The University of Melbourne Chemical Society
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MUCS Committee for 2000
President Dr J. Lambert
Secretary/Treasurer Dr M. Ashokkumar
Immediate Past President Dr P. Mulvaney
Student Members Lyndal Hill, Anna Tickler, Matthew Grigg, Duncan Wild, Craig Bullen, Christian Doonan
Invitations are extended to join the speaker and committee for dinner
at 6.30pm following the meeting. RSVP to Brendan Abrahams
Enquires to: Dr Brendan Abrahams
e-mail: b.abrahams@chemistry.unimelb.edu.au
ph: (03) 9344 0082 fax: (03) 9347 5180
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Program of Events
Professor Tony Watts, Oxford University
"The contribution of solid state NMR studies to understanding
membrane protein structure and function"
March 29
Dr Anne Duhme, University of York
"The Coordination Chemistry of Siderophores: Nature's Metal Scavenging Ligands"
April 12
Dr Tom Beer, Coordinator, CSIRO Environmental Risk Network
"Fire! The Australian Experience"
May 31
Professor C. David Garner, The Chemistry Department, Nottingham University
"Amavadin - Coordination Chemistry in a Mushroom"
June 14
Dr Simon Foote, Australian Genome Research Facility
"Diagnosing Genetic Giseases: From Technology to Sociology"
13th G.I.
Feutrill Memorial Lecture
August 16
Dr John Zdysiewicz, Managing Editor, Australian Journal of Chemistry
"The Trouble with Chemical Communication"
September 20
Dr Paul Savage, Program Leader, Molecular Discovery and Processing, CSIRO
"CSIRO: Who are they, what do they do, and
can they give me a job?"
AUSTRALIAN
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE DAVID CRAIG LECTURE
Monday October 2
Professor Noel Hush, University of Sydney
"Electrons in Transit: From the Manhattan Project to Molecular Electronics"
Electron transfer is conceptually the most simple of chemical processes, but a number of different formalisms is used in their theoretical interpretation. We discuss the ways in which thermal and optical transfer probabilities can be related to basic electronic and vibronic properties, with reference to solution kinetics and mixed-valence materials. Aspects of the functions of molecular bridges (e.g. in proteins or DNA) and of molecular wires and switches in molecular electronic element design will be outlined.
November 15
Professor Emeritus Tom O'Donnell, The University of Melbourne
"Inorganic Solution Chemistry is Basicly and Acidicly, the Same in All Ionising Solvents"
MUCS Annual
General Meeting
December 6
Dr John Lambert, The University of Melbourne
"Chemistry, Biology and Our Place in the Political Arena"
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