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Seminar Schedule 2011 - 2012

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DATE
Wednesday 30th May 2012
SPEAKER
Prof. David O’Hagan, University of St. Andrews
SEMINAR TITLE
'Vicinal C-F bonds and selectively fluorinated rings and things…'
ROOM / TIME
 Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Monday 26th March 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Jonathan Clayden, University of Manchester
    (RSC Merck Award)
SEMINAR TITLE
'Conformational Communication: From Atropisomers To Artificial Receptors'
ROOM / TIME
 Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 14th March 2012
SPEAKER
Dr Jeremy Parker, - AstraZeneca
SEMINAR TITLE
'Process Development and Route Selection: Art and Science'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 29th February 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Timothy C Gallagher, University of Bristol
SEMINAR TITLE
'Natural Products as Leads to Nicotinic Agonists.  Exploring the Chemistry of Cytisine'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 3.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Patrick Gunning, University of Toronto
SEMINAR TITLE
'Developing small molecule, non-phosphorylated inhibitors of STAT3 function for treatment of human cancers'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 15th February 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Fred Manby, University of Bristol
     (Corday- Morgan Prize)
SEMINAR TITLE
"Quantum chemistry in the condensed phase"
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB LG.024, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 1st February 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Adam F. Lee , Cardiff University
SEMINAR TITLE
'Nanoengineering the Active Site in Heterogeneous Catalysis'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 25th January 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Jonathan Williams , University of Bath
SEMINAR TITLE
'Catalytic Syntheses of Amides'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 3.30 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 18th January 2012
SPEAKER
Professor Kenneth A. Dawson - University College Dublin (UCD)
SEMINAR TITLE
'Interactions of Nanoscale Objects with Living Organisms; Definitions of Nanoparticle in situ'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 3.00 pm
 

Thursday 5th January, 2012

2012 UK-Semiconductor Photochemistry Network 1 day meeting

Queen's University Belfast,
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

David Keir Room LG 111; 9-5 pm

Those who will be speaking include the following Professors:

Michael Hoffmann (CalTech)
David Ollis (North Carolina)
Ivan Parkin (UCL)
Mike Bowker (Cardiff Univ.)
Peter Robertson (RGU)
Tony Byrne (University Ulster)
Colin Boxall (Lancaster Univ.)
Richard Douthwaite (York University)

All QUB members of staff (and their research groups) are free to attend all talks
(non-QUB & non-UK-SPC members must pay a registration fee of £100).
If you wish to attend please inform the Network secretary
Ros Nimmo: roslyn.nimmo@strath.ac.uk; so we get the catering right.

 
DATE
Wednesday 14th December 2011
SPEAKER
Dr Ian Aspinal, - Syngenta
SEMINAR TITLE
'Discovery and development of a new herbicide: the story of Bicyclopyrone '
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 7th December 2011
SPEAKER
Dr Magnus Walter, from Eli Lilly
SEMINAR TITLE
'Discovery of LY2216684: a novel selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor for depression and ADHD in phase 3 clinical trials'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Thursday 1st December 2011
SPEAKER
RSC Evening talk by Professor Jack Pearce
SEMINAR TITLE
'Mines a Pint! - the Story and Tasting of some Ales'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB LG.111, 19.00 pm
   (nibbles and refreshments afterwards)
 
DATE
Wednesday 30th November 2011 - Joint event
SPEAKER
Dr Malachy McCann, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
     “ICI ANNUAL AWARD LECTURE”
SEMINAR TITLE
'Syphilis, MRSA and Cancer - Cures Containing Metal Ions '
 
          Followed by
SPEAKER
Professor Lesley Yellowlees, University of Edinburgh
     "THOMAS ANDREWS ANNUAL LECTURE"
SEMINAR TITLE 'Powering ahead with solar energy'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB LG.111, at 2.30 pm & 4.00 pm respectively
 
DATE
Wednesday 23rd November 2011
SPEAKER
Dr Arnaud Haudrechy, University of Reims, France
SEMINAR TITLE
'A stimulating concept in natural substances synthesis: The Claisen-Ireland/Metathesis strategy'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Wednesday 23rd November 2011
SPEAKER
Professor Howell G M Edwards, University of Bradford
SEMINAR TITLE
     tbc
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre tbc time 2.00 pm (tbc)
 
DATE
Wednesday 16th November 2011
SPEAKER
Professor Matthew Davidson, University of Bath
SEMINAR TITLE
'Polymers from Renewable Resources: New Directions for Polylactide'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.403, 4.00 pm
 
DATE
Tuesday 25th October 2011
SPEAKER
Dr Michael Pungente, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
SEMINAR TITLE
'Novel Nonviral Nucleic Acid Delivery Vectors'
ROOM / TIME
Lecture theatre DKB 01.028, 3.00 pm