December 2009

Bedson Lecture: Global Challenges: Chemical Solutions

Event dates: 1 December 2009
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Late Phase Drug Development World Europe 2009

Event dates: 1 - 4 December 2009
Event summary: The first ever strategic conference addressing the major challenges in conducting strategic and compliant late stage studies.
Event Venue: The Bloomsbury Hotel, London, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 1 - 2 December 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Dereham Neatherd High School, Norfolk, NR20 3AX, United Kingdom

GDCh - �鶹AV Joint Exchange - Alois Fürstner

Event dates: 1 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Industrial Wireless & Ethernet Conference

Event dates: 1 - 3 December 2009
Event summary: EARLY BIRD OFFER: Register before Monday 9th November 2009 and register a 2ND DELEGATE FOR FREE, SAVING UP TO £950! Free delegate registration must be of equal or lesser value to the paying delega
Event Venue: Daresbury Park Hotel, Warrington, WA4 4BB, United Kingdom

Chemical Magic

Event dates: 1 December 2009
Event summary: Sixth Form Lecture Series: A display of chemical magic illustrated by very many colourful, spectacular and amusing chemical reactions - not to be missed.
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Synthetic applications of novel thiosugars by Dr Turnbull

Event dates: 1 December 2009
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Event Venue: Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom

BIT Life Sciences' 3rd Annual World Congress of Gene-2009

Event dates: 1 - 7 December 2009
Event summary: WCG-2009 is a specially designed cluster conference, which covers a wide range of critically important themes from basic science to commercialization.
Event Venue: Foshan, China

Chemistry of the Senses

Event dates: 1 December 2009
Event summary: Far from being a tool used to compile and study a collection of elements in a Table, the science of chemistry impacts on everyone, everywhere and everyday. This demonstration lecture seeks to introd
Event Venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

Homogeneous Catalysis Award Lecture - Professor Robin Bedford

Event dates: 2 December 2009
Event summary: A lecture covering research into iron-catalysed aromatic C-H activation
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Centenary Lectureship - John Katzenellenbogen

Event dates: 2 December 2009
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Event Venue: Open University - Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Polysaccharide-Protein Complexes as Food Emulsifiers

Event dates: 2 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD13DH, United Kingdom

Genetic modification - solution or problem?

Event dates: 2 December 2009
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Event Venue: The Chemistry Centre, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

The �鶹AV Joseph Black Award Lecture at University of Sussex

Event dates: 2 December 2009
Event summary: Dr Perdita Barran, winner of The �鶹AV Joseph Black Award. "Ion mobility mass spectrometry of peptides: antibiotics, amyloids and switches".
Event Venue: University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom

Joseph Black and Carbon Dioxide

Event dates: 2 December 2009
Event summary: The unveiling of the Joseph Black Chemical landmark plaque, and opening of the new Joseph Black Laboratory. Celebrated with an afternoon of lectures about Joseph Black, his discovery of carbon dioxi
Event Venue: University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Corday Morgan Award Lecture

Event dates: 2 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom

Enhancing your Business with Green Chemistry

Event dates: 2 December 2009
Event summary: The Green Chemistry Network, in conjunction with SCI's Yorkshire and the Humber Group and the Science and Enterprise Group are holding a joint event titled ‘Opportunities for Enhancing Your Business
Event Venue: Kings Manor, York, YO1 7EP, United Kingdom

�鶹AV: Lecture:Bioaccessibility

Event dates: 2 December 2009
Event summary: Measurement and spatial distribution of the bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements (e.g. As, Pb, Cd) and organic substances (e.g. PAH and PCB) in soils
Event Venue: University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

The Chemistry of Geological Disposal

Event dates: 2 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Oxford University Effective Writing for Biomedical Professionals Short Course

Event dates: 2 - 4 December 2009
Event summary: This intensive course will help you write more clearly and meaningfully for a wide range of audiences. It is highly interactive and the participants' objectives will govern a substantial part of the
Event Venue: Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stability Testing in Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacture

Event dates: 3 - 4 December 2009
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Event Venue: Window Conference Venue, London, United Kingdom

Supply Chain in Pharma and Biotech

Event dates: 3 - 4 December 2009
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Event Venue: Window Conference Venue, London, United Kingdom

The analytical science and regulation of pharmaceutical packaging

Event dates: 3 December 2009
Event summary: Packaging plays a critical role in the presentation, distribution and protection of drug products, as well as for patient convenience and compliance. Higher regulatory and quality controls are req
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom

How Well Evolved is the Folding Code? - Sheena Radford

Event dates: 3 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Centenary Lectureship - John Katzenellenbogen

Event dates: 3 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

The GC Clinic 2-day course

Event dates: 3 - 4 December 2009
Event summary: Method Development & Optimisation, Selective discrimination, Fast GC, Deconvolution, Multi-dimensional GC, Troubleshooting & Maintenance.
Event Venue: Nice, France

Lecture: Suicides, poisoning, cannibalism, defection and cheating - the molecular basis of social behaviour in myxobacteria

Event dates: 3 December 2009
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Event Venue: Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 2AX, United Kingdom

New Horizons in Catalysis: The Art of Catalysis in Process Chemistry

Event dates: 3 - 4 December 2009
Event summary: Hype or reality? Much has been made of developments in catalysis in organic chemistry, including asymmetric catalysis, organocatalysis and biocatalysis. This new Scientific Update event aims to brin
Event Venue: Cologne, Germany

WestCHEM Half-Day Symposium on Organic Chemistry incorporating the Tilden Lecture

Event dates: 4 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Centenary Lectureship - John Katzenellenbogen

Event dates: 4 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

The role of natural products in drug discovery and development in the new millennium

Event dates: 4 December 2009
Event summary: This one-day conference will bring together academic, industrial and regulatory scientists, as well as practitioners and consumer representatives with an aim to: - Discuss up-to-date and innovativ
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, SE1 7JN, United Kingdom

Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop

Event dates: 4 - 6 December 2009
Event summary: IGCW is a first Industrial event for Chemical Industry stakeholders to explore the possibilities of Industrializing Green Chemistry & Green Engineering technologies to their products, processes & ef
Event Venue: Mumbai, India

the 1st Annual International Cardiology Congress 2009 (ICC-2009)

Event dates: 5 - 7 December 2009
Event summary: This meeting will be a dynamic forum for all cardiologists, scientists, healthcare workers, medical executives around the world who are actively involved in patient care, research and therapeutics d
Event Venue: Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

BIT's 1st Annual International Congress of Cardiology (ICC)

Event dates: 5 - 7 December 2009
Event summary: The theme is "Combating Heart Diseases"
Event Venue: Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

11th Pacific Polymer Conference - Progress in Polymers for the New Millennium

Event dates: 6 - 11 December 2009
Event summary: The next Pacific Polymer Federation conference organised by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Polymer Division will cover all areas of polymer science and engineering, including modern polymer
Event Venue: Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia

Drug Discovery Design Methods & Applications Workshop

Event dates: 7 - 10 December 2009
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Event Venue: International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

Analytical Method Development and Validation

Event dates: 7 - 8 December 2009
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Event Venue: Window Conference Venue, London, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 7 - 8 December 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: The Catholic High School, Chester, CH4 7HS, United Kingdom

Techniques for Peer and Self Assessment

Event dates: 7 December 2009
Event summary: These workshops for teachers have been designed to provide teachers with a range of self and peer assessment techniques that help generate the instant feedback and advice which Ofsted identifies as
Event Venue: Hotel in Central Manchester, United Kingdom

FISPHON / 2 nd France-Italy Symposium on Photosciences

Event dates: 7 - 10 December 2009
Event summary: This meeting will address all areas of fundamental and applied photochemistry and photophysics, and related science. The conference will be of interest to all those involved in using light to initia
Event Venue: Euromed management, Marseille, 13288, France

4th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health (ICPH2009)

Event dates: 7 - 10 December 2009
Event summary: The 4th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health (ICPH2009) will be held on 7-10th December 2009 at the Harrogate International Centre, Yorkshire, England, followed by a satellite meeting
Event Venue: Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Centenary Lectureship - John Katzenellenbogen

Event dates: 7 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Photonic Tools in Biology: Marker-free Imaging and Optical Manipulation

Event dates: 7 December 2009
Event summary: Photonic tools continue to have a major impact on biology. This conference will present new marker-free imaging technologies that promise to move beyond the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy
Event Venue: Institute of Physics, London, W1B 1NT, United Kingdom

Schools' Christmas Lecture: Pretty, pretty, bang, bang

Event dates: 8 December 2009
Event summary: Prof. Jackie Akhavan (Cranfield University)
Event Venue: School of Chemistry, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, United Kingdom

Retired Members' Christmas Lunch

Event dates: 8 December 2009
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Event Venue: Garrett's Restaurant, Wirral, CH63 7RE, United Kingdom

Chemistry Week Wine Tasting

Event dates: 8 December 2009
Event summary: A taster session to savour the role of fermentation and preservative chemistry in a sector of the beverage industry!
Event Venue: University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom

Chemistry, Energy and Climate Change

Event dates: 8 December 2009
Event summary: Join Richard Pike during the Copenhagen summit to find out more about energy and climate change and how they will affect us in years to come.
Event Venue: The Chemistry Centre, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Josiah Wedgwood : Potter and Scientist

Event dates: 8 December 2009
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Event Venue: Preston College, Fulwood Campus, Preston, United Kingdom

4th annual Operational Excellence in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Event dates: 8 - 10 December 2009
Event summary: So how can the 4th Annual Operational Excellence for Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Devices help you? Whether you are a senior level director of an operational excellence department, a lean
Event Venue: CCT Venues, Smithfield, EC1A 9PT, United Kingdom

Techniques for Peer and Self Assessment

Event dates: 8 December 2009
Event summary: These workshops for teachers have been designed to provide teachers with a range of self and peer assessment techniques that help generate the instant feedback and advice which Ofsted identifies as
Event Venue: Hotel in Central Birmingham, United Kingdom

Health Technology Assessment World 2009

Event dates: 8 - 11 December 2009
Event summary: All the major HTA agencies across the world and leading pharmaceutical companies discuss the challenges in obtaining market access.
Event Venue: The Royal Garden Hotel, London, United Kingdom

Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery

Event dates: 8 - 9 December 2009
Event summary: To explore how the interdisciplinary field of Chemical Biology is enhancing our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of disease.
Event Venue: Oxford University, United Kingdom

International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2009)

Event dates: 9 - 11 December 2009
Event summary: The ICANN-2009 conference is focused on Advanced Nanomaterials for nanoengineering and recent advances in nanotechnology, covering fields from theory and experiment to applications of nanostructured
Event Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India

�鶹AV Centenary Lectureship - John Katzenellenbogen

Event dates: 9 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

Second Scottish Postgraduate Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Event dates: 9 December 2009
Event summary: A one day meeting aimed at early career scientists who develop or apply chemical analysis in environmental studies. Poster or oral presentations.
Event Venue: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

FULL - Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 9 - 10 December 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers. This course is fully booked - try one of the other dates and venu
Event Venue: Science Learning Centre London, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom

�鶹AV John Salthouse Memorial Christmas Lecture

Event dates: 9 December 2009
Event summary: Dr John Kilcoyne presents his Chemistry RoadShow, full of flashes and bangs, for the entertainment and education of KS3 schoolchildren from around Manchester
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom

Terahertz Phonon Lasers: A Big Sound From Nanostructures

Event dates: 9 December 2009
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Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Schools' Christmas Lecture: Pretty, pretty, bang, bang

Event dates: 9 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, United Kingdom

Visit to LGC Culham Forensics

Event dates: 9 December 2009
Event summary: Morning industrial visit followed by optional pub lunch
Event Venue: Culham LGC Forensics, Abingdon, OX14 3ED, United Kingdom

Managing Immunogenicity Risk in Biopharmaceuticals

Event dates: 9 December 2009
Event summary: This Immunogenicity risk training Webinar will help you understand immunogenicity and analyzing risk factors to strategically develop biopharmaceuticals.
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Chemical Sciences Seminar Keele University

Event dates: 9 December 2009
Event summary: Dr Georges Weaver (Loughborough University) Sulfur & Fluorine in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Unusual Natural Products & Unexpected Reactions
Event Venue: Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Society for Medicines Research: Recent Disclosures of Clinical Candidates

Event dates: 10 December 2009
Event summary: The theme of the December 2009 SMR meeting will be 'Recent Disclosures of Clinical Candidates' with an international line-up of speakers presenting on the discovery and early development of recent a
Event Venue: National Heart and Lung Institute, London, SW3, United Kingdom

The Science of Whisky - a tasting tour of Scotland's finest malts

Event dates: 10 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom

Oxford University Stem Cells: A Pathway Through the Maze Short Course

Event dates: 10 - 11 December 2009
Event summary: Twenty lecture and discussion sessions over two days which bring together eighteen of the leading experts in the field to explore this cutting-edge technology.
Event Venue: Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stem Cells: A Pathway Through the Maze

�鶹AV Organic Division Symposium

Event dates: 11 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

3rd Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Symposium for Postgraduates

Event dates: 11 December 2009
Event summary: For PhD and postdoctoral students working in biological or medicinal chemistry and related areas.
Event Venue: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Cumbria Local Section Christmas Meal + Lecture

Event dates: 11 December 2009
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Event Venue: Gosforth Hall Inn, CA20 1AZ, United Kingdom

Recurring Questions in Biotechnology and Chemistry Case Law of the EPO Boards of Appeal – an overview focused on some recent decisions and controversial points

Event dates: 11 December 2009
Event summary: This seminar will provide useful information on European case law in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry, by means of an up to date analysis of decisions of the European Patent Office Boards of
Event Venue: Hotel to be Advised, London, United Kingdom

eCheminfo Drug Discovery Workshop

Event dates: 11 - 12 December 2009
Event summary: This activity is aimed to provide a set of stimulating workshops using latest advanced modelling techniques of relevance to chemists, life scientists and modellers working in drug discovery. Partici
Event Venue: International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

Pharmaceutical Documentation – a practical approach

Event dates: 14 - 15 December 2009
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Event Venue: Window Conference Venue, London, United Kingdom

Corrective And Preventative Actions (CAPA) and Out Of Specification Investigations (OOS) (for pharmaceutical products)

Event dates: 14 - 15 December 2009
Event summary: This two-day interactive training course will guide and develop your understanding of: * Regulatory Requirements for CAPAs and OOS Investigations * Secure Strategies for Compliance
Event Venue: Window Conference Venue, London, N1 8QG, United Kingdom

Practical Proteomics

Event dates: 14 - 16 December 2009
Event summary: A three day course for those in industry and academia who wish to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the exciting possibilities and developments within the field of proteomics.
Event Venue: University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

MSDG 2009 Christmas Research Meeting

Event dates: 14 December 2009
Event summary: Following last year’s success, the MSDG Christmas Meeting will come again to 15Hatfield. Research Meetings organised by the MSDG are interesting, informal and inspiring. The Summer Meetings are usua
Event Venue: 15Hatfields, London, SE1 8DJ, United Kingdom

2nd South and East Regional �鶹AV Organic Divison meeting

Event dates: 14 December 2009
Event summary: The deadline for registration is Monday, 7 December at 12.00 for this meeting where early career scientists are encouraged to present their research as posters.
Event Venue: John Innes Lecture Theatre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Frontiers in Chemical Biology

Event dates: 14 December 2009
Event summary: A one-day symposium on chemical biology featuring leading researchers from the US and Europe
Event Venue: School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

Cambridge �鶹AV Supramolecular and Macrocycles meeting

Event dates: 15 - 16 December 2009
Event summary: Cambridge �鶹AV Supramolecular and Macrocycles meeting is organised by Jonathan Nitschke and Oren Scherman at the University of Cambridge. Invited speakers include: Makoto Fujita, Bert Meijer, Mike Wa
Event Venue: University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom

Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group Annual Meeting

Event dates: 15 - 16 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

BRSG Christmas Meeting 2009 - NMR of porous media

Event dates: 15 December 2009
Event summary: Series of invited lectures from leading UK researchers focused on NMR studies of diffusion, translation and motion inside porous media in the solid, liquid and gaseous state.
Event Venue: Institute of Physics, London, W1B 1NT, United Kingdom

Powder Flow 2009

Event dates: 16 December 2009
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Event Venue: �鶹AV (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Separation Science

Event dates: 16 December 2009
Event summary: A Meeting to Celebrate the Retirement of Professor Roger M Smith
Event Venue: Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE1 3TU, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 16 - 17 December 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3XQ, United Kingdom

The formation of Lenticular galaxies

Event dates: 16 December 2009
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Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Inaugural Lecture: Formal Total Synthesis of the Antitumour Macrolide Bryostatin 7

Event dates: 16 December 2009
Event summary: Formal Total Synthesis of the Antitumour Macrolide Bryostatin 7 by Professor Karl J Hale Director of SynBiOC and Associate Editor of Organic Letters, The School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Event Venue: Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, United Kingdom

�鶹AV NMR Discussion Group Christmas Meeting 2009

Event dates: 16 December 2009
Event summary: The meeting will include presentations covering recent developments in small molecule characterisation, molecular biology and metabonomics.
Event Venue: Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom

Going Round in Circles (Catalysis in Organic Reactions)

Event dates: 16 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, United Kingdom

38th Scottish Regional meeting of the �鶹AV Organic Division

Event dates: 16 December 2009
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Event Venue: University of Dundee, United Kingdom

�鶹AV Organometallic Chemistry Award Lecture by Professor Steve Nolan

Event dates: 16 December 2009
Event summary: NHC-Metal Complexes of Groups 10 and 11. Recent Developments in Synthesis and Catalysis
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

�鶹AV West India Special talk

Event dates: 16 December 2009
Event summary: Supramolecular synthesis, employing hydrogen bonds, is the major focus of contemporary research in the solid state studies, for the development of assemblies of exotic architectures with tailor-made
Event Venue: Institute of Chemical Technology, MUMBAI, 400 019, United Kingdom

Uncertainty in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment

Event dates: 17 December 2009
Event summary: Event will cover uncertainty in measurements, modelling (inlcuding CLEA), toxicology and risk assessment.
Event Venue: �鶹AV (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom