October 2009

Hunting the Antisocial Cancer

Event dates: 1 October 2009
Event summary: One of the most effective ways of improving cancer treatments is to improve early diagnosis, so that cancers are detected before they spread. Proteins that regulate DNA replication provide a new app
Event Venue: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chemical Tools and Challenges in Systems Biology

Event dates: 1 October 2009
Event summary: Exploring and promoting the synergies that chemical and biological sciences can develop for a deeper understanding of the complexity of biological systems
Event Venue: GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2NY, United Kingdom

Prof Mike Robb RSC Endowed Lectureship

Event dates: 1 October 2009
Event summary: Prof Robb was awarded the SF Boys – A Rahman Award
Event Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Lecture by Prof. Ozensoy: Model Catalyst Studies for Automotive Emission Control: From TWC to NSR

Event dates: 1 October 2009
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Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, United Kingdom

Special Chemistry Awards at the Eskom National ��ֱ��app�� Expo

Event dates: 1 - 3 October 2009
Event summary: RSC South Africa North Section will be judging the Chemistry Projects at the Eskom National ��ֱ��app�� Expo for Young Scientists at Preroria University, for School students Grd 5 to Grd 12, The Local R
Event Venue: Pretoria University, South Africa

EMBO Conference on Morphogenesis and Dynamics of Multicellular Systems

Event dates: 2 - 6 October 2009
Event summary: Topics: Cell Surface Mechanics, Collective Migration, Organ Morphogenesis, Cancer as a Morphogenetic Process, Increasing and Decreasing Order within Tissues, New Methodologies for Addressing Tissue
Event Venue: EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany

RSC Beer Tasting

Event dates: 2 October 2009
Event summary: A chance to taste a selection of ales and beers accompanied by a traditional ploughman’s buffet.
Event Venue: Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom

E-Futures Doctoral Training Centre Open Day

Event dates: 2 October 2009
Event summary: To mark the launch of the Doctoral Training Centre in Interdisciplinary Energy Research, an open day will be held in Sheffield for those interested in finding out more about the research and trainin
Event Venue: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TG, United Kingdom

“Target Natural Product Synthesis Inspired by Biosynthesis Speculation”.

Event dates: 2 October 2009
Event summary: This lecture will be given by Professor G Pattenden from the Department of CHemistry, University of Nottingham. Professor Pattenden is the winner of the RSC Merck Award for 2008 and this talk is on
Event Venue: Pfizer Global Research & DEvelopment, Sandwich, Sandwich, CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom

RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lectureship - Bruno Chaudret

Event dates: 2 October 2009
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Event Venue: University of York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Annual Dinner RSC Thames Valley Section

Event dates: 2 October 2009
Event summary: An optional tour of the Union will be available, meeting at 18.30
Event Venue: Oxford Union Society, United Kingdom

Aspire to Inspire

Event dates: 5 October 2009
Event summary: Did you know that there is a growth capital fund able to support women-led businesses within a wide range of business sectors? Guests who attend this event will hear from inspiring speakers
Event Venue: DLA Piper UK LLP, Sheffield, S1 2JX, United Kingdom

World Vaccine Congress Lyon

Event dates: 5 - 8 October 2009
Event summary: Innovation and opportunity for pharma, biotechs, healthcare and investors
Event Venue: Palais des Congrès de Lyon, Lyon, 69463 Cedex 06, France

Chemical engineering for scientists

Event dates: 5 - 9 October 2009
Event summary: An established course for chemists and other scientists working in the chemical and process industries, designed to help delegates better understand the concepts and philosophy of chemical engineeri
Event Venue: Shipley, United Kingdom

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

Event dates: 6 - 8 October 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: San Francisco, United States

Stand Off Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds

Event dates: 6 October 2009
Event summary: The CDE is hosting a seminar on the stand-off detection of VOCs. The seminar will launch a call for proposals for technology that can help locate trace amounts of VOCs in a wider environment.
Event Venue: Centre for Defence Enterprise, OX11 0QR, United Kingdom

Native and fabricated arrays of photosynthetic light

Event dates: 6 October 2009
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Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

The History and Work of the County Analyst

Event dates: 6 October 2009
Event summary: The speaker will explain the origins of the County Analysts position and discuss the wide ranging nature of his work.
Event Venue: Preston College Fulwood Campus, Preston, United Kingdom

Radioactivity and the Law

Event dates: 6 October 2009
Event summary: An overview of the law relating to the use of radioactivity in the UK
Event Venue: RSC (Chemistry Centre), London, United Kingdom

Seminar on Expert Witnesses

Event dates: 7 October 2009
Event summary: How do you select an expert witness for a legal trial? What is it like to be an expert witness? What does a barrister consider when cross-examining one? What does a judge look for in a reliabl
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

RSC Lecture: Feeding the World - ��ֱ��app��'s great challenge

Event dates: 7 October 2009
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Event Venue: University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom

35th Dalton Lecture: Making a Nano-Robot

Event dates: 7 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, United Kingdom

Coventry Careers Surgery

Event dates: 7 - 8 October 2009
Event summary: Whether you are actively job seeking or just reviewing your options, an appointment with the RSC’s Careers Consultant at a careers surgery offers the opportunity to discuss planning and managing you
Event Venue: Holiday Inn Coventry M6 JCT2 Hotel, Coventry, CV2 2HP, United Kingdom

Dry Supramolecular Chemistry at Surfaces - Giovanni Costantini

Event dates: 8 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

The benefits of industrial biotechnology to your business

Event dates: 8 October 2009
Event summary: Chemicals Northwest in conjunction with the Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic manufacture (CoEBio3) is running an awareness session about industrial biotechno
Event Venue: Manchester Interdiscliplinary Biocentre, United Kingdom

TLRs (Toll-like receptors), NLRs (Nod-like proteins) and RLRs (RIG-like receptors), pathogens sensors of innate immunity

Event dates: 9 October 2009
Event summary: Significant advances in our understanding of the innate immune recognition have been made in the last decade following the identification of three families of pattern recognition receptors: Toll-lik
Event Venue: BioPark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 3AX, United Kingdom

European Congress on Environmental Pathologies (ECEP)

Event dates: 9 - 10 October 2009
Event summary: The first European Congress on Environmental Pathologies (ECEP) will be held in Rouen on 9 – 10 October 2009, in an attempt to alert and help the medical profession as well as pharmacists, biologist
Event Venue: Rouen, France

International Conference on Computational and Systems Biology(ICCSB),

Event dates: 9 - 11 October 2009
Event summary: iCCSB2009, sponsored by the International Association of Scientists in the Interdisciplinary Areas(AISIA), partly supported by IEEE EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) and Shanghai J
Event Venue: Shanghai, China

Advances in BioDetection Technologies

Event dates: 9 October 2009
Event summary: It will offer attendees the opportunity to minimize time away from the office and travel costs whilst still providing an excellent overview of the sector and an opportunity to network with its key p
Event Venue: London, United Kingdom

TriMark Continuing Education Series: Update of Laboratory Quality Skills

Event dates: 10 October 2009
Event summary: TriMark Publications is presenting a one-day course consisting of six hours of AACC-approved ACCENT continuing education credits. The course is devoted to improving the knowledge and skill of practi
Event Venue: New York Institute of Technology, New York, 10023, United States

Leading People and Improvement

Event dates: 10 - 12 October 2009
Event summary: This INSET course for teachers is for prospective and recently appointed heads of departments. It will provide frameworks and strategies to create an effective department. You will learn how to:
Event Venue: Central London hotel, London, United Kingdom

Mixing up chemistry, jazz and big band music

Event dates: 11 October 2009
Event summary: In an exciting programme, the University of Greenwich Big Band brings its style of music to the historic old Naval College campus
Event Venue: University of Greenwich, London, SE10 9LS, United Kingdom

Poisons from the Sea - or When to Avoid the Fish Course

Event dates: 11 October 2009
Event summary: A discussion of marine toxins from edible fish and their impact on local activities.
Event Venue: Bishop Ramsey School, Ruislip, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 8EE, United Kingdom

European Manufacturing Strategies 2009 (EMS 2009)

Event dates: 12 - 14 October 2009
Event summary: The 5th annual European Manufacturing Strategies summit (EMS 2009) is the only strategic manufacturing conference and networking event to reveal best practice and highlight the latest solutions in p
Event Venue: Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto

Event dates: 12 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 12 - 13 October 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� Learning Centre West Midlands, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

Introduction to Food ��ֱ��app�� & Technology

Event dates: 13 October 2009
Event summary: Learn the science behind the components that make up our foods - fat, protein and carbohydrate. Provides an overview of these ingredients and looks at their behaviour in foods and beverages, as wel
Event Venue: Leatherhead Food Research, Leatherhead, KT22 7RY, United Kingdom

Smack, Crack, Speed and Weed - A Forensic Chemist's Tale

Event dates: 13 October 2009
Event summary: Sixth Form Lecture Series: An illustrated talk on well known drugs and their chemical background.
Event Venue: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

ChemNet Visit to Sheffield Assay Office

Event dates: 13 October 2009
Event summary: Learn more about the how office has been analysing and hallmarking precious metals for over 200 years
Event Venue: Sheffield Assay Office, Sheffield, S6 2AN, United Kingdom

Innovate 09 Exhibition

Event dates: 13 October 2009
Event summary: Chaired by broadcaster, Natasha Kaplinsky, Innovate ’09 will also offer a range of interesting case studies in the exhibition area, where there will be a showcase of innovative products and services
Event Venue: London Business & Design Centre, London, N1, United Kingdom

eCheminfo 2009 InterAction Meeting: Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics

Event dates: 13 - 16 October 2009
Event summary: Themes: Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery Innovation, Structure-based Drug Design, Screening, Docking, Structural Biology, Predictive Toxicology, Predictive ADME,
Event Venue: Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, United States

Specimen Preparation for X-ray Fluorescence

Event dates: 13 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: Prepare and run specimens that you provide from your lab for a truly hands-on learning experience.
Event Venue: International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, PA, 19320, United States

FILTECH 2009

Event dates: 13 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: FILTECH is the most important special interest Event in Europe devoted entirely to filtration and separation technology. The Event is a must for all those concerned with designing, improving, purcha
Event Venue: Rhein Main Halls, Wiesbaden, Germany

MipTec 2009

Event dates: 13 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: The Leading European Event for Drug Discovery
Event Venue: Congress Center Basel, Switzerland

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 13 - 14 October 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Colchester County High School for Girls, Essex, CO3 3US, United Kingdom

Aquitaine Conference on Polymers 2009

Event dates: 13 - 16 October 2009
Event summary: Under the leadership of Alain Rousset, the Aquitaine Regional Council's series of top-level international scientific conferences continues to focus on topics where the Aquitaine region has recognize
Event Venue: Arcachon Palais des Congrès, France

RNAi Asia

Event dates: 14 - 16 October 2009
Event summary: The Chinese government has recently announced the establishment of the country’s biggest siRNA R&D complex in Kunshan (near Shanghai) which will house both basic research and commercial startup comp
Event Venue: Kunshan, China

RSC Hickinbottom Award Lecture

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary: Elucidating and exploiting new pathways for natural product biosynthesis
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

Practical Business Plans and Going Global

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary: Receive practical advice and find out what banks and investors look for in a backable proposition and how to ensure they read beyond the first page! This workshop includes: • Tips and advice on h
Event Venue: Mercure St Paul's Hotel, Sheffield, S1 2JE, United Kingdom

Frontiers in Organic Chemistry

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

YCF Chain Re:Action Conference and Exhibition 2009

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary: Featuring industry professionals delivering a series of Chain Re:Action seminars, a master class workshop and exhibitors is not to be missed.
Event Venue: Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford, BD5 8HW, United Kingdom

Defra SAC Open Meeting

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary: A public meeting of the ��ֱ��app�� Advisory Council (SAC), the key independent body advising Defra. An opportunity to see how SAC works, and find out about the scientific challenges Defra faces.
Event Venue: ZSL London Zoo, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom

Eric Tittensor Memorial Lunch

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary: Lunch for retired members
Event Venue: Bradleys Restaurant, Huddersfield, HD15BB, United Kingdom

Chemistry Detectives - Putting Spectroscopy to Work

Event dates: 14 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Newham College of Further Education., London, United Kingdom

Durham Careers Surgery

Event dates: 14 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: Whether you are actively job seeking or just reviewing your options, an appointment with the RSC’s Careers Consultant at a careers surgery offers the opportunity to discuss planning and managing you
Event Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, County Durham, DH1 5TL, United Kingdom

2nd Short Course on Frontiers in Organic Synthesis (FROST2)

Event dates: 14 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: The course targets innovative areas of organic chemistry which have great future potential. The theme of the course will be "Progress in Flow Chemistry".
Event Venue: Collegium, Budapest, Hungary

6th Annual Pain Management

Event dates: 14 - 15 October 2009
Event summary: Innovations in analgesia from genomics to human experimental models
Event Venue: BSG Conference Centre, London, EC1V 2QY, United Kingdom

John Pyle Lecture: Chemistry/climate interactions - John Jeyes Award Winner

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Westlakes science park, United Kingdom

Belfast Careers Surgery

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary: Whether you are actively job seeking or just reviewing your options, an appointment with the RSC’s Careers Consultant at a careers surgery offers the opportunity to discuss planning and managing you
Event Venue: Jury’s Inn Hotel, Belfast, BT2 7AP, United Kingdom

Analysis of inhaled products

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary: The development and manufacture of inhaled products presents significant technical and regulatory challenges, in which the generation and interpretation of analytical data plays a key role. This
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, United Kingdom

RSC Sponsored International Guest Lecture

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary: The use of rapid freeze electron paramagnetic spectroscopy to prob the role of tryptophan radicals in the reaction catalysed by cytochrome oxidase.
Event Venue: University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

Bio-similar products

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, SE1 7JN, United Kingdom

Random Rhombus Tilings and the Entropically-Stabillised Growth of Supramolecular Networks - Peter Beton

Event dates: 15 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Young Chemists' Symposium

Event dates: 16 October 2009
Event summary: RSC South Africa North Section will be judging the post graduate Chemistry Projects at the SACI yearly Young Chemists' Symposium. The prizes are sponsored by the committee
Event Venue: North West University, Pochestroom, South Africa

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto

Event dates: 16 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Metal Elements in Environment, Medicine and Biology

Event dates: 16 - 17 October 2009
Event summary: The 9th edition of the symposium “Metal Elements in Environment, Medicine and Biology”, MEEMB-9
Event Venue: Cluj-Napoca, 400028, Romania

EQUIFASE 2009 - VIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design

Event dates: 17 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: The general purpose of the EQUIFASE Conference is to promote the Scientific and Technologic exchange between people from both the academic and the industrial environment from The European and Americ
Event Venue: Hotel Algarve Casino, Portimão, 8500-802, Portugal

5th Flash Conference of ERA-Chemistry: Big Tasks of Water - Building and Destroying Molecules in Water

Event dates: 18 - 22 October 2009
Event summary: Water is a special solvent: omnipresent on this planet, it features no less than 28 physicochemical anomalies, a larger number of which life depends upon. This flash conference deals with novel appr
Event Venue: Frauenchiemsee, 83256, Germany

13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis

Event dates: 18 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: On behalf of the Organizing Committees, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the 13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, the ECASIA’09. In our e
Event Venue: Dedeman Hotel & Convention Center, Turkey

COST-ESF High-Level Research Conference on Systems Chemistry II: Evolution and Systems

Event dates: 18 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: Systems theory has laid the conceptual foundations of contemporary approaches. Systems biology is the marriage of these approaches with theoretical advances and databases of bioinformatics. Systems
Event Venue: Anna Grand Hotel Balatonfüred, Balatonfüred, 8230, Hungary

Systems Chemistry II: evolution and systems

Event dates: 18 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: Systems chemistry, evolutionary economics, possible evolutionary approaches to brain dynamics and some conceptualisations of linguistic phenomena apply the idea of evolutionary units and the Darwini
Event Venue: Anna Grand Hotel, Balatonfüred, Lake Balaton, Hungary

RSC Bioinorganic Chemistry Award - Professor Christopher Orvig

Event dates: 19 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Mastering Change Control Before It Masters You - An Essential Course for Drug Master File ’Owners’ AND Finished and Supplied Product Manufacturers

Event dates: 19 October 2009
Event summary: This change control webinar training will provide essential compliance information on current regulatory standards under 21 C.F.R. and FDA’s Guidance Documents and Draft Guidance Documents for manag
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Basic Rietveld Refinement & Indexing Workshop

Event dates: 19 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: Learn the principles and techniques of Rietveld analysis through intensive hands-on data analysis training.
Event Venue: International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, PA, 19320, United States

The 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference

Event dates: 19 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: ADC2009 will continue the aim of the ADC series by serving as a forum for exchange and dissemination of ideas and recent findings among all parties (engineers, scientists, technologists as well as s
Event Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

Hull Careers Surgery

Event dates: 20 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: Whether you are actively job seeking or just reviewing your options, an appointment with the RSC’s Careers Consultant at a careers surgery offers the opportunity to discuss planning and managing you
Event Venue: Holiday Inn Hull Marina, Hull, HU1 2BX, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 20 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� Learning Centre North East, Durham, DH1 5BZ, United Kingdom

Nutrition for Non-Nutritionists

Event dates: 20 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: The aim of the course is to provide non-nutritionists with sufficient knowledge of basic nutrition and topical health issues to cope with the nutrition-related aspects of their job. The course will
Event Venue: Leatherhead Food Research, Leatherhead, KT22 7RY, United Kingdom

End to End: Pharma Logistics & Security 2009

Event dates: 20 - 21 October 2009
Event summary: Exploring the critical advances in technology and approaches being taken in Supply Chain Logistics and Security
Event Venue: Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium

Our Energy Future

Event dates: 20 October 2009
Event summary: Prof Tom Meyer, University of North Carolina will deliver a public lecture on ��ֱ��app��, Technology, and Policy Challenges for the 21st Century
Event Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Crisis Management and Risk Communication in Product Recovery and Product Recall

Event dates: 20 October 2009
Event summary: This Food Safety Crisis Management training / webinar will discuss how to develop and effective crisis management program to tackle product recovery and product recall effectively.
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Challenges in Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals II

Event dates: 20 October 2009
Event summary: The first meeting on 'Challenges in Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals' in 2007 was a great success, attended by over 80 delegates, and the feedback was very much in favour of a repe
Event Venue: SCI, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

CANCELLED: Time Management and Personal Effectiveness

Event dates: 20 October 2009
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Event Venue: ��ֱ��app��, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Huddersfield Careers Surgery

Event dates: 20 October 2009
Event summary: Whether you are actively job seeking or just reviewing your options, an appointment with the RSC’s Careers Consultant at a careers surgery offers the opportunity to discuss planning and managing you
Event Venue: Cedar Court Hotel, West Yorkshire, HD3 3RH, United Kingdom

Retired Members' Lunch - East Anglia Local Section

Event dates: 20 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Park Farm Hotel, Hethersett, United Kingdom

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

Event dates: 20 - 22 October 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: Barcelona, Spain

il and Gas Transportation In The CIS and Caspain Region 2009

Event dates: 20 - 22 October 2009
Event summary: The 11th Annual Meeting of Oil and Gas Transportation in the CIS and Caspian Region will provide you with an opportunity to identify which oil and gas transportation projects will most likely be bro
Event Venue: To be arranged, Russian Federation

Oil and Gas Transportation In The CIS and Caspain Region 2009, 11th Annual meeting

��ֱ��app�� & Energy - Demonstration Lectures for Schoolchildren

Event dates: 20 - 22 October 2009
Event summary: A series of demonstration lectures designed for primary schoolchildren where the pupils carry out all the experiments
Event Venue: Trinity College, Carmarthen, SA31 3EP, United Kingdom

Exploratory Clinical Development World Americas

Event dates: 20 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: This attracts record numbers of early clinical development scientists and decision makers to explore the challenges of phase I trials
Event Venue: Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, MA, United States

2 day free course on Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients Manufacture

Event dates: 21 - 22 October 2009
Event summary: This is an in-depth two day course which aims to provide participants with a thorough foundation in the manufacturing processes of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (APIs) used to produce drugs an
Event Venue: GSK Stevenage, Stevenage, SG1, United Kingdom

African International Oils & Fats Summit

Event dates: 21 - 22 October 2009
Event summary: Global demand for oils and fats has witnessed prolific growth, fueled by a growing world population coupled with improving purchasing power. What is the potential in Africa? The per capita c
Event Venue: Protea President Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, 8001, South Africa

Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: A lecture on the benefits of chemistry in everyday life.
Event Venue: Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, United Kingdom

Daniell Lecture for senior school pupils

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: A lecture on the properties and applications of supercritical solvents, notably liquid carbon dioxide
Event Venue: University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom

Addressing Bottlenecks in Drug Discovery

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: One day networking event with 1-2-1 partnering service, over 100 industry and academia representatives
Event Venue: Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom

Application of Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) for Effective Cleaning Validation Risk Management

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: This presentation will provide effective strategies and methodologies for implementing TOC for cleaning system and cleaning process PAT. We will also discuss the use of PAT for the assessment and ma
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Intellectual Property Rights and Wrongs

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: Learn how to protect your new idea, plus how to develop and enforce your IP This workshop is designed to provide valuable information on: • Best practice patents -what should you do first? What’
Event Venue: Electric Works, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, United Kingdom

Chemistry of Chocolate with Thorntons

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: An evening exploring the chemistry of chocolate led by representatives from the Thorntons chocolate company.
Event Venue: The University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Homogeneous Catalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry for Medicine and Nanomaterials

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Nanomechanical testing – a new tool in intelligent materials design

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Magical Chemistry Show

Event dates: 21 October 2009
Event summary: lots of colourful chemistry
Event Venue: Sheddington Primary School Burgess Hill, Burgess Hill, United Kingdom

Using BI To Thrive In Challenging Economic Times

Event dates: 22 October 2009
Event summary: Using Business Intelligence To Thrive In Challenging Economic Times Topics Include: • Beyond Budgeting – Using BI to drive results. • Business Intelligence – Imbedded BI Drives Superior Decisio
Event Venue: The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, 19355, United States

Biofuels, a threat or a promise?

Event dates: 22 October 2009
Event summary: There appear to be eco-benefits to be gained by replacing fossil-fuels with biofuels, but major concerns centre on the effects upon food supply, land-usage and the socio-economic environment. This p
Event Venue: London Metropolitan Univeresity, London, N7 8DB, United Kingdom

RSC Theophilus Redwood Award - John Vickerman

Event dates: 22 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Challenges facing formulation scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry

Event dates: 22 October 2009
Event summary: The meeting will cover aspects of Formulation Development such as stability of vaccines and Novel tools for Accelerated Biopharmaceutical Development, and aims to promote understanding and foster ne
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1 J0BA, United Kingdom

Social Evening - Top of the Firm

Event dates: 22 October 2009
Event summary: Following the successful event in 2007 the Top of the Firm Quiz will be held again. Entries are requested from indutrial sites, schools, retuired members, students. Defending Champions Merck Chemica
Event Venue: TBA, United Kingdom

Advanced Rietveld Refinement & Indexing Workshop

Event dates: 22 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: Learn the principles and techniques of Rietveld analysis through intensive hands-on data analysis training.
Event Venue: International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, PA, 19320, United States

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS3/4

Event dates: 22 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: Plymouth High School for Girls, Plymouth, PL4 6HT, United Kingdom

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Event dates: 22 - 23 October 2009
Event summary: This 4 day course is aimed at raising confidence and expertise in teaching Chemistry amongst non-specialist school science teachers.
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� Learning Centre South East, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

7th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery ��ֱ��app�� and Technology

Event dates: 22 - 25 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: 7th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery ��ֱ��app�� and Technology, Shanghai, China

Chemists and the Law

Event dates: 23 October 2009
Event summary: A one-day no-charge meeting of the RSC Historical Group (RSCHG) covering both historical and contemporary aspects of the law/chemistry interface. In particular, we will consider food and its adulte
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� (Chemistry Centre), Lonon, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Event dates: 23 October 2009
Event summary: RSC Bioinorganic award winner: Professor C. Orvig Chemistry Department; University of British Columbia.
Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, United Kingdom

RSC Bioinorganic Chemistry Award - Professor Christopher Orvig

Event dates: 23 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

SiLQCOM 2009

Event dates: 25 - 29 October 2009
Event summary: Latinoamerican Symposium on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry, with focus on bioinorganic chemistry, organometallic compounds, homogeneous catalysis, enantioselective synthesis and new mater
Event Venue: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, VEN, Venezuela

8th Polymorphism & Crystallization Scientific Forum

Event dates: 26 - 28 October 2009
Event summary: This Forum is aimed at helping companies to lower costs and increase efficiency through technical case studies on crystal nucleation and polymorphism
Event Venue: Philadelphia, United States

Alberta Health & Safety Conference and Trade Fair

Event dates: 26 - 28 October 2009
Event summary: Our Annual Conference & Trade Fair is a two-fold event, combining educational sessions, and a trade fair. This year’s conference theme is NEW HORIZONS IN HEALTH AND SAFETY. The workplace is const
Event Venue: Calgary Stampede Round Up Centre, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 2W1, Canada

The New World of Galileo

Event dates: 26 October 2009
Event summary: 400 years ago, Galileo first turned a telescope on the heavens. This lecture examines what he saw and what he expected to see.
Event Venue: The Geological Society, London, W1J 0BG, United Kingdom

ChemNet: Look what chemistry has done for me! careers event

Event dates: 26 October 2009
Event summary: Speakers from a wide range of chemistry backgrounds speak about their careers to date
Event Venue: St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow, G3 6RJ, United Kingdom

RSC Bourke Lectureship - Professor Thomas Rizzo

Event dates: 26 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Water System Mythology: Origins and Examples

Event dates: 27 October 2009
Event summary: This water systems compliance webinar training will discuss the myths surrounding microbial monitoring and control approaches and guide you know the correct way of handling it.
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Renewable Energy - Transitional Regulatory Environment - A macro view

Event dates: 27 October 2009
Event summary: This environmental training will present a macro overview of the apparent 180 degree turn between the current and past administration on environmental issues, and related topics.
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

Metal-Organic Framework Polymers for Hydrogen Storage

Event dates: 27 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Alternative Sources of Clean Water by Mr Martin Hind

Event dates: 27 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom

Complete Gas Clinic

Event dates: 27 - 28 October 2009
Event summary: Anthias Consulting is pleased to offer the following training course
Event Venue: The Open University, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

L.A.B. 2009

Event dates: 27 - 29 October 2009
Event summary: The trade fair and conference for analysis, bio and laboratory equipment in the UK
Event Venue: NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Organic Synthesis: A Toolkit for the Industrial Chemist

Event dates: 28 - 30 October 2009
Event summary: This 3-day course, written amd presented by highly experienced chemists from the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry, provides a modular overview of the most important tools available for the
Event Venue: London, United Kingdom

RSC Bourke Lectureship - Professor Thomas Rizzo

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Should I Really Be Searching Patents?

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary: Overview for librarians, information scientists, researchers and anyone with an interest in understanding the patent literature relevant to chemistry.
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Exciting Adventures in Electrochemistry: Survivor Stories

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary: Symposium incoporating RSC Tilden Lectureship Prof Phil Bartlett
Event Venue: NUI Maynooth, Ireland

Terahertz spectroscopy - state of the art and future perspectives

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary: Terahertz spectroscopy is an exciting field of vibrational spectroscopy which has an excellent potential for the physico-chemical characterisation of materials but it is, as yet, largely under-explo
Event Venue: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, CB2 1TA, United Kingdom

Risk Assessments - Key to a Viral Safety Management Plan

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary: This Viral Safety webinar training will discuss the testing used to generate data for risk assessment and train how to calculate viral risk.
Event Venue: Online Webinar, United States

South Africa North Section Annual Dinner

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary: The local committee has organised this year's annual dinner & after dinner speaker for members to network & socialise with fellow chemists. The after dinner guest speaker is Mr Kobus Mulder, Mr Chee
Event Venue: Wits University, South Africa

Identification of the honey bee swarming process by analysing the time course of hive vibrations

Event dates: 28 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom

Association of Public Analysts Conference 2009

Event dates: 29 - 30 October 2009
Event summary: The Association of Public Analysts is holding its annual conference in Newcastle upon Tyne on the 29-30th October 2009. Public Analysts carry out chemical and microbiological testing of foods in l
Event Venue: Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5DH, United Kingdom

RSC invited lecture: On the control of C-H and Si-H bond activation in transition metal complexes

Event dates: 29 October 2009
Event summary: Prof. Wolfgang Scherer from the University of Augsburg, Germany will give a lecture entitled 'On the control of C-H and Si-H bond activation in transition metal complexes'
Event Venue: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Cold Proteins: Computer Modelling of Biological Antifreeze - David Nutt

Event dates: 29 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Warwick, United Kingdom

RSC Bourke Lectureship - Professor Thomas Rizzo

Event dates: 29 October 2009
Event summary:
Event Venue: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Historic dyes & how to identify them (retired members event)

Event dates: 30 October 2009
Event summary: An illustrated talk followed by lunch with wine
Event Venue: ��ֱ��app�� (Chemistry Centre), London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

GC & GC-MS Training Course

Event dates: 30 October 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: Prague, Czech Republic

October 2009

Hunting the Antisocial Cancer

Chemical Tools and Challenges in Systems Biology

Prof Mike Robb RSC Endowed Lectureship

Lecture by Prof. Ozensoy: Model Catalyst Studies for Automotive Emission Control: From TWC to NSR

Special Chemistry Awards at the Eskom National ����ֱ��app���� Expo

EMBO Conference on Morphogenesis and Dynamics of Multicellular Systems

RSC Beer Tasting

E-Futures Doctoral Training Centre Open Day

“Target Natural Product Synthesis Inspired by Biosynthesis Speculation”.

RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lectureship - Bruno Chaudret

Annual Dinner RSC Thames Valley Section

Aspire to Inspire

World Vaccine Congress Lyon

Chemical engineering for scientists

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

Stand Off Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds

Native and fabricated arrays of photosynthetic light

The History and Work of the County Analyst

Radioactivity and the Law

Seminar on Expert Witnesses

RSC Lecture: Feeding the World - ����ֱ��app����'s great challenge

35th Dalton Lecture: Making a Nano-Robot

Coventry Careers Surgery

Dry Supramolecular Chemistry at Surfaces - Giovanni Costantini

The benefits of industrial biotechnology to your business

TLRs (Toll-like receptors), NLRs (Nod-like proteins) and RLRs (RIG-like receptors), pathogens sensors of innate immunity

European Congress on Environmental Pathologies (ECEP)

International Conference on Computational and Systems Biology(ICCSB),

Advances in BioDetection Technologies

TriMark Continuing Education Series: Update of Laboratory Quality Skills

Leading People and Improvement

Mixing up chemistry, jazz and big band music

Poisons from the Sea - or When to Avoid the Fish Course

European Manufacturing Strategies 2009 (EMS 2009)

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Introduction to Food ����ֱ��app���� & Technology

Smack, Crack, Speed and Weed - A Forensic Chemist's Tale

ChemNet Visit to Sheffield Assay Office

Innovate 09 Exhibition

eCheminfo 2009 InterAction Meeting: Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics

Specimen Preparation for X-ray Fluorescence

FILTECH 2009

MipTec 2009

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Aquitaine Conference on Polymers 2009

RNAi Asia

RSC Hickinbottom Award Lecture

Practical Business Plans and Going Global

Frontiers in Organic Chemistry

YCF Chain Re:Action Conference and Exhibition 2009

Defra SAC Open Meeting

Eric Tittensor Memorial Lunch

Chemistry Detectives - Putting Spectroscopy to Work

Durham Careers Surgery

2nd Short Course on Frontiers in Organic Synthesis (FROST2)

6th Annual Pain Management

John Pyle Lecture: Chemistry/climate interactions - John Jeyes Award Winner

Belfast Careers Surgery

Analysis of inhaled products

RSC Sponsored International Guest Lecture

Bio-similar products

Random Rhombus Tilings and the Entropically-Stabillised Growth of Supramolecular Networks - Peter Beton

Young Chemists' Symposium

RSC Centenary Prize - Professor Yoshinori Yamamoto

Metal Elements in Environment, Medicine and Biology

EQUIFASE 2009 - VIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design

5th Flash Conference of ERA-Chemistry: Big Tasks of Water - Building and Destroying Molecules in Water

13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis

COST-ESF High-Level Research Conference on Systems Chemistry II: Evolution and Systems

Systems Chemistry II: evolution and systems

RSC Bioinorganic Chemistry Award - Professor Christopher Orvig

Mastering Change Control Before It Masters You - An Essential Course for Drug Master File ’Owners’ AND Finished and Supplied Product Manufacturers

Basic Rietveld Refinement & Indexing Workshop

The 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference

Hull Careers Surgery

Chemistry for Non-Specialists KS4

Nutrition for Non-Nutritionists

End to End: Pharma Logistics & Security 2009

Special Chemistry Awards at the Eskom National ��ֱ��app�� Expo

RSC Lecture: Feeding the World - ��ֱ��app��'s great challenge

Introduction to Food ��ֱ��app�� & Technology

��ֱ��app�� & Energy - Demonstration Lectures for Schoolchildren

7th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery ��ֱ��app�� and Technology