Young Chemists 2012 (YC12) - 30 March
On the 30 March, and to a packed lecture theatre in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, Dr Chris Braddock welcomed the audience to Young Chemists 2012 (YC12). This was the 10th annual meeting in the series that features lectures from young organic chemists who has been appointed to an academic position within the last five years.
The meeting was sponsored by the Organic Division of the RSC and AstraZeneca, and registration was offered free of charge by MMS Conferencing & Events Ltd.
The morning session featured lectures from Dr Ross Denton (Univ. Nottingham), Dr Marc Kimber (Univ. Loughborough), Dr Jason Camp (Univ. Nottingham) and Dr Wesley Moran (Univ. Huddesfield). In the afternoon lectures were received from Dr Stephen Goldup (Queen Mary University), Dr Carmen Galan (Univ. Bristol), Dr Stephen Fletcher (Univ. Oxford) and Dr Stefan Howorka (University College London). The chemistry presented ranged from catalytic phosphorous-based reactions, enantioselective desymmetrisation of endo-peroxides, 'sugar-powered' catalysis, hypervalent iodine asymmetric catalysis, the synthesis of 'small' rotaxanes, highly efficient glycoside synthesis, studies on retinaldehyde photoisomerisation and the structure of S-layer proteins.
The finale was the plenary lecture from Professor Jim Anderson (University College London) featuring some 'imaginary' chemistry. Dr Steve Wailes from Syngenta provided the closing remarks for the meeting. All agreed that is was a superb day of Chemistry with science of the highest calibre.
YC13 will be held at Imperial College London on the 26th April 2013.
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Anne Horan on May 15, 2012 11:51 AM Europe/London
