RSCNEWS FEBRUARY 2015 www.rsc.org

Safeguarding the public Supporting professionalism in the chemical sciences

Articulating our strategy p8 Developing your career p13 Our regional meetings began on 6 January with members of 7-10 January – our schools partnership team talking to Council and our communications, education and networks chemistry teachers about our support at the Association teams in Canterbury. For more information on our regional of Science Education (ASE) annual conference at Reading meetings, please contact [email protected]. University.

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Editor: Edwin Silvester Design and production: REGULARS Vivienne Brar Contact us: 4 Snapshot 7 RSC News editorial office News and updates from around the Thomas Graham House Science Park, Milton Road organisation Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 432294 6 One to one Email: [email protected] Not ? No problem. You have Burlington House, Piccadilly access to a range of professional W1J 0BA, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7437 8656 qualifications

7 Profile @RSC_Comms Meet Sean Thurston, our man at the Ri facebook.com/RoyalSocietyofChemistry 15 Opinion 8 Photography: Opportunities are central to CPD and it is © Shutterstock (cover) in our own interest to realise them, says Top left and right: © Royal Society of Jenny Boxwell Chemistry. Bottom: © Samuel Taye (left) FEATURES

8 Safeguarding the public Our specialist qualifications promote public safety and support professionalism in the chemical sciences 10 10 Our strategy When creating a strategy for the whole organisation, we look towards an ambitious future while drawing on our traditional strengths

DIARY 14 Conferences 15 Upcoming meetings and deadlines 15 Events Your guide to events by region and section © Royal Society of Chemistry 2015 19 Registered charity number 207890 Notices Including admissions, vacancies and updates from across the organisation Snapshot A look at the latest news from around the world

INBRIEF Strengthening our reputation Education in Chemistry, the leading Our divisions, local sections and interest services and activities we offer. The new logo magazine for chemistry teachers, is now groups are part of the Royal Society of will help people find their way to the parts of available for the first time as an app on Chemistry community and together we’re our community and our activities that interest iOS and Android devices. In addition, the working to shape the future of the chemical them the most. magazine is also available in a new web- sciences. To help people recognise us, we reader format at http://magazines.rsc. Creating a new logo isn’t something we have created a logo for divisions and groups org/web-reader/eic. do casually. Over the last three months we to use in their communications. have been carefully considering the needs Education in Chemistry supports With such a diverse community (over 130 of the many groups that represent the Royal chemistry teachers across secondary, local sections and interest groups and nine Society of Chemistry and the needs of our further and higher education with divisions, two of which have 19 regional hubs wider community. Some groups took part in • feature articles on a variety of between them) it’s important that we make it interviews to help shape this work. chemical and innovative education as easy as possible for people to recognise us A coherent identity will strengthen our topics and connect with us. reputation and our collective voice – that • news and opinions from across the The research that members and non- is more important than ever in our work to science education spectrum members took part in during the brand show that chemistry is fundamental to our • research in chemistry and chemistry review in 2013 showed that we weren’t lives and the world around us. education always making a strong enough link to the The new logo will be rolled out to member • ideas demonstration and advice to Royal Society of Chemistry in the products, groups and divisions in March. develop and support your teaching • reviews of the latest books and resources SPECIALITY CHEMICALS Exclusively for readers of the Education in SECTOR Chemistry app, themed supplements on emerging topics in chemical education will also be available. CHILTERNS AND MIDDLESEX LOCAL SECTION

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The very first issue of Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology unites high quality research on various aspects of water science and technology, particularly water resources, security and sustainability. As we’ve come to expect from our author submissions, the quality of the articles received for this issue has been impressive. Topics range from sustainable sanitation to nitrogen recovery from wastewater. What do you think of the newest addition to our journals portfolio? Visit http://rsc.li/ es-water to read the full issue and share your thoughts with the team. Remember, members get 15 free article For 2015, all issues of Education in downloads and access to a journal title of Chemistry will be free to download. their choice, in addition to accessing the entire Journal Archive and Chemical Science.

4 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 Eminent chemists knighted in INBRIEF Snapshot New Year’s Honours Chemistry Week 2015 Congratulations to the members of our “He continues to represent the UK chemical Save the date – 14-20 November A look at the latest news from around the world community who have been recognised in sciences community internationally through Every two years our members organise the New Year’s Honours list (see p21 for consulting and advisory roles with a number and participate in a broad range of the full list). of companies across the world. inspirational activities to promote a Our chief executive, Dr Robert Parker, paid “Martyn has emerged as a global leader in the positive image of chemistry and specific tribute to Sir and field of green and sustainable chemistry, was increase public understanding of the Sir , thanking them for their recently elected an honorary fellow of the chemical sciences. years of service to the chemical sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry by our council and This year we are encouraging and “Simon is a former president of the Royal is also Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. supporting our members to organise Society of Chemistry, an internationally- “He has given strong support to our efforts events that raise the awareness of the renowned synthetic organic chemist and has internationally, particularly in Africa and place of chemistry in people’s everyday championed excellence in drug discovery Russia, and his passion and enthusiasm lives, with a specific focus on ‘new from the UK. on the difference chemistry can make to audiences’ – people who are not already interested in chemistry. “He has given exceptional service to our people’s lives has been infectious, inspiring If you are interested in participating global initiative to raise the profile of the generations of chemists and chemical or would like to find out more contact contribution of chemistry to the health engineers all over the world. [email protected]. and wellbeing of citizens in the UK and “As well as being the author of over 300 worldwide. peer-reviewed papers and having his work recognised with honours and awards, Martyn’s Royal Society of Chemistry “Through Simon’s leadership, the Campaign supports the second series for Chemistry reinvigorated chemistry work in engaging the public with chemistry has been acclaimed internationally, most of family film project education in the UK and raised the profile ExpeRimental of this issue through partnerships with notably through the hugely popular Periodic institutions in China, India, South Africa, Table videos that have been viewed online by ExpeRimental is a series of free online Japan and Brazil. millions of people all around the world.” films and resources from the Royal Institution of Great Britain, which aims to kick-start a revolution in science learning by supporting and empowering parents and families to do exciting and easy science activities with young children.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM The project aims to give viewers the

© MPP IMAGE CREATION confidence and ideas to explore, question © CAMPBELL ROWLEY / and test some of the fundamentals of science with children aged four to nine and have fun at the same time! The activities have been specifically designed to appeal to those families who have

never considered doing science at home Sir Simon Campbell was Royal Society Sir Martyn Poliakoff is foreign secretary of with their children or who do not feel of Chemistry president from 2004 the Royal Society and professor of chemistry confident in their abilities to do so. to 2006 at the Each activity is designed to be easy to do using only common household objects. The project is based on the idea that playing, watching closely and asking RSC support for the Newton Fund questions is enough to light a spark of science learning at home with young to advance developing countries children. The Newton Fund, launched in 2013 by the Any contributions from the Newton Fund All the experiments are about UK government Department for Business, towards the work of the delivery partner encouraging natural curiosity Innovation and Skills, aims to build science must be match-funded by the government and investigating the wonders of capacity and partnerships to promote the of the developing country. We will partner science while you play. The films are economic development and social welfare with the British Council and, through their accompanied by a wide range of practical of developing countries, and to support the Researcher Links programme, we will resources including downloadable UK’s research community. The Newton Fund match-fund at 50% a selection of chemistry instructions, badges and certificates. is a £375 million fund, providing £75 million applications that would not otherwise The first ExpeRimental series launched per year for 5 years. receive funding. We expect to fund around with 10 physics films in summer 2014 Through the Newton Fund, the UK will 10 Researcher Exchanges and 10 Workshops and the second series, supported by the use its strength in research and innovation in 2015. Royal Society of Chemistry, launched to support and advance developing The aims of the British Council Researcher with another series of 10 films at the end countries. This will build strong, sustainable Links programme strongly align with our of January. partnerships between the UK and 15 partner international strategy. Bringing together Find out more at rigb.org/experimental, countries, funding programmes that will be chemical scientists from all over the world to see the latest films on Ri’s YouTube page implemented by delivery partners including develop their skills, knowledge and practice and share your feedback on Twitter the British Council, the Royal Society and of science is central in our mission to @Ri_science and @RSC_Comms. Research Councils UK. advance excellence in the chemical sciences.

FEBRUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 5 One to one Take advantage of a wide range of member services Not chartered? No problem. You have options…

Celebrating diversity in the chemical science have been recognised by your peers as active role in their professional development. was important to our immediate past demonstrating professionalism to colleagues Those eligible include scientists, senior president, Professor and and clients, maintaining key scientific and technicians, advanced apprentices and is a mission championed by our current transferable skills, working with integrity research scientists. president, Professor . As and are committed to developing your Matt Fazakerley became a the diversity of our membership continues career. Visit http://rsc.li/registers for more in 2013 to grow in rich and valuable ways, so we are information and to apply. passionate about continuing to offer our “Becoming registered helped me to members the recognition they deserve. This Registered Science reflect upon my experiences and skills, means that as a member of our professional and I identified areas for development”. body, you have access to a range of Technician (RSciTech) This crystallises how planning for and professional qualifications: The RSciTech award is for those who apply achieving professional awards can be used to • Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) sound scientific knowledge to their daily role. help develop your career in a structured way. Being a registrant demonstrates they are • Registered Scientist (RSci) RSci applicants will be affiliate or associate reliable, responsible and trusted to conduct members, employed in a relevant science • (CChem) their work in a thoughtful and considered related role and normally hold at least • Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach) manner. QCF level 5 qualifications such as a Higher • (CSci) Examples of those who could be eligible National Diploma, NVQ level 4, foundation include technicians in industry, apprentices, • Qualified Persons (QP) or higher degree. Again, those with other technicians in education, and early career qualifications (e.g HNC) or experience alone • Mastership in Chemical Analysis scientists. This list is not exhaustive and you may be considered. Those completing a (MChemA). could be eligible if you demonstrate the right MChem degree with a year-in-industry are qualities. also eligible to apply. Supporting our Megan Carroll gained RSciTech status in 2012 members Shape your career Professional development doesn’t only “I don’t hold a chemical science degree. Becoming registered also means a mean becoming chartered. We support However I wanted to start my professional commitment to continuing professional the Science Council’s mission to recognise development journey and was encouraged development (CPD). This is the most professionalism in science roles, at all to apply by my line manager and mentor, important aspect of any professional award, levels. Registered Science Technician both of whom are chartered”. (RSciTech) and Registered Scientist (RSci) Megan says that by being registered she because it is through on-going improvement are peer-reviewed professional awards demonstrates to her colleagues that that you stay relevant and your skills remain which were developed in conjunction she is highly committed to professional current. You should keep an annual record with leading employers and ten scientific development throughout her career. of CPD activities, which could be recorded using our online resource, http://www.rsc. professional bodies including us. They RSciTech applicants will be affiliate members, org/cpd/, in the following areas: differentiate you from your peers by employed in a relevant science related role recognising your skills, knowledge and and hold qualifications such as Scottish 1. Work-based learning experience that are valued by industry. Highers, National Vocational Qualification 2. Professional activity Joining the registers, like chartered status, (NVQ) at level 3, A-levels and at level 3 3. Formal / Educational is not about sitting more exams or simply BTECs. We also consider applications from attending training courses but showcasing experienced members without formal 4. Self-directed learning all of the valuable aspects that you develop. qualifications. If you are unsure about your 5. Other eligibility, email [email protected]. They are primarily aimed at those working in The requirements for RSciTech, RSci and technical and chemical science roles. chartered status are designed in a way that Other sectors like engineering have Registered Scientist (RSci) you could also use them as a framework reaped the rewards of recognising RSci is for those who apply their well- for your career development. Some of our professional development such as increased developed scientific knowledge to their daily RSciTech registrants develop into RSci status employability, and we want to bring those role. Registrants will be proficient at solving holders, and some become RSci whilst benefits to our sector. problems, contribute to the organisation of completing the 2 year CChem Professional Becoming registered proves that you tasks and resources, whilst also taking an Development Programme.

6 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 Profile A closer look at our members and their interests Sean Thurston Meet the inspiring chemist following in Faraday’s footsteps at the Royal Institution

Q What inspired you to study chemistry? for their famous CHRISTMAS LECTURES, which seemed too good to pass by. After an interview in Dr Sean Thurston MRSC A As a young boy I became fascinated by my father’s which that year’s presenter, organic chemist Peter Sean is possibly the only fish, and was constantly asking questions about them. person in the world who Wothers, emerged from behind a door to ask what my A family holiday to the Jacques Cousteau Institute in has burned a diamond, favourite element was – “Iodine. Always iodine” – made caesium fluoride, France ignited my desire to become a scientist, and for I started work just three days later. and exploded a years I wanted to become a marine biologist. kilometre-long pipe of It was thanks to my Year 9 teacher, a classic-looking Q Do you have a favourite Royal hydrogen and oxygen. mad-scientist with massive grey hair and glasses, who Institution demonstration? had a somewhat explosive approach to teaching, that A I was thrown straight into working with Peter, chemistry first captured my attention. Someone made thinking about the experiments that we wanted to a joke while he was trying to explain something about show during the CHRISTMAS LECTURES. With almost methane, and he drew the structure up on the board – no limit to what we could do, I was able to bring that was what got me interested in chemistry. together experiments and guests from right across A year later I began work experience at Inspire, a public chemistry: from hearing about a toddler cured by an science centre in Norwich, and became interested in experimental xenon therapy to burning a diamond with not just learning chemistry, but talking about it with Nobel Prize winner Sir . other people. The dramatic climax of the lectures was a classic Q Have you always been interested demonstration: burning hydrogen in air to form water. “I’ve discovered Normally, this is done with a balloon full of hydrogen, in both academia and outreach? that I really love but the occasion demanded something bigger: much A Working at Inspire got me really into talking bigger, as it turned out. We decided to perform the inspiring kids to other people about science and getting other reaction in a length of pipe a kilometre long, which people interested in it. When I was offered a part- stretched all around the building, through the lecture into science, time job I gratefully accepted and throughout my theatre, the library and onto the balcony and roof. and it’s really A-levels I became more involved with science Despite a few problems – we didn’t realise at the time outreach. Through the Royal Society of Chemistry the logistics of handling a kilometre of pipe – the nice to I became involved with ChemNet, and later on as a experiment was ready just in time to be filmed for the STEM Ambassador. I went on to study chemistry at lectures. It’s now my favourite demonstration, and I see people the University of East Anglia, becoming especially have been lucky enough to perform it with the Royal interested in synthetic organic chemistry, as I loved the Institution in many places all around the world. enjoying the thrill of holding something that no one had ever made before. Initially I wanted to be a researcher, staying on Q How did your career move into workshops and to study for a PhD in organocatalysis. inspiring kids into science? knowing that Q How did you come to work at A I hesitate to call it a ‘career’, but, my career has the Royal Institution? always had two threads to it. There’s always been the I had a hand outreach side – through ChemNet and as a STEM A At the end of my PhD, a friend showed me an Ambassador; and then there’s been the academic side in it.” advert for a job at the Royal Institution as an assistant because I always saw myself going into research – I’ve always had an interest in wanting to help other people with it, I suppose, driven by the idea that if you could 14-18 YEAR-OLDS: JOIN CHEMNET FREE do something then you probably should. Get free chemistry help from our experts. After finishing my work on the lectures, luckily a job Find out where chemistry could take your career. working at the L’Oréal Young Scientist Centre came along. I design and run workshops where students Keep up to date with the world of chemistry. become a scientist or engineer for the day, testing Membership benefits include: their own ideas by designing and conducting creative • Exclusive members-only events, study help and careers advice. experiments. I’ve discovered I really love inspiring kids • Electronic copy of The Mole, our magazine just for 14-18 year students. into science and it’s really nice to see people enjoying • Ask the expert service – Dr ChemNet can answer your chemistry questions. the workshops, knowing that I had a hand in it. I can’t see myself ever wanting to leave the Royal Institution.

FEBRUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 7 Safeguarding the public

Our specialist qualifications promote public safety and support professionalism in the chemical sciences.

Whether it’s recognising people’s scientific achievements and contributions through awards and professional registers or providing our members with opportunities to develop their skills through mentoring, training and continuing professional development, we support professionalism in our community in a many different ways. In fact, our work in this area is deeply embedded in our mission, with our Royal Charter stating that one of our objectives is “to establish, uphold and advance the standards of qualification, competence and conduct of those who practise chemistry as a profession”.

WORDS JANE MCLAUCHLIN ANDREA MCGHEE

8 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 A professional chemical science community is a Maintaining the safety of our food community that has the right people with the right Following the horse meat scandal in the UK, in which skills. And we want to make sure that anyone who horse meat was substituted for beef, the work of Public works with chemistry has the right tools and resources, Analysts has entered the spotlight. They are highly- knowledge and skills, and training and support to be skilled analytical scientists who are responsible for professional in everything they do. One of the ways in the safety and quality of our foods. They also test a which we do this is by providing our members with the wide range of consumer goods, water and air samples opportunity to achieve a range of different professional that may have an effect on human health or the accolades that allow individuals to clearly demonstrate environment. the professional standards they have reached. In the UK, each Local Authority (including other Ranging from chartered chemist (CChem), chartered Food Authorities) must appoint one or more Public scientist (CSci) and chartered science teacher Analysts, who, in turn, must hold an MChemA, which (CSciTeach) status to the registered scientist (RSci) we award in line with the Food Safety (Sampling and and registered science technician (RSciTech) registers, Qualifications) Regulations 2013. In addition, Public professional designations indicate an accredited Analysts get involved in a range of different activities, standard of competence beyond official qualifications. and they are named in about 30 other pieces of UK In addition to these broad designations, we also award legislation. a number of specialist qualifications, including the Qualified Person (QP) register and the Mastership in Chemical Analysis (MChemA), that indicate that an How to obtain MChemA individual demonstrates the necessary skills to carry out We have offered the MChemA qualification for more their role in safeguarding quality and public safety. than 100 years. Initially, it was awarded as the Branch E Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and Safeguarding the quality has been designated the MChemA since 1968. The qualification is run by the MChemA Examinations of medicines Board, which consists of Public Analysts and other Anyone manufacturing pharmaceutical products is Royal Society of Chemistry members who are legally bound to have a QP who controls the quality experienced in analytical science and regulation. and safety of medicines and certifies their release for In order to qualify as MChemA, candidates have to take public use. Any pharmaceutical product manufactured a three-component examination. The first two parts in or imported into the EU requires a licence from the assess their knowledge regulatory authority, and it is the QP who is responsible Candidates take a three stage exam. Part A and Part B for ensuring that the final product complies with it. cover general analytical chemistry and the applications The QP designation was first introduced in the EU in of analytical chemistry, both of which are essential to 1975 with the aim of improving the safety of drugs after the work of a Public Analysts. The final part comprises adverse effects of drugs like thalidomide coming onto a detailed portfolio of the candidate’s knowledge, the market. experience and skills, and a one-day practical In the UK, the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 examination to test the candidate’s investigative and describes the requirements for the QP and the role problem-solving skills. For regulations, the syllabus of the professional bodies. Together with the Royal and guidance notes, visit http://rsc.li/mchema- Pharmaceutical Society and the Society of Biology we guidance-2015 jointly assess the eligibility of our members to act as QP on behalf of the Medicines and Healthcare products Championing professional Regulatory Agency and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. In addition, we maintain a register of all development those members who are eligible to act as QP. One of the things that is common to all of the professional qualifications we award – whether Reaching QP status QP, MChemA or one of the other designations – is continuing professional development (CPD). The Candidates who would like to qualify as QP have to holders of any professional qualification are committed satisfy the legislative requirements for qualifications and to maintaining, improving and broadening their experience and need to demonstrate a certain level of knowledge and skills to ensure continuing competence expert knowledge and experience in pharmaceutical as a professional throughout their career. In practice, manufacture. Following the submission of their this means that all members with professional application form providing a detailed account of their qualifications are expected to keep their knowledge relevant knowledge and experience, all candidates and skills up to date and that we might ask them to are invited to attend a professional interview. In order provide evidence of this on an annually basis. to support their application, candidates must be supported by a sponsor – usually a QP themselves More than 60% of our eligible members hold CChem – who can attest to the candidate’s experience and status, and interest in this and other designations advise on training and the assessment. continues to increase. But whether you are part of the group of 16,000 CChem holders or one of the 600 Our Register of Eligible Qualified Persons currently QPs listed in our registers, you can rightly be proud of includes around 600 QPs. If you would like to find out your professional qualifications. Having obtained them, more information about applying to become a QP, you are clearly demonstrating to your employers, your © SHUTTERSTOCK visit http://rsc.li/qualified-person clients and the general public that you take your role as For information on the latest regulatory scientist seriously and act in an informed, responsible requirements, take a look at our study guide at and professional manner in order to safeguard our http://rsc.li/qp-study-guide everyday lives.

FEBRUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 9 Our strategy When creating a strategy for the whole organisation, we look towards an ambitious future while drawing on our traditional strengths

Chemistry is everywhere and in everything – as chemists we know In 1848, Queen Victoria granted a Royal Charter, confirming its this. This means that we have an interest in almost every aspect of purpose of “the general advancement of Chemical Science”. After society, whether that’s research, education, government policy or 170 years that purpose is just as relevant and valid, but we pursue it everyday life. With such an incredibly broad field of opportunities on a scale those initial 77 members would find inconceivable. We for chemists and chemistry to have a positive impact on the world, now have over 51,000 members across the world, an internationally- it’s important for us to prioritise those countless possibilities. We do renowned and award-winning not-for-profit knowledge business, this by creating a strategy: a set of guiding principles and goals that and a reputation as an influential champion for the chemical sciences. articulate where can make the greatest impact and most efficiently Our global community now spans hundreds of thousands of use our resources. scientists, librarians, teachers, students, pupils and people who love Our current strategy was created in consultation with staff and chemistry. Together we are the world’s leading chemistry community members, and agreed by Council in 2012. It outlines the areas in and our shared mission is to advance excellence in the chemical which we can make a positive difference, what we hope to achieve, sciences. and how we will go about achieving those goals. But perhaps most importantly it explains why we’ve made these commitments. None of these programmes and projects are arbitrary; they flow from our core Strengths strengths, using our combined talents and knowledge to tackle new Alongside the diversity of our community, there are other common challenges for the benefit of science and humanity. themes that stretch back through our entire history. If we look at the purpose and methods of the organisation as time goes on we see that, although the scope and scale have dramatically increased, our Beginnings core strengths have remained the same: We’ve been advancing excellence in the chemical sciences • our reputation as a globally-trusted provider and interpreter since 1841, when 77 scientists – including doctors, academics, of top-quality, accessible chemical science knowledge; manufacturers and entrepreneurs – formed the of London, with dialysis inventor Thomas Graham as their first President. • our deep understanding of the needs and solutions for developing skills in the chemical sciences at all levels; and Among those members were both household names in the burgeoning academic field of chemistry and those whose interests lay • our ability to create, facilitate and grow the chemical sciences primarily in the application of chemistry, perhaps most famously the community. waterproof fabric inventor Charles Macintosh. From those very early In 1841, we provided chemical knowledge by sharing the latest days, our community has included scientists working in academia, chemical discoveries, publishing Proceedings and Transactions, and industry and beyond. It was one of our great strengths in 1841 and it maintaining our Library. We had brought together the world’s first remains so in 2015. successful community of chemical scientists, providing facilities to

10 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 WORDS JON EDWARDS host members and visitors and welcoming international scientists to a student, a policymaker, or an interested member of the public, we FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: © ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (P10), © SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, © STEPHEN LAKE, MPP IMAGE CREATION (P11) share knowledge and ideas. In fact the very first paper presented at a want you to be able to get trustworthy chemical information in the Chemical Society meeting was submitted by the renowned German right format and style. chemist Justus von Liebig. Skills: we want to secure a strong, diverse and sustainable supply Skipping forward to 1980 and the formation of the Royal Society of of chemical scientists at all levels. From encouraging young people Chemistry, we can see how these strengths continued to flourish. We to study chemistry, making that education engaging, inspiring and were now publishing chemical science research journals and books, relevant, through to helping professional chemists train and develop hosting international conferences, and serving the public interest by throughout their careers, we want to support people in chemistry at providing analytical science expertise to the government. all levels and all stages of their education and careers. Through combining the Chemical Society with the Royal Institute Community: we want to bring together and empower our global of Chemistry and Society for Analytical Chemistry, we were now chemistry community for the benefit of science and humanity. As awarding and accrediting chemical science degrees, overseeing chemists further expand their horizons across scientific disciplines, training and qualification of analysts, and policing ethical practice geographical borders and open innovation, we’ll aim to bring them as the UK’s professional body for chemists. And by this point our together to collaborate and share knowledge. community had formed Divisions, interest groups, regional and local sections and started to recognise excellence with awards Member engagement and prizes. Members both lead and support the Royal Society of Chemistry. And what about 2015? We’re still providing trustworthy chemical Our President, Council and other governance committees – such science knowledge, using the latest technologies to make it more as the Science, Education and Industry Board and Membership & accessible. We’re now recognised experts in chemistry teaching Qualifications Board – make the top-level decisions on strategy at secondary school level, have expanded our accreditation about the future of the organisation, with close support from staff. programmes into vocational and industrial training and extended Our 51,000 members across the world deliver that strategy on the our professional recognition beyond traditional academic routes. ground: we rely on our generous, passionate members to be our Through new technologies and across new geographical boundaries most influential advocates for the chemical sciences. we’ve expanded and strengthened the global chemistry community An important part of our strategy is to further develop the way even further. members influence our future – whether that’s through broader consultation on the strategy itself, more support for on-the- Strategy ground activities, or more flexibility to better meet the specific How does all this history fit into creating a strategy for the future? It needs of different members groups. Through larger conferences helps us to understand where our strengths lie, and draw on them to like the General Assembly, member-led initiatives like the Regional be as effective as we possibly can be. We created a strategy that helps Steering Groups, and by enabling better member-to-member us to focus on providing reputable knowledge, understanding the communications, we aim to celebrate and empower our members. skills needs, and nurturing the community, so that we can best enable chemists worldwide to make discoveries, create new products, and An ambitious future play a key role in solving global challenges. The chemical sciences will play a vital role in prosperity – as they Knowledge: we want to make the best chemical science knowledge have done for hundreds of years. Better health, sustainable resources accessible to all those who need it. This means that while we and new technologies will all depend on chemists working together continue to grow the quality and quantity of our journals, books and and with others. And so we must focus on doing what we’re best at conferences, we’ll also be using new technologies and methods to doing: using our three core strengths to bring people together and reach more people, more easily. Whether you’re a scientist, a teacher, advance excellence in the chemical sciences.

FEBRUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 11 Opinion Letters and comments on RSC activities and issues

FROM THE EDITOR Everyone can edit Wikipedia In response to offering Wikipedia editors access to Royal Society of Chemistry The New Year resources (RSC News January 2015), I would like to say ‘impressive step’. meant a new start Members should note that essentially anyone can edit Wikipedia entries, and and a change of anyone can get an account to enable editing more formally. I frequently make editor for RSC small corrections to articles when I encounter errors or infelicities. News. Before I Clearly, anyone with specific knowledge can a make a contribution of value. I would look forward, I’d encourage all members to edit whenever they feel there is a factual problem even like to take the if disinclined to create a full article or section (although this of course remains a possibility for those with the motivation and time). opportunity to reflect, thanking Professor Brian W. Darvell CSci CChem FRSC Jabriya, Kuwait Annika Grandison for her huge professionalism and the excellent job Thank you for sharing your thoughts and also for contributing to Wikipedia and she’s done in the editor’s chair. encouraging others to do likewise. Every change – from correcting a misplaced apostrophe to significantly expanding an article – helps. We recognise that This issue also contains a good slice Wikipedia is the first port of call for information on chemistry topics for students of professionalism, from the way our and the general public and, no doubt, many chemists. colleagues protect the public (p10) Our donation of access to our portfolio of journals and databases to 100 active to your qualification options (p6) and Wikipedia editors, who already edit on chemistry topics, is just one of the ways in the benefits of continuing to develop which we’re helping to make a real difference to the quality of chemical science throughout your career (opposite page). information available on Wikipedia around the world, in many languages. And the looking back and looking In addition, we are planning many other collaborative activities during the coming months, including hosting dedicated events to help our members to start editing forward theme continues with a Wikipedia. fascinating insight into how we articulate If you’d like to find out more about our Wikipedia-related activities, you can our strategy, looking towards an read more on the MyRSC blog at http://my.rsc.org/blogs/490/ ambitious future while drawing on our Andy Mabbett, Wikimedian in Residence traditional strengths (p8). Royal Society of Chemistry Working in our news and media team, I know there are plans in place for hugely exciting, inspirational and important On tackling climate change projects this year. I look forward both to bringing you news of them and hearing In the January 2015 issue of RSC News (‘Global challenges, chemistry solutions’ on p8), Deirdre Black outlines the valuable contribution chemical science can make to how you’re getting involved. reducing the impact of climate change by developing technologies to help us adapt to and mitigate that impact. However since mitigating simply means ‘reducing the severity of’ a particular situation, we should add minimising (the ultimate cause of that situation) to our two goals.

For example, we could look to reduce the actual amount of CO2 released to the Edwin Silvester atmosphere by helping to develop carbon capture and storage by finding a way of [email protected] using that carbon source so it becomes a valuable resource rather than just a waste product to be disposed of, to improve the efficiency of alternative energy sources RSC News welcomes letters, which should be such as solar panels or to devise better/cheaper insulation materials. concise (normally less than 300 words) and By all means, let’s still look for ways of minimising the impact of, or adapting to,

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12 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 Competence, commitment and credibility Why is CPD important, asks Jenny Boxwell

When I think about Continuing Professional the profile of the RSC across AWE and highlighting the Development (CPD), one of the first words that jumps benefits of being part of the chemistry community. to mind is ‘opportunities’ – those we make and those The range of development opportunities available we take. I was privileged to receive an invitation to alongside my specific technical role within materials present at the recent Royal Society of Chemistry science included networking at conferences, a short General Assembly in Manchester. I felt it was a fantastic secondment, supervision of a university placement opportunity to support my CPD. student, giving technical presentations to my peers and So, why is CPD important? Of course there are two the wider AWE community, and co-authoring external points of view to consider – the individual/employee technical publications (e.g. in the Polymer Degradation and the company/employer. and Stability journal). The value of CPD is significant. Companies that I gained confidence when voted, by my peers, to be Dr Jenny Boxwell support and encourage CPD for all their staff will be the science graduate representative. The role enabled is a programme manager rewarded with the ability to not only recruit highly- me to discuss the views of the Graduate community at AWE, a Chartered skilled individuals, but also retain them. Competition with senior managers and I started to broaden Chemist and Chartered Scientist. for such individuals – particularly in the chemical my knowledge of AWE. As part of the Graduate sciences – is fierce and the importance and value of Programme, I was part of a cross-company team training and development plans for employees, along that developed an electronic study aid for Key Stage with clear career paths and mentors (where necessary), 3 students, a learning tool which a local school could should not be underestimated. It is in the interest of use to help pupils build a good foundation in the every company, no matter what their business is, to sciences before embarking on their GCSEs. ensure staff achieve their maximum potential. This in turn provides real benefit to the UK skills base. New challenges From my own perspective, CPD increases confidence I have represented AWE and the chemistry community and motivation, instils individual pride and provides at a number of careers fairs and participated in ‘Aim a sense of personal achievement. I feel it also Higher’ initiatives to raise awareness amongst school demonstrates commitment and competence, as children of the exciting opportunities available to them well as professional credibility. I think it’s essential in science. I found these events particularly rewarding; for individuals to take responsibility for their own there is no substitute for face-to-face discussions with development but seek support and guidance from the schoolchildren who may have the potential to be mentors and managers when appropriate. the next generation of leading chemical scientists. Indeed, AWE undertakes graduate projects each year Finding opportunities as part of its schools outreach programme aimed at different age groups. Chemistry has been at the core of my career, although I’ve moved away from the laboratory bench to an Following a short project management placement office-based role along the way. The Atomic Weapons within materials science, I successfully completed Establishment (AWE) is responsible for building and the Association for Project Management (APM) maintaining Trident warheads for the UK deterrent Introductory Course and then took on the role of Team and for delivering innovative national nuclear security Leader Polymer Development and Characterisation solutions. On joining AWE as a research chemist in in 2007, which developed my leadership and the Materials Science Research Division, I was the first management skills. In 2008, I was keen to look for new member of staff to enrol onto the new RSC-Accredited challenges and became the Programme Manager for “CPD increases scheme. After proving I met the 12 Chartered Chemist AWE’s materials science area. (CChem) attributes and an interview, I was thrilled to I continue to seek new development opportunities confidence be awarded CChem and Chartered Scientist (CSci) and participated in the General Assembly discussion status in 2005. session on the importance of inclusion and diversity and motivation, I was very proud to be one of the first three (female) in the chemical sciences. I have recently talked to instils individual members of staff to achieve chartership via the colleagues about promoting careers for women in scheme and was delighted when the Royal Society STEM and actively support the national WISE (Women pride and of Chemistry appointed me as a site representative. in Science and Engineering) campaign. I have since mentored a number of candidates on So going back to my original question – why is CPD provides the scheme, in addition to undertaking reviews for important? I believe that opportunities are central to a sense of MRSC and CChem, and I continue to manage the CPD and it is in our own interest to realise them for Accreditation Scheme. Most recently I have become a our own benefit, to continually develop, and for personal member of the new Head of Profession Chemistry and ensuring continued success in the organisation at Materials Support Team – which focuses on enhancing which we work. achievement.”

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IN THE DIARY RSC conferences ANNOUNCING Conferences 14 Challenges in Faraday Discussion Organic Materials and Supramolecular Chemistry Events 15 Nanoparticle Assembly: From (ISACS18) Fundamentals to Applications Eastern 15 19-21 November 2015 7–9 January 2016 Bangalore, India International 15 Mumbai, India http://rsc.li/isacs18 Midlands 15 Abstract submission deadline – 20 April 2015 Complementing the meeting on Nanoparticle DATES AND North East 16 Synthesis and Assembly (Chicago, USA, April 2015), this Discussion DEADLINES focuses on the rapidly evolving field of nanoparticle self- and driven North West 16 assembly. Nucleation – a Transition State to the Directed Three distinct classes of materials where nanoparticle assembly Scotland 16 Assembly of Materials holds significant potential for applications will be covered – with a (Faraday Discussion) South East 17 view to determining common features of structural organisation on 30 March-1 April 2015 the . As such, it is an excellent opportunity to consider the South West 18 Leeds, UK implications of these ideas for the broader field of . Bursary applications: Wales 18 Does your research align with any of our central themes? 9 February 2015 • synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles and their assemblies Early bird registration: Notices 19 • modeling and theory 9 February 2015 Final registration: Admissions 22 • nanocomposites 2 March 2015 Deaths 23 • applications to soft matter http://rsc.li/nucleation- If so, don’t miss this chance to get your work published. Submit your fd2015 abstract by 20 April. Corrosion Chemistry http://rsc.li/assembly-fd2016 (Faraday Discussion) 13-15 April 2015 NOTICES London, UK Poster abstract submission: Directing Biosynthesis IV 9 February 2015 25-27 March 2015 Bursary applications: Norwich, UK 23 February 2015 Final registration deadline 25 February 2015 Early bird registration: Natural products produced predominantly by 23 February 2015 microorganisms and plants have inspired the http://rsc.li/corrosion- development of many blockbuster drugs and crop fd2015 protection agents. As such, Natural Products research is strategically Nanoparticle Synthesis important to industry and society globally. and Assembly (Faraday Directing Biosynthesis IV will be the fourth in a successful series of Discussion) meetings. This 2014 Conference will be set around 5 key session 20-22 April 2015 Chicago, USA Our South Africa Local Section themes: Poster abstract submission: take children on a molecular • natural products frontiers journey of discovery (p20). 16 February 2015 • discovery and diversity Early bird registration: • perspective: thiotemplate assembly line biosynthesis 2 March 2015 Further • tools & technology http://rsc.li/nanoparticle- fd2015 information • synthetic biology and bioengineering Challenges in Chemical To find out more about any This is a significant networking opportunity orf anybody interested in Biology (ISACS16) event on this page, see the biosynthesis of natural products. Make sure you register now to 15-18 June 2015 www.rsc.org/events be a part of DBIV. Zurich, Switzerland Call +44 (0) 1223 43 http://rsc.li/dbiv Oral abstract submission 2254/2380 deadline – 9 February 2015 Or email [email protected] http://rsc.li/isacs16

14 RSC NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 Teacher Training Scholarships Inspire the next generation Apply for a Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Training Scholarship Diary Events i http://rsc.li/teacher-scholarships mobile devices in the teaching and Your guide to all important events IRELAND learning of chemistry. There is no Further information registration fee and a certificate of Northern Ireland Section attendance will be provided. The RSC News Diary this month lists RSC events from February to Contact Sandy Wilkinson March 2015 that are held on the RSC conference database. Further The Chemists’ War 0121 414 4866 details on any of these meetings can be obtained from the named 1914-1918 [email protected] contact or from the conference website at www.rsc.org/events 19 February You can search events by name, date or keywords and have the Discovering New Medicines: The Somme Museum, The Role Of The Chemist option to browse by location, subject area and event type. Newtownards Chemistry underpinned military 10 February 2015 strategy and determined the shape, University of Birmingham duration and outcome of the First After a brief review of ailments Biological and Medicinal through the ages the lecture will EASTERN World War. Michael Freemantle will Chemistry Sector describe how the First World War look at the many roles played Fragments 2015: Fifth was a ‘Chemists’ War’. Chemistry by chemists in the modern drug East Anglia Section RSC-BMCS Fragment-Based underpinned military strategy and discovery process. A lecture for Drug Discovery Meeting determined the shape, duration Sixth Form students. Tickets are free but registration is required. UEA School of Chemistry 22-24 March and outcome of the First World Contact N Briggs Research Seminar Churchill College, Cambridge War. Chemistry was not only a 01827 311205 11 February The aim of the meeting will be to destructive instrument of war but [email protected] University of East Anglia, Norwich continue the focus on case studies also protected troops and healed Prof Michael Greaney of the in Fragment-based Drug Discovery the sick and wounded. RSC Midlands will give that have delivered compounds Contact Dermot Hanna Regional Meeting a lecture on research in organic to late stage medicinal chemistry, 07894 309840 chemistry. preclinical or clinical programmes. [email protected] 5 February Contact John Fielden The conference will include IET Birmingham 01603 593137 successful examples from all types Once a year active RSC members [email protected] of fragment-based approaches, Other Events attend our regional meetings. including high concentration, NMR, These provide a fantastic UEA School of Chemistry SPR and X-ray screening. RSC Ireland opportunity for members to meet Research Seminar Contact Maggi Churchouse Regional Meeting representatives of RSC Council and to find out more about our 11 March 01359 221004 12 March strategic goals. It is also the University of East Anglia, Norwich maggi@maggichurchouseevents. Chartered Accountants House, perfect opportunity to discover the Dr Chris Russell of the University co.uk Dublin wonderful work of our member of Bristol will give a lecture Once a year active RSC members networks and the work we are on research in organometallic Chemistry Biology attend our regional meetings. doing to support your community, chemistry. Interface Division These provide a fantastic and network with RSC staff and Contact John Fielden Directing Biosynthesis IV opportunity for members to meet members in your local area. 01603 593137 representatives of RSC Council 25-27 March Attendance is by invitation only but [email protected] and to find out more about our The John Innes Centre, Norwich strategic goals. It is also the any interested member can apply Natural products produced perfect opportunity to discover the to attend. predominantly by microorganisms Other Events wonderful work of our member Contact Marie Chapman, RSC and plants have inspired the networks and the work we are 01223 432274 development of many blockbuster doing to support your community, [email protected] Analytical Division – drugs and crop protection agents. East Anglia and network with RSC staff and Natural Products research is Social Event – Gourmet Meal members in your local area. Energy Sector strategically important to industry Attendance is by invitation only but 12 March Early Career Energy Sector and society globally. any interested member can apply Cambridge Regional College Chemists Symposium Contact RSC Events Department to attend. The restaurant has been reserved 01223 432380 Contact Marie Chapman, RSC 6 February for an evening social event, where [email protected] 01223 432274 Rolls-Royce Learning & Career a three course meal, inclusive of [email protected] Development Centre (LCDC) wine, will be cooked and served to All chemists working in the energy us by the students, with their tutors area in the early stages of their overseeing the process. The cost of INTERNATIONAL careers and their supervisors attending this event will be £22.50 MIDLANDS are invited to attend, including per head. Members will be allowed Singapore Section industrial chemists, academic to bring along one guest. researchers, post-graduates, Contact Brian Woodget Communicating as a Other Events undergraduate students and those 07899 910954 Scientist Workshop with a background in chemistry. [email protected] Education Division – Midlands 4 February Contact Paul Brack Using ICT To Enhance [email protected] British Council Professional Teaching And Learning In Development Centre Chemistry Contact O. Koentjoro +65 9062 1052 3 February [email protected] The University of Birmingham, School of Education Teachers CPD Meeting. The meeting will explore ways of using ICT on tablets, computers and

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Khorana Prize Lecture by Seminar – Rita and John Prof Gideon Davies Cornforth Award, 2014 – NORTH WEST SCOTLAND 12 March Dr Paul Brennan University of Warwick, 3 March Lancaster and District Mid-Scotland Section Physics Lecture Theatre Section Prof Davies is the 2014 winner The speaker will address a Alchemy or How to Science, Scientists and Make of the RSC Khorana Prize for his general audience drawn from all Cinema seminal and lasting contributions parts of the subject and related 11 February to our understanding of areas, and ranging from Stage 4 10 February at 19.00 Ineos Exhibition Centre, enzymology, undergraduates to senior academic University of Central Lancashire. Grangemouth particularly in his pioneering work staff. All are welcome. Contact Harry Clarke A talk by Dr John Hudson that on conformational analysis of Contact Graeme Turnbull 01995 640003 takes a light-hearted look at action. 0191 227 4228 [email protected] the long history of alchemy. It Contact Christophe Corre [email protected] discusses the various phases of 02476 523557 alchemy – in Alexandria, Ancient [email protected] Other Events China, the Islamic world, and Southumbria Section in Europe. Professor Milo Shaffer: NMR Discussion Group Contact Mark Dennis Wine tasting – Alsace Corday-Morgan Prize 2014 07859 027868 Spring Meeting: and Jura Lecture Tour Diffusion NMR [email protected] 27 March 11 February 31 March Conoco Room, Louth University of Manchester, The Best of the Rest The School of Chemistry, Wine tasting followed by a buffet. Chemistry Building Birmingham University 27 March at 19.00 Cost £5.00 per person. Contact Sven Koehler This is a one day event focussing Best Western Park Hotel, Falkirk Contact Keith Hardy 0161 306 4448 on NMR diffusion, as applied Professor John Hepworth from 01507 603847 [email protected] to different disciplines of NMR Preston will delight us with a fine [email protected] selection of wines supplemented spectroscopy. The meeting will RSC Award Lecture include presentations from leading by a feast of appropriate cuisine. 11 February practitioners in addition to a poster Contact Mark Dennis Other Events University of Liverpool, session. 07859 027868 Chemistry Department, Contact Melanie Britton RSC Award Lecture: [email protected] Brunner Lecture Theatre 0121 414 4391 Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones Contact Roman Boulatov [email protected] 4 February 0151 794 3479 Tayside Section University of Leeds, School of [email protected] Chemistry RSC Tayside Section Annual General Meeting NORTH EAST Contact Paul Beales RSC North West 0113 343 9101 Regional Meeting 2 February [email protected] 12 February Discovery Centre for Translational Newcastle upon Tyne and & Interdisciplinary Research, North East Section Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Water Science Forum, Preston University of Dundee Environmental Chemistry Once a year active RSC members After the formal meeting, there will Seminar – Dr John Spencer Group, International Network attend our regional meetings. be a tour of the Centre conducted of Environmental Forensics 3 February These provide a fantastic by Dr David Foley, University of Newcastle University Emerging Contaminants in opportunity for members to meet Dundee, followed by dinner at a The speaker will address a Waters and Soils, Practical representatives of RSC Council local restaurant. All are invited, and general audience drawn from all Considerations: Sampling, and to find out more about our attendees pay for their own dinner. parts of the subject and related Analysis and Consequences. strategic goals. It is also the Contact Neil Keddie areas, and ranging from Stage 4 4 March perfect opportunity to discover the 01334 467254 undergraduates to senior academic The Source Skills Academy, wonderful work of our member [email protected] staff. All are welcome. Sheffield networks and the work we are Contact Graeme Turnbull Contact Kevin Prior doing to support your community, 0191 227 4228 01890 818050 and network with RSC staff and Other Events [email protected] [email protected] members in your local area. RSC Scotland Regional Contact Marie Chapman, RSC Seminar – Prof Duncan Wass Meeting 2015 Faraday Division 01223 432274 10 February Nucleation – A Transition [email protected] 19 February Newcastle University State to the Directed IET Glasgow The speaker will address a Assembly of Materials: REACH and Small Businesses Once a year active RSC members general audience drawn from all Faraday Discussion Workshop attend our regional meetings. These provide a fantastic parts of the subject and related 25 February 30 March-1 April opportunity for members to meet areas, and ranging from Stage 4 Radisson Blu Hotel Manchester Leeds MET representatives of RSC Council undergraduates to senior academic Airport The crystallisation phase and to find out more about our staff. All are welcome. The Royal Society of Chemistry is transformation process and the strategic goals. It is also the Contact Graeme Turnbull partnering with REACHReady to resulting creation of crystalline perfect opportunity to discover the 0191 227 4228 deliver this one-day workshops materials from liquid phase wonderful work of our member [email protected] on REACH. The programme has precursors are central to the networks and the work we are been specifically tailored for small science and process engineering. doing to support your community, companies in the chemical and Contact RSC Events Department and network with RSC staff and downstream industries. 01223 432380 members in your local area. Contact RSC Events [email protected] Attendance is by invitation only but 01223 432380 any interested member can apply [email protected] to attend. Contact Marie Chapman, RSC 01223 432274 [email protected]

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Protein and Peptide Faraday Division 2014 Corday-Morgan Science Group Other Events Nanoplasmonics: Prize Winner Lecture Nanopeptide Faraday Discussion 178 Organic Division 18 March 2-4 March RSC South East Regional 16-18 February University College London University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Meeting – Organic Division The Royal Society of Chemistry, This is a lecture delivered by Programme Topics range from Burlington House, London Professor Molly Stevens from materials science, soft matter 4 February Recent advances in nanofabrication Imperial College London, the 2014 physics, biophysics and chemistry Imperial College London, and subwavelength optical winner of the RSC’s Corday- through to biomedical applications Skempton Building characterisation have led to Morgan Prize. Professor Stevens of peptide and biomaterials. The meeting will include talks significant new advances was awarded the Corday-Morgan Contact Stephen Hoare from three 2014 RSC Award in plasmonics. In addition Prize for her research in the field 01949 839586 Winners as well as a wine reception to traditional top-down of biomedical materials, especially [email protected] and a poster session to provide nanofabrication techniques, her development of nanoparticles opportunities for students to chemical-based fabrication and diagnostic platforms that can participate. has emerged as an inexpensive detect biomarkers corresponding Contact Matt Fuchter and viable alternative with to specific disease states such as SOUTH EAST 0207 594 5815 electrochemical and self- cancer and infectious disease. [email protected] organisation methods for Contact Martijn Zwijnenburg Chilterns and Middlesex fabrication of plasmonic 0207 679 4558 Section Joint Pharmaceutical nanoparticles and extended [email protected] Analysis Group plasmonic structures. The meeting Visit to the Bank of England Quality Risk Management: will focus on areas where progress 2014 Rita and John Museum a Pragmatic Approach is expected to have a most Cornforth Award Winner Lecture 18 February 5 February significant impact on a whole Bank of England Museum GlaxoSmithKline area of nanoplasmonics and on 18 March Video presentation ‘Bank of QRM uses risk assessment to commercial exploitation. University College London England Past & Present’ and identify & control issues in product Contact RSC Events This is a lecture delivered by viewing of museum exhibits, development using scientific 01223 432254 Professor Stefan Knapp of the followed by lunch in local approaches to estimate likelihood, [email protected] Structural Genomics Consortium restaurant. method development and at the University of Oxford, the Contact Dr Stephen Robinson specification setting. Education Division 2014 winner of the RSC’s Rita and 0208 546 7940 Contact Amy Le Vannais Directors of Undergraduate John Cornforth Award. The topic [email protected] 0207 572 2326 Teaching Policy of the lecture is ‘Specific targeting [email protected] 25 February at 10.30 of protein interactions mediated by The Royal Society of Chemistry, epigenetic reader domains’. Kent Section Drug Discovery Workshop Burlington House, London Contact Hugo Bronstein 6 February This meeting brings together 0207 679 7466 ‘Fuels for the Future’ British Society of Biology, [email protected] Science Week Symposium directors of undergraduate Charles Darwin House chemistry teaching in UK 18 March This course is suitable for scientists universities to discuss policy issues Joint Pharmaceutical University of Greenwich at Medway considering a career in the that affect the sector and share Analysis Group This symposium is aimed at Yr 11 pharmaceutical industry, academics examples of best practice. Combating Counterfeit and A-Level students, with the who want to understand more Contact Izzie Radford, RSC Medicines: the Solutions intention of promoting diverse and about where medicines come from 01223 420066 19 March exciting science based careers. The and a wide variety of people who [email protected] The Royal Society of Chemistry, event is not only open to students interact with scientists working Burlington House, London and parents – we would like in the drug discovery arena. The Biological and Medicinal Sub-standard and counterfeit anyone with a passionate interest course is run by the Society of Chemistry Sector medicines are a great threat in science to attend. Biology in collaboration with the Mastering MedChem: to patient health and safety as Contact Sam Booth Royal Society of Chemistry and the 1st RSC-BMCS symposium well as the profitability of the 0208 331 9965 Biochemical Society. Members are on mastering medicinal UK pharmaceutical industry. [email protected] entitled a 75% discount. chemistry This symposium looks at the big Contact Society of Biology’s 26 February issues and current best practice: Annual General Meeting training officer The Royal Society of Chemistry, designing the formulation of 0207 685 2550 25 March Burlington House, London medicines for authentication, the [email protected] Kent Science Park In the main there are two types steps being taken by the European AGM followed by a lecture: ‘A Mass of drug discovery programmes: pharmaceutical industry to Environmental Chemistry Spectrometer Too Far? The Rosetta those that hit serious problems and implement the European Falsified Group, Separation Science Mission to Analyse a Comet’ by those that are going to hit serious Medicines Directive as well as the Group, Analytical Division Prof John Todd, University of problems. The difference between MHRA’s enforcement successes Kent. Both members and partners/ New developments in success and failure is how we, as and the role of its Laboratory. guests are welcome at the AGM the analysis of complex medicinal chemists, tackle and Contact Amy Le Vannais and lecture. If you are interested in environmental matrices resolve the problems. 0207 572 2326 serving on the Kent Local Section 6 February Contact Maggi Churchouse [email protected] committee in any capacity, please The Royal Society of Chemistry at 01359 221004 contact Dave Alker by 13 March. Burlington House, London maggi@maggichurchouseevents. Contact Dave Alker This meeting aims to cover co.uk 07962 929700 developments in analytical [email protected] instrumentation that make it possible to simultaneously analyse numerous pollutants in complex matrices using minimal sample clean-up. Contact Roger Reeve 0191 515 2596 [email protected]

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Marketing Group Chemistry and Biology Top Secret – British Boffins Other Events of Englerin A Other Events in WWII RSC Southwest 2 March 2015 RSC Wales 23 March Regional Meeting Cardiff University Regional Meeting The Royal Society of Chemistry, Contact James Redman 19 March 5 March Burlington House, London 02920 876273 Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre Millennium Stadium, Cardiff This talk will bring to light some of [email protected] Once a year active RSC members Once a year active RSC members the remarkable achievements by attend our regional meetings. attend our regional meetings. academics in aid of the war efforts, Microwave-assisted These provide a fantastic These provide a fantastic People from Alan Turing, working Synthesis of Noble Metal opportunity for members to meet opportunity for members to meet in Bletchley Park, to people who and Bimetal Nanosols. representatives of RSC Council representatives of RSC Council designed and supervised the and to find out more about our 16 March and to find out more about our Mulberry Harbours for the invasion strategic goals. It is also the Cardiff University strategic goals. It is also the of France. Sir Frank Whittle also perfect opportunity to discover the The seminar lasts for approximately perfect opportunity to discover the came to the public’s attention for wonderful work of our member one hour. wonderful work of our member his war work on the jet engine. networks and the work we are Contact James Redman networks and the work we are Contact Paul Fielding doing to support your community, 02920 876273 doing to support your community, 01256 478509 and network with RSC staff and [email protected] and network with RSC staff and [email protected] members in your local area. members in your local area. Attendance is by invitation only but Multicomponent Attendance is by invitation only but Dalton Division any interested member can apply Supramolecular any interested member can apply Poster Symposium to attend. Hydrogels to attend. 31 March Contact Marie Chapman, RSC 23 March Contact Marie Chapman, RSC The Royal Society of Chemistry, 01223 432274 Cardiff University 01223 432274 Burlington House, London [email protected] The seminar will last for one hour. [email protected] A poster symposium, bringing No registration necessary. together young inorganic chemists Contact James Redman from across the breadth of the field 02920 876273 to give them the opportunity to WALES [email protected] present their work to their peers and senior representatives from South East Wales Section Adventures in Continuous industry and academia, with the Flow Chemistry opportunity to win significant Porphyrins and Related 30 March prizes. Systems for Multimodal Cardiff University Contact RSC Events Team Imaging Contact James Redman 01223 434048 2 February 02920 876273 [email protected] Cardiff University [email protected] Contact James Redman 02920 876273 South Wales West Section SOUTH WEST [email protected] Adventures with Oxygen: 3D Printing of A Radical Perspective Bristol and District Section Chemical Reactors 19 February 9 February Annual General Meeting Neath Port Talbot College Cardiff University followed by lecture From Contact Bill George No registration necessary. Bunsen to POWs: Dr K E 01792 406994 Contact James Redman Markel, a Chemist in the [email protected] Great War 02920 876273 [email protected] 5 February Annual General Meeting and Dinner BAWA, Bristol Modelling Isotope Effects in Free Buffet available after AGM. the Supramolecular Age 24 March Lecture follows. Booking essential Sketty Hall, Swansea 16 February for the buffet. Dinner preceded by the Cardiff University Contact Hilary Kitchen Local Section AGM No registration necessary. 0117 939 2563 Contact John Davies Contact James Redman [email protected] 01792 894778 02920 876273 [email protected] Superconducting [email protected] Seaweed Adventure in Organic Design of Artificial Chemistry: Synthesis 9 February Metalloenzymes Structure and Mechanism Swindon Academy for Applications in Public event Homogeneous Catalysis 26 March Contact Tim Harrison Swansea University 23 February 0117 928 8663 Contact Bill George Cardiff University [email protected] 01792 406994 No registration necessary. [email protected] Grow Your Own Contact James Redman Diamonds 02920 876273 [email protected] 25 March Contact Tim Harrison 0117 928 8663 [email protected]

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Try your hand at research with our Looking for nominations for Undergraduate Bursaries our governance bodies Since 2012, we have been awarding Undergraduate Research Bursaries to We have a number of vacancies on our Council, Boards support promising chemistry undergraduates to gain valuable research and Divisions. We would like the members serving on our experience in a university or industry. The popular scheme has been going from governance bodies to represent the breadth and diversity strength to strength, and this year we have increased the number of bursaries of the chemical sciences, and are looking for nominations on offer from 35 to 90 in order to support even more students across the UK for these positions. and the Republic of Ireland. The closing date for nominations is 6 March. For The principle behind the scheme is simple: we fund undergraduate students further information on our vacancies, visit studying chemical-science-related degrees to undertake a six-to-eight- week http://rsc.li/vacancies-elections long research placement. This provides them with experience of real-life If nominations exceed vacancies, external provider research, which can be far removed from the teaching lab. Mi-Voice will help us manage an electronic and paper- As these summer research placements open for applications for another set based election process. All members who have provided of students, those who completed a placement last year gave us some very us with a valid email address will be invited to vote positive feedback. Youssef Itani, a student from London Metropolitan University, electronically. If you would like to update your email for example, found that “the research experience provided valuable insight, address, please contact [email protected] before introduced new skills and honed existing competencies in a very short period 20 March. of time.” Voting papers will be posted to all members who have He went on to say: “I developed a greater understanding of the approaches not provided a valid email address. to problems, became more appreciative of precision and lab etiquette as well as working on practical applications to theories learned previously during my course. Overall I would recommend others to apply for such opportunities as the experience introduces one to a whole new world beyond the classroom Help shape the future of and practicals carried out throughout a degree course.” chemistry through IUPAC This year’s application round closes on 22 February. For more information on This year’s IUPAC World Chemistry Congress and how to apply, visit http://rsc.li/undergrad-bursary General Assembly will take place in Busan, South Korea, from 6-13 August. As IUPAC’s National Adhering Organisation for the UK, we are offering several bursaries for ‘young observers’ to encourage younger scientists to take an active part in the General Assembly as part of the UK delegation. Formed in 1919, IUPAC represents chemists worldwide through work relating to the nomenclature, terminology, standards, and data for all the chemistry sub-disciplines. IUPAC’s work is based on the contributions of leading chemists in academia, government and industry that are elected by their peers on the basis of their scientific contribution. Through its Project System, where more than a thousand expert chemists are engaged in task groups, IUPAC contributes strongly to key issues in the chemical sciences, including sustainable development, , toxicology, medicinal chemistry and education. Each bursary offers up to £2,500 towards the cost of travel, registration and accommodation. The programme provides an excellent opportunity to establish international collaborations, gain knowledge of global research activities and participate in IUPAC’s work, with the intention of becoming active within IUPAC Projects,

© IMAGE COURTESY OF NICK CHATTERTON NICK OF COURTESY © IMAGE Committees and Divisions in the future. At the meeting, During his research placement, Youssef had a chance to young observers will also participate in the World explore chemistry research. Chemistry Leadership Meeting, which this year will focus on chemistry’s contribution towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Applicants should be members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, resident in the UK or Ireland and, typically, under the age of 45. Your application should include a CV, publication list and a letter that includes confirmation of your current status and affiliation. The application deadline is 27 February. For further information, visit www.iupac.org and www.iupac2015.org or contact our Head of Emerging Markets, David Clark, at [email protected]

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South Africa Local Section takes children on molecular journey At the end of last year, our South Africa (South) Local Section came Harry and his friends attempted to foil Voldemort and his cronies together with the University of Capetown’s chemistry department before they could discover the of doom (which turned to organise Jack Elsworth lecture/demonstration titled ‘How to train out to be sugar). your molecule’. This year’s production of ‘How to train your molecule’ also The event used to be known as the annual ‘Christmas lecture’, when intended to enthuse the next generation with chemistry. During Dr Jack Elsworth, who taught chemistry to medical students at the the performance, schoolchildren and their parents followed the University of Capetown for decades, organised a special lecture with adventures of sodium and chlorine (who learnt about the romantic experiments to demonstrate to schoolchildren the exciting chemistry attraction of an ionic bond), nitrogen (whose purpose in the in the world we live in. In recent years, the event has been taken laboratory is to keep things very, very cold) and carbon dioxide over by postgraduate students and staff from the university, who put (who, despite being breathed out by everyone because “they don’t together an evening performance with bangs, whistles and changing want me”, discovers that she has a useful purpose after all as a key colours with the aim to entertain and educate. ingredient for photosynthesis). Previously, audiences experienced Dorothy and Toto defeat the For the past two years, the organisers also brought in children from profit-hungry Wicked Witch that was destroying the land with air underprivileged areas around Cape Town for a special afternoon pollution from her factories in ‘The wizard of O2’. Another time, performance.

The cast took the audience on an entertaining journey of atoms and .

Through the performance, schoolchildren had a chance to learn about chemistry in an entertaining way. © IMAGES COURTESY OF SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH LOCAL SECTION LOCAL SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH OF COURTESY © IMAGES

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Connecting pedagogical researchers across the Atlantic through our bursaries Pedagogical research in higher education in science in the USA is of Leeds) and David Read (University of Southampton) attended the much better funded than it is in the UK, and there is a greater range Biennial Conference on Chemical Education at Grand Valley State of high-quality pedagogical research in higher education in the USA. University in August last year. Nonetheless, there is limited contact and collaboration between On her return to the UK, Julie commented: “I learnt a lot from the researchers there and in the UK. sessions I attended, which I plan to take back and introduce into To help address this situation and to work towards raising the my teaching and share new ideas with my colleagues. It was a great profile of research in this area in the UK, our Education Division is learning curve and has given me the opportunity to gain many new offering our members a chance to widen their contacts and explore ideas and have a better understanding of pedagogic research. It was pedagogical research in the USA through a bursary scheme. a super chance to network internationally.” Up to six bursaries of £1,500 per applicant are available each year to Her feelings were echoed by Peter Hoare, who said that attending cover the cost of travel, accommodation and registration of attending the conference was “an excellent experience, which enlightened me a major conference in the USA, with the aim of sharing research and further to the US education system and [allowed me to make] several fostering collaborations with a focus on learning and teaching in potentially valuable collaboration contacts.” higher education. The application deadline for this year’s bursaries is 23 February. In 2014, we awarded a total of four bursaries. Peter Hoare (Newcastle For more information and an application form, visit University), Julie Hyde (University of Hull), Samantha Pugh (University http://rsc.li/activating-research-bursaries

New Year’s Honours 2014 The following RSC members have been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year’s Honours list for 2015.

Knighthood

Sir Simon Fraser Campbell CBE BSc PhD FRSC FRS Drug Discoverer and Scientific Adviser For services to Chemistry

Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff CBE MA PhD CChem HonFRSC FRS Research Professor of Chemistry, University of Nottingham For services to the Chemical Sciences

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Dr Robert Hardy OBE BSc CChem FRSC Chief Executive Aesica Pharmaceuticals Ltd For services to the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry. (Ponteland, Northumberland)

Dr Roshan Maini OBE BSc FRSC For services to the Life Sciences Industry. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)

Emeritus Professor Ian M Mills OBE BSc DPhil CChem FRSC FRS Emeritus Professor of Chemical Spectroscopy, University of Reading For services to Chemistry and Metrology. (Reading, Berkshire)

Professor Kenneth R Seddon OBE BSc MA PhD CChem FRSC Director Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Chemistry. (Donaghadee, Down)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Mrs Mary Ann Macleod BEM MSc CChem MRSC Convenor, The Lewis and Harris Breast Cancer Support Group For services to the Treatment of Breast Cancer in Lewis and Harris. (Isle of Lewis, Western Isles)

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Admissions February 2015

Fellow (FRSC) Adrian Jack, Gee-Sian Leung, Anica Dose, Sarah Wallace, Michele Zanoni, Giuseppe Pileio, Thomas Winstanley, Claire Campbell, Evgenia Martin Addicott, Folahan Adekola, Kazunari Akiyoshi, Hitoshi Ashida, Pancheva, Kevin Mahoney, Jessica Shaw, Ben Day, Keith Michael Martin Atkins, Lane Baker, Partha Basu, Holger Becker, Louise Berben, McLean, John Price, Sean Butterworth, Dan Mu, Blair McKay, Hannah Guy Bertrand, Matthias Bickelhaupt, Harald Bolt, Rinus Broxterman, Buckley, Rowan Frame, Matthew William French, Ari Rasul, Yuandi Xian-He Bu, Jillian Buriak, John Byrne, Jose Luis Capelo Martinez, Li, Bruce Rigby, Hanan Alchaghouri, Pierre De Jager, Katie Feeney, Christopher Chang, Jiang Chang, Emma Chapman, Hong Chen, Yu- Niall McCreanor, Michelle Montgomery, Sofia Papadouli, Peng Wang, Kai Chen, Manish Chhowalla, Cinzia Chiappe, Kelly Chibale, Wonyong Pawel Pohl, Elizabeth Smith, Piero Ugliengo, Ljiljana Fruk, Suzanne Choi, Helmut Colfen, Jonathan Connick, Stephen Courtney, Al Jones, Geoffrey Passmore, Sohan Jheeta, Mark Albery, Margaret Crumbliss, Marcetta Darensboug, Wim Dehaen, Dino Di Carlo, Luiz Faul, Annie Jacobs, Matthias D’Hooghe, Claire Rye, Bastien Nay, Ffion Dias, Luis Ramón Domingo, Enrico Drioli, Franck Dumeignil, Matthew Abraham, Peter Senter, Lokesh Kumar, Asif Tahir, Stewart Robinson, Duncton, Sherif ElSafty, William Evans, Ghazwan Fadhil, Xinliang Zia Siddiqi, Mondher Srasra, Hassen Harzali, Amine Mnif, TerriAnn Feng, E. Allen Foegeding, Elzbieta Frackowiak, Kathy Franz, David Berry, Arthur Ganga, Timothy Easun, Nicholas Musyoka, Venkateswara Giedroc, Declan Gilheany, Pedro Gomez-Romero, John Gordon, Rao Gudivaka, Francine Atkinson, Sarah Ellis, Maxine Doran, Sharifah Norman Govan, David Griffiths, Bartosz Grzybowski, Liang-Hong Bee Abdul Hamid, Simon Hepburn, Carlos Marti Gastaldo, Hilary Guo, Vincent Hackley, Darrell Hall, Gyoonhee Han, Sheetal Handa, Rimbi, Kathleen Chu, Kevin To, Hsisheng Teng, Rebecca Rees, Robert Dominic Hare, Darryl Hawker, Christy Haynes, Roque Hidalgo- Ducker, Virgene Mulligan, Monika Szczygiel, Jonathan Peverley, Alvarez, Akon Higuchi, So Hirata, Chi-Tang Ho, Michael Hochella Esther Clark, Emilie Tones, Andrew Burgess, Sellathurai Ravichandran, Jr, Ian Holmes, Mark Howard, Xile Hu, Yanyi Huang, Cheol Seong Zulkifli Ahmad, Jaime Castillo Leon, Hamad Al-Arji, Hua Dong, Louise Hwang, Tomiki Ikeda, Hiroshi Imahori, Oliver Inderwildi, Masayuki Walport, Michael Horne, Mitsutoshi Jikei, Pooja Jagasia, Camille Inoue, Renee Jiji, Richard Kaner, Takashi Kato, Vadim Kessler, Jan Petit, Pingwu Du, Nigel Hall, Ashok Patel, Allen White, Trevor Davies, Korvink, Frederik Krebs, Jerome Lacour, Jinghong Li, Yan Li, Zhiqun Lin, Ai-Qun Liu, Antoni Llobet Dalmases, Teck-Peng Loh, Bettina Dmitriy Malinovskiy, Anup Sharma, Helen Blade, Stephen Coombs, Lotsch, Malik Maaza, Zong-Wan Mao, Hai-Quan Mao, Hedi Mattoussi, Umang Shah, Yahia Lemmouchi, Paul Ashford, Adonay Loiola, Shaun Alexander Mayweg, Julian McClements, Jonathan McMaster, Claire Robinson, Malgorzata SwadzbaKwasny, William Mackintosh, Tung Mills, Susheel Mittal, Partha Mukherjee, Gauri Sankar Mukherjee, Paul Man Kin Sam, LaShanda Korley, Cun Wen, Mahesh Potdar, Clare Mulvaney, Michio Murata, Catherine Murphy, Hiromi Nakai, Karlheinz Downs, Gerard Hobley, Michelle Mace, Alexander Hamilton, Lindsay Niederreiter, Georgii Nikonov, Hiroshi Nishihara, Peter Nunn, Michael Tatham, James Earley, Linda Rix, Elizabeth Biju, Simon Turega, Andrew Oelgemoller, Keiichiro Ogawa, Steve Oh, Teruo Okano, Jun Okuda, McLaren, Zofia Komsta, Ananya Sen, Helena Azevedo, Hannah Neil Oldham, Patrick O’Malley, Takashi Ooi, Carlos Otero Arean, Newton, Jiawei Wang, Peter Birch, Laura Pinkney, Sally Loughlin, Gangfeng Ouyang, Mario Pagliaro, Emilio Palomares, Dipanjan Pan, HuoLei Peng, James Smith, Sebastian Spain, Eleonora Cerasoli, Paul Vinood Patel, Nicholas Peppas, Thalappil Pradeep, John Protasiewicz, McDermott, Andrew Neylon, Donna Wrublewski, Florence Abram, Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy, Jianhua Qin, Mark Rehkamper, Peter Sharon Williams, Wing-Fu Lai, Yimin Hu, Olga Efremova, Lauren Roesky, Natalie Rowley, Michael Rowley, Siddhartha Roy, Clement Graham, Darren Horsley, Gertrude Amoadu, Peter Jelfs, Eric Schelter, Sanchez, Laurel Schafer, Gregory Scholes, Imelda Shanahan, Yang Susana Garcia Lopez, Matthew Parkin, Anthony Davis, Stephen Shao-Horn, Sanjay K. Sharma, Sarah Shepley, Ruth Signorell, Sheo Anthony Wells, Alessandro Patti, Hedef El-Yassin, Sadaf Khan, Alfred Singh, Sarah Skerratt, Christopher Smith, Nick Stone, Wei-Yin Aquilina, Wilai Siriwatcharapiboon, Jamie Clifton, Prashant Reddy, Rob Sun, Roman Surmenev, Igal Szleifer, Masaki Takata, Dmitri Talapin, Evans, David Berry, Maura Keown, Mariana Rossi, Nina Proffitt, Maud Matthias Tamm, Junji Terao, Venkataraman Thangadurai, Christine Silvent, Petr Sherin, Olga Kuzmina, Ceri Hammond, Fabio Nudelman, Thomas, Peter Tieleman, Tomas Torres, Sanjiv Tyagi, Georgios Gary Bird, Tomoaki Tanase, Thomas Inglis, Andrew Armitage, Michael Vassilikogiannakis, Nishith Verma, Nico Voelcker, Dayang Wang, Pitcher, Arnab Bhattacharya, Bingxing Wang, Owen Guy, Scott Minmin Wang, Michael Washburn, Richard Webster, David Weitz, Twiddy, Victor Sans Sangorrin, Alan Elsey, Iain Macdonald, Matthew Carsten Werner, Andrew Whiting, Richard Wool, Christopher Wright, Kennett, Sik Ping Samuel Lam, Olalekan Abdul Muiz Popoola, Nelly Zuowei Xie, Xianran Xing, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Xueming Yang, Abena Fosu-Mensah, Glenn Adam Hurst, Ian Alexander Cade, Carl Yang Yang, Peidong Yang, Jackie Ying, Yeo Joon Yoon, Juyoung Andrew Roeschlaub, Paul Andrew Young, Carolyn Anne McCavera, Yoon, Po Ki Yuen, Davit Zargarian, Anatoly Zayats, Per Zetterlund, Humphrey Anthony Moynihan, Samuel Antony Lea, Adebomi Ayodeji Hua Zhang, Xueji Zhang, Chi Zhang, Jian Zhou, John Zhu, Rachel A. Ikotun, Hatem Ben Romdhane, Joanne Bethany Sampson, Juan Caruso, Stephen A. Makin, Philip Adrian Martin, Jose Alberto Fracassi Carlos Martin Pereira, Stephanie Caroline Brookes, Peter David Abram, Da Silva, Karen Ann Weaver, Elizabeth Anne Arnold, Mohammad Glyn David Cobourne, Peter David Maskell, Andrew Donald Stark, Azad Malik, Sherilyn Carol Fields, Gow Chin Yen, Nigel David Gill, Laura Elizabeth Wilkinson, James Frank Staff, Gardiya Patabandigae Paul Derek Ravenscroft, Richard George Chapman, Helena Isabel Gaya Amali Fonseka, Thomas H. Epps, Andrew James Tyrrell, Neil Seguro Nogueira, Chaoyong J. Yang, Zhong Lin Wang, GAOQING James Whittingham, Antony James Burton, Gary James Hunt, Linda Max Lu, Ghulam Murtza Khokhar, Katriona Rosalyn Methven, Joshua Jane Maguire, Amy Jean Young, Amy Joan Managh, Alexander John S. Figueroa, Ulrich S. Schubert, Tim S. Zhao, Xiu Song Zhao, Lauro Kennedy, Michael Joseph Dowler, Adam Joseph Lawton, Helen Tatsuo Kubota, Gregory V Hartland Katherine Potter, Kieran Lee Hudson, Morgan Leslie Thomas, Tamara Lloyd Griffiths, Bun Luen Tse, Nathan Luke Abraham, Ahmed M. Eissa, Sofia Maria Kapetanaki, David Mark Whittaker, Thomas Martin Member (MRSC) Charlton, David Michael Renshaw, Jeremy Peter Allen, Anuradha Claire Elizabeth McKillen, Gareth Watson, Melissa Sharp, Svemir Rudic, Radhakrishnan Pallipurath, David Russell Gregory, Alanna Stacey Catherine Cropper, Robin Dent, Niall Thomson, Mark Ross Dewey, Campbell, Nitin T. Patil, Nicolai Ulrich Kraut, Henrietta Wakuna Michelle Barker, Francesco De Leonardis, Matthew Simpson, Nicholas Langmi, Thomas William Hornsby Jarvis, James Frost, Rosemary Coates, Alexander Chatterley, Ryan Skilton, Sarah Taylor, Brian Chalmers, Reuben Holmes, Samuel Rust, Duygu Celebi, Tom Atherton, Molly Shoichet, Matthew Langton, Associate Member (AMRSC) Thomas Wildsmith, Robert Alford, Sacha Lynn Wason, Andrew James Squires, Richard Clarke, Chiaki Crews, Edward Halford, Ruth Pitts, Helen Willcock, Emma Stefaniak, Mark Dodsworth, George Oakley, Joshua Kelly, Emma Reed, Kevin Biscoe, David Malone, Katie Sanderson, Anna Rozej, Benjamin Irving, Andrew Fish, Patrick Floris, Scarth, Sandipan Banerjee, Carl Reynolds, Rosanna De Dios Fisher, Niall Hynes, Alexandra Horton, Kyle Clark, Aaron Roffey, James Jamie Purcell, Pamela Maher, Victoria Dickson, Anjali Reddy, Robert Radcliffe, Mischa Zelzer, Catherine Frankis, Michael Townsend, Price, Jamie Harrower, Simon Reeves, Julie Brooks, Philip Cobb, Alice Samuel Timson, Tom Carter, Alexander Henderson, Thomas, Jonathan Rains, Judith Scurfield, Siobhan Conner, Anais Stephanie Jones, Julian Shaw, Hans-Georg Eckhardt, Ernest Chow, Kahve, Helena Coker, Sapna Ponja, Lucy Jakubecz, Neil Robinson,

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Stamatis Korkis, Benjamin Bower, Rosemary Philpott, Thomas Simon Nicolle, Camilo Mesa-Zamora, Ceri Cairnduff, Ian Houlsby, MacGregor, Julija Kezina, Oliver Davis, Martin Jones, Rachel Holmes, Glenn Tobias, Jennifer Anne Lovell, Matthew Christopher Leech, Michael Kenny, Wai Kin Tang, Philip Walsh Atkins, Edward Wilmot, Felipe David Pozo Gutierrez, Miles Harry Aukland, Rachel Helen Gordon Douglas, Peter Campbell, Adam Grzelak, Prospero Taroni- Shaddick, Fitriana Indah Lestari Situmorane, Adam James Dennington, Junior, Andrew King, Thomas Crutchley, Aoife McDonald, Saskia Rebecca Jane Lindsay, Rachel Jeanie Luney, David John Gibbs, Lisna Boardman, Julia Fones, Perry Devo, Mark Allison, Antoine Buchard, Junaeni Muiz, Elisabeth Katharina Martin, Guat Ling Lee, Catriona Stephanie Flynn, Jiri Kulhavy, Samantha Coyle, Yvonne Kavanagh, Margaret MacRury Harris, Andrew Mark Ragdale Hall, Thomas Michael William Jakes, Victoria Walpole, Hannah Paterson, Duncan Sinclair, Roseveare, Nura Mohamed Hassan, Kavirajaa Pandian Sambasevam, Sambavi Ganeshamoorthy, Fahim Choudhury, Emma Durham, Ciaran Paul Seath, Samah Qasim Addan, Hayley R. Green, Hannah Stafford, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer, Azzedine Dabo, Venkateswara Reddy Maram, Muhammad Safwan Akram, Maya Sari Matthew Treliving, Heather Davies, Sebastian Cosgrove, Anthony Ananda Pohan, Alastair Stephen Allen, Lucy Victoria Tunstall, James Harrington, Luigi Da Via, Saranya Gurusamy, Carlos Adelantado- William Dibden Sanchez, Toryn Dalton, Bright Makafui Foli, Mairi Littleson, Erli Lu, Mark McDowell, Yousillya Bunga, Joseph McMorrow, Andrew Rogers, Jia Jun Fong, Claire Parker, Athanasios Anthopoulos, Leonard Chia, Chartered Chemist (CChem) Marco Sacchi, Zeba Khanam, Ata Dolatmoradi, Addy Rachmat, Rachel Lindsay Wager, Julia Helen Abda, David Chappell, Sara-Jane Dickson, Norman, Tengyao Jiang, Subhashi Jayathilake, Bassim Abdulwahaab, Benjamin Welsh, Anna Giela, Jacob Irwin, Philip Morris, Stewart ChungYao Wang, Bethan Nichols, Olik Kholidah, Amanda Rees, Luyi Henderson, Tilele Stevens, Jennifer Nicholls, Emma Cochrane, Mark Yang, Benjamin Edwin Alexander, Anitha Patlolla, Jocelyn Tillner, Collins, Julia Mills, Adam Ellis, Michelle Eccles, Paul Woodbridge, Janine Hudson, Julie Christy, Georg Arju, Stephen Kelleher, Jane Lyn Jennens, Nicholas Bryan, Chunfei Wu, Ndidi Ihekwaba, Ali Aboel Beebwa, ChingHong Tan, Lesley Cornish, Kamaru Bashir Muhammad, Dahab, Naheem Ali Sadiq, Stephanie Caroline Brookes, Martina Thomas Swift, Guy Entract, Christoffer Bengtsson, Mathew Savage, Elizabeth Wieder, Francis Eugene David Gaffney, Sarah Joanne Aves, Callum Thomas, Qingyu Zhu, Esereosa Omoarukhe, Fadwa El David Michael Renshaw, Andrew Michael Smith, Susan R. Brittain, Haddassi, Andrei Dragan, AlinaMariana Crainic, Shun Xiao, Lukasz Drew Sebastian Royal, Simon Timothy Bedford Mendecki, Maria Shchepinova, Juan Beltran Huarac, Oluwaseun Oyetade, Nabeel Mohammed, Michele Cariello, Dongda Zhang, Chartered Scientist (CSci) Christos Nitsos, James Ryan, Bakul Gupta, Marianne Rolph, Alice Hill, Rhiannon Jones, Anu Daniel, Lewis Blackman, Prima Thakrar, Christian Pfrang, Giles Brown, Sara-Jane Dickson, Stewart Henderson, Debabrata Maiti, Suthananda Sunassee, Hemachandra Nishanth Guobao Xu, James Meldrum, Chunfei Wu, Aloysius Soon, Simon Kandepedu, Steven Wilcock, Cristina Fernandes, Bernhard Naafs, Watson, Marcus Damian Phillips, Gayle Frances Cairns, Louise Jane Nicola Shepherd, Ghazala Ehsan, Hollie Smith, Katerina Gjeshovska, Warren, Sarah Joanne Aves, Jayne Louise James, David William Alexandra Ramadan, Alshaimaa Gad, Rebecca Winsbury, Bijoyananda James Mishra, Lauren Hatcher, Kelly Davis, Cristina Nunez Gonzalez, Dolca Fabregat Montfort, Raysa Khan, Sami Almabrok, Jennifer Johnson, Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) Arun Tanpure, Josephine Brannon, Emilio Cortes, Waqar Ahmed, Emily Bulloch, Sue Dently, Richard Allitt, Lucy Emma Brown, Shona Smyth, Robert Laverick, Madeline Kavanagh, Miffy Cheng, Gregory Craven, Lisa Marie Tanner Fiona Horne, Herman Fung, Elmira Abdollahzadeh Esmaeili, Ekemena Oghenovoh Oseghe, Olufunke Akiyode, Sarkawt Hama, Robert Jago, Laszlo Ryan Seress, Julie Troshkova, Zan Hua, Richard Horniblow, Registered Scientist (RSci) Philip Quayle, Valentina Santolini, Kamal Nayan Jhunjhunwalla, Oritsejolomi Elsie Etuwewe-Mordi, Robert Alford, Andrew Gwyn Susannah Bowskill, Mo Qiao, Shanshan Zhou, Saranphong Yimklan, Manley, Jamie Harrower

Deaths

Dr Russell James Bayly CChem Professor Roger J Griffin Mr Anthony Martin Humphrey Mr John Edward Stuckey FRSC Retired manager, scientific CChem FRSC Professor of MRSC Retired consultant. Date CChem FRSC Retired lecturer in affairs, Amersham International medicinal chemistry, Newcastle of death not supplied polymer chemistry. Died 5 May Plc. Died 1 November 2014, University. Died 24 September Dr Ernest A Knipp MRSC Date of 2014, aged 88 aged 90 2014, aged 59 death not supplied Mr Ramachandran Subramanian Professor David Arthur Mr David Holey MRSC Retired Dr Alan Wallace Nineham MRSC CChem FRSC Retired. Date of Brown CChem FRSC Emeritus product manager, speciality, Retired head of information death not supplied Professor, University College Bayer New Zealand Ltd. Died services, May & Baker Ltd. Date Dr Vincent Roy Switsur Dublin. Died 27 September 2014, 11 September 2014, aged 75 of death not supplied CChem MRSC Retired director, aged 85 Dr Lyn Holt CChem MRSC Mr Narayan Mangesh Rege radio carbon dating research Mr Arthur Clark CChem FRSC Retired, proprietor, Applied CChem MRSC Retired executive laboratory, University of Retired top grade biochemist, Technology. Date of death not director, Soybean Processors Cambridge. Died 5 November Pembrokeshire Health Authority. supplied Association of India. Died 2014, aged 85 Died 3 November 2014, Professor Dr Rudolf Reinhold 28 February 2014, aged 74 Mr Paul Anthony Thomson aged 84 Otto Hoppe MRSC Retired. Dr Hilary Muir Smith CChem CChem MRSC Retired. Died Mr Robin Leslie Thomas Cooper Died 24 November 2014, MRSC Retired assistant June 2014, aged 73 CChem MRSC Retired marketing aged 92 toxicology manager, ICI Plc. executive, Euro-DPC Ltd. Died Professor Gerald Houghton Died 7 November 2014, aged 83 To inform us of the death 20 November 2014, aged 67 CChem FRSC Retired Professor Professor Alistair Matthew of an RSC member please Mr Cyril Cresswell CChem of engineering science, Stephen CChem MRSC Emeritus contact the Membership FRSC Retired self-employed University of North Carolina Professor, University of Cape Department on 01223 432141 consultant. Died 29 November at Charlotte, USA. Died 17 Town. Died 8 November 2014, [email protected] 2014, aged 84 November 2014, aged 88 aged 92

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