March 2010

Downland Local Section AGM

Event dates: 1 March 2010
Event summary: The AGM will be followed by a buffet at 19.30. There is no charge to attend the AGM and buffet. However, if you would like to attend, then please let the Honorary Secretary know as soon as possibl
Event Venue: Dorking, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 1 - 2 March 2010
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Science Learning Centre West Midlands, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

High Throughput Nanoceramics Synthesis with RAMSI, the Rapid Automated Materials Synthesis Robot

Event dates: 1 March 2010
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Event Venue: Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom

Pretty, Pretty, Bang, Bang!! The Chemistry of Fireworks and Explosives.

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: A flash, bang lecture with many demonstrations.
Event Venue: The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Lecture on World War 1

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: A talk on World War 1 for retired RSC members and their partners and friends. The doors will open at 2 pm and the lecture will commence at 2.30 pm. Afternoon tea will be served following the lectur
Event Venue: Woking, GU22 0NN, United Kingdom

The science of taste and flavour

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: A DUCS lecture in association with the RSC Teesside section and the North East Polymer Association.
Event Venue: Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

CANCELLED - RSC Centenary Prize Lectureship by Professor Aaron Ciechanover

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: Ubiquitin-mediated Protein Degradation
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

90 Years on the Earls Road Site

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: A look at the history of manufacture on this important site in Grangemouth from its earlist beginnings in dyestuffs to the modern day diversification.
Event Venue: Earl's Gate Training Centre, Grangemouth, FK3 8XG, United Kingdom

Organic Industrial Award Lecture - Directed Evolution of Enzymes: New Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis

Event dates: 2 March 2010
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

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

Event dates: 2 - 4 March 2010
Event summary: This ever-popular 3-day 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-u
Event Venue: Lisbon, Portugal

The Development of Modern Imaging Colorants

Event dates: 2 March 2010
Event summary: An overview of modern developments in the field of colorants for modern printers.
Event Venue: Forth Valley College, FALKIRK, FK2 9AD, United Kingdom

DIA/FDA/PVRI Debate on Clinical Trials for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2010
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Event Venue: Marriott Bethesda North Hotel, North Bethesda, 20852-2785, United States

2nd African Regulatory Conference: A forum for regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry

Event dates: 2 - 3 March 2010
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Event Venue: The Misty Hills Country Hotel, Johannesburg, 1747, South Africa

An EMBL Workshop on Visualizing Biological Data (VizBi)

Event dates: 3 - 5 March 2010
Event summary: The goal of the workshop is to bring together, for the first time, researchers developing and using systems to visualize a broad range of biological data, including sequences, genomes, phylogenies,
Event Venue: EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany

CANCELLED - Early Drug Development: Navigating the Treacherous Rapids

Event dates: 3 - 4 March 2010
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Event Venue: Marriott Bethesda Pooks Hill, Bethesda, 20814-5423, United States

Chemical Biology Award Symposium

Event dates: 3 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

RSC Sustainable Energy Award Lecture

Event dates: 3 March 2010
Event summary: Materials & Energy: Processing, Storage & Conversion
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Research Seminar: Materials & Energy: processing, storage and conversion

Event dates: 3 March 2010
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Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

North Humberside Local Section AGM

Event dates: 3 March 2010
Event summary: Annual General Meeting of the North Humberside AGM
Event Venue: University of Hull, HULL, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom

Joseph Black Award Lecture followed by WRAD AGM

Event dates: 3 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

Calculating meat content, and added water, with confidence

Event dates: 4 March 2010
Event summary: This will be suitable for analytical staff, managers and food technologists who need to be able to calculate meat content confidently. Data from delegates’ own products can be used if desired and ti
Event Venue: Campden BRI, Glos, GL55 6LD, United Kingdom

Turn On and Tune In

Event dates: 4 March 2010
Event summary: Timothy Leary's exhortation to turn on, tune in, drop out is generally associated with the view that if you can remember the 60s you weren't actually there. But this view ignores the very interestin
Event Venue: The Chemistry Centre, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Molecular Electrochemistry: Modification, Mediation and Design of Electrode Surfaces -Philip Bartlett

Event dates: 4 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Quality by Design for analytical methods: a revolution in method lifecycle management?

Event dates: 4 March 2010
Event summary: The pharmaceutical industry has traditionally controlled analytical methods via a well-defined sequence of development, validation and transfer exercises in line with agreed standards such as ICH Q2
Event Venue: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, SE1 7JN, United Kingdom

Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector AGM

Event dates: 5 March 2010
Event summary: Members of the BMCS may make nominations for vacancies on the Committee by submitting names in writing or by e-mail, with the signed agreement of the person nominated, to the Secretary by Wednesday
Event Venue: ��, London, W1V 0BN, United Kingdom

RSC Cumbria Wine Tasting/Mixer Meeting

Event dates: 5 March 2010
Event summary: Gerard Richardson, a wine merchant from Whitehaven, is joining us for a wine tasting evening and
Event Venue: Chase Hotel, CA28 8AA, United Kingdom

The N.I. Heat of the Schools’ Analyst Competition

Event dates: 6 March 2010
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Event Venue: Belfast, United Kingdom

11th Florida Heterocyclic & Synthetic IUPAC-Sponsored Conference

Event dates: 7 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: The conference will feature 12 plenary and 40 invited lectures, 5 short courses, a poster session on topics in heterocyclic and synthetic chemistry. There will also be a small exposition.
Event Venue: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States

Keystone Symposia: Biomolecular Interaction Networks: Function and Disease

Event dates: 7 - 12 March 2010
Event summary: The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers from different fields of computational and experimental biology, to discuss the use of biomolecular interaction networks to study cell func
Event Venue: Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Québec City, Québec, Canada

11th Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic Conference (FloHet-11)

Event dates: 7 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: This, the Eleventh Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic Conference, continues in the tradition of its highly successful predecessors. Registration will start on Sunday, March 7th with a Welcome Recept
Event Venue: The J. Wayne Reitz Union, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA,, United States

RSC Centenary Lectureship - Professor Leonard Lindoy

Event dates: 8 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Advanced Microscopy

Event dates: 8 - 14 March 2010
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Event Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC), Heidelberg, 69117, Germany

Summit for Clinical Trials Operations Executives (SCOPE)

Event dates: 8 - 11 March 2010
Event summary: The program will offer four conferences and workshops listed below. Each conference will feature best practice case studies relevant to clinical operations experts as well as those new to the field.
Event Venue: United States

BIO-Europe Spring® 2010 – 4th International Partnering Conference

Event dates: 8 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: The conference annually attracts the international "who’s who" from biotech, pharma and finance for three days of high caliber networking. BIO-Europe Spring’s world-class workshops, panels and activ
Event Venue: CCIB, Barcelona, Spain

Qualified Person (Medicinal Chemistry & Therapeutics)

Event dates: 8 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: Qualified Persons cannot fulfil their role in a responsible way unless they understand the actions and uses of the medicinal products they are asked to certify. Supported by the top subject matter
Event Venue: RSSL Pharma Training, Reading, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom

22nd Annual Euro Meeting

Event dates: 8 - 10 March 2010
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: Grimaldi Forum, Monaco

Leadership Experience

Event dates: 8 - 11 March 2010
Event summary: Exceed Your Project Goals This easy to understand course will provide you with the real-world training you need to apply interpersonal and leadership concepts to exceed your business goals.
Event Venue: DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, Bethesda, 20814, United States

Regulatory Affairs Part II: The NDA Phase

Event dates: 8 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: Gain insight into the regulatory background of the NDA, preparing an NDA, and postapproval activities. The course focuses on drug and well characterized biological products and not the regulatory pr
Event Venue: Drug Information Association, Inc., Horsham, 19044, United States

RSC-RSEQ Joint Lectureship Winner - Professor Eugenio Coronado Miralles

Event dates: 9 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture - Centenary celebration

Event dates: 9 March 2010
Event summary: Advances since Dorothy solved the structures of cholesterol, penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin. She is the only British woman to win the Nobel Prize for science.
Event Venue: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom

Implementing Quality Systems in Research Environments

Event dates: 9 - 10 March 2010
Event summary: A highly interactive course providing state of the art guidance on how to implement quality systems into the research environment. The programme is delivered by leaders in the field who quite simply
Event Venue: Madingley Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Interdisciplinary Award Lecture - Modified DNA: Structure, function and applications

Event dates: 9 March 2010
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Huddersfield Section Retired Members' Lunch

Event dates: 10 March 2010
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Event Venue: Bradleys Restaurant, Huddersfield, HD15BB, United Kingdom

Environment, Sustainability & Energy Award Symposium

Event dates: 10 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

RSC-RSEQ Joint Lectureship Winner - Professor Eugenio Coronado Miralles

Event dates: 10 March 2010
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Event Venue: University College London, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship - Professor Leonard Lindoy

Event dates: 10 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Bradford, United Kingdom

How to comply with recent expectations for Extractables /Leachables testing for Biologics

Event dates: 10 March 2010
Event summary: Lack of satisfactory testing for Extractables/Leachables has been identified as a common problem in Biologics CMCs. Leachables however feature prominently as possible causes for Biologics Quality pa
Event Venue: United States

Second NanoImpactNet Conference - For a healthy environment in a future with nanotechnology

Event dates: 10 - 12 March 2010
Event summary: Call for abstracts is open. Sessions on interaction of nanomaterials with biological, environmental & physical barriers, quality control in nanomaterial research, & tools for impact assessment.
Event Venue: Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, CH-1011, Switzerland

Sir George Stokes Award Lecture - Professor Robin Clark

Event dates: 10 March 2010
Event summary: Raman Microscopy and Pigments: Where science meets art and technology
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom

Chemical Sciences Seminar Keele University

Event dates: 10 March 2010
Event summary: Dr Perdita Barran (University of Edinburgh) Ion-Mobility Mass-Spectrometry of Peptides: Antibiotics, Amyloids & Nanoswitches
Event Venue: Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Rideal Lecture: Controlling the Properties of Aqueous Interfaces

Event dates: 10 March 2010
Event summary: The Rideal lecture is an annual award given by SCI’s Colloid and Surface Chemistry Group and the RSC’s Colloid and Interface Science Group. Colloid science principles have been successfully applied
Event Venue: Society of Chemical Industry, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Mass Spectrometry - a Powerful Tool for Medical Discovery and Diagnosis

Event dates: 10 March 2010
Event summary: A lecture on recent developments in the use of mass spectrometry for solving problems in medicine.
Event Venue: Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

Annual General Meeting of South Wales West Local Section

Event dates: 10 March 2010
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Event Venue: Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

Towards an Understanding of Water Solid Interfaces - Angelos Michaelides

Event dates: 11 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 11 - 12 March 2010
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 Queen Katherine School, Cumbria, LA9 6PJ, United Kingdom

Performing Investigations for Environmental Excursions

Event dates: 11 March 2010
Event summary: Environmental excursion investigations are complex and multidisciplinary and require the investigator to illicit information from multiple departments to aid in determining the true root cause. Excu
Event Venue: United States

Science and Energy - Demonstration lectures for Schoolchildren

Event dates: 11 March 2010
Event summary: A series of demonstration lectures for schoolchildren where the children perform all the experiments
Event Venue: Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Powys, SA16 4HU, United Kingdom

The Regulation of RDNA Technology Derived Drugs: Biotech Specific Aspects

Event dates: 11 March 2010
Event summary: WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND? Gain a refresher/update on the technical aspects specific to the regulation of rDNA derived medicinal products Improve your knowledge of the differences between the regula
Event Venue: The Rembrandt Hotel, London, SW7, United Kingdom

Regulatory Affairs for Biologics

Event dates: 11 - 12 March 2010
Event summary: Learn Regulatory Requirements for Biologics Discuss proven strategies to achieve regulatory
Event Venue: Drug Information Association, Inc, Horsham, 19044, United States

Overview of Drug Development in Japan

Event dates: 11 March 2010
Event summary: Through a series of highly interactive presentations and case studies, you will learn strategies for minimizing the drug development challenges due to the different regulatory requirements in the US
Event Venue: Drug Information Association, Inc., Horsham, 19044, United States

Catalysis Symposium including the RSC Homoegenous Catalysis Award Lecture

Event dates: 12 March 2010
Event summary: Prof Robin Bedford (University of Bristol) will deliver the Homogeneous Catalysis Award Lecture entitled "Exploring new coupling reactions" and Prof Ian Fairlamb (University of York) "Bridging the
Event Venue: Manchester Metropolitan university, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

R.S.C. Invited lectures

Event dates: 12 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Lectureship - Professor Leonard Lindoy

Event dates: 12 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Martin Jansen

Event dates: 12 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

MBA Refresher: Prosperity without growth?

Event dates: 12 - 14 March 2010
Event summary: In the global economic downturn, instability in financial markets & institutions, increased unemployment & environmental challenges some may think the business world has been turned on its head in t
Event Venue: Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1NS, United Kingdom

Keystone Symposia: Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy and Necrosis

Event dates: 12 - 17 March 2010
Event summary: The 2010 Keystone Symposia meeting on Cell Death will address the normal regulation and pathogenic dysfunction of distinct cell death modalities, present new strategies for therapeutic cancer cell i
Event Venue: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Keystone Symposia: Metabolism and Cancer Progression

Event dates: 12 - 17 March 2010
Event summary: The vision for this meeting is to bring together leaders in the fields of cancer, signaling and metabolism to discuss emerging discoveries and their application to improving cancer therapy.
Event Venue: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

EUCHEM Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 2010

Event dates: 14 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: Ionic media are an exciting and growing field of science with tremendous progress being made in the last years in both industry and academia. This success also stems from intense interaction between
Event Venue: Konzert- und Kongresshalle Bamberg, Bamberg/D, 96047, Germany

21st Annual Workshop on Medical Communications: Defining the Future of Medical Communications

Event dates: 14 - 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, 85253, United States

Polymorphism & Crystallisation 2010

Event dates: 15 - 17 March 2010
Event summary: Improving the Rate Determining Step of Your Polymorphism and Crystallisation Investigations Through Innovative Technique Implementation Polymorphism & Crystallisation is a constantly evolving are
Event Venue: Hilton London Olympia Hotel, London, United Kingdom

Regulatory Affairs Part I: The IND Phase

Event dates: 15 - 17 March 2010
Event summary: Learn how to apply regulatory concepts to ensure compliant IND submissions to FDA. The course focuses on drug and well characterized biological products and not the regulatory process for devices, g
Event Venue: Drug Information Association, Inc., Horsham, 19044, United States

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Martin Jansen

Event dates: 15 March 2010
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Event Venue: Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Centenary Lecture - Strategies for Generation of New Nanoscale Molecular Structures via Metal-ion Directed Assembly

Event dates: 15 March 2010
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

XGen Congress

Event dates: 15 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: Welcome to the Decade of the Genomics Revolution! Technological advances are now enabling faster and cheaper mapping of DNA/RNA allowing genomic comparisons and accelerating genomic discoveries.
Event Venue: United States

Pharmacovigilance

Event dates: 15 - 16 March 2010
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Event Venue: Crowne Plaza - St James, SW1E 6AF, United Kingdom

External Auditing

Event dates: 16 - 17 March 2010
Event summary: It is a regulatory requirement for organisations to audit API manufacturers, suppliers of key excipients and packaging materials and contracted out laboratory services. This course covers the skil
Event Venue: RSSL Pharma Training, Reading, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom

Pharma & Biotech Supply Chain Asia 2010

Event dates: 16 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: Pharma & Biotech Supply Chain Asia 2010 brings together pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, clinical researchers, distributors and solution providers to address how the industry can collaborat
Event Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore

Chemistry Quiz Finals

Event dates: 16 March 2010
Event summary: The final rounds of the Year 10/11 WMCTC Chemistry Quiz.
Event Venue: The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Understanding Disinfectant Qualification Studies – How to avoid errors

Event dates: 16 March 2010
Event summary: Disinfectant Qualification is an enormous undertaking for any company. If not planned and executed well; it may lead to results that can be erroneous. Learn from an expert who can share the various
Event Venue: Online Event, United States

RSC Centenary Lectureship - Professor Leonard Lindoy

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chemistry in Court: The Forensic Toxicologist

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Glamorgan - Glyntaff Campus, Pontypridd, CF37 4AT, United Kingdom

RSC Ludwig Mond Award Lecture: Chemistry and the Hydrogenases

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

New Directions in Materials Synthesis

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: University College London, London, United Kingdom

Essex Local Section - Annual General Meeting

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: South Lodge Hotel, Chelmsford, CM2 0AR, United Kingdom

Secrets of Batch Process Scale-Up

Event dates: 17 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: This course presents an overview of scale-up issues and examines their impact on process operation in the pilot plant and beyond, including scale-up considerations for route selection, raw material
Event Venue: Atlanta, United States

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS3/4

Event dates: 17 - 18 March 2010
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Science Learning Centre South West, Bristol, BS1 5DB, United Kingdom

Superbugs & Superdrugs

Event dates: 17 - 18 March 2010
Event summary: SMi ‘s 12th annual Superbugs & Superdrugs conference will bring you up to date with the latest generation of antimicrobials and show the way forward in anti-infective drug development.
Event Venue: Crowne Plaza St James Hotel, London, SW1E 6AF, United Kingdom

Nuclear Power - an overview

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom

Analytical Chemistry for Sustainable Development

Event dates: 17 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: The 1st meeting of the Moroccan Society of Analytical Chemistry for Sustainable Development
Event Venue: University of Hassan II, Mohammedia, Morocco

POSTPONED: Radioanalytical methods for the determination of alpha, beta and gamma emitting radionucleids

Event dates: 17 March 2010
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Event Venue: ��, Cambridge, CB4 0WF, United Kingdom

The Changing Face of Organic Synthesis - Steven Ley

Event dates: 18 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Shale Oil - Scotland's Hydrocarbon Legacy

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: A review of one of the forerunners of Scotland's hydrocarbon legacy
Event Venue: Ineos Exhibition Centre, GRANGEMOUTH, FK3 9XH, United Kingdom

Crocodiles, Pills and pH; A History of Contraception

Event dates: 18 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

When Water Does Not Boil at the Boiling Point

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: We all learn at school that pure water always boils at 100°C (212°F), under normal atmospheric pressure. Like surprisingly many things that "everybody knows", this is a myth. We ought to stop perpet
Event Venue: University of Greenwich, ME4 4TB, United Kingdom

Good Manufacturing Practice for Medical Devices

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: Designed for people who are new to the medical device industry, diagnostics or are working in the pharmaceutical industry where medical device regulations are applied, such as inhalers, pre-filled
Event Venue: RSSL Pharma Training, Reading, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom

4th Annual Pub Quiz

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: This is an invite to you and your friends & colleagues to take part in our Pub Quiz. Each team should have no more than 6 people.
Event Venue: The Dam House, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Catalyst Preparation 4 the 21st Century

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: 1-day symposium on catalyst preparation with high level speakers from academia and industry. This symposium will highlight exciting developments in areas such as in situ characterisation of catalys
Event Venue: ��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS training course

Event dates: 18 - 19 March 2010
Event summary: Anthias Consulting is pleased to offer the GC & GC-MS Clinic 2 day training course
Event Venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

East Midlands Local Section AGM

Event dates: 18 March 2010
Event summary: AGM held at the National Space Centre in Leicester with lecture from Dr Roland Leigh: Satellites and smog. What can we learn from space about the air we breathe?
Event Venue: National Space Centre, Leicester, LE4 5NS, United Kingdom

University of Washington Biosimilars Conference

Event dates: 19 - 20 March 2010
Event summary: Explores, legal, regulatory, economic, research and science behind "generic" equivilents or biosimilars.
Event Venue: University of Washington, Seattle, 98105, United States

FULLY BOOKED - The Rise and Fall of ICI

Event dates: 19 March 2010
Event summary: The meeting seeks to describe and analyse the rise, growth and break up of ICI, and its contributions to the Arts and Government, innovation and wealth creation
Event Venue: The Chemistry Centre, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Martin Jansen

Event dates: 19 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

The Chemistry of Chopsticks

Event dates: 19 March 2010
Event summary: Meet your local colleagues at the Tai Pan in Louth. Discover how many chemists it takes to spin a Lazy Susan.
Event Venue: Tai Pan, Louth, LN11 9AA, United Kingdom

Monitoring, modelling and managing coastal rock cliff erosion

Event dates: 19 March 2010
Event summary: The Boulby Geoscience Group will be holding a one-day workshop to demonstrate the key findings of ongoing research into coastal rock cliff erosion
Event Venue: Hunley Hall Hotel, Saltburn, United Kingdom

UN World Water Day 2010 - Event in Kenya

Event dates: 20 - 22 March 2010
Event summary: PACN, Syngenta and the RSC will be submitting a report, "Africa's Water Quality: A Chemical perspective" at this global event
Event Venue: UN Headquarters/Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

CTD Dossier Requirements Focus on EU Module 1 and Quality Module 3

Event dates: 20 - 21 March 2010
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Event Venue: Scitech Centre, Mumbia, 400102, India

Food Colloids 2010. On the road... From interfaces to consumers

Event dates: 21 - 24 March 2010
Event summary: This is the thirteenth in the series of biennial European conferences dedicated to the area of food colloids. The FC2010 will be hosted by the University of Granada, Spain and organised by the Bioco
Event Venue: Parque de las Ciencias, Granada. Spain, 18006, Spain

Keystone Symposia: Nuclear Receptors: Signaling, Gene Regulation and Cancer

Event dates: 21 - 26 March 2010
Event summary: Current studies are aimed at understanding how the ligand-dependent molecular actions of NRs, including their subcellular localization, binding across the genome, and interaction with the proteome,
Event Venue: Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado, United States

BIT Life Sciences' 3 rd Annual PepCon-2010

Event dates: 21 March 2010
Event summary: After a Solution for the Machines of Life
Event Venue: Beijing, China

Fourth Saudi Science Conference

Event dates: 21 - 24 March 2010
Event summary: The intention would be to promote the participations of the researchers of Science Faculties of Saudi Universities via quality and creative researches in various aspects of the science. - To enhanc
Event Venue: University of Taibah, Le Meredien, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, 000, Saudi Arabia

43rd Annual International Meeting

Event dates: 21 - 25 March 2010
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Event Venue: University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Metal Organic Frameworks for Biology and Chemistry - Can We Design Them?

Event dates: 22 March 2010
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Event Venue: Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom

Response: Scotland's Radioactive Waste

Event dates: 22 March 2010
Event summary: A workshop to enable the �� to respond to "Scotland's Radioactive Waste Policy Consultation". The workshop will primarily focus on the questions and issues raised in the Envi
Event Venue: David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability, Glasgow, United Kingdom

microRNA in Human Disease & Development

Event dates: 22 - 24 March 2010
Event summary: The role of microRNA in regulating mammalian development and disease is now well established. miRNAs represent a novel class of targets for therapeutic and diagnostic development, currently not full
Event Venue: United States

Systems Biochemistry - Linked Focus Meeting

Event dates: 22 - 24 March 2010
Event summary: The meeting at York is the first Biochemical Society meeting to look at how this new research paradigm is being implemented in many different areas of biochemistry and molecular biology
Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

RSC Dalton Young Researcher of the Year - Dr Guillermo Minguez Espallargas

Event dates: 22 March 2010
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Event Venue: Norvartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Horsham, United Kingdom

The Effect of REACH on the Marketing of Chemicals

Event dates: 22 March 2010
Event summary: How REACH is affecting access, supply and potentially price of chemicals and everything that they are made from.
Event Venue: Chemistry Centre, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Understanding Polymorphism & Crystallisation

Event dates: 22 - 24 March 2010
Event summary: This course teaches chemists and engineers some fundamental aspects of crystal chemistry, nucleation and crystal growth, the operation of batch crystallisers and methodologies of characterisation. S
Event Venue: Nice, France

Spring School: An Introduction to Colloid Science

Event dates: 22 - 26 March 2010
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 excell
Event Venue: University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom

DIA/FDA CDER/CBER Computational Science Annual Meeting

Event dates: 22 - 23 March 2010
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Event Venue: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, North Bethesda, 20852, United States

3rd Oligonucleotides-Based Therapeutics Conference

Event dates: 23 - 25 March 2010
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Event Venue: DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, Bethesda, 20814, United States

Keystone: New Paradigms in Cancer Therapeutics (Z1)

Event dates: 23 - 28 March 2010
Event summary: The advent of genome-scale profiling technologies has opened up the possibility of comprehensively monitoring multiple layers of molecular aberrations in cancer. Alterations in the epigenome, genome
Event Venue: Fairmont Empress Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 1W5, Canada

AGM followed by a Wine Tasting

Event dates: 23 March 2010
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Event Venue: Preston College, Fulwood Campus, Preston, United Kingdom

Look What Chemistry Has Done For Me - Manchester

Event dates: 23 March 2010
Event summary: Talks from local chemists about their careers in chemistry. Come along and find out what chemistry could do for you.
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

Evidence-based Medicine & Health Technology Assessment: Moving From Separate Appraisals to Synergistic Communications

Event dates: 23 - 24 March 2010
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Event Venue: Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Washington, 20036-1075, United States

Keystone Symposia: Integration of Developmental Signaling Pathways

Event dates: 23 - 28 March 2010
Event summary: This symposium will bring together experts addressing the interactive mechanisms of developmental signaling with the aim of promoting better models of networks and the design of more effective thera
Event Venue: Fairmont Empress Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Pharma Pricing & Market Access Outlook 2010

Event dates: 23 - 26 March 2010
Event summary: The leading policy forum on international pricing & reimbursement
Event Venue: Royal Horseguards, London, United Kingdom

Late Phase Drug Development World Americas 2010

Event dates: 23 - 26 March 2010
Event summary: Driving value in phase IIIb & IV trials - announcing the USA’s first strategic late phase development congress.
Event Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Princeton, NJ, United States

Water Quality: Challenges & Opportunities in Ethiopia

Event dates: 23 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Microfluidic Approaches to High-Throughput Chemistry and Biology

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: RSC Corday-Morgan Prize - Prof. Andrew deMello
Event Venue: Dublin City University, Ireland

Biorenewable Fuel and Fertiliser: Realising the Potential

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: This joint SCI/Fera event is focused on business opportunities around AD. The morning session will open with an overview of the regulatory playing field; inputs, technology and biomethane utilisatio
Event Venue: Fera, York, United Kingdom

International Congress of Antibodies (ICA)

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: New Era of Translational Antibody Research
Event Venue: Beijing, China

Retired Members Springtime Social

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: ‘The History of Oil in Derbyshire’ by Cliff Lea. Lecture followed by lunch.
Event Venue: Univeristy of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Magic Molecules: The Magic Of Oxygen

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Exciting chemistry to delight and fascinate the young audience of future Chemists.
Event Venue: The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Annual Dinner

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: The North Humberside Local Section Annual Dinner.
Event Venue: University of Hull, HULL, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom

BIT Life Sciences' 2nd Annual Would Vaccine Conference-2010

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Focused on research on vaccines and associated with technologies for disease prevention and treatment
Event Venue: Beijing, China

RSC Environmental Chemistry Group Symposium and Distinguished Guest Lecture: King Coal: future prospects for growth, use and clean technologies

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Speakers from industry, academia and environmental bodies will discuss new technologies for exploiting coal reserves.
Event Venue: �� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

5th National Meeting on Environmental Mass Spectrometry EMS2010

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: This meeting is an environmental mass spectrometry special interest group (EMSSIG) series event forming a part of the BMSS SIG meetings and is scheduled for one day. The main theme will focus on Rec
Event Venue: The University of Chester, Chester, CH1 4BJ, United Kingdom

CTD Dossier Requirements Focus on EU Module 1 and Quality Module 4

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2010
Event summary: Techniques to Ensure High Quality Registration Dossiers Facilitate the Registration Procedure for Generics
Event Venue: Taj Banjara, Hyderabad, India

Dalton Division Award Symposium

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Cancer Stem Cells

Event dates: 24 - 25 March 2010
Event summary: The world's first and only industry-focussed Cancer Stem Cells meeting!
Event Venue: Le Méridien, Cambridge, 02139, United Kingdom

Research Seminar: Bridging the Gap between Oligoynes and the Fourth Allotrope of Carbon

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Host: Prof. John Wallis
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Carbon Competitiveness Series

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: ENDS Carbon are pleased to present the three-part Carbon Competitiveness Series of practical workshops to assist you in all of your carbon-related business aims.
Event Venue: W6 7JP, United Kingdom

RSC Joseph Black Award Lecture

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: RSC Joseph Black Award Lecture will be given by Dr Perdita Barran of the University of Edinburgh
Event Venue: University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom

Introduction to Food Science & Technology

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Food Science at a basic level includes the science of the major components that make up our foods - fat, protein and carbohydrate. This course gives an overview of these ingredients and looks at the
Event Venue: Leatherhead Food Research, KT22 7RY, United Kingdom

Bridging the Gap Between Oligoynes & the Fourth Allotrope of Carbon

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Future directions for pharmacy education

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Pharmacy as a profession is currently undergoing a period of unprecedented change, and pharmacy education needs to reflect this. Legislative and other initiatives will have an impact on how and wha
Event Venue: University of Reading, United Kingdom

Waste Energy Utilisation

Event dates: 24 March 2010
Event summary: Meeting by British Flame on the subject of utilisation of energy from waste
Event Venue: Corus Swinden Technology Centre, Rotheram, United Kingdom

Family Evening - Fireworks, Principles and Practice

Event dates: 25 March 2010
Event summary: Firework demonstration lecture by Rev Ron Lancaster. Members and their familes and friends welcome to attend, please reserve your places (note tickets will not be issued).
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

The Water Framework Directive: What are the Business Opportunities?

Event dates: 25 March 2010
Event summary: This SCI, Fera and CIWEM Tyne & Humber Branch event is focused on business opportunities around achieving compliance with the WFD. The challenges will be discussed first, including an overview of th
Event Venue: Fera, York, United Kingdom

The Science of Joint Replacement

Event dates: 25 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Chemistry related to the Hydrogenases

Event dates: 25 March 2010
Event summary: RSC Ludwig Mond Award Winner - Prof Christopher Pickett
Event Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Africa's Water Quality: A Chemical Science Perspective

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: Chiromo Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

How the zebra got its stripes

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary: Demonstration lecture by Andrea Sella, University College London, showing alternating reactions
Event Venue: University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium

RSC Dalton Young Researcher of the Year - Dr Guillermo Minguez Espallargas

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Kent Local Section Annual General Meeting

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary: To be followed by a lecture titled ‘The History and Science of the Old Powder Mills’.
Event Venue: GlaxoSmithKline, Tonbridge, TN11 9AN, United Kingdom

Chemical Mixtures Discussion Meeting

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary: Three eminent speakers in the field of chemical mixtures toxicology, including the 2009 RSC Toxicology Award winner Prof John Sumpter (University of Brunel) will present some of their recent work an
Event Venue: �� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

FDA Guidance on Adaptive Design for Clinical Trials

Event dates: 26 March 2010
Event summary: Build a Solid Foundation in the Regulatory Aspects of Adaptive Designs
Event Venue: National Labor College, Silver Spring, 20903, United States

East Midlands Section Visit to the Caves of Nottingham

Event dates: 27 March 2010
Event summary: Social event for East Midlands Section members and their guests. Please contact David McMillan to book a place.
Event Venue: City of Caves, Nottingham, NG1 7LS, United Kingdom

The Science of Me

Event dates: 27 March 2010
Event summary: We will explore aspects of the Science of the Human Body such as breathing, the heart, the effects of exercise, how the eye works, muscles, skin, the skeleton, what happens when we eat, etc. Age
Event Venue: Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, United Kingdom

Analytical Method Qualification: Past, Present and Future

Event dates: 29 March 2010
Event summary: This course is designed to provide essential training for verification and transfer of analytical methods.It also introduces a way forward for qualification of analytical methods as we enter the sec
Event Venue: BioCity Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom

The future of method qualification – “QbD and lifecycle approach”

Event dates: 29 March 2010
Event summary: The industry is moving towards applying Quality by Design (QbD) to process development . Is this also the way forward to revolutionise, improve and standardise our approach to method qualification?
Event Venue: BioCity Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom

Thermal Analysis Techniques - An Overview

Event dates: 29 March 2010
Event summary: Course seminars will cover techniques such as thermomicroscopy, DSC, TGA and DMA. The fundamental knowledge needed to generate and understand data from these techniques will be presented by leading
Event Venue: Manor House,, Reading, United Kingdom

Recent developments, Materials Stability and Characterisation

Event dates: 30 - 31 March 2010
Event summary: Conference seminars will be offered by presenters from a range of different application areas and will include topics such as: The Application of Thermal Methods to Pyrotechnic Systems (Prof. Ted C
Event Venue: Manor House, Reading, United Kingdom

Analytical Instrument and Personnel Qualification- “IQ/OQ /PQ and YOU – Q”

Event dates: 30 March 2010
Event summary: This half day workshop addresses current regulatory requirements for qualification of analytical instruments, laboratory personnel and GMP compliance. It defines DQ/IQ/OQ and PQ and provides a hand
Event Venue: BioCity Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 1GF, United Kingdom

Norman Heatley Award lecture: Sugars & Proteins: Methods to Build Functional Biomolecules

Event dates: 30 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: Pfizer Global Research & Development, Sandwich, CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom

Thames Valley Section AGM

Event dates: 30 March 2010
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Biomimetics - stealing nature's best ideas

Event dates: 30 March 2010
Event summary: Biomimetics is defined as the 'abstraction of good design from nature'
Event Venue: University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AD, United Kingdom

The Peptide Conference 2010

Event dates: 30 - 31 March 2010
Event summary: The conference features leading researchers and experts from the various fields of peptide therapeutics development presenting the latest scientific and technological knowledge in these rapidly adva
Event Venue: The Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Structural glycobiology and human health

Event dates: 30 March 2010
Event summary: Meeting Background Combining the subject of structural glycobiology with a focus on development and disease, gives a theme that will make for a varied and interesting programme. Speakers will inclu
Event Venue: Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom

RSC Sir Edward Frankland Talk

Event dates: 31 March 2010
Event summary: RSC Sir Edward Frankland Talk given by Euan Brechin
Event Venue: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

Analysis of meat and fish products

Event dates: 31 March 2010
Event summary: Delegates will hear about the latest methods available to analyse meat and fish products, and calculate the apparent meat, fish, connective tissue and added water content of products. Time will also
Event Venue: Campden BRI, Glos, GL55 6LD, United Kingdom

Symposium to honour the RSC Jeremy Knowles Award

Event dates: 31 March 2010
Event summary: This half-day symposium will honour the RSC Award to Prof. James Naismith (EaStCHEM). Additional speakers are Prof. Hagan Bayley (Oxford) and Prof. Tom Brown (Southampton).
Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Making the Food of the Gods

Event dates: 31 March 2010
Event summary: Join writer and scientist Stephen T Beckett to discover more about the science of chocolate.
Event Venue: �� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Chromatography

Event dates: 31 March 2010
Event summary: A Chemistry taster day in which pupils make a synthetic transformation and follow it with chromatography and IR Spectroscopy , Followed by tour of other spectroscopic facilities.
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom