MUCS Program of Events for 2007

Wednesday 21st March

2006 President's Address

Dr. Uta Wille,
School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne

Nitrate radicals: how does this important atmospheric oxidant damage biological molecules?

Wednesday 18th April

Prof. Brian Lynch,
St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Conference Presentations and Posters for All: Another Aspect of the Open Access Movement.

Wednesday 16th May

Lastek Lecture

Prof. David Millar,
The Scripps Research Institute

Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Applications in Biophysical Chemistry.

Wednesday 11th July

Prof. Mary Ann Augustin,
School of Chemistry, Monash University

Edible Biopolymers for Encapsulation of Bioactives.

Wednesday 25th July

Feutrill Memorial Lecture

Prof. Thorsten Bach,
Technical University of Munich, Germany

From Chirality Transfer to Chirality Multiplication: Hydrogen Bond- Mediated Enantioselectivity of Photochemical Reactions in Solution.

Wednesday 1st August

Stranks Memorial Lecture

Prof. Craig Hill,
Emory University, USA

Inorganic clusters tackle environmental challenges in chemistry and other technologies.

Wednesday 29th August

Blake Dawson Waldron Patent Services Lecture

Prof. Cameron Kepert,
University of Sydney

Molecular Materials: From Clean Energy Storage to Shrinking Crystals.

Wednesday 5th September

Australian Journal of Chemistry Lecture

Prof. Juliet Gerrard,
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Probing the mechanism of dihydrodipicolinate synthase: some new insights.

Wednesday 19th September

Prof. Howard Colquhoun,
University of Reading, UK

Our light materials.

Wednesday 3rd October

Mr Jacopo Pasotti,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

The fusion myth: Rise and fall of nuclear fusion, from the perspective of the media.

Wednesday 31st October

Prof. Sue Berners-Price,
School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia

The Design of Metal-Based Anticancer Drugs: Novel Targets and Novel Mechanisms.

Annual General Meeting and President's Address

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. Toby Bell

Enquires to: Dr. Toby Bell

e-mail: tbell@unimelb.edu.au

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