Group News

When your Board of Trustees last met on 16 November 2011, the key priority was to agree the rolling business plan for 2012-14 and the budget to implement this.

Water use to grow and process biomass feedstocks for fuels has recently emerged as an important controversy. In a world where several countries already face water stress – and where over 70% of global freshwater use takes place in the agricultural sector – bioenergy development might present considerable challenges, from the perspective of water quantity as well as water quality.

The All Ireland Group held its IYC Chemistry Table Quiz at Foley's Bar, Dublin on 17 November 2011. If you missed it, download the questions (and answers) below

The All Ireland Group held its Sixth Annual Science Week Table Quiz at Foley's Bar, Dublin on 11 November 2010. But if you missed it, you can still try your luck with our online version.

The Board of Trustees has approved the merger of the former Republic of Ireland (RoI) International Group and Northern Ireland Regional Group to form a new All-Ireland Group.

A report on the SCI All Ireland Group's first event – a conference on green chemistry, environmental technology and EPA-funded projects

The 2009 Wesley Cocker Award was presented to Kevin Guiry for his paper 'Effect of 1-Deoxy-D-lactose upon the Crystallization of D-Lactose’. The prize of €500 was presented to him by Dr Nick Gathergood who is a former Chair of the SCI All-Ireland group.

Dr Andrew Rous was nominated for the Distinguished Service Award by his colleagues in the All Ireland Group, in recognition of his instrumental role in the revival of the Group.

REACH is an EU-led initiative to test all chemical substances imported or manufactured in quantities of over one ton in the EU by 2018.

Stephanie Burns, CEO and Chairman of Dow Corning and new Honorary President of SCI, talks about her experience leading a corporation where innovation is paramount. She also discusses SCI's role in driving knowledge transference in the chemical industry, CSR initiatives and innovative ideas for the future of SCI involving community engagement and mentoring of young scientists.

SCI is always happy to welcome new volunteers and members to the Society.

On Thursday 11 and Friday 12 September 2008, SCI ran two ‘workshop and best practice sharing’ events, open to all Treasurers, Secretaries and Chairs of Regional Interest (RIG) and Technical Interest Groups (TIG).

The main aim of SCI is to bring members together and an online forum can help us do this through the web.

On Monday, 28 September 2009, SCI will be hosting a one-day ‘Volunteer Workshop and Best Practice’ day for the Honorary Chairmen, Secretaries and Treasurers of all its UK-based Interest Groups.

This conference brought together scientists Ireland who have varied interests in drug discovery and development and a common interest in synthesis

The School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, has run a Forensic and Environmental Analysis BSc Programme since 2001 which has approximately 80 students.

This one-day conference held on 1 July 2008, and sponsored by SCI, the RSC, and ICI brought together scientists from the Republic of Ireland and from Northern Ireland who have varied interests in drug discovery and development and a common interest in synthesis.

The annual series of one day technical events aimed at the pharmaceutical industry, took on an enlarged format this year at the suggestion of the host for the event, the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Message from the Chairman, Republic of Ireland Group

Sensors have a fundamental role to play in many aspects of modern life. This encompasses applications as diverse as household safety, fire detection, healthcare monitoring, process management, security and quality control.

Advances in electronics, in energy -efficient transport technology and in energy generation from renewable sources require parallel advances in polymer chemistry.

The Republic of Ireland Group held a highly successful Sixth Annual Science Week Table Quiz at Foley's Bar, Dublin on 18 November 2009. But if you missed it, you can still try your luck with our online version!

Lampitt Medal winner Prabhu Kulkarni talks about his career in Ireland and how he succeeded in bringing five Nobel Laureates together.

A small but active group, SCI’s Republic of Ireland Group (RoI) organises, and gives, continued support to a wide range of events.

The Republic of Ireland Regional Group's speaker was Alan Reilly, Deputy Chief Executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. His topic was ‘The Irish dioxin crisis: six days that shook the nation’, recalling the discovery in November 2008, of  ‘marker PCBs’ (non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls) in bread-based pig-feed

Prabhu Kulkarni is a current member of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the Health & Safety Group.