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Topics covered included: new synthetic methods, total synthesis of natural products, metal and organocatalysis, glycochemistry and glycobiology, small molecule protein interactions, synthetic biology, neurobiology, physical organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

The conference was primarily intended to provide opportunities for participants to learn more about the latest advances in topical developments and challenges, and also to support the launch of the new RSC flagship journal Chemical Science.

The V International Symposium of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry was held in Nara, Japan, from 6-10 June 2010

A J Banks Bursar Senaka Ranadeera reports from the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo 2010 in Chicago, USA

SCI's America International Group will award the Perkin Medal to Ronald Breslow, S L Mitchill Professor of Chemistry and University Professor at Columbia University.

Seligman Fellow Eliana Fissore is currently in North Wales working on a project in the Centre for Water Soluble Polymers at Glyndwr University under the supervision of Prof Peter A Williams.

Messel Travel Bursar Robert Pullin reports from Challenges in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, San Francisco, USA

Biological aerosol work wins Beilby Medal

The College of Scholars has been established to help current SCI scholars make the most of the opportunities the SCI scholarships provide

On 28 April 2010, an event organised jointly by the Cambridge and Great Eastern Group and the University of Cambridge's ChemSoc gathered an audience of over 50 people to listen to the presentations of SCI's final-year scholars, Fionn O'Hara, Simon Beaumont, and Claire Stanley.