GWILHERM EVANO is a Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Co-Director of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry. Prof. Evano”s research focuses on the development of copper-mediated transformations, chemistry of ynamides and other hetero-substituted alkynes, and total synthesis of natural products. NICOLAS BLANCHARD is Research Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research at the University of Strasbourg. Dr. Blanchard”s research interests focus on the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds using metal-mediated transformations.