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Chemical Sciences Research Seminars 2009-10
The North Staffordshire local section of the Royal Society of Chemistry covers all costs associated with our external speakers.
We are very grateful to the committee of the local section for their support in creating a vibrant research seminar series.
Time : 4pm
Location: Lennard-Jones Laboratories in LJ1.25 (Library) or for external speakers in LJ1.75 (main lecture theatre).
Note: special symposium on 13th of March: Materials Chemistry for Industry in honour of first RSC Derek Birchall Award!
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Oct 14 Ms. Hannah Moore Keele University |
Usefulness of Hydrocarbons within Forensic Entomology in establishing the Post-mortem Interval (PMI). |
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TBA Ms. Lina Meghani Keele University |
Characterisation of novel MF networks. | ||||
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Oct 28th Dr Falko Drijfhout Keele University |
Micro Extraction by Packed Sorbent (MEPS): the way forward in (on-line) GC-MS analysis for Drugs of Abuse | ||||
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Nov 11th Ms. Sam Ward Keele University |
Renal Handling of Silicon in Healthy Volunteers. | ||||
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TBA Mr. Matthew Mold Keele University |
Complementary studies of the role of metals, in the binding of proteinaceous ligands to the serum pentraxin, Limulus SAP | ||||
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Nov 25th Dr Chris Exley Keele University |
Spherulites of Abeta42:Senile plaques or just brain debris? | ||||
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Dec 2nd Dr Ricardo Leal ILL, Grenoble, France |
Neutron and X-ray crystallographic studies of nucleic acids. | ||||
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Dec 9th Dr George Weaver Loughborough University |
Sulfur and Fluorine in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Unusual Natural Products and Unexpected Reactions. |
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Jan 13th Prof. John Sumpter Brunel University postponed |
RSC Award Lecture: Toxicology Award This seminar will be rescheduled later in the year. |
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Jan 20th Prof. Julian Henderson University of Nottingham |
The Materials Science of Archaeology.
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Jan 27th Dr Emily House |
Aluminium and Congophillic Amyloid Angiopathy, a Study of Over 200 Brains. | ||||
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Feb 10th Ms. Elizabeth Norris |
Reducing carbon deposition over supported nickel catalysts during steam methane reforming. | ||||
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TBA Ms. Estelle Mossou ILL, Grenoble, France |
Structural characterisation of amyloid fibres. | ||||
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Feb 24th Dr Victoria Pearson Open University |
Organic Matter in Extraterrestrial Materials. This meeting will be re-scheduled. |
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March 10th Dr Perdita Barran University of Edinburgh RSC Award Lecture! |
Meeting Cancelled. Re-scheduled for April 28th | ||||
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March 31st Dr Terry McGrail University of Sheffield Prof. Bob Williams FRS University of Oxford Prof. Kevin Kendall FRS University of Birmingham Dr. Bill Clegg University of Cambridge Imperial College RSC Award Lecture! Special venue All afternoon |
Symposium: Materials Chemistry for Industry
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April 14th Dr Euan Brechin University of Edinburgh RSC Award Lecture! |
RSC Award Lecture: Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship |
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April 28th Dr Perdita Barran University of Edinburgh RSC Award Lecture! |
Ion Mobility Mass-Spectrometry of peptides: Antibiotics, Amyloids and Nanoswitches
The technique of Ion Mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) allows the rotationally averaged collision cross section of ions to be obtained along with their mass to charge ratio. This extra information from a rapid sensitive gas-phase technique greatly enhances the capabilities of biological mass spectrometry. It provides accurate information on the solvent free conformations adopted by macromolecules, and with careful use of nano-electrospray ionisation, this can reflect their conformations in solution. |
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May 5th Mr. John Butcher (Keele) |
Defect Detection using Reservoir Computing. |
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May 19th Prof. Michael Fowler University of Sheffield |
A Brief History of Biomedicinal Plants. |
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May 26th Mr Dave Nixon (Keele) Ms. Laura Sunderland (Keele) |
From waste to commodity: catalytic conversion of waste biomass using oxidative CO2 reforming. Bioactive compounds derived from Vernonia oil. |
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June 2nd Ms. Monica Eilertsen (Keele) Mr John Butcher (Keele) |
Novel Nitric Oxide Donating Compounds. Defect Detection using Reservoir Computing. |
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June 9th Prof. Phil Page (East Anglia) |
New Systems for Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation. |
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June 16th Dr Euan Brechin (Edinburgh) |
RSC Award Lecture: Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship |
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June 30th Dr Georges Nasi (Keele) |
T.B.A. |
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June 30th Dr Richard Darton (Keele) |
Hydrothermal Synthesis: A Greener Way to Produce Inorganic Materials? |
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The provenance of archaeological materials using scientific techniques underpins many of the research questions that archaeology addresses, providing evidence of primary production, of trade in ancient materials and of the use of specific raw material sources. Thus any advances in this interdisciplinary research area are to be considered as contributing in fundamental ways. However, whilst chemical analysis is an essential first step in characterising the glass, it does not constitute an independent means of providing a provenance. A new way of providing a provenance for Islamic glasses is the determination of radiogenic isotopes in them, set in an environmental context. For the first time this is starting to provide evidence of a geological provenance for Islamic glasses in the Middle East, providing the basis for identifying where vessel types were made and when glass was traded.
