Chemical Sciences Research Seminars 2010-11

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).

 

2010

Date

Speaker

Title

13-Oct-10

Professor Harry Heaney

60th Anniversary:  Chemistry with ladders

27-Oct-10

Dr. Richard Darton

Hydrothermal Synthesis: A Greener Way to Produce Inorganic Materials?

10-Nov-10

Professor Frank Pullen

BMSS Lecture. Title tba

24-Nov-10

Dr. Rob Jackson

Computer modelling of materials: from nuclear fuels to nuclear clocks

08-Dec-10

Hannah Moore

CSI: Crime Scene Insects. Identification and ageing forensically important blowflies with hydrocarbons

15-Dec-10

Rebecca Pattie

Investigating the suitability of Raman spectroscopic analysis for asbestos characterisation

22-Dec-10

no seminar

 

2011

05-Jan-11

Professor Dermot O'Hare

RSC Award Lecture: Title tba

19-Jan-11

Sam Ward

tba

16-Feb-11  Dr Johannes Reynisson
(University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Virtual highthroughput screening in anticancer drug discovery
 02-Mar-11  Dr Greame Jones (Keele University) tba
16-Mar-11  Professor Steven Banwart (Sheffield University) The role of symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi in biological weathering and soil formation
18-Mar-11  Dr John Bond
(Forensic Science Research Centre, Leicester University and Northamptonshire Police)
Novel methods for the enhancement of fingermarks on metal surfaces
30-Mar-11  Sue Shemilt (Keele University) tba
13-Apr-11  tba tba
27-04-11  Lina Meghani (Keele University) tba
11-05-11  2 Year 1 EPSAM students tba
25-05-11  Kris Wisniewski (Keele University) Surveying pesticide level in bee hives
08-06-11  2 Year1 EPSAM students tba
22-06-11 Monica Eilertsen (Keele University) tba

Johannes Reynisson (University of Auckland, New Zealand))