My name is Ross McLaren and I am the Programme Manager for Life Sciences at the RSC. Part of being a Programme Manager means working with the RSC's Divisions and each Programme Manager acts as a Secretary to a Division - for me I'm the Secretary to the Chemistry Biology Interface Division (CBID).
The RSC's near 50 000 members are often members of at least one the RSC's nine Divisions and membership of each Division runs into the many thousands. We (the Division Secretaries) don't want to bombard Division members with e-mails but we think it's important to keep everyone up to date with topics/events/information that is relevant to the Division and we find MyRSC to be a very convenient way of doing this. It's also a good way to get feedback and the thoughts of the community.
Our problem though is that while our Divisions have thousands of members, our forums on MyRSC have substantially less. If you have an interest in the work the Divisions do our events in fields relevant to you then why not consider joining one of the Division Forums on MyRSC? They are free to join and open to all MyRSC Members. If you see a Division that interests you then please feel free to join up and get involved.
The Divisions are:
Analytical Division The Analytical Division promotes analytical chemistry and science by providing a forum for analytical chemists and scientists to exchange information and ideas.
Chemistry Biology Interface Division The CBD is open to all members of the RSC as a society-wide grouping representing the interests of chemical biologists
Dalton Division Promotes the study and dissemination of all aspects of inorganic chemistry concerned with the chemistry of the elements and their compounds.
Education Division Promotes the study and dissemination of knowledge of the various levels of chemical education at all levels.
Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division ESED is open to all members of the RSC as a society wide grouping to represent environmental and related activities.
Faraday Division A forum for physical and biophysical chemistry, molecular and chemical physics and theoretical chemistry.
Industry and Technology Division The Division is concerned with supporting the scientific, technological and managerial application of chemical science across industry and commerce.
Materials Chemistry Division The Materials Chemistry Division (MCD) was born in 1993 at the first International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC1) in Aberdeen.
Organic Division Embraces subjects ranging from bio-organic/natural products through organometallics to aspects of organic polymers, natural or man-made.
