16 December 2014

Macro Group Medals Meeting

Organised by:

SCI’s Macro Group

SCI, London, UK

Registration Closed

This event is no longer available for registration.

Synopsis
This one-day meeting will celebrate the success of the 2013 Macro Group UK medal winners.  The speaker list includes the winners of the Macro Group UK Medal, the Macro Group UK Young Researchers Medal and the Jon Weaver PhD Prize, plus supporting lectures from some of the UK's top researchers in polymer / soft matter science.
Programme

Day 1

09:30
Registration and refreshments
10:00
Polymerisation induced self-assembly via RAFT dispersion polymerisation
Prof Steven Armes, University of Sheffield
10:45
Refreshment break
11:15
Structure and lyotropic phase behaviour of lipid membranes
Prof John Seddon, Imperial College London
12:00
Title to be confirmed
Dr Oren Scherman, University of Cambridge
12:45
Lunch
13:45
Imaging solution-based nanomaterials - advances in dry state, cryo and Liquid TEM
Dr Joseph Patterson (2013 Jon Weaver PhD Prize winner)
14:30
Single molecule force spectroscopy as a tool to probe the dynamics of proteins from extremophile organisms
Dr Lorna Dougan, University of Leeds (2013 Macro Group Young Researchers Medal)
15:30
Refreshment break
16:00
Function through structure
Prof Ullrich Steiner, University of Cambridge (2013 Macro Group Medal)
17:00
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Venue and Contact

SCI

14-15 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PS 

Conference Team

Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561

Email: conferences@soci.org


Fees

Early bird rate before 31 October 2014
GB£65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCI/RSC Member 
GB£40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCI/RSC Student Member 
GB£85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-Member

Standard rate after 31 October 2014
GB£80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCI/RSC Member 
GB£50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCI/RSC Student Member 
GB£105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-Member

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Additional Info

Organising Committee

Prof Charlotte Williams, Imperial College London
Dr Dave Adams, University of Liverpool
Prof Neil R. Cameron, Durham University