Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products V

Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products V will be held in the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol on Wednesday June 17th. Registration includes 11 great talks, lunch, all refreshments, a poster session and a wine reception. Registration and further details can be found on the symposium website at: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/org/RJCox/Site/2009.html

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Add comment May 31st, 2009

IUPAC Congress: Chemistry of the Cell

2-7th August, Glasgow
The RSC is hosting the 42nd IUPAC Congress (IUPAC 2009) in Glasgow this year. The full programme with over 50 symposia occurring over 7 themes and over 700 speakers has recently been published online at www.iupac2009.org.

Craig Townsend, Vern Schramm, Manfred Reetz and David Christianson  will be delivering the keynote lectures. (Full programme for this symposium)
You can save £50 on the standard registration fees by registering by 5 June 2009. The poster and exhibition area will be the focal point of the congress and poster sessions will occur every evening. To submit an abstract for poster presentation visit www.iupac2009.org/cfp - deadline 5 June.

There are a number of £95 travel bursaries available to student members of the RSC and members in the early stages of their career to attend the congress. Visit www.iupac2009.org/bursaries for details.

Add comment May 17th, 2009

Bioorganic Forum 2

University of Liverpool Tuesday 23rd June 2009

You are invited to attend a one-day symposium on bioorganic chemistry (Bioorganic Forum 2) that will take place on 23rd June 2009 at Liverpool University. There is no particular theme to this meeting and it intended to provide an opportunity for discussion of exciting and new research in any aspect of biological chemistry. The meeting is for all researchers, but in particular it provides a chance for newer academic staff members or post-doctoral workers to communicate their latest results.
Full details of the meeting (including registration information and abstract submission) can be found in the attached flyer.
For any further information please contact Rick Cosstick.

Add comment April 23rd, 2009

Nucleic Acids at the Chemistry-Biology Interface

7-8th September 2009 at Manchester University

Full details of the meeting including (registration details, abstract submission and confirmed speakers) can be found on the meeting website: http://na-cbi2009.org/

Important deadlines for this meeting are as follows:
Deadline for submission of abstracts for short talks : 30 April 2009
Early registration (reduced rate):  12 June 2009
Deadline for submission of abstracts for posters:  15 July 2009

For any further information please contact the meeting organisers.

A flyer is available for download.

Add comment March 31st, 2009

Manchester Biomolecular

An international symposium at the chemistry biology interface.

Further information available for download.

Tuesday 7th April 2009
School of Chemistry
University of Manchester
10.30 am - 6 pm

10.30 am Professor Dawei Ma, Shanghai
T Y Shen Lecture
Total synthesis and SAR studies toward marine cyclic depsipeptides

11.30 am Professor Dirk Trauner, Munich
Building molecules to tackle cancer and blindness

12.30 pm Lunch, Chemistry Concourse

1.30 pm Professor Lutz Tietze, Göttingen
Novel approaches for the selective treatment of cancer

2.30 pm Professor Thomas Carell, Munich
Chemical studies of DNA repair

3.30 pm Tea and Coffee, Chemistry Concourse

4.00 pm Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Strasbourg
Supramolecular and constitutional dynamic chemistry: bioorganic aspects

5.00 pm Professor John Sulston, Manchester
What is science for?

Wine Reception, Chemistry Concourse

For further details please contact: laura.corrigan@manchester.ac.uk or visit http://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/biomolecular/registration/
AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Peakdale Molecular, Pfizer, Schering-Plough and Syngenta have kindly sponsored this meeting.

Add comment March 31st, 2009

Functional Molecules from Natural Sources

Magdalen College, Oxford 6-8 July 2009

The RSC Biotechnology group are proud to present the “Functional Molecules from Natural Sources” conference.
Full programme details, including conference fees and application form, are available for download.

For further information, please go to http://www.confsec.co.uk/conferences.htm.

Add comment March 9th, 2009

Postgraduate Meeting, April 2009

School of Chemistry, University of Leeds.
Monday, 6th April 2009
www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/bioorg

The RSC Bioorganic group will hold its annual postgraduate meeting at the School of Chemistry, University of Leeds on Monday 6th April. Postgraduate students are invited to present talks and posters on their research at the meeting. Prizes will be awarded including the Joe Spencer prize for the best talk and the David Kelly prize for the best poster. The deadline for applications to present talks and posters is 27th February 2009; students will be selected for presentations shortly thereafter. Funds to contribute to the cost of student RSC members’ travel to the meeting are available. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. The cost of attending the meeting is £10 per delegate.

Details of how PhD students may apply to present their research at the meeting, in the form of a talk or a poster, may be found at www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/bioorg

Research groups must complete a registration form to attend the meeting (see www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/bioorg ) which should be returned to Gail Cole, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT (g.a.cole_at_leeds.ac.uk)

The meeting will involve talks from PhD students; a poster session; refreshments and lunch; and the AGM of the RSC Bioorganic Group. In addition, Professor Sheena Radford, University of Leeds, will present a plenary lecture at the meeting.

We are grateful to RSC and AstraZeneca for sponsoring for the meeting.

Add comment January 20th, 2009

Chemistry of the Cell

The updated programme for Chemistry of the Cell, to be held on September 15th at UCL, has been released and is available for download in pdf format: Chemistry of the Cell Programme.

For registration and bursary details, see the previous announcement.

Add comment July 15th, 2008

One-Day Bioorganic Symposium

University of Leicester Tuesday 23rd September 2008

The RSC Bioorganic Group (BOG) would like to invite those involved in any aspect
of biological chemistry to an informal one day symposium (10.00 am-5.00 pm) to be
held on Tuesday 23rd September 2008.

One day meeting information (pdf)

Please note that the abstract deadline is 1st August 2008 (further information in the accompanying flyer above).

Add comment June 10th, 2008

Chemistry and Biology of Peptides July 10 2008

The RSC Proteins and Peptides Science Group present:
‘Chemistry and Biology of Peptides 10 July 2008, University of Nottingham.

CONTACT: Dr Weng Chan, School of Pharmacy E-mail: Weng.Chan at nottingham.ac.uk
a free one day mini symposium. Registration required.

further information:

http://www.ppsg.org.uk/calendar.htm

Add comment June 10th, 2008

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