Conference papers
 Papers
from the 1 April New Frontiers meeting and other conferences are now available to
be downloaded.
Links to this and other pages can also be found on the organising groups' home pages.
[Events download page]
SCI Members' News - May issue
 The May issue of SCI Members’ News reviews the Yorkshire and the Humber Group’s successful lecture and networking event held in Leeds last month, as well as the Fine Chemicals Group’s annual Graduate Symposia for Organic Chemistry.
The issue also looks forward to Biology for chemists residential course, to be held in Nottingham on 23-24 June.
[May issue]
New horticulture group launched
 SCI has set up a new horticultural technical interest group to join its already impressive list of specialist groups.
‘This is an important area that was just waiting to be filled and is a great opportunity for SCI to take the lead in promoting all aspects of horticulture on a commercial basis to as wider network as possible,’ says SCI chief executive Andrew Ladds.
[More
information]
|
 |
Something Sweet for your Career
 Feast on an excellent opportunity to study in the UK’s most renowned centres of Food Engineering and Research for six months with a grant of up to £9,000.
The Seligman APV Trust invites recent graduates, postgraduates and equivalents with work experience, who reside outside the UK and are involved in food engineering in their home countries to apply. The deadline for applications is 31 July.
[More information]
C&I: Diagnostic test for brain diseases
 A blood test that gives an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and can distinguish between Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s could be launched in Europe this summer. Marina Murphy reports in Chemistry & Industry.
[More information]
Global Innovation Imperatives launched
 Global Innovation Imperatives (Gii) is a new venture to search for chemistry-based solutions to global challenges. Launched jointly with the American Chemical Society, the first imperative chosen for the Gii programme is water.
Drinkable water, for many, is a scarce resource and ensuring sufficient water to sustain industry is becoming a challenge. Follow the link below to register your interest in this exciting initiative.
[More information]
|
