th American Peptide Symposium, Orlando, FL, USA, June 20-25, 2015.
46. Distinguished Philips Visitor Haverford College Lectures, Haverford, PA, USA, Dec. 4-5, 2014
45. 14th Naples Workshop on Bioactive Peptides, Centro Congressi Federico II, Italy, June 12-14, 2014.
44. Pacific Northwest Biological Chemistry Volcano Conference, Pack Forest, WA, USA, Jan. 3, 2014.
43. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conf., Bernard Belleau Award Lecture, Québec City, QC, May 30, 2013.
42. 18ème Congrès du Groupe Français des Peptides et des Protéines, Sète, France, May 26-31, 2013.
41. The Peptide Chemistry Conference, Riviera Maya, Mexico, Nov. 2-6, 2012.
40. 1st UdeM-MANA workshop on Nano-Life, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, July 19, 2012
39. 22nd American Peptide Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, June 25-30, 2011.
38. Frontiers in Peptide Science, PACIFICHEM 2010 - Honolulu, HA, USA, Dec. 18-19, 2010.
37. 5th International Peptide Symposium and 47th Japanese Peptide Symp. Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 4-9, 2010
36. 31st European Peptide Soc. Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 5-9, 2010.
35. Swedberg Lecture, Uppsala U., Uppsala, Sweden, Aug. 30, 2010.
34. XIX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research, Montreal, QC, Jul. 18-23, 2010
33. 13th Int. IUPAC Polymer & Organic Chemistry, Montréal, QC, Jul. 5-9, 2009.
32. Am. Chem. Soc. Hirschmann Award Symp., Org. Chem. Div., Salt Lake City, USA, Mar. 2009.
31. Peptides 2007, Australian Peptide Soc. Meeting, Cairns, Australia, Oct. 2007.
30. 89th Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference, Halifax, NS, May 27-31, 2006.
29. Gordon Res. Conference, Peptides, Ventura, CA, USA, Feb. 2006.
28. PACIFICHEM 2005, Honolulu, HA, USA, Dec. 15-20, 2005.
27. 19th American Peptide Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Jun. 18-23, 2005.
26. Boeheringer Ingelheim Lecture, University of British Columbia, BC, Mar. 2005.
25. 28th European and 3rd International Symposium on Peptides, Prague, CZ, Sep. 5-10, 2004.
24. Acfas colloquium "chimie combinatoire et biologie", UQAM, Montreal, QC, May 12, 2004.
23. IUPAC/CSC meeting, Ottawa, ON, Aug. 10-15, 2003.
22. 18th Am. Peptide Symp., Boston, MA, Jul. 19-23, 2003.
21. Am. Chem. Soc., Hirschmann Award Symp., Med. Chem. Div., New Orleans, LA, USA, Mar. 2003.
20. IUPAC/CSC Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Aug. 10-15, 2003.
19. Merck Frosst Centre, Therapeutic Res. Award Lecture, 85th CSC Vancouver, BC, Jun. 1-5, 2002.
18. 85th CSC Vancouver, BC, Jun. 1-5, 2002.
17. 17th Am. Peptide Symp., San Diego, CA, USA, Jun. 9-14, 2001.
16. 69th Congrès de l'Acfas, U. Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, May, 16, 2001.
15. Am. Chem. Soc. Hirschmann Award Symp., Med. Chem. Div., San Diego, CA, USA, Apr. 3, 2001.
14. Symposium on Antibiotics, Pacifichem 2000, Honolulu, HA, USA, Dec. 14 – 19, 2000.
13. Gordon Research Conference Heterocycles, Newport, RI, USA, Jul. 4-8, 2000.
12. Mini-symposium on Natural and Non-Natural Products, U. Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 6-7, 1999.
11. Mini-workshop Biophys. Biomol. Modeling, Technical U. Denmark, Lynby, DK, Sep. 17, 1999.
10. Peptidomimetics Symp., Houffalize, Belgium, Apr. 26-03, 1999.
9. 81st CSCCE, Whistler, BC, May 31 – Jun. 4, 1998.
8. 5th Chem. Congr. N. Am., Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 11-15, 1997.
7. 2nd Can. Conf. Combi. Chem., Montreal, QC, Oct. 6-7, 1997.
6. 64e Congrès de l'Acfas, McGill U., Montreal, QC, May 14, 1996.
5. IBC's 3rd Annual Conference Peptidomimetics, Washingto, DC, USA, Mar. 6-8, 1996.
4. 78th CSCCE Conf., U. of Guelph, Guelph, ON, May 28 – Jun. 1, 1995.
3. Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute 25th Spring Synthesis Symposium, Ottawa, ON, May 1, 1995.
2. 62nd Congrès de l'Acfas, UQAM Montreal, QC, May 16-20, 1994.
1. 2nd Canadian Workshop on Organic Synthesis, Jouvence, QC, May 25-28, 1993.