March 2009

Genome Instability and DNA Repair (C6)

Event dates: 1 - 6 March 2009
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Event Venue: Taos Convention Center, New Mexico, United States

20th Annual Workshop on Medical Communications: Past, Present and Future

Event dates: 1 - 4 March 2009
Event summary: Conference Highlights Ø Sunday, March 1 • Core Curriculum – In-depth discussions, case studies, roundtable discussions • Morning Tutorial – MSL Forum: Topics for field-based li
Event Venue: Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa, Hilton Head Island, 29928, United States

CANCELLED: Environmental Human Biomonitoring

Event dates: 2 March 2009
Event summary: The ability to detect chemical exposures currently exceeds the interpretation of risk from such exposures. This meeting will discuss current data and approaches.
Event Venue: Society of Chemical Industry, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lecture: Nanoporous Capsules: Aesthetics and Multifunctionality in Harmony

Event dates: 2 March 2009
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Event Venue: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Retired Members' Lunch -Mid-Southern Counties Section

Event dates: 2 March 2009
Event summary: A lunch will be held for retired members of the Section and their guests. The cost is £15.00 to include a sherry reception, 3-course lunch and wine
Event Venue: Hotel Belvedere, Bournemouth, BH1 2EU, United Kingdom

Process Validation for Biologicals

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: IBC’s 13th International Process Validation for Biopharmaceuticals answers the question: What else can I gain out of my process validation activities and how do I perform them most effectively? In
Event Venue: La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA, United States

Outsourcing Manufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: Outsourcing Manufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to consistently make the best outsourcing decisions in order to ensure quality and diminish ri
Event Venue: La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA, United States

Non-Antibody Protein Therapeutics Development & Production

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: IBC’s Non-Antibody Protein Therapeutics Development & Production conference covers development and production of molecules that do not benefit from the affinity characteristics of antibodies. You wi
Event Venue: La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA, United States

Antibody Development and Production

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: IBC’s Antibody Development & Production conference will help you evaluate the latest scientific and technical approaches to successfully accelerate the development of robust processes. It is regarde
Event Venue: La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA, United States

CHI’S The Greening of Pharma

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: This premier CHI Greening of BioPharma Conference creates a unique forum bringing together, in one place, BioPharmaceutical company Real Estate Executives, Engineers, and Laboratory and Manufacturin
Event Venue: The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Boston, MA, United States

Running and Interpretation of GC-MS spectra

Event dates: 2 - 5 March 2009
Event summary: PACN is organising an instrumentation workshop which will deal with the running and interpretation of GC-MS spectra. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Steve Lancaster, an analytical scientist
Event Venue: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Technology Transfer for Biopharmaceuticals

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: Technology Transfer for Biopharmaceuticals is the industry’s only event that delivers best practices for optimizing every phase of the transfer process. Exclusive case studies will cover the entire
Event Venue: La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA, United States

Formulating Better Medicines for Children

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2009
Event summary: ? To discuss issues surrounding the availability of age-appropriate formulations for the benefit of young patients. ? To provide a forum for delegates to reflect on formulation issues surrounding t
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Chemical Development & Scale-Up in the Fine Chemical & Pharmaceutical Industries

Event dates: 3 - 5 March 2009
Event summary: This ever popular training course for chemists and engineers in industry aims to discuss the most efficient methods for developing cheap, robust processes. It covers the principles of scale-up and d
Event Venue: Rome, Italy

Gases, their Physiological Effects and Medical Consequences - Followed by Local Section AGM

Event dates: 3 March 2009
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Event Venue: Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

91AV Lecture: The 91AV of Genome Maintenance

Event dates: 3 March 2009
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Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Biological Fuel Cells

Event dates: 3 March 2009
Event summary: Prof. Fraser Armstrong of Oxford University will describe his work in developing biological fuel cells.
Event Venue: British School of Brussels, Tervuren, 3080, Belgium

Shedding Light on Organometallic Alkane and Noble Gas Complexes and C-H Activation Using Fast Infrared Spectroscopy in Conventional and Supercritical Fluids

Event dates: 3 March 2009
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

RSC/SCI Lecture: Multi-phase catalysis in supercritical fluids

Event dates: 3 March 2009
Event summary: Lecture with Professor Martyn Poliakoff C.B.E
Event Venue: Bangor University, Gwynedd, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom

Fragments 2009

Event dates: 4 - 5 March 2009
Event summary: The aim of the 2nd RSC – BMCS Fragment-Based Drug Discovery meeting will be to continue the focus on Case Studies in Fragment-Based Drug Discovery that have delivered compounds to late stage medicin
Event Venue: AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Cheshire, United Kingdom

91AV for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 4 - 5 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Copleston High School, Suffolk, IP4 5HD, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship: Nanoporous Capsules: Aesthetics and Mutlifunctionality in Harmony

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Wheels within Wheels - Catalysing Catalysis

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary: This lecture has been cancelled due to lack of speaker
Event Venue: The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD13DH, United Kingdom

RSC Lord Lewis Prize Symposium

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary: Robert, Professor Lord May of Oxford is the 2008 winner of the RSC Lord Lewis Prize. The Prize is awarded for distinctive and distinguished scientific achievements, together with significant contrib
Event Venue: Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom

2009 Environmental 91AV Group Distinguished Guest Lecture and Symposium

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary: The Future of Water - the scientific, financial & governmental drivers for water trading
Event Venue: 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

A consultation event on the Draft BS 8550 Guide to auditing of water quality sampling

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary: The event is intended to present the background to the development of the standard and the results of field trials carried out prior to the publication of the draft for public comment. Feedback wil
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Drugs from the deep

Event dates: 4 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Drugs from the deep

Event dates: 5 March 2009
Event summary: Over 60% of the drugs we use today are derived from natural sources. The oceans, covering 70% of our planet, provide a rich source of new organisms which can be explored for their potential to prod
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

The reactivity of heme in biological systems.

Event dates: 5 March 2009
Event summary: A discussion of how heme groups modify their (organic) structure in various ways.
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

AGM RSCAD Scottish Region

Event dates: 5 March 2009
Event summary: AGM followed by talk by Dr Steve Owens entitled Asteroid Impact and the End of the World, followed by wine reception
Event Venue: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Clinical trials directive: five years on

Event dates: 5 March 2009
Event summary: This symposium will review the experiences of the regulator, the industry and the end-user, as well as active QPs from pharmaceutical companies and an IMP outsource provider engaged in the provision
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, SE1 7JN, United Kingdom

The CT Directive - 5 years on

Event dates: 5 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, SE1 7JN, United Kingdom

Annual General Meeting Teesside Section

Event dates: 6 March 2009
Event summary: AGM will be followed by a short lecture with food and refreshments provided.
Event Venue: Blackwell Grange Hotel, Darlington, DL3 8QH, United Kingdom

91AV of Fine Wines

Event dates: 6 March 2009
Event summary: Annual event of the Southumbria Section where a local wine expert is a speaker and takes the participants through the vinyards.
Event Venue: Singleton Birch Limited, DN38 6AE, United Kingdom

Epigenetic Basis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (X2)

Event dates: 6 - 10 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Colorado, United States

Traditional herbal medicines: opportunities and challenges in a changing regulatory environment

Event dates: 6 March 2009
Event summary: To update delegates on the scientific and applied progress in the area of herbal medicines - products that are widely used but under increasing regulatory scrutiny. To discuss research and develo
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom

SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring 2009

Event dates: 8 - 12 March 2009
Event summary: Participate in the meeting where you'll connect with researchers from universities, military, funding agencies, and industry all together in one place.
Event Venue: Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, United States

Organometallic 91AV

Event dates: 8 - 11 March 2009
Event summary: Zing Conferences offer a unique opportunity to network and forge new collaborations in a relaxed, informal environment.
Event Venue: Jolly Beach Resort, Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda

Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology

Event dates: 8 - 11 March 2009
Event summary: Topics: Microbial Cell Biology, Green Microbiology, Host-microbe Interaction, Sensory and Regulatory RNA, Applied Microbiology, Developmental Microbiology, Microbial Communities
Event Venue: Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, 44801, Germany

24th Annual DIA DATA Conference and Exhibition: CLINICAL DATA LIFECYCLE Trial Design through Submission and Beyond

Event dates: 9 - 11 March 2009
Event summary: Multitrack Conference to Discuss Standards, Processes, and Infrastructure across the Clinical Data Lifecycle Learn the latest information in processing across the clinical data lifecycle, end-t
Event Venue: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States

SET for Britain

Event dates: 9 March 2009
Event summary: Dr Douglas Naysmith MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, will sponsor an exhibition and reception in the House of Commons Terrace Marquee during National Science and Engineeri
Event Venue: House of Commons Marquee, London, United Kingdom

Unlicensed medicines for the NHS in the 21st Century: Moving Practice Forward

Event dates: 9 March 2009
Event summary: Licensed medicines represent regulatory excellence in quality, safety and efficacy but there are circumstances when there is no licensed medicine which meets the clinical needs of a particular group
Event Venue: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom

A 91AV Crash! Bang! Spectacle

Event dates: 9 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Sir John Nelthorpe Lower School, Brigg, DN20 8DS, United Kingdom

Synthetic Multifunctional Architectures: Ion Channels, Sensors and Photosynthesis

Event dates: 9 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Cardiff University, School of 91AV, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom

CHI’S Drug Development Latin America

Event dates: 9 - 10 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, FL, United States

91AV for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 9 - 10 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: The Queen Katherine School, Cumbria, LA9 6PJ, United Kingdom

Colloids, Grains and Dense Suspensions: under Flow and under Arrest

Event dates: 9 - 10 March 2009
Event summary: Colloidal suspensions undergo Brownian diffusion that arrests at high density, remobilizing under flow. Slowly sheared non-Brownian particles (dry or in suspension) likewise show chaotic trajectorie
Event Venue: The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom

91AV Quiz: The Finals

Event dates: 10 March 2009
Event summary: Finals of the WMCTC 91AV Quiz for Yr 10/11 students
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

NIR Raw Material Investigation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Robust System or an Accident Waiting to Happen

Event dates: 10 March 2009
Event summary: Incorporates the AGM of the East Anglia Region of the Analytical Division
Event Venue: Thomas Graham House, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Green 91AV

Event dates: 10 March 2009
Event summary: ChemSoc guest lecture
Event Venue: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

CHI’S Electronic Data in Clinical Trials

Event dates: 11 - 12 March 2009
Event summary: New technology is available and being created everyday to make the collection, correction and assessment of data from clinical trials more efficient. How do you decide which technology to use and w
Event Venue: Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, FL, United States

Advanced Aromatic Heterocyclic 91AV

Event dates: 11 - 13 March 2009
Event summary: This course for industrial chemists covers the advanced principles of aromatic heterocyclic chemistry. Concentrating on a wide range of molecules with 1-4 heteroatoms (mainly nitrogen) their importa
Event Venue: Basel, Switzerland

JCF Spring Symposium

Event dates: 11 - 14 March 2009
Event summary: The main objective of this symposium is to offer young chemists an opportunity to present their scientific work from all areas of chemistry.
Event Venue: University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany

RSC Award Symposium on Soft Materials

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: Featuring an RSC Interdisciplinary Award winner: Professor John Goodby
Event Venue: University of York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Retired Members Lunch

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Bradleys Restaurant, Huddersfield, HD15BB, United Kingdom

ECHA, REACH and the Researcher

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: Specially Invited Lecture hosted by the RSC Finland Section
Event Venue: Lecture Room 2012 (2nd Floor) Biokeskus 2, Helsinki, Finland

Energy from Waste and Biomass

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: This one day conference will take a broad brush look at the area of energy from waste and biomass. It will identify the waste sources and where they originate, the political and legislative drivers,
Event Venue: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, SW1Y 5DB, United Kingdom

RSC invited lecture: Organic Semiconductor Materials for Flexible Displays and Electronics Applications

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, United Kingdom

Essex Section Annual General Meeting

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Brentwood School, Brentwood, CM15 8AS, United Kingdom

91AV and Physics Research Seminar

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: '91AV for Our Future: Problem-based and Context-Based Learning Resources for 91AV at NTU and Beyond' by Dr Paul Martin
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Research Seminar - Diversity in 91AV

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: A Research Seminar encompassing three diverse areas of research will be hosted by University College Cork.
Event Venue: University College Cork, Ireland

AGM Birmingham & West Midlands Local Section

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: The AGM will be followed by a lecture on the topic of Forensic Science and the evening will close with a buffet
Event Venue: Ladywood Social Club, Birmingham, B16 8SY, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Retired Members Lunch

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: A casual gathering for all retired members to mix and discuss RSC interest.
Event Venue: Trout Hotel Cockermouth, Cockermouth, CA13 0EJ, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS Training Courses

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: 1-day Absolute Basics of GC & GC-MS Course. The what, why, where, when, and how of GC & GC-MS. For those absolute beginners to GC and GC-MS, who may not even know what a GC looks like, this will be
Event Venue: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Science and Energy

Event dates: 11 March 2009
Event summary: A series of 2 demonstration lectures for schoolchildren
Event Venue: North East Wales Institute for Higher Education, Wrexham, LL11 2AW, United Kingdom

Our local chemical industry – gone yesterday, here tomorrow!

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: Since we have seen the shrinkage, closure and redevelopment of so many chemical factories, it is easy to get the impression that this industry is of the past than of the future, and many people may
Event Venue: Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, WA8 0DF, United Kingdom

The chemistry of oxygen sensing by humans and other animals

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: Humans along with all other animals need to respond to changes in oxygen availability. The lecture will describe the underlying oxygen sensing mechanism (that involves interesting chemistry) and sh
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS Training Courses

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: 1-day combined GC/GC-MS & LC/LC-MS for Research Training. For those doing MSc and PhDs, postdoc or laboratory research technicians, you may like to take advantage of this course.
Event Venue: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

SMR Meeting on Current & Future Perspectives in Psychiatric Drug Discovery

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: This symposium brings together experts across the breadth of research and development in the field of psychiatric diseases, such as anxiety, depression and schizophrenia
Event Venue: GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom

What 91AV has done for me

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: Talks from Chemists about careers in chemistry. Part of Cambridge Science Week
Event Venue: The 91AV, Cambridge, CB4 0WF, United Kingdom

Delivering sustainable energy savings

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: We invite you to come and hear about how your company can financially benefit from adopting more sustainable energy practices on site including some information on pre-development funding available
Event Venue: ABB Engineering, Daresbury Park, Warrington, United Kingdom

RSC Sir Christopher Ingold Lecture: What Can a Physical Chemist contribute to the Mitigation of Climate Change?

Event dates: 12 March 2009
Event summary: The various approaches that have been suggested for reducing the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration - CO2 capture or the replacement of fossil-fuel combustion by wind, tidal, solar, or nuclear
Event Venue: Sheffield University, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

Separation Science: Applications in Clinical Biochemistry

Event dates: 13 March 2009
Event summary: A joint meeting of 91AV, Chromatography & Electrophoresis Group and ACB Southern Region to Mark the Official Retirement of Dr CK Lim
Event Venue: Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS Training Course

Event dates: 13 March 2009
Event summary: 1-day GCxGC Hands-On course – practical tips, theory & GC Image software navigation. Analysts benefit from the hands-on nature of this course.
Event Venue: Brussels, Belgium

Science and Engineering Week Lecture Demonstration

Event dates: 13 March 2009
Event summary: A lecture demonstrating a range of spectacular chemical reactions
Event Venue: Fowey Community College, United Kingdom

YMN Wine Tasting

Event dates: 13 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

IOMC 2009

Event dates: 14 - 15 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Online, Online Conference, United States

Protein Purification: Principles & Practice

Event dates: 15 - 20 March 2009
Event summary: A 5 ½ day hands-on laboratory course in which participants will learn skills to effectively design separation and purification strategies for downstream processing. This course uses the remarkable G
Event Venue: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

4th Anglo-Swedish Medicinal 91AV Symposium

Event dates: 15 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: This conference is the 4th symposium organized jointly between the Medicinal 91AV Section of the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Biological and Medicinal 91AV Sector of
Event Venue: AstraZeneca R&D, Lund, Sweden

Cairo International Conference on Energy and Environment

Event dates: 15 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: The conference addresses issues connected with the interaction between energy, development and environment. The main objectives are: To discuss the integrated analyses of the impact of new and re
Event Venue: Hughada, Egypt, Egypt

BIO-Europe Spring® 2009

Event dates: 16 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: The conference annually attracts the international “who’s who” from bio¬tech, pharma and finance for three days of high caliber networking.
Event Venue: Milano Convention Centre, Italy

Salt Sellers - the Highs and Lows of Commercialising University Research

Event dates: 16 March 2009
Event summary: While room temperature ionic liquids have been of interest for over 20 years, their widespread application to large-scale processes has been precluded mainly by the high cost and environmental compa
Event Venue: 91AV, London, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lecture: Connecting Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gases and Liquids

Event dates: 16 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

Light: The World's Most Unlikely Construction Material

Event dates: 16 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom

CHI’S Quantitative PCR

Event dates: 16 - 17 March 2009
Event summary: PCR’s sensitivity, specificity, and simplicity has revolutionized molecular biology in basic, industrial, and clinical settings. Technologies abound including quantitative PCR (qPCR), multiplex qPC
Event Venue: Hilton San Diego Resort, United States

CHI’S Comprehending Copy Number Variation

Event dates: 16 - 17 March 2009
Event summary: All agree that copy number variation (CNV) contributes substantially to human genetic diversity. But to what extent? The resulting applications of newly developed whole-genome scanning technologies
Event Venue: Hilton San Diego Resort, United States

The Identification and Application of the Fluorinase, a C-F Bond Forming Enzyme

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

RSC Lecture: Advancing Synthetic Organic Methods by Interfacing with Inorganic Intelligence

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Bangor University, Gwynedd, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom

Cafe Scientifique: Nuclear Energy - Within the Wider Context of Sustainability

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary: Dr Richard Pike; Nuclear Energy - Within the Wider Context of Sustainability
Event Venue: Arc, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LL, United Kingdom

Molecules of Murder

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary: Author John Emsley will be giving a talk based on his book recently published by the RSC.
Event Venue: University of Reading, Reading, RG6 1HY, United Kingdom

Annual General Meeting followed by a Wine Tasting

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Preston College, Fulwood Campus, Preston, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Jonathan's Flash Bang Show

Event dates: 17 March 2009
Event summary: Demonstration lecture for Year 9/10 pupils
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

91AV for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 17 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Science Learning Centre West Midlands, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in Organic Process R&D

Event dates: 17 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: This Conference is dedicated to process chemistry and organic synthesis with an emphasis on the science and technology associated with the synthesis and manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredie
Event Venue: Brussels, Belgium

Effective Information Retrieval - Literature & Patent Searching for Chemists

Event dates: 17 - 18 March 2009
Event summary: This course is aimed at the synthetic chemists working in both medicinal/discovery chemistry and process chemistry and will be taught by experienced organic chemists and professional information spe
Event Venue: London, United Kingdom

Analytical 91AV for Sustainable Development - ACSD 2010

Event dates: 17 - 19 March 2009
Event summary: The symposium aims at bringing together researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of Analyti
Event Venue: Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of Mohammedia, Mohammedia, 20800, Morocco

CHI’S Next-Generation Sequencing

Event dates: 18 - 19 March 2009
Event summary: Next-generation sequencing is driving growth within the basic and biomedical research community as rapidly as the bases are being sequenced. All agree however, with the implementation of any new t
Event Venue: Hilton San Diego Resort, San Diego, CA, United States

CHI’S The Challenge of Antibacterial Drug Development

Event dates: 18 - 19 March 2009
Event summary: Resistant bacterial strains are becoming an increasing challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. There is a growing need to develop novel defense mechanisms and novel strategies to treat bacterial
Event Venue: Hilton San Diego Resort, United States

Secrets of Batch Process Scale-Up

Event dates: 18 - 20 March 2009
Event summary: Operating a commercially viable chemical process requires a good chemical synthesis to start with, but is also subject to the interplay of a myriad of important physical phenomena, traditionally the
Event Venue: San Diego, United States

RSC Centenary Lectureship: Connecting Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gases and Liquids

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

Half-day symposium: Synthetic 91AV for Synthetic Biology. Is This the Path to Take?

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Fuel from the Pond

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary: Bioenergy from Algae
Event Venue: The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD13DH, United Kingdom

Combating Counterfeiting ? Current Status of the New Technologies and Raising Public Awareness

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary: Global trade arrangements and internet sales are dramatically changing the worldwide market in medicines, favouring an increase in counterfeiting activities. The event will review the anti-cou
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom

RSC Lake District Creamery lecture and tour

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary: The Lakes creamery based at Aspatria claims that "Cheese making is as much an art as it is a science". Do you think so? We will have a tour of the lakes creamery in Aspatria to find out more about c
Event Venue: The Lake District Creamery, Cumbria, CA7 2AR, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: How Green is our Valley?

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary: STOP PRESS – THIS MEETING HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED BECAUSE THE SPEAKER IS UNAVAILABLE. Forth Valley - a major tourist attraction and an industrialised area. A look at some of the successes and failu
Event Venue: Royal Lodge Hotel, STIRLING, FK9 4HG, United Kingdom

Protecting the Environment

Event dates: 18 March 2009
Event summary: A look at the work of SEPA whose remit is to protect the environment in Scotland so that future generations can enjoy what we often take for granted.
Event Venue: Forth Valley College, Falkirk Campus, FALKIRK, FK2 9AD, United Kingdom

19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology

Event dates: 18 - 21 March 2009
Event summary: Main topics • Neurovirology • Immunology • Virus Infections • Viral Zoonoses
Event Venue: University of Leipzig, Carl-Ludwig-Institut, Germany

Polymorphism & Crystallisation

Event dates: 19 - 20 March 2009
Event summary: This 2 day conference focuses on case studies from process chemists and engineers on chemical development issues which impact the ability to routinely manufacture chosen crystalline forms. Experts i
Event Venue: Brussels, Belgium

RSC Tilden Lecture: Catalytic routes to rings, chains and macromolecules based on inorganic elements

Event dates: 19 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Human Capital Management Symposium

Event dates: 19 March 2009
Event summary: Relevante’s Human Capital Management Symposium will be focusing on the below mentioned topics: • Has Your Career Stalled? • Social Media, Internet 2.0, for Recruiting • The Missing Link: Me
Event Venue: The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, 19355, United States

Family Evening: Chemical Magic

Event dates: 19 March 2009
Event summary: An entertaining demonstration lecture by Dr Ray Plevey and Mrs Rosemary Plevey. The lecture will be followed by a buffet supper for which there is a nominal charge of £2 per head. Prior booking
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

East Midlands Section AGM

Event dates: 19 March 2009
Event summary: Tickets are not required for this event but Members and Guests should register their attendance with Dr. David Worrall, for catering purposes.
Event Venue: Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship: Connecting Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gases and Liquids

Event dates: 20 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom

Industrial 91AV in Education

Event dates: 20 March 2009
Event summary: The aim of the day will be demonstrate to chemistry teachers of all levels new ways to inspire students about the way the chemistry they learn at school interfaces with its application to industry a
Event Venue: The Marriott Tudor Park Hotel & Country Club, Maidstone, ME14 4NQ, United Kingdom

Biotechnology Clinical Trials Outsourcing

Event dates: 20 March 2009
Event summary: Finding Solutions to Challenges Faced by Smaller Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies Successful outsourcing of clinical drug development activities is critical to smaller companies who typic
Event Venue: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, 94010, United States

Organometallic 91AV, Past and Present

Event dates: 20 March 2009
Event summary: This one-day meeting surveys the historical background to the remarkable development of organometallic chemistry to its modern form as a discipline linking inorganic, organic and catalytic chemistry
Event Venue: 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

From menace to marvel: Nitric oxide in health and disease

Event dates: 20 March 2009
Event summary: Nitric oxide (NO), generated by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) plays a key role in a diverse range of physiological and pathophysiological conditions within the cardiovascular, immune, repro
Event Venue: BioPark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3AX, United Kingdom

Perspectives in Stem Cell Proteomics Conference

Event dates: 22 - 23 March 2009
Event summary: Focussing on the current status of proteomics in stem cell research - from new technology to its potential in the understanding of developmental biology.
Event Venue: Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cell Death Pathways (X5)

Event dates: 22 - 27 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: TELUS Whistler Conference Centre, British Columbia, United States

BTS Annual Congress 2009

Event dates: 22 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: Annual conference of the British Toxicology Society
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

21st Annual EuroMeeting

Event dates: 23 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: The Drug Information Association’s Annual EuroMeeting is global in scope, attracting well over 3,000 professionals from over 50 countries. It brings together professionals from the biopharmaceutical
Event Venue: Internationales Congress Centrum, Berlin, 14055, Germany

Targeting Metabolic Disease

Event dates: 23 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: IBC’s 7th Annual Targeting Metabolic Disorders offers industry research scientists in depth science and technology solutions to enable the development of safe and effective obesity and diabetes ther
Event Venue: Courtyard Boston Downtown Tremont Hotel, Boston, MA, United States

Discovery 2009

Event dates: 23 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: In its ninth year running, the exclusive Discovery Summit 2009 presents a unique opportunity to examine the challenges and advances in drug discovery. Within the luxurious surroundings of the five s
Event Venue: Le Méridien Beach Plaza, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Taibah International Chemical Conference - 2009

Event dates: 23 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: TICC-2009 will provide opportunities for academics, researchers and industrialists to interact, exchange ideas, discuss the contemporary research topics. Special sessions will focus on the recent ad
Event Venue: Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia

Spring School in Colloid Science 2009

Event dates: 23 - 27 March 2009
Event summary: The aim of the course is to provide a broad-based, but detailed introduction to colloids and an overview of some theoretical developments and experimental advances. The course will provide an exce
Event Venue: University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom

Palm Oil - The Sustainable 21st Century Oil

Event dates: 23 - 24 March 2009
Event summary: Indonesia and Malaysia dominate production of palm oil and have done much to make the oil so important, but have also come under criticism for destruction of tropical rain forest. With world populat
Event Venue: The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom

Protein Structure for Drug Discovery (4-day course)

Event dates: 23 - 26 March 2009
Event summary: Designed with industry for those wishing to move into structural biology or those working closely with structural biologists – including medicinal chemists.
Event Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom

Protein Structure for Drug Discovery

Event dates: 23 - 26 March 2009
Event summary: Designed for those managing or working closely with Structural Biologists, including Medicinal Chemists or individuals who wish to move into Structural Biology. Key topics covered: Protein Expressio
Event Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship: Connecting Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gases and Liquids

Event dates: 23 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom

CHI’S Microrna in Human Disease and Development

Event dates: 23 March 2009
Event summary: Although microRNAs were brought into the spotlight only recently, their role in regulating mammalian development and disease has become clear. miRNAs represent a novel class of targets for therapeut
Event Venue: Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA, United States

Building Materials Analysis workshop

Event dates: 24 - 26 March 2009
Event summary: Aimed at professionals, graduate scientists and engineers working in the cement industry. The workshop focuses primarily on X-ray methods, with special emphasis on the use of these methods for clink
Event Venue: University of Halle, Germany

Spectroscopic methods for water analysis

Event dates: 24 March 2009
Event summary: This meeting will consider recent advances in spectroscopic methods for the analysis of water samples . Work being undertaken in Europe as well as Great Britain will be reported. Issuses such as fit
Event Venue: The Council House, City of Birmingham, B1 1BB, United Kingdom

ChemNet lecture at the National Space Centre

Event dates: 24 March 2009
Event summary: Lecture on atmospheric chemistry from Prof Paul Monks, University of Leicester
Event Venue: The National Space Centre, Leicester, LE4 5NS, United Kingdom

Essential Biology for Medicinal Chemists

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: This course is for Medicinal Chemists and Project Managers who wish to gain an improved feel for drug discovery biology. The biological world is immense and therefore the course drills down to provi
Event Venue: Basel, Switzerland

91AV for Non-Specialists KS3/4

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: The Ridgeway School, Wiltshire, SN4 9DJ, United Kingdom

Capturing Colloids

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: The Joint Committee of the RSC/SCI Colloid Groups and the Royal Microscopy Society have joined together to host the Capturing Colloids Meeting. This two day meeting will bring together a wide commun
Event Venue: Brittania Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom

Chemical Sciences Scotland Inaugural Conference & Dinner

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2009
Event summary: Chemical Sciences Scotland - a unique partnership of industry, academia and government agencies – will host its inaugural Conference Working Together, Sharing the Benefits on 24th (networking dinner
Event Venue: Dunblane Hydro, Dunblane, FK15 0HG, United Kingdom

ChemNet Visit to ALcontrol

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: Visit to labs of this environmental and food testing company.
Event Venue: ALcontrol Laboratories, Chester, CH5 3US, United Kingdom

How to carry out fit for purpose on site water testing

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: This seminar will provide information on the development and issues arising from the revision of BS 1427 Guide on site test methods for the analysis of waters with respect to the monitoring of chem
Event Venue: SCI, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

POSTPONED - RSC invited lecture -

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: Unfortunately, this lecture has had to be postponed until 2009-2010.
Event Venue: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, United Kingdom

Advances in Modelling for Formulations

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: The Formulation Science and Technology Group from the 91AV is organising this meeting to help the formulation community to identify the main advances in modelling for formula
Event Venue: GSK Weybridge, United Kingdom

AGM and Dinner

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: AGM at 19.00hrs Guests for Dinner only please arrive for 19.20.
Event Venue: Bradleys Restaurant, Huddersfield, HD15BB, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship: Connecting Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Gases and Liquids

Event dates: 25 March 2009
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Event Venue: University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

From amino acids to heteroaromatics: Biosynthesis inspired routes to heterocyclic natural products

Event dates: 25 March 2009
Event summary: The RSC Pedler Lecuture 2009
Event Venue: University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Members' Spring Lunch

Event dates: 25 March 2009
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Event Venue: South Lodge Hotel, Chelmsford, CM2 0AR, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS Training Course

Event dates: 25 - 26 March 2009
Event summary: 2-day Practical Essentials of GC & GC-MS for sales, marketing and service engineers
Event Venue: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: 91AV for Non-Specialists KS3/4

Event dates: 25 - 26 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Science Learning Centre North East, Durham, DH1 5BZ, United Kingdom

Sustainability 2012: Shaping an Environmental Legacy for World Cities

Event dates: 25 - 27 March 2009
Event summary: Our aim is to provide a forum for the world's leading academia to discuss and bring together the best practices learnt from experience, and to grow policies that can be used to advantage in the deve
Event Venue: Conference - CCT Venue, London, E14 9SG, United Kingdom

FULL: 91AV for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 26 - 27 March 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching 91AV amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Great Barr School, Birmingham, B44 8NU, United Kingdom

4th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security

Event dates: 26 - 27 March 2009
Event summary: submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of Information Warfare and Security.
Event Venue: Graduate School of Business, Cape Town, South Africa

Bionanotechnologies

Event dates: 26 - 27 March 2009
Event summary: In addition to considering fundamental biophysical questions, the meeting will provide a forum to review the wealth of potential applications, such as: new routes to the development of medical devi
Event Venue: Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LG, United Kingdom

Essex School Lecture - Fun with 91AV

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

Pub Quiz

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary: Each team should have no more than 6 people. The pub quiz is based on quite a few rounds of various topics. A joker round is available and a running score board will be kept! Entry Fee £2 per person
Event Venue: The Rising Sun, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Taking the Pain out of Drug Discovery 2009

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary: Taking the Pain Out of Drug Discovery is a one-day symposium that will assess the status of the pain therapeutic area and provide insights into possible future therapies from ongoing research progra
Event Venue: SCI, London, SW1X 8PX, United Kingdom

RSC/BA/SCI Lecture: How a Volcano Works

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary: Monitoring volcanoes and developing new theories will lead to improvements in the ability of scientists to assess risks and give advice.
Event Venue: University of Bristol, United Kingdom

ChemNet visit to Technical Fibre Products

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Technical Fibre Products, Kendal, LA9 6PZ, United Kingdom

ChemNet Visit to ALcontrol, Rotherham

Event dates: 26 March 2009
Event summary: Visit to labs of this environmental and food testing company.
Event Venue: ALcontrol Laboratories, Rotherham, S60 1BZ, United Kingdom

A Bigger Belgian Bang

Event dates: 27 March 2009
Event summary: RSC Belgium welcomes back Dr. Hal Sosabowski for another exciting and explosive demonstration lecture. This time we are at the University in Louvain to concide with the 'Printemps des Sciences' week
Event Venue: Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium

Identifying T Cell Subset Phenotype and Function in parasite infections

Event dates: 27 March 2009
Event summary: "A revolution in the basic understanding of immunology occurred in the late 1980s with the discovery that CD4+ helper T cells were not a homogeneous population but could be divided into Th1 and Th2
Event Venue: BioPark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3AX, United Kingdom

Kent Section AGM: The Creative World of Perfumery

Event dates: 27 March 2009
Event summary: AGM of Kent Section with presentation on by Mike Smith, Executive Perfumer, Givaudan. Buffet supper included.
Event Venue: Givaudan UK Ltd, Ashford, TN24 0LT, United Kingdom

Prize Winning Research in Physical and Theoretical 91AV

Event dates: 27 March 2009
Event summary: Featuring five RSC award winners
Event Venue: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

The 9th European Gasification Conference

Event dates: 27 - 28 March 2009
Event summary: The 9th European Gasification Conference returns to Germany in March with the chemical engineering community and IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) backing the technology. The 9th Europea
Event Venue: The Hilton Hotel Dusseldforf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Electrochemical aspects of mass spectrometry for proteomics

Event dates: 30 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Helsinki, Finland

BioreFuture 2009

Event dates: 30 March 2009
Event summary: Free workshop to disseminate and discuss new research into biorefining, linking technological concepts, techno-economic modelling and policy research.
Event Venue: Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 1040, Belgium

Teachers' Seminar

Event dates: 30 March 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Brentwood School, Brentwood, CM15 8AS, United Kingdom

Ocular Angiogenesis

Event dates: 30 - 31 March 2009
Event summary: IBC’s 5th International Conference on Ocular Angiogenesis and Retinal Degeneration will provide up-to-the-minute information on therapeutic development for ocular disease including research that tar
Event Venue: Green Valley Ranch, Las Vegas, NV, United States

Student Chemical Society (Alchemy) Quiz Night

Event dates: 31 March 2009
Event summary: CHANGE OF DATE FROM 3 APRIL Pit your wits against all comers (including UEA students) in this light-hearted pub style quiz.
Event Venue: University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Coatings and Textiles: Keeping the bugs at bay

Event dates: 31 March 2009
Event summary: This 1/2 day seminar sets out to define and identify harmful bacteria and the various anti-microbial technologies developed for use in coatings and textiles.
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

McBain Medal Lecture 2009 Soft Interfaces - From Molecular

Event dates: 31 March 2009
Event summary: This one day meeting, which will incorporate the award of the McBain medal to Dr Fernando Bresme of Imperial College. A mixed programme of modelling and experimental work will be presented. The McB
Event Venue: SCI, London, United Kingdom

McBain Medal Lecture: Soft Interfaces - From Molecular Interactions to Industrial Products

Event dates: 31 March 2009
Event summary: The McBain Medal is an award given to honour a younger scientist who has made a meritorious contribution to colloid & interface science. This one day meeting will incorporate the award of the Mc
Event Venue: SCI, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

ChemNet Meets Sheffield Uni ChemSoc

Event dates: 31 March 2009
Event summary: Talks on careers in chemistry adn teh chance to meet undergraduates and postgraduates from Shefiield University ChemSoc.
Event Venue: Sheffield University, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom