MUCS Program of Events for 2005

Wednesday 2nd March

Prof. Keiji Morokuma,

Department of Chemistry, Emory University.

Computational Study of Chemical Reactions. From Elementary Chemical Reactions and Transition Metal Catalyses to Mechanism of Fullerene Formation Reaction.

Wednesday 13th April

Dr. Andrew Clayton,

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

Photophysical and photochemical probes of molecular interactions in cellular signal transduction.

Wednesday 11th May

Australian Journal of Chemistry Lecture

Dr. Simon Petrie,

Department of Chemistry, Australian National University.

Deep space metal chemistry: from stars to planets.

Wednesday 8th June

Victorian Institute for Chemical Sciences Lecture

Dr. Janet Scott,

School of Chemistry, Monash University.

Wednesday 17th August

Stranks Memorial Lecture

Prof. Chris Pickett,

Biological Chemistry Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Chemistry and the iron-only hydrogenases - can we replace platinum in hydrogen fuel cells by synthetic iron sulfur assemblies related to the natural catalytic site?

Wednesday 14th September

Blake Dawson Waldron Patent Services Lecture

Dr. Jamie Rossjohn,

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University.

Rational drug design & structural biology.

Wednesday 26th October

Feutrill Memorial Lecture

Prof. Rainer Herges,

Institut für Organische Chemie, Kiel, Germany.

Moebius, Escher, Bach: the Endless Loop in Arts and Science

Wednesday 16th November

Royal Australian Chemical Institute Lecture

Prof. Hans Griesser,

Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia.

Understanding and control of interfaces between materials and biological environments

Wednesday 30th November

President's Report and AGM

Dr Michelle Gee

School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne

Chemistry and Physics at the Interface - A Superficial Reflection on 2005

All lectures are held in the Cuming Theatre at 4:15 pm Wednesday unless stated otherwise.

Invitations are extended to join the guest speaker and committee for dinner at 6.30 pm following the meeting.

RSVP to Dr. Colette Boskovic

Enquires to: Dr. Colette Boskovic

e-mail: c.boskovic@unimelb.edu.au

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