Global Challenges, Chemistry Solutions Why and How We Support the Effort to Tackle Global Challenges

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Global challenges, chemistry solutions Why and how we support the effort to tackle global challenges

Professional development for teachers p10 Expanding our regional networks p12 On 4 and 5 November, we held the 3rd RSC/P&G symposium at the University of Nairobi. With a focus on regulatory harmonisation, hygiene and sustainability, over 200 delegates from across Africa attended to share knowledge and form new connections. During the event, Raffaele Scoccianti from P&G Connect and Develop Africa (below right) announced that the company will support a new internship at the University of Nairobi to look at the sustainable provision of safe, clean water to urban communities. This replicates the successful programme that we have established in Nigeria, and is a model that will enable us to work with new partners to support the Pan Africa Chemistry Network. WEBSITE Find all the latest news at www.rsc.org/news/

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Editor: Annika Grandison Design and production: REGULARS Vivienne Brar 4 Contact us: Snapshot 7 RSC News editorial office News and updates from around the Thomas Graham House organisation Science Park, Milton Road Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK 6 Tel: +44 (0)1223 432487 One to one Email: [email protected] Our Virtual Library offers chemical science Burlington House, Piccadilly knowledge at your fingertips London W1J 0BA, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7437 8656 7 Profile Meet Linda Maguire, our 50,000th member @RSC_Comms 15 Opinion facebook.com/RoyalSocietyofChemistry Antimicrobial resistance is a challenge we 8 Photography: must tackle together, says Chris Schofield © Shutterstock (cover) © East African Productions / Royal Society of Chemistry (left) FEATURES

8 Global challenges, chemistry solutions Find out about our work in this area 10 Support for teachers 10 Continuing professional development opportunities to suit different needs 12 Growing networks How we are expanding our regional education activities

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16 Conferences Upcoming meetings and deadlines 12 17 Events Your guide to events by region and section

INBRIEF Emerging Technologies Competition Our community reaches 50K goes European We’re pleased to announce that our After two successful years of identifying Dr Richard Ward from 2014 winner Catalytic membership now spans more than promising new technologies in the UK, this Technologies adds: “Our mentor at Croda is 50,000 individuals. Continuing the year our Emerging Technologies Competition brilliant – incredibly supportive and hugely trend of year-on-year growth that will be open to applications from small keen to help us … we have made good we experienced in recent years, we companies and academic researchers from progress.” welcomed new members from different across Europe for the first time. As in previous countries to our worldwide community. The feeling of mutual benefit for the years, the aim of the competition is to reward winners as well as our competition partners “All of our members – from those who the best new technology ideas in the chemical is echoed by Dr Neil Lant from Procter & have been loyal advocates for countless sciences. As the competition continues to Gamble. He says: “We are super enthusiastic years to those who joined more recently – grow, this year’s applications will be judged in about helping [the winners] drive their are an integral part of the Royal Society of three themed panels; healthcare, energy and technologies forward and … helping them Chemistry. And we are proud to welcome sustainability, and materials science. each and every one of our new members,” find home in one of our products or in Opening up the competition to Europe is in said our Head of Membership, David Barr. other industries.” line with our vision for the chemical sciences, He continued: “Being a member of a explains our president, Dominic Tildesley. The impact of the competition is also chartered professional body like the Royal “We want to see an innovative chemistry demonstrated by the success that some of Society of Chemistry is an important sector flourish both in the UK and in the rest the winners have since had. For example, part of a successful career. Through our of Europe. Such a sector is founded on the 2014 winner Dr Matthew Gibson from history, expertise and connections, we are sharing of ideas, skills, and support, and, in an the University of Warwick was recently well placed to support individuals in their increasingly connected and global economy, awarded €1.5m by the European Research science and practice of chemistry and we this has never been more important. Council to continue to develop his will continue our work on developing an technology that mimics nature’s own cold “Welcoming Continental European applicants attractive range of activities and services to the Emerging Technologies Competition defence mechanisms to enable more for our growing community.” is just one way that we can realise this vision efficient preservation of donated cells If you’d like to find out who our 50,000th for chemistry, and we hope to see many and tissues. member is, turn to our profile on p7. applications from all across Europe.” Designed to accelerate the Previous winners of the competition have commercialisation of the best chemical Education campaign in Wales benefited hugely from the prize package, science technologies, the competition In December, we launched the Welsh forming long-lasting business relationships supports innovation in small companies branch of our specialist teaching with our partners and raising their profile. and academia. This year’s nine winners campaign at a breakfast roundtable at the will receive a tailored package of business “The insight from working with our mentors Welsh Assembly. The event was attended support from leading multinational at GlaxoSmithKline has been invaluable,” by Assembly Members from the Labour, says Dr Eleanore Irvine from Biogelx, one of companies, extensive promotion and a Liberal Democrat and Conservative the winners of our inaugural competition in cash prize for further development. parties, as well as by representatives from 2013. “We’ve now got a much earlier sense To find out more about the competition our sister societies and other stakeholders. of how we need to change and develop and to apply, visit http://rsc.li/emerging- In Wales there is a shortage of chemistry the product.” technologies teachers with a chemistry background © MPP IMAGE CREATION / ROYAL OF CHEMISTRY SOCIETY – only half have a chemistry degree Competition compared with two-thirds in England. finalists are invited Only 4.8% of Welsh primary teachers to pitch their have a science degree. We are therefore technologies at an event in London, calling for all post-14 pupils to be taught which also offers by a chemistry specialist (someone with the opportunity to a chemistry or related degree or relevant hear from leading experience), and for every primary school professionals and to have access to a science subject leader network with fellow who is a science specialist (someone with entrepreneurs and at least one science A-Level). investors. The campaign was well received, with Assembly Members sharing our concerns around the shortage of specialists. We also achieved press coverage across a range of media outlets, including BBC Wales.

4 RSC NEWS JANUARY 2015 100 Wikipedia editors receive access INBRIEF Snapshot to our journals and databases Chemistry on the road We have donated 100 ‘RSC Gold’ accounts “Around the world, we invest in educating Throughout November, we showcased the Royal Society of Chemistry and the – the complete portfolio of Royal Society of future generations of scientists, partner A look at the latest news from around the world many different ways in which we support Chemistry journals and databases – to be with industry and academia and promote our community at our first ever chemistry used by Wikipedia editors who write about collaboration and innovation. And we roadshows in India and South Africa. chemistry. The partnership is part of a wider promote the talent, information and ideas collaboration between our members, staff that lead to great advances in science.” Since we began the roadshows in 2011, and the Wikimedia community, which aims In order to verify its content, Wikipedia we visited more than 40 UK and US to improve the coverage of chemistry- requires all facts stated to be given citations universities. The visits include workshops related topics on the online encyclopaedia from reliable sources. The Wikipedia Library on topics ranging from successfully and its sister projects. will arrange for the donated subscription publishing research and using the media to influencing policy and maximising Our recently appointed Wikimedian in accounts to journals and online archives to career and funding opportunities. Residence Andy Mabbett said: “Royal Society be allocated to Wikipedia editors who have of Chemistry journals are the first port of call demonstrated a commitment to working on In South Africa, employees, for many scientists and Wikipedia is the first projects in relevant topic areas. It, too, is run representatives of our South Africa Local port of call for both students and lay people. by volunteers, supported by the US-based Section and members of the South It absolutely makes sense for Wikimedia Foundation. African Chemistry Institute visited universities in Johannesburg, Pretoria, the two to work together to © MPP IMAGE CREATION / ROYAL OF CHEMISTRY SOCIETY share knowledge, freely, for Durban and Cape Town, where they the benefit of everyone.” shared information on publishing research, Open Access, membership Stephen Hawthorne, Royal and the Pan Africa Chemistry Network. Society of Chemistry deputy Our India roadshows comprised three chief executive, explains that scientific symposia in Delhi, Hyderabad this sort of partnership is part and Chennai on analytical and of our vision for the future. supramolecular chemistry. In addition He said: “By granting access to networking with other scientists, to our journal content, we attendees had a chance to find out about are looking to forge stronger our activities and publications. links with the volunteers who For information on the next roadshows build those projects and to visit www.rsc.org/events encourage more chemists to edit Wikipedia. Summer party: save the date Each year, we invite our members to join us at the Royal Academy of Arts, London for our Summer Party. It gives Support for South East Asian students you a chance to celebrate with us our achievements and to meet colleagues through ChemCareers and accreditation and friends while viewing the largest With the aim of supporting the chemical researchers from South East Asia and the UK contemporary art exhibition in the world. science community across all parts of the to form collaborations and exchange ideas This year, our Summer Party will take world, we have expanded our activities in at symposia on natural products, organic place on the evening of Thursday 16 July South East Asia throughout the last year. chemistry and drug discovery at Universitas 2015. If you’d like to attend, keep an eye As part of our growing international Gadjah Mad, Indonesia, and International out for more details in RSC News. accreditation portfolio – which included Medical University, Malaysia. In addition we accrediting our first course at a university in held our first ever ChemCareers event in Connecting jobseekers and Malaysia. On 14 December, we welcomed the USA at Purdue – we formally accredited companies more than 200 students from three RSC- the bachelor’s degree in chemistry at On 26 November, we welcomed accredited universities in Kuala Lumpur. National University of Singapore (NUS) in more than 340 enthusiastic jobseekers December. The attendees had a chance to find out about through the doors of Burlington House life beyond university and enhancing their for our second Chemistry World Jobs Professor Kian Ping Loh, Head of the employability. In addition to hearing personal Live careers fair. In addition to being Department of Chemistry at NUS, explained accounts of successful careers in academia able to discuss career opportunities with that the department was keen to gain from two UK-based professors, the students representatives from 22 companies, internationally recognition: “We want to also had a chance to explore careers in the attendees had a chance to attend a learn ways to strengthen our course further industry through presentations from industry popular science journalism workshop. and raise the department’s visibility to representatives. In addition, Royal Society The session, which gave jobseekers a increase competitiveness and attract the best of Chemistry Career Management Specialist taste of a particular career to help inform students. ... Gaining accreditation is also a Julie Franklin shared practical tips on career their choices, provided an opportunity way to highlight to my colleagues, and others planning, CV writing and effective job to discover and appreciate science outside the department, that good quality searching. One of the attendees commented: journalism techniques. teaching is of key importance and highly “It’s made me think about my career in a Next year, we will be holding one event valued at NUS.” different way. I know I can start to prepare in Manchester on 18 November and a To support existing accredited universities now. There are lots of things I can do to second in London on 25 November. in the region we also brought together influence my future. It’s very exciting!”

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 5 One to one Take advantage of a wide range of member services Chemical science data at your fingertips

Our library at Burlington House is a treasure found that Reaxys “proved extremely Pip also makes use of some of the other trove of chemical science information, but useful in updating my knowledge and tools we offer through the Virtual Library. with our members being based all over the strengthening my core areas of expertise.” “I use the Knovel and ScienceDirect collections world, it’s not easily accessible for everyone. He mostly uses the database for literature most frequently, as the range of e-books and This is why, in 2004, we introduced the searches, explaining that he also finds it “very textbooks available has been of considerable Virtual Library as a way for our members to helpful that the texts available for download use for studying for university courses.” access high-quality chemical information can be exported to Mendeley or other easily and for free. In the last ten years, we reference managers.” Make use of our resources have continually reviewed and improved our Like Alastair, Binod also finds other offerings You can also use several of our own offerings to ensure that you get what you from the Virtual Library useful in his work: resources and tools to access the chemical need most. “I keep up to date on business developments information that is relevant to you. For Our latest addition to the Virtual Library is the with EBSCO, which features articles example, we offer our members access to chemical information database Reaxys. Here, published in Harvard Business Review and work published in our journals. With the start three of our members share how they have the Journal of Marketing among others. of this year, your access to Royal Society of made use of the resource since its launch in And Science Direct helps me maintain my Chemistry content will increase from 10 to 15 May this year. knowledge in my core areas of interest. free articles downloads, and you will be able I often browse a range of different journals.” to access our entire journal archive of articles Supporting research published before 2007 for free. In addition, “For anybody engaged in the practice of Accessing knowledge you can choose one journal title from our synthetic organic chemistry it is simply Pip Hellier, a student at Imperial College collection, which you will be able to access unthinkable not to have access to the largest London, UK, first heard of Reaxys through for free. And with Chemical Science going database of published synthetic organic his university. “I use Reaxys as a means of Open Access this year, you will also be able chemistry. Reaxys is superb!” said Dr Alistair quickly and easily accessing a wide range of to directly access all articles in this journal. Miller, a consultant based in Devon, UK. chemical information, for instance spectral Our own database of chemical information, Calling the database a real life-line, he also data and experimental procedures. When ChemSpider, is freely available to use. explained that it is much more user-friendly preparing for labs, analysing results and Growing daily, it currently contains 32 million than its predecessor, the Beilstein database writing up lab reports, it has been a most different compounds and is a rich resource on the old Commander server. useful tool. focusing on ‘small molecules’. The simple When we asked Alistair how he used the “It also links directly to literature, which has interface allows you to search using many resource, he said: “Every time an idea pops been of great benefit to me when I wished to different text identifiers, chemical structures into my head, Reaxys is more than able to read the original literature in more detail or or even on a molecular weight or formula, answer the question whether other chemists prepare reference lists. Reaxys has become and you can explore the literature with have had the same idea, already put it to the more useful to me when doing independent connections to PubMed, Google Scholar test and, most importantly, published the data.” research work in the later years of university.” as well as our journals and books.

He also uses the Virtual Library to access © SHUTTERSTOCK other information: “The Library is a long way away from me, and my closest university no longer has a chemistry department, so I am nearly completely reliant on the Virtual Library. It is getting better and better, and I am constantly accessing Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters through Elsevier’s ScienceDirect. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters being added for 2015 is another feather in the cap.”

Developing expertise Binod Maitin, who retired from United Spirits Limited in Bangalore, India last year and still works as independent technical consultant

6 RSC NEWS JANUARY 2015 Profile A closer look at our members and their interests Linda Maguire Meet the Environmental Fate Research Analyst who became our 50,000th member this autumn.

Q What inspired you to study I could. Within a month I had a successful interview for an Environmental Fate Research Analyst position Linda Maguire MRSC chemistry? Linda’s interest in at Smithers Viscient in Harrogate. chemistry led her to A I was always more interested in science subjects investigating how than language and business subjects at school, and for Q What does your work involve? my Leaving Certificate – the Irish equivalent of A-levels chemical compounds are A We test how agrochemicals and pharmaceutical metabolised in the – I chose physics and chemistry. After that, I decided compounds are metabolised in the environment in environment and to to go to University College Dublin (UCD) for a BSc accordance with the OECD guidelines. My role is becoming our 50,000th Science course. member. lab-based and very hands-on. I tend to be working Initially, I had actually wanted to study physics. But on two to three studies at a time, using radio-labelled the course was designed in such a way that you compounds to trace how degradation might occur could take several subjects in the first year to find out under certain conditions, such as through exposure what you enjoyed most, and, in the end, I didn’t even to sunlight or microorganisms in the soil. The aim is take physics during the first year. In fact, I found the to simulate environmental processes, to predict the chemistry course and experimental work much more likely route of degradation and the rate at which this interesting, so I decided to concentrate on that area. happens. The majority of the studies take between I still found it challenging for the first few years, but one and three months, and it’s very satisfying to see once I settled into my fourth year and began to work the process through from start to finish. I use a variety on my own projects, I really enjoyed it. of analytical techniques and work with a range of pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds, which Q Was it the project work that convinced keeps the job both interesting and challenging. you to pursue a Master’s degree? What made you decide to join the A After my degree, I wanted to travel, so I took the Q first job that came along, which was in a bank. I saved Royal Society of Chemistry? up and went backpacking in Australia for two years. A My friend’s dad, who is a chartered chemist, When I came back, I returned to the bank for an recommended membership to me. He found great interview but realised that this was not what I wanted benefits to being a member, so I thought it would be a to do. I had really enjoyed the environmental aspects good idea to join. I’d like to use it keep abreast of the of my chemistry degree, so I looked into Master’s latest developments in chemistry, as new analytical courses and was intrigued by the environmental techniques are being developed all the time. Also, science course at UCD. It had some chemistry in it, but members’ access to journals will be very useful – also plenty of biology, something that was new to me. having direct access to academic papers is an element My thesis work involved assessing the water quality of of university that I really miss. rivers in agricultural areas using biological and hydro- chemical means. The combination of chemistry and biology was something that I really enjoyed. WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS “When I asked Q How did that experience lead you to Our members include chemical scientists in 115 your current role? countries across the world. From students and teachers to those working in industry or academia what I could A After I finished my Master’s thesis, I found myself and those who have retired, our community spans firmly in the depths of the recession, which hit Ireland do to find a job the breadth and depth of the chemical sciences. very badly. I managed to get jobs here and there just in my chosen to pay the bills. I then found a chemist placement We have seen our membership expand greatly through FAS, the Irish government’s work scheme. throughout the last few years, and we are proud profession, I I applied, but was told I didn’t qualify as I wasn’t to welcome each and every one of our new unemployed. When I asked what I could do to find members. This year, we exceeded the 50,000 mark was advised a job in my chosen profession, I was advised to for the first time in the history of the Royal Society consider emigration. of Chemistry, and we look forward to working to consider with all of you, whether you’ve been a member for So a year and a half after finishing my degree, I moved numerous years or only joined recently. emigration.” to England and applied for as many science jobs as

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 7 Global challenges, chemistry

WORDS solutions DEIRDRE BLACK The chemical sciences will play an important role in tackling global challenges. Find out why and how we support our community in contributing to this global effort.

From food security and access to clean water to Following on from the Rio+20 conference on environmental pollution and human health – our sustainable development in 2012, an Open Working global society faces many challenges to which the Group has been developing a proposal for post-2015 chemical sciences can help to provide solutions. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will Just over five years ago, we published our roadmap form the basis of the post-2015 intergovernmental Chemistry for Tomorrow’s World, a document that process at the UN. Ending poverty in all forms tops this presented hundreds of examples of ways in which list. The remaining goals include many inter-connected advances in chemistry will underpin technological global challenges, from eradicating hunger, providing solutions to global challenges. Since then, we have education and empowering women, to supplying worked to support people across career stages, to water and energy for all and promoting sustainable foster new interdisciplinary research networks, worked production and consumption. with the chemistry community to identify emerging Addressing these global challenges will require areas and acted as advocates for making progress galvanising efforts across economic, political and within them. social spheres. Science will also make an important As 2015 begins, we can already look forward to contribution to tackling many of the challenges, for another year of ambitious and exciting activities example through the development of low carbon addressing global challenges across the chemistry technologies, membranes and sensors to purify and community. But why is tackling global challenges a monitor water and air, new medicines and diagnostics priority for us? What are the opportunities for us and for healthcare. Many of our activities planned for 2015 our community? And what are some of the areas we are aimed at advancing the science and technologies are focusing on? Here, we share with you an overview in these areas (see box). of our plans.

Sustainable development Economic opportunities “Not only is tackling climate change compatible with “New technologies are unlocking possibilities for economic growth, it is only by tackling climate change sustainable development. The solutions that they can in a systemic way that we can deliver growth for the generate, and the levels of access that they can enable, global economy in the 21st century.” will be crucial to our vision for the world beyond 2015.” Paul Polman, CEO Unilever (April 2014) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General (December 2014) There are many reasons to search for solutions to At the beginning of the 21st century, the UN set its global challenges, including fundamental concerns Millennium Development Goals with an original target about human rights and quality of life, today and in the of 2015. Although many of these goals have not yet future. So solutions must focus on both environmental been reached, they have provided an unprecedented and economic sustainability. impetus for dialogue and subsequent action and At the same time, the development of new solutions progress around the world. brings new economic opportunities, and around the

8 RSC NEWS JANUARY 2015 world we see an increasing connection between research, innovation and global challenges. For example, over one-third of the almost GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN NUMBERS €80 Bn budget for the EU Horizon 2020 framework is ear-marked for ‘societal challenges’. In the UK, the ‘Eight Great Technologies’ Food that form a central plank of the current Industrial Strategy include The total number of food-insecure people was estimated at agri-science and energy storage in addition to underpinning science 707 million in 2013. that will enable progress in areas such as energy and health. Environment In 2012, 7 million people – one in eight of total global deaths – Tackling antibiotic resistance died as a result of exposure to air pollution. “If we fail to act, we are looking at an almost unthinkable scenario where antibiotics no longer work and we are cast back into the Energy & climate change dark ages of medicine where treatable infections and injuries will We will have used the entire carbon budget for this century by kill once again.” 2034 if global decarbonisation stays at its average rate for the last David Cameron, UK Prime Minister (July 2014) five years. Antibiotic resistance or, more broadly, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Health poses a global threat. It will take people from many different scientific In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis and 1.3 million disciplines – and from across academia, industry and clinical practice died from it, including 320,000 people who were HIV-positive. – working together to develop solutions to this challenge (also see p15). Chemistry is central not only to improving diagnostics, but also Earth resources to understanding AMR and its causes, developing new therapies and Sectors such as construction, chemicals, automotive, aerospace mitigation strategies. This is why we have made this a priority for our and equipment provide a total value added of €1,324 billion and advocacy and community support activities in 2015. employment for 30 million people in Europe. They all depend on access to raw materials Since November, we have come together with six other learned societies, including the Society of Biology and the British Society of Water Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, in a partnership to lead the fight against Worldwide, an estimated 768 million people remain without AMR by supporting researchers and by engaging with government access to an improved source of water. Global water demand is and other research funders to achieve funding and policy support projected to increase by some 55% by 2050. for the AMR research community. You can find out more about our work on AMR and the area of health in general at http://rsc.li/global-challenges Lesley Yellowlees and David Phillips released an official statement saying that “the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence indicates that human activity is the predominant cause of recent Mitigating climate change climate change.” The statement was co-signed by Geoffrey “… if we continue on our current path, by 2050 between $66-106 Bn Maitland, President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, worth of coastal property in the US will likely be below sea level, with and his predecessors. $238-507 Bn worth of property below sea level by 2100.” Risky Business report (July 2014) Find out more Another priority area is climate change mitigation. For example, When the World Health Organisation presents its draft global action chemists are already working on new energy and carbon mitigation plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in May and the UN climate solutions and helping crops tolerate changing conditions. We want to change conference starts in Paris in December, we know that support the chemical science community in developing technologies chemists around the world will be part of delivering solutions to these to adapt to and mitigate climate change. – and many other – global challenges. To find out more about our Last year our President, Dominic Tildesley, and his predecessors progress and activities, visit http://rsc.li/global-challenges © SHUTTERSTOCK CHEMISTRY SOLUTIONS IN 2015

We support numerous events and activities that enable those • Solid Oxide Electrolysis: Fuels and Feedstocks from Water and working on tackling global challenges to share their knowledge, Air: Faraday Discussion, 13-15 July 2015, York, UK explore new ideas and form collaborations. Some examples of events • 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference (Energy Sector Interest taking place throughout 2015 are listed below. To find out more Group), 20-22 July 2015, Edinburgh, UK about individual events, visit www.rsc.org/events • 12th International Conference on Materials Chemistry, 20-23 If you would like to tell us about an activity that you are planning for July 2015, York, UK 2015 or make suggestions, please contact us at [email protected] • 24th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, • UK Antimicrobial Resistance Roundtable Series: Re-stoking the 20-23 July 2015, Cambridge, UK therapy pipeline – how to stimulate the development of new antibiotics, diagnostics and novel therapies (supporting the • Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Faraday Discussion, 7-9 September British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy), February 2015, 2015, Sheffield, UK London, UK • ISACS17: Challenges in Chemical Renewable Energy, 8-11 • Directing Biosynthesis IV, 25-27 March 2015, Norwich, UK September 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Corrosion chemistry: Faraday Discussion, 13-15 April 2015, • Chemical Sciences in Society Summit on Water, 14-18 London, UK September 2015, Leipzig, Germany • Chemistry in Health 2015: Towards new therapeutics to fight • Supramolecular Photochemistry: Faraday Discussion, 15-17 infectious disease, 26 May 2015, London, UK September 2015, Cambridge, UK • Emerging Technologies Competition, 29 June 2015, London, UK • Renewable Chemicals from Waste, November 2015, London, UK

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 9 Helping teachers make an impact Through offering a range of online and face-to- face training courses, we help teachers make the most of their passion for teaching chemistry.

A single teacher can make a huge impact on hundreds of students. Our Developing expertise in teaching chemistry courses are That is why a strong supply of enthusiastic, highly-qualified and designed to give teachers an in-depth understanding of key confident chemistry teachers is important for fostering the next concepts in chemistry at pre- and post-16 levels. They focus on a generation of skilled scientists, talented teachers and informed range of theoretical and practical aspects, making use of a range of members of the public. resources, including those available on our Learn Chemistry website We are supporting teachers in a number of different ways, (www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry). The thirteen courses on offer cover including encouraging and supporting their continuing professional topics ranging from organic, analytical and quantitative chemistry to structure and bonding, acids and bases and the use of models. development (CPD). By providing teachers with a range of opportunities to develop existing skills and acquire new ones, we help them to increase their subject knowledge, understanding of Taking training online pedagogy and confidence in teaching difficult subjects. Our face-to-face courses have proved a success so far. However, we also want to make sure that we provide all teachers with consistent Face-to-face courses access to professional development. As a result, we launched a series of online CPD courses for teachers earlier this year. With the aim of giving those teaching chemistry at secondary schools an opportunity to strengthen their subject knowledge and We have created the courses to develop and deepen teachers’ develop their teaching skills, we offer a series of face-to-face courses knowledge and understanding of chemistry and associated teaching throughout the UK. The engaging, hands-on courses, which are strategies in specific topic areas. Key aspects include: understanding designed by expert teacher developers, fall into three categories: the ‘thread’ of ideas for a concept, recognising, diagnosing and understanding ‘misconceptions’, and evaluating possible teaching • Chemistry for non-specialists approaches. • Inspiring creative chemistry teaching The first of our courses, Quantitative chemistry, is already available • Developing expertise in teaching chemistry online (www.rsc.org/cpd/teachers), and we have plans to add The Chemistry for non-specialists course is designed for those thirteen additional courses on a range of subjects, including some who teach secondary chemistry but have a background in another hard-to-teach subject areas as well as courses relating to general subject. Across a total of four days, it covers subjects ranging from chemistry teaching such as maths skills for chemists. understanding key ideas in chemistry to teaching practical chemistry, The series is designed to complement the Developing expertise in in order to help develop confidence, flair and enthusiasm in teaching teaching chemistry face-to-face courses, and the online content the subject at the pre-16 level. provided includes a variety of formats ranging from text and The first few years in the classroom can be challenging for any animations to videos and self-assessment quizzes. There are links to teacher. As part of our strategy to support teachers, we have articles to help contextualise the topic areas and additional resources identified the need to avoid unnecessary attrition in the teacher and activities to help support teachers when it comes to planning workforce by ensuring an optimum teaching environment for their lessons. chemistry. One aspect of this involves providing access to the For those who struggle to find time to attend face-to-face training, necessary support and professional development opportunities. Our our online courses can be completed at the user’s own pace. In Inspiring creative chemistry teaching series is aimed specifically at addition, teachers can dip in and out of the content to suit their trainee teachers and those who are relatively new to the classroom. personal development needs. And by completing the self-assessment Its three courses cover pedagogical approaches to chemistry quizzes in each topic, they can judge and assess their progress. teaching, practical chemistry and pedagogical approaches to Before completing a course, we encourage teachers to download teaching at post-16 level. They enable teachers to, for example, find and complete a course development plan, which gives them space to out about active learning and teaching strategies, try out and evaluate consider their aims in completing the course and record the impact classic chemistry experiments and demonstrations, and experiment this professional development will have on their teaching and wider with techniques such as group work and flipped learning. department.

10 RSC NEWS JANUARY 2015 WORDS STEPHANIE MUSSON © ROYAL OF CHEMISTRY SOCIETY The personal ‘My record’ area allows users to have oversight of use to provide computer-marked quizzes that focus on providing what courses they have subscribed to and how much time they have detailed feedback. We will also be continuing technical developments remaining to complete the course. When all topics within a course that allow us to link our new assessment tool to the online courses. have been marked complete, teachers receive a downloadable Self-assessment quizzes will help to identify the teachers’ individual certificate for their records. At this point, they are able to return to development needs and guide them to appropriate topics within their course development plan to reflect on their aims and the the courses. impact the course has had. As part of our plans to increase our support for primary teachers we are also exploring the application of the online course model for a What’s next? primary teacher audience. The focus will be on how to teach science In addition to adding further online CPD courses, we are also working subjects to a young audience. As with our other online courses, these on improving the training experience for our users. Over the last year courses will be designed to be completed at the users’ own pace, we have been developing an online assessment tool that we will and we will begin working on these in 2015.

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 11 Expanding our network across the regions From engaging teachers and inspiring students to supporting outreach activities and forming connections, find out what our growing regional teams are getting up to.

Inspiring and engaging the next generation of chemical scientists Expanding our network is one of our strategic priorities. Whether it’s through chemistry With the aim of building on this success and delivering even more demonstrations and lectures, outreach events and activities or videos, activities, we decided to further expand our regional education games and resources, we want to show children how chemistry network. This investment in local activities forms part of our outreach relates to our everyday lives and pique their curiosity for the subject. strategy (also see RSC News December 2014). In order for us to broaden our activities and reach even more students Growing our network of locally-based Education Coordinators will all across the UK and Ireland, we expanded our network in 2010, improve our visibility across the regions, increase the delivery of putting in place nine Education Coordinators in the different regions our outreach activities and better support our members and other to support and promote our high-quality educational activities advocates. In addition, we will have a more balanced geographical (http://rsc.li/ed-coordinators). Working with teachers, students and spread of contacts within each of the regions. advocates for the chemical sciences, they helped us to coordinate, support and promote our events, resources and competitions During the last few months, we have completed a competitive across the UK and Ireland. Through developing key relationships and tender process to select hosts for an additional nine Education networks within the regions, they have supported three of our activity Coordinators – one more in each region. Our new hosts areas: include universities, further education colleges and science centres, and will enable us to work in partnership across • Engaging and supporting teachers different sectors. After having selected nine organisations to Since 2010, our Education Coordinators have reached thousands host our new Education Coordinators, we are in of teachers. In 2014 alone, they connected with 4,500 teachers the final stages of confirming the and 1,450 trainee teachers at cluster teacher events, continuing formalities. To find out about professional development (CPD) events, local science festivals, the new hosts and our new through regional networks and the Initial Teacher Training scheme Education Coordinators and many other activities and events. These connections enable keep an eye out for future us to share insights into our work, including Learn Chemistry, CPD announcements in RSC News. opportunities and enrichment and enhancement activities available to To support the activities of our students, such as ChemNet, the Global Experiment and our popular Education Coordinators, we competitions. have also recruited five Regional • Enthusing students with chemistry Programme Managers. Each of them In addition to providing teachers with access to information and resources, our Education Coordinators also connect with students across the regions, showcasing the different ways in which we support those who study chemistry. In 2014, our Education Coordinators coordinated 79 ChemNet events that reached 2,861 students, in addition to supporting the delivery of 85 Chemistry at Work events and 313 Spectroscopy in a Suitcase visits. • Developing local networks Through the regional team, we have also built strong networks across the regions. From members in Local Sections to education support organisations, industry and those working in higher education, these connections have helped us to form partnerships and collaborations throughout the UK.

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manages and supports a team of Education Coordinators and oversees the activities within each region. They also engage with many of our partners and contractors supporting our outreach activities across their area. Overseeing these activities, they are able to ensure effective coordination and communication of all relevant activities and events.

Looking ahead Having put in place these changes across the UK and Ireland, means that we are now much better placed to achieve our ambitious plans to widen participation in and engagement with our education activities and resources. In addition, our regional network will allow us to embed new outreach activities. In the coming year, we will specifically focus on: • supporting teachers in their roles as high-impact influencers through the promotion of Learn Chemistry Partnership, CPD and the chartered science teacher (CSciTeach) award; • supporting the recruitment and training of chemistry teachers by continuing to visit Initial Teacher Training providers to highlight our resources and organising events to promote careers in teaching to chemistry undergraduates; • increasing participation in the chemical sciences beyond compulsory science education by increasing ChemNet membership and our presence at careers events; and • engaging, enthusing and informing key audiences to increase understanding of the importance and impact of the chemical science, for example by supporting and coordinating schemes such as Chemistry at Work, Spectroscopy in a Suitcase, science fairs and other outreach events.

Working with our members Finally, we will continue to place strong emphasis on engaging and supporting our members in acting as advocates for the chemical sciences. The Cambridge-based outreach team is exploring the best way to coordinate this and discussed a number of options with members at the General Assembly in November. So keep an eye out for future announcements later in the year. In the meantime, if you are interested in volunteering to support education and outreach activities in your local area, a great first step is to become an RSC STEM Ambassador. As an RSC STEM Ambassador your will get support from your regional Royal Society of Chemistry representatives and STEMNET to help you get involved in local opportunities. You can find out more and sign up at http://rsc.li/schools-outreach

If you would like to meet representatives of the Regions Team and © SHUTTERSTOCK hear more about their work, join us at our upcoming Regional Meetings in Canterbury, Chelmsford, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham, Preston, Glasgow, Cardiff, Dublin and Bristol. You can find more details on the individual events in our Diary on p17.

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 13 Opinion Letters and comments on RSC activities and issues

FROM THE EDITOR What do we mean by the term

December is fast ‘chemistry specialist’? drawing to a close, Whilst reading the last couple of RSC News issues I’ve been concerned about the as I finish off this negative spin that is coming over about science teachers. Specifically, one article latest issue. As was about how the society is encouraging a bid for chemistry specialists to be appointed in every school. While this in itself has it merits, it implies that those usual, the turn without a pure chemistry background can’t teach it as well as those with chemistry of the year is related degrees. My degree is molecular biology, so did contain quite a lot of accompanied by a biochemistry but I should not have to justify my qualifications if the school sense of something chose me over ‘pure chemists’. ending and Rachel Rees something new beginning. And this year, Newcastle, UK that’s certainly true for RSC News. Thank you for getting in touch with your thoughts about our specialist teachers From January, I will passing over the reins campaign. In response to your concerns, when we use the term ‘chemistry as RSC News editor to my colleagues specialist’, we refer to people with a range of experience and not just those who in the News and Media team, who will have a ‘pure chemistry’ background. Specifically, our definition states that a chemistry specialist is someone who: continue to bring you the latest news and updates from all around our organisation. • has a chemistry degree, or a closely related degree (such as biochemistry); or It’s been a real pleasure letting you • has demonstrated sufficient expertise in chemistry through previous employment; or know about all the exciting things my • has undertaken a 24-week Subject Knowledge Enhancement course in colleagues and our members get up to chemistry. each month. And I look forward to seeing In addition, we believe all chemistry teachers should have Qualified Teacher Status further developments of our online and and that all existing chemistry teachers, regardless of subject background, should be print news offering throughout this year. supported in their role through the provision of subject specific CPD (see also p10). In the meantime, we share with you our Vicki Butler work on tackling global challenges (p8), Public Affairs Project Manager, Royal Society of Chemistry our offerings for teachers (p10), an update on our expanding regional network (p12) and much more in this issue. Comments on the I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together! December issue Letters in the December 2014 issue of RSC News on long membership of the RSC are those of due acknowledgement. Interesting though, is the fact that some of those who recently received their 70th anniversary certificates would have been Annika Grandison among the first to join after the Institute of Chemistry came to be known by its [email protected] new title of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. My own 70th anniversary certificate and the earlier 60th anniversary certificate marked the dating of my membership of 19 November 1943 of what was the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland. And I’m especially proud that the RSC News welcomes letters, which should be President’s signature on my 70th anniversary certificate is that of the Royal Society concise (normally less than 300 words) and of Chemistry’s first female President, Lesley Yellowlees, while that on the 60th timely. Those selected for publication are subject anniversary certificate is that of Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto. to editing for clarity and length. Letters should be Another item of interest in the December issue is the feature ‘A week of chemistry marked ‘for publication’; letters are not routinely in Russia’ that reminds me of having arranged for 18 chemists of the former Soviet acknowledged. [email protected] Union to attend the Euroanalysis VIII in Edinburgh between 5 and 11 September You can also let us know your thoughts and 1993 on behalf of the RSC’s Analytical Division. comments via Twitter or Facebook. Emeritus Professor J D R Thomas CChem FRSC @RSC_Comms Gresford, Wrexham, UK

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14 RSC NEWS JANUARY 2015 Collaborations are key to tackling antimicrobial resistance Developing solutions to combat resistance require a long-term collaborative effort, advises Chris Schofield.

Antibiotic resistance has taken centre stage recently. the antibiotic arena. But we can’t forget that medicinal About time, too, say many who have persevered in chemistry is expensive and challenging – particularly the field in the years when it wasn’t fashionable or so in the antibiotics field, where demanding and significantly funded. However, if we want to maintain highly-efficient synthesis is often required. interest for the time it takes to introduce new One of the problems is that, in Europe, there is a medicines, we must put in place long-term plans now. strong academic commitment to antibiotic research, Antibiotic resistance is not new: penicillin but the clinical demand is not yet at the same crisis resistance was identified in the 1940s. However, the level as in some parts of the world. One possibility pharmaceutical industry was once exceptionally is for European scientists to link better with their counterparts in parts of the world where resistance efficient at addressing it. In many ways, the industry was Professor Chris Schofield is already a major issue. Intellectual property issues a victim of its own success – antibiotics worked so well FRSC FRS is Head of most of the time and were so cheap that the motivation concerning specific compounds have, in the past, Organic Chemistry at for innovation and investment were tempered to the posed a constraint to such collaborations, but many the University of Oxford, extent that the supply of new antibiotic types dried up. antibiotics are now generic, and companies can make and has a long-standing profits in antibiotics without patent protection. The interest in antibiotics and Today, antibiotic resistance has reached crisis levels in bottom line is that we need to find ways of bringing antibiotic resistance. several parts of the world and there is global concern multiple laboratories together while minimising that resistance may become so biologically embedded legal and administrative barriers that are sometimes that major classes of antibiotics may no longer work. associated with collaborative research. Long-term solutions to the resistance problem will ultimately involve global controls over antibiotic use. Looking beyond antibiotics But in reality, introducing such controls will be time- We also mustn’t forget that biological resistance is consuming, and policing them anything but trivial. So a much wider issue. Resistance to other types of governments and funding agencies must be encouraged antimicrobials, antivirals, anti-tumour agents and other to think about what we do in a scenario in which one or pharmaceuticals is also of major medical importance. more classes of antibiotics become useless. And resistance to pesticides and herbicides threatens

existing agriculture with potentially disastrous Combining expertise consequences for food production. Despite the advent of molecular biology and genetic At the scientific level, defining the differences and engineering few – if any – new clinically validated similarities in the chemical mechanisms that enable antibiotic targets have emerged in recent years. To resistance in different biological contexts is of interest. what extent this reflects a lack of focus on antibiotic It would seem unlikely that, in the short-term, a single research and development unknown. Nonetheless, field will deliver major advances. Work in the resistance it would appear that there have been few large-scale field needs to be truly interdisciplinary, ranging from contemporary medicinal chemistry efforts on antibiotics human population science to microbiology, and there is that match, for example, the manner in which kinases evidence that studying the chemistry behind resistance have been targeted to develop anti-cancer treatments. will be fruitful. For example, we already know that related Yet our methods and knowledge have advanced types of enzymes and efflux pumps are involved in significantly since the ‘golden age’ of antibiotics. We resistance to some antibiotics and anti-cancer agents. now have detailed structural insight into bacterial cell In addition to collaborating on tackling the resistance walls and the protein biosynthesis machinery, while problem, we also need to speak up publically to ensure molecular biology and proteomics have enabled us to funding decisions are not made without chemistry’s screen against isolated proteins and in cells. Synthetic input. New antibiotics simply won’t happen without a “UK researchers methods, especially asymmetric catalysis, hold promise critical mass of high-quality synthetic chemistry that is for generating natural-product-like compounds, closely linked to microbiology and helped along by the should link up which are the basis of most antibiotics, and rational more modern tools of drug discovery. with scientists biosynthetic engineering will be of use in generating From an organic chemistry perspective, many structurally complex and synthetically inaccessible antimicrobial natural products are wondrous structures in countries antibiotics. In short, the underpinning research scene is with remarkable mechanisms of action. Working on the well set for the discovery of new antibiotics. chemistry required to develop new antibiotics is already where Pharmaceutical companies might be encouraged immensely attractive. And working in an internationally resistance is to focus on antibiotics by the increasing resistance coordinated manner that combines strengths in problems and by advances in diagnostics that will synthetic chemistry, modern structural, molecular and an immediate enable targeting of specific bacteria. However, this is microbiology with expertise in medicinal chemistry no certainty, so there is strong case for public efforts in may accelerate the discovery of the next penicillin. problem.”

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 15 Diary Your guide to all important events

IN THE DIARY RSC conferences ANNOUNCING Conferences 16 Nanoparticle Assembly: OS24 From Fundamentals to Applications (Faraday Events 17 24th International Discussion) Eastern 17 Symposium: Synthesis in 7-9 January 2016 Mumbai, India International 17 Organic Chemistry http://rsc.li/assembly-fd2016 20–23 July 2015 Ireland 17 Cambridge, UK DATES AND Midlands 17 Poster abstract submission deadline: 14 February 2015 As a flagship event for the international organic chemistry DEADLINES North East 18 community, the Synthesis in Organic Chemistry Symposium Nanoplasmonics (FD178) North West 18 traditionally provides an international showcase for the core area 16-18 February 2015 of organic chemistry: synthesis. London, UK Scotland 18 Covering all aspects of contemporary organic synthesis, Early bird registration the conference provides a forum for the ever more exciting deadline – 5 January 2015 South East 18 methodologies and strategies that continue to emerge. Final registration deadline – South West 19 Registration is now open. 26 January 2015 http://rsc.li/fd178 Don’t miss out on award-winning speakers, evening lectures and Wales 19 extensive opportunities for networking. Directing Biosynthesis IV http://rsc.li/os24 25-27 March 2015 Notices 20 Norwich, UK Deaths 23 Poster abstract deadline – 16 January 2015 Early bird registration ISACS17 deadline – 30 January 2015 Challenges in Chemical http://rsc.li/dbiv NOTICES Renewable Energy Nucleation – A Transition 8–11 September 2015 State to the Directed Assembly of Materials Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Faraday Discussion) Abstract submission – now open 30 March-1 April 2015 Brazil is considered to have the world’s first sustainable biofuels Leeds, UK economy, making it the perfect location for the latest conference Poster abstract deadline – in our International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences 19 January 2015 (ISACS) series. Leading scientists from across the world will meet in Early bird registration Rio de Janeiro to share scientific developments in renewable energy deadline – 9 February 2015 generation and storage. http://rsc.li/nucleation- The five themes for ISACS17 are: fd2015 • solar fuels and molecular catalysis Corrosion Chemistry Through our Outreach Fund, (Faraday Discussion) • photovoltaics we supported two days of 13-15 April 2015 chemistry demonstrations in • biofuels London, UK Ramsgate (p21). • battery technology/energy storage Poster abstract deadline – • fuel cells 9 February 2015 Challenges in Chemical Renewable Energy is set to be a significant http://rsc.li/corrosion- Further fd2015 information milestone in the ISACS series. Abstract submission is now open so, if your research aligns with any of the above themes, take advantage Challenges in Chemical To find out more about any of this opportunity to showcase your work in Brazil. Biology (ISACS16) event on this page, see http://rsc.li/isacs17 15-18 June 2015 www.rsc.org/events Zurich, Switzerland Call +44 (0) 1223 43 Oral abstract submission 2254/2380 deadline – 9 February 2015 Or email [email protected] http://rsc.li/isacs16

16 RSC NEWS JANUARY 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 Contact RSC Events and mobile devices in the teaching 01223 432 380 and learning of chemistry. Your guide to all important events Further information [email protected] Registration is free of charge and The RSC News Diary this month lists RSC events from January a certificate of attendance will be to February 2015 that are held on the RSC conference database. provided. Further details on any of these meetings can be obtained Contact Sandy Wilkinson from the named contact or from the conference website at IRELAND 01214 144 866 [email protected] www.rsc.org/events Other events You can search events by name, date or keywords and have the RSC Midlands Regional option to browse by location, subject area and event type. Analytical Division – Meeting 2015 Northern Ireland 5 February Heritage smells lecture and IET Birmingham Annual General Meeting Our regional meetings provide a fantastic opportunity for members EASTERN Other Events 21 January to meet representatives of RSC Queens University of Belfast RSC Eastern Regional Council and to find out more about The lecture will describe the main East Anglia Section Meeting 2015 our strategic goals. It is also the scientific and heritage objectives of perfect opportunity to discover the 15 January the Heritage smells interdisciplinary UEA School of Chemistry wonderful work of our member research seminar The County Hotel, Chelmsford project. Our regional meetings provide a networks and the work we are 14 January Contact Michael Harriott fantastic opportunity for members doing to support your community, University of East Anglia 02890 660 444 to meet representatives of RSC and network with RSC staff and • Dr Karen Faulds, University of [email protected] Council and to find out more about members in your local area. Strathclyde our strategic goals. It is also the Contact Marie Chapman, RSC Karen will give a lecture on perfect opportunity to discover the 01223 432 274 her research in bio-analytical wonderful work of our member [email protected] chemistry. MIDLANDS networks and the work we are Contact John Fielden doing to support your community, Energy Sector 01603 593 137 and network with RSC staff and North Staffordshire Early career energy [email protected] members in your local area. Section sector chemists symposium 2015 UEA School of Chemistry Contact Marie Chapman, RSC Top of the Bench research seminar 01223 432 274 competition 6 February [email protected] Rolls-Royce Learning & Career 24 January 21 January Development Centre, Derby Keele University University of East Anglia All chemists working in the energy Local heat for our schools • Dr Kate Kemsley, Institute of INTERNATIONAL area in the early stages of their competition for KS3 and KS4 Food Research careers and their supervisors are students. Kate will give a lecture on her invited to attend. This includes Singapore Section Contact Katherine Haxton research. industrial chemists, academic 01782 734 209 Contact John Fielden Communicating as a researchers, postgraduate students, 01603 593 137 scientist workshop [email protected] undergraduate students and those [email protected] 4 February with a background in chemistry but British Council Professional Other Events no longer working directly in the East Anglia Section gourmet field. The top 30 abstracts will be dinner and AGM Development Centre Contact O. Koentjoro Education Division – Midlands invited to give a short presentation 27 January +65 9062 1052 and present their poster. City College Norwich Sixth Form lecture: [email protected] Contact Paul Brack Whisky-themed gourmet evening Atmospheric chemistry – [email protected] that includes a talk and dinner in myths and facts the Norwich City College Debut Other events 20 January Education Division – Midlands restaurant. The University of Birmingham A lecture for Sixth Form Contact Tharin Blumenschein Faraday Division It’s time to get to grips with students: Discovering new 01603 592 963 Temporally and Spatially the greenhouse effect, global medicines – the role of the [email protected] Resolved Molecular Science: warming, ozone depletion and chemist Faraday Discussion 177 climate change, and how these UEA School of Chemistry environmental issues influence UK 10 February research seminar 12-14 January and international policy. Tickets are University of Birmingham Indian Institute of Science, After a brief review of ailments 11 February 2015 free but registration is essential. Bangalore, Contact N Briggs through the ages, the lecture will University of East Anglia The main aim for this discussion is look at the many roles chemistry • Prof Michael Greane, University 01827 311 205 to bring together crystallographers [email protected] has played in the modern drug of Manchester and spectroscopists from discovery process. Michael will give a lecture on his chemistry, physics and biology Contact N Briggs Education Division – Midlands research in organic chemistry. to promote new interdisciplinary 01827 311 205 Contact John Fielden research and to benefit from Teachers CPD meeting: Using [email protected] 01603 593 137 complementary approaches ICT to enhance teaching and [email protected] and techniques in the rapidly learning in chemistry emerging areas of time resolved 3 February studies, leading to a greater The University of Birmingham overall understanding of structural The meeting will explore ways of dynamics. using ICT on tablets, computers

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Test the Chemist REACH and small businesses NORTH EAST pub quiz workshop Other Events 29 January 25 February RSC Scotland Regional Central Yorkshire Section The Chase Hotel, Whitehaven Radisson Blu Hotel Manchester Meeting 2015 Mostly general knowledge Airport 19 February Top of the Bench schools questions with the odd chemistry We are partnering with IET Glasgow competition local heat question. Teams of four are invited REACHReady to deliver this one- Our regional meetings provide a 19 January to take part. When registering, day workshops on REACH. fantastic opportunity for members University of York please advise whether you are The programme has been to meet representatives of RSC Central Yorkshire heat to select a entering a team or would like to be specifically tailored for small Council and to find out more about school for the final of this national part of a team. companies in the chemical and our strategic goals. It is also the competition. School teachers are Contact Kevin Webb downstream industries. perfect opportunity to discover the invited to enter a team of four 01946 779 264 Contact RSC Events wonderful work of our member pupils. [email protected] 01223 432 380 networks and the work we are Contact Brian Grievson [email protected] doing to support your community, 01904 324 543 and network with RSC staff and [email protected] Lancaster and District Section members in your local area. SCOTLAND Contact Marie Chapman, RSC Hull and East Yorkshire Nanotechnology in 01223 432 274 Section our daily lives [email protected] 13 January at 19.30 Mid-Scotland Section Café Scientifique University of Central Lancashire Alchemy or How to 28 January We will explain and discuss make gold The White Horse Inn (Nellies), the impact and spread of SOUTH EAST Beverley nanotechnology in industry and 11 February at 19.00 An informal meeting with the commerce. If you would like Ineos Exhibition Centre, Downland Section opportunity to hear and talk about to attend, please contact the Grangemouth heart disease, red wine and the organiser by 6 January. • Dr John Hudson Top of the Bench French paradox. Contact Harry Clarke In his talk, John will take a light- Downland heat hearted look at the long history Contact Mark Lorch 01995 640 003 12 January of alchemy. 01482 465 687 [email protected] Sir William Perkins’ School, Contact Mark Dennis [email protected] Chertsey 07859 027 868 Science, Scientists and Contact Chris Williamson [email protected] Cinema 01372 451 499 Other Events 10 February at 19.30 chris_williamson@btopenworld. RSC North East Regional University of Central Lancashire Tayside Section com Meeting 2015 Contact Harry Clarke 01995 640003 Top of the Bench Tayside Top of the Bench Heat 22 January [email protected] regional final 15 January The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Lancing College upon Tyne 27 January at 18.00 Contact Chris Williamson Our regional meetings provide a University of St Andrews Other Events 01372 451 499 fantastic opportunity for members The Tayside regional final for [email protected] to meet representatives of RSC RSC North West Regional the RSC Top of the Bench Council and to find out more about Meeting 2015 competition will be contested our strategic goals. It is also the by four local schools that have 12 February progressed through three previous Other Events perfect opportunity to discover the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, wonderful work of our member rounds, with the winning school Preston progressing to the national final. Biomaterials Chemistry Group networks and the work we are Our regional meetings provide a RSC biomaterials chemistry doing to support your community, Contact Prof Douglas Philp fantastic opportunity for members 01334 463 800 annual conference and network with RSC staff and to meet representatives of RSC [email protected] 5-6 January members in your local area. Council and to find out more about Royal Society of Chemistry at Contact Marie Chapman, RSC our strategic goals. It is also the Annual General Meeting Burlington House, London 01223 432 274 perfect opportunity to discover the Contact Sanjukta Deb [email protected] wonderful work of our member 2 February 0207 188 1817 networks and the work we are University of Dundee [email protected] doing to support your community, The 34th AGM of the Tayside and network with RSC staff and Section. After the formal meeting, NORTH WEST there will be a tour of the RSC South East Regional members in your local area. Meeting 2015 Contact Marie Chapman, RSC Discovery Centre for Translational Cumbria Section 01223 432 274 & Interdisciplinary Research, 6 January [email protected] conducted by Dr David Foley, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge Christmas meal University of Dundee, and dinner Our regional meetings provide a at a local restaurant. Attendees fantastic opportunity for members 23 January are required to pay for their own to meet representatives of RSC Manor House, Cockerhouse dinner. Council and to find out more about The traditional RSC Cumbria Contact Neil Keddie our strategic goals. It is also the Section’s Christmas meal will take 01334 467 254 perfect opportunity to discover the place in January to avoid clashes [email protected] wonderful work of our member with other meals. Tickets are £10 networks and the work we are per head. Please contact Kevin doing to support your community, Webb by early January if you wish and network with RSC staff and to attend. members in your local area. 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Heterocyclic and Environmental 2014 Faraday Synthesis Group Chemistry Group SOUTH WEST Lectureship Prize Separation Science Group One-day meeting 26 January Analytical Division and AGM Bristol and District Section Cardiff University 9 January New developments in The Faraday Lectureship Prize Institute of Cancer Research the analysis of complex Retired members’ luncheon 2014 was awarded for pioneering Three plenary speakers and three environmental matrices 14 January a molecular approach to catalyst supporting talks. 6 February The Westbury Park Tavern, Bristol design by bridging the gap Contact Adrian Dobbs Royal Society of Chemistry at Contact Pam Day between homogeneous and 0208 331 9689 Burlington House, Piccadilly, 01179 701 860 heterogeneous catalysis through [email protected] London [email protected] the new field of interfacial This new meeting aims to cover coordination chemistry. Joint Pharmaceutical developments in analytical 35th Annual General Meeting Contact James Redman Analysis Group instrumentation that make it and lecture 02920 876 273 possible to simultaneously analyse Quality risk management: 5 February [email protected] numerous pollutants in complex a pragmatic approach BAWA, Bristol matrices using minimal sample The AGM will be followed by 3D printing of chemical 5 February clean-up. a lecture titled ‘Composites in reactors GlaxoSmithKline, Ware Contact Roger Reeve aerospace: history, uses & testing’. 9 February An effective quality risk 01915 152 596 A free buffet, for which booking is Cardiff University management process provides a [email protected] key mechanism for the proactive essential, will be available. No registration necessary. identification and control of Contact Hilary Kitchen Contact James Redman Faraday Division potential issues that may arise 01179 392 563 02920 876 273 during product development and Nanoplasmonics: Faraday [email protected] [email protected] subsequent commercialisation. Discussion 178 Scientific approaches are used to 16-18 February Superconducting seaweed Modelling isotope effects in estimate the likelihood of any given Royal Society of Chemistry at 9 February the supramolecular age risk. This symposium will look at Burlington House, London Swindon Academy 16 February the assessment of risk from an Recent advances in Contact Tim Harrison Cardiff University academic, regulatory and industrial nanofabrication and sub- 01179 288 663 No registration necessary. perspective and will cover method wavelength optical characterisation [email protected] Contact James Redman development, specification setting, have led to significant new 02920 876 273 chemical purging and genotoxin advances in plasmonics. In [email protected] risk assessment using in silico addition to traditional top-down Mid-Southern Counties methodologies. nanofabrication techniques, Section Adventures with oxygen: Contact Amy Le Vannais chemical-based fabrication A radical perspective has emerged as an inexpensive Kitchen chemistry 0207 572 2326 19 February and viable alternative with family lecture [email protected] Neath Port Talbot College electrochemical and self- 10 January Contact Bill George organisation methods for Drug Discovery University of Southampton 01792 406 994 fabrication of plasmonic Workshop Atoms and molecules are all [email protected] nanoparticles and extended 6 February around us, and chemistry is used Society of Biology, plasmonic structures. The meeting to control and change these Design of artificial Charles Darwin House will focus on areas where progress molecules. The kitchen chemistry metalloenzymes This course is suitable for is expected to have a most show uses simple equipment for applications in scientists considering a career significant impact on a whole and readily available material to homogeneous catalysis in the pharmaceutical industry, area of nanoplasmonics and on illustrate some of the principles commercial exploitation. involved. The demonstrations can 23 February academics who want to Cardiff University understand more about where Contact RSC Events all (bar one) be done in your own 01223 432 254 home. No registration necessary. medicines come from and a wide Contact James Redman variety of people who interact [email protected] Contact Gill Reid 02380 593 609 02920 876 273 with scientists working in the [email protected] drug discovery arena. The course Biological and Medicinal [email protected] is run by the Society of Biology Chemistry Sector in collaboration with the Royal Mastering MedChem: Society of Chemistry and the 1st RSC-BMCS symposium Biochemical Society. Members on mastering medicinal WALES are entitled to a 75% discount. chemistry Contact Society of Biology’s 26 February South East Wales Section training officer Royal Society of Chemistry at 0207 685 2550 Burlington House, London Synthesis and applications [email protected] In the main there are two types of cyclic carbonates of drug discovery programmes: 19 January those that hit serious problems and Cardiff University those that are going to hit serious RSC Green Chemistry Award problems. The difference between lecture success and failure is how we, as Contact James Redman medicinal chemists, tackle and 02920 876 273 resolve the problems. [email protected] Contact Maggi Churchouse 01359 221 004 maggi@maggichurchouseevents. co.uk

JANUARY 2015 RSC NEWS 19 VACANCIES

Vacancies for elected positions on Council, Boards and Divisions

We would like the members serving on our governance bodies to Ordinary Members of Council represent the breadth and diversity of the chemical sciences, with Council encourages a good balance with reference to industry and reference to industrial and academic backgrounds, geographical academic background, geographical spread, gender ethnicity and age spread, gender, ethnicity and age range. We are now looking for your range, and the breadth of chemical sciences. Ordinary Members of nominations to fill the below vacancies to help us achieve this goal. Council are Trustees of the charity. All vacancies will be filled, in accordance with the current By-laws and Electoral Regulations, at the Annual General Meeting, which will Council’s nominees are: be held in London on 8 July 2015. Professor Polly Arnold CChem FRSC FRSE, Crum Brown Chair of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh President Elect (to become our Dr Peter Blenkiron CChem FRSC, next President in 2016) Senior Director, Skin Health R&D, GlaxoSmithKine The RSC President is an advocate for the chemical sciences, Professor Sabine Flitsch CChem FRSC, ambassador for the Royal Society of Chemistry and Trustee of the Professor, University of Manchester charity. Professor Melissa Hanna-Brown CChem FRSC, Council’s nominee is Professor Sir John Holman CChem FRSC, Associate Research Fellow, Pfizer Global R&D Emeritus Professor in the chemistry department at the University of Dr David Prest CChem FRSC, York, where he teaches physical chemistry. Managing Director, European Region, Johnson Matthey ECT John chairs several national bodies, including the Salters’ Institute Dr David Rees CChem FRSC, and the Teacher Development Trust. He is an experienced Trustee, Senior Vice President, Chemistry, Astex Pharmaceuticals including having been appointed as Trustee of the Natural History Professor Robert Tooze CChem FRSC FRSE, Museum by the UK Prime Minister. He advises two major scientific Managing Director, Sasol Technology trusts, the Gatsby Foundation and the Wellcome Trust. Dr Janette Waterhouse EurChem CChem FRSC, He was the government’s National STEM Director between 2006 and Pharmaceutical Consultant 2010 and he is accustomed to working with policymakers at all levels, including with ministers and permanent secretaries in the UK, and Mr Keith Wiggins HonFRSC, their equivalents overseas. Chief Operating Officer, Nanoco Group PLC He is an experienced public speaker, being frequently invited to As there are five vacancies, we will hold a ballot. speak in the UK and overseas. Since 1990, he has lectured and provided advice on science education in over 30 countries across six Board vacancies continents. In 2013 and 2014, he worked in eight different countries. Vacancy for one elected member of Membership and Qualifications He is experienced in the media, both broadcast and print and has Board (MQB) and one elected member for the Science, written numerous policy papers and reports, most recently Good Education & Industry Board (SEIB). For further information go to Career Guidance (2014), which has been widely adopted as a basis http://rsc.li/vacancies-elections for policy. John is experienced as a teacher of chemistry at all levels from 11-year-olds to undergraduates. He was Headteacher of Watford Grammar School for Boys (1994-2000) and founding director of the National Science Learning Centre (2004-2010). He has guided strategy development in schools and universities and was a major contributor to the Royal Society’s 2014 Vision project. He was awarded the RSC’s Lord Lewis Award and the Royal Society’s Kavli Education Medal in 2014. He is committed to advancing the chemical sciences and believes that, with our current resources, leadership and international standing, there is no limit to what we can achieve both nationally and internationally.

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Division vacancies ANALYTICAL Notices Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. http://rsc.li/analytical-division-council Cool chemistry at the seaside CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY INTERFACE With financial support from the Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. Fund, volunteers in Ramsgate transformed an empty town-centre http://rsc.li/cbid-council shop into a makeshift theatre in November, delivering free chemistry DALTON demonstrations to anyone who fancied coming in. The team were Vacancy for President Elect to become President in 2016, and awarded £2,000 in August for their proposal to bring an enriching vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. educational opportunity to the heart of a community that can face http://rsc.li/dalton-division-council significant barriers to accessing learning opportunities. The Dalton Division Council nominee for President-Elect is The organisers teamed up with the University of Kent Physical Professor Emma Raven CChem FRSC, University of Leicester. Sciences Outreach Team, which – led by Ollie Brown – delivered 12 EDUCATION chemistry demonstrations over a two day period. They used audience Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. participation to explain core chemistry concepts such as liquids, solids http://rsc.li/education-division-council and gases, and brought the talk to life by demonstrating the effects of ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY liquid nitrogen on bananas, balloons and bouquets of flowers. Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. Lead organiser Xanthe Pitt explained why she applied to the Outreach http://rsc.li/esed-council Fund: “We really wanted to bring something different to Ramsgate FARADAY town centre. We wanted to make science accessible, ignite an interest Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. in it and inspire people to learn more. By making the shop stand out http://rsc.li/faraday-division-council from the usual high street offer, we wanted to entice members of the public, young and old. INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. “We tried to ensure that the event wasn’t only perceived as being http://rsc.li/itd-council aimed at those with children by organising part of it during the working-week. It was clear that a number of adults were initially MATERIALS CHEMISTRY hesitant to take part, but once inside, we were able to show them Vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. some practical applications of chemistry and demonstrate that anyone http://rsc.li/mcd-council can become a scientist. We are delighted that nearly everyone who ORGANIC completed our feedback said that they had learned something new Vacancy for President Elect to become President in 2016 and and, more importantly, that they wanted to learn more!” vacancies for two elected members of the Division Council. The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund provides financial http://rsc.li/organic-division-council support to individuals and organisations in order to enable them to run The Organic Division Council nominee for President-Elect is chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences. Through Alison Hulme CChem FRSC, University of Edinburgh the fund we can support our members and other advocates to Nomination forms, electoral regulations and guidance for engage with different audiences, and provide people with an entry candidates are available through the above links. General point into the chemical sciences. For more information, visit information on RSC governance can be found at http://rsc.li/outreach-fund.

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Election procedure If you would like to go up for election for one of these vacancies, please submit your nomination using the form that is available on our website. It incorporates a signed declaration by the nominee that you are willing to make the necessary commitments if elected. A nomination must also be supported by the number of members specified. Members can only support the nomination of one candidate. Members may also request a nomination form and additional information by emailing [email protected], or contacting Hilary Beckett by post (Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA) or phone (+44 (0)20 7440 3341). The vacancy for which the information is required must be indicated. Nominations must be received by the closing date of 6 March 2015. We will contract an external provider to manage the elections, enabling electronic voting, with postal votes available to members who have not provided us with an email address. Ollie Brown from the University of Kent Physical Sciences Outreach Team used liquid nitrogen demonstrations to enthuse kids and adults in Ramsgate with chemistry.

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Take 1... minute for chemistry in health Make the most of your We’re looking for early-career researchers who can explain the importance of membership and come along chemistry to human health in one minute. If you can think of imaginative ways to to a Regional Meeting show a non-specialist audience how chemistry helps us address health-related Attending a Regional Meeting is a great way to network challenges, then take part in our Take 1... minute for chemistry in health video with members in your local area who share your competition for a chance to win £500. interest in the chemical sciences. It’s also an easy The deadline for applications is 30 January 2015. For more details on how to enter, way to meet members of our Council, Boards and visit http://rsc.li/take-1-videos Committees, and to find out more about how you can get involved over a buffet dinner and drinks. We know that members in several of our regions have North West Trust closes its doors experienced travel difficulties in the past, so for the first time ever, we will be piloting a parallel meeting in After nearly 20 years of activity, the North West Trust of the Industry and Technology Aberdeen at the same time as the one that is taking Division was closed at the end of 2014. Since its inception in 1995, the Trust donated place in Glasgow (streaming the presentations via more than £200,000 to a variety of activities in the North West, many of them aimed a video link), to expand our reach and allow more at primary and secondary school children. In that time, the Trust also kept its 5,500 members to participate. regional members informed with 47 editions of North West Chemistry News. To find out when and where some of the other events “Highlights of the Trust’s activities include the conservation of John Dalton’s papers, are taking place, take a look at our diary on p17. If you which were damaged in Manchester during the Second World War and are now would like to come along to a meeting, please email housed in the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library, and the production [email protected] with your request for an invite of a DVD for primary school teachers illustrating simple experiments for children (places are limited). using everyday items and ingredients,” says David Karsa, one of the North West Trust’s past Chairs.

Organic chemistry students take centre stage © MPP IMAGE CREATION / ROYAL OF CHEMISTRY SOCIETY On 1 December, 37 final-year organic chemistry PhD students battled it out to win £500 at the Organic Division Poster Symposium at Burlington House, London, looking to impress with enthusiastic presentations about their research. The event, which was headline sponsored by F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., puts poster presentations centre stage, allowing students to discuss their outstanding work with peers, leading academics, and industrial chemists from across Europe. This year’s participants presented work spanning the breadth of organic chemistry from synthetic methodology and natural products to designing molecular scaffolds for drug discovery. Professor Sue Gibson of Imperial College London, who has been chair of the organising committee for the past three years and one of the judges on the day, describes what makes the event unique: “Every single poster presenter deserves congratulations. The standard of chemistry presented was breath-taking, and it was a pleasure to see participants fully engaged in discussions from start to finish.” Along with Professor Julian Blagg, Institute opportunities the symposium aims to inspire The winners of the poster competition from left to right: Sonja Kuschel (first of Cancer Research, and Professor Jonathan delegates to think about possible applications prize), Owen Davis (participant prize), Clayden, University of Manchester, she had for their research. Antoine Maruani from University College London received a second Sarah Walker (runner-up), Antony Burton the difficult task of choosing our winners. (runner-up) and Antoine Maruani £500 prize for his research on selective dual The first prize went to Sonja Kuschel from (industry prize). the University of Manchester for her work modification of proteins, which was deemed on nanomachines for sequential peptide by the delegates from industry to have the synthesis, with runners-up Antony Burton, greatest potential for industrial application. University of Bristol, and Sarah Walker, The next poster symposium will open to Heriot-Watt University, winning £250 each. applications next summer (http://rsc.li/ An additional prize, chosen by the students, organic-poster). In the meantime if you are went to Owen Davis from Imperial College a final year inorganic chemistry PhD student, London. As well as showcasing excellent why not apply for the Dalton Division’s poster research and providing invaluable networking symposium at http://rsc.li/dd-poster

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Kent Local Section takes IMAGE COURTESY OF MARK BOTTING members curling With the aim of bringing together our members for some informal networking, the Kent Local Section organised an afternoon of curling at Fenton’s Rink. Committee members, other members in the region, their partners and guests gathered at England’s only curling rink on the afternoon of 29 November. “The Section held a golf day in April, but we were looking for something different and new,” explains Kent Local Section Chair Mark Botting. “The aim was to do something social apart from our usual visits to gardens or vineyards that would allow us to bring together members from across the age ranges.” Following an introduction to typical curling terms and a practice on the ice, the two teams fought a close battle that ended in a 7:3 victory for one of the teams after six ends. To find out about other events organised by this or one of our other Local Sections, take a look at the Diary on p17 or our events database at www.rsc.org/events.

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Mr Albert Cain Birnie CChem Mr Peter John Gilbert Dawson Mr Frederick Hubert Lane Professor Benton Seymour MRSC Retired analytical chemist, CChem FRSC Retired clinical CChem FRSC Retired. Died Rabinovitch MRSC Emeritus Macaulay Land Use Research research and development 11 May 2014, aged 89 professor, University of Institute. Died 10 September manager, BDH Ltd. Died Mr Gerald Lederer CChem Washington. Died 2 August 2014, 2014, aged 79 19 October 2014, aged 93 FRSC Retired self-employed aged 95 Dr Oluf Christian Bockman Dr John Hilton Griffiths MRSC consultant. Date of death not Mr Rex Arthur Saunders CChem MRSC Retired scientific advisor, Retired head of chemistry supplied FRSC Retired self-employed. Norsk Hydro Research Centre. department, Pates Grammar Mr Raymond George Lidzey Died 4 July 2014, aged 83 Date of death not supplied School. Died 25 September 2014, CChem MRSC Retired. Died Mr Geoffrey Brian Stapleton Mr Nathan Burak CChem MRSC aged 71 26 September 2014, aged 87 CChem FRSC Retired scientist. Retired adviser on regulatory Dr Norman Hardman CChem Dr Anne Elizabeth McCarthy Died 4 October 2014, aged 78 affairs, Joseph Crosfield & Sons FRSC CEO, Oxalis Partners LLC. CChem FRSC Retired chemistry Mr Geoffrey Tunstall CChem Ltd. Died 25 August 2014, Died July 2014, aged 68 teacher, Edgbaston College. FRSC Retired head of science, aged 89 Dr David Norman Hingle MRSC Died 1 October 2014, Thomas Preparatory School. Mr Neil Roland Colson CChem Retired self-employed technical aged 87 Died 20 February 2014, aged 87 MRSC Head, chemical analysis consultant. Died 8 September Mr Alexander Adrian Mieras Professor Joseph Zauhar MRSC innovation, Unilever Plc. Died 2014, aged 74 CChem MRSC Retired assistant Retired professor in chemistry, 12 October 2014, aged 55 Mr Martin Roger Humphries general manager, technical Collège Militaire Royal de Saint- Dr Edwin Channing Coolidge MRSC Retired project manager, support, BP Petroleum Jean. Died 20 October 2014, MRSC Retired. Died 15 August GKN Group Services Ltd. Died Development Ltd. Date of death aged 84 2014, aged 89 14 January 2014, aged 73 not supplied Dr Alan David Dale CChem Mr David William Hunt CChem Mr Michael John Owers CChem MRSC Retired senior analyst, MRSC Retired principal analytical FRSC Retired. Died 8 August Melbourn Scientific Ltd. Died 6 chemist. Died 11 October 2014, 2014, aged 85 To inform us of the death October 2014, aged 69 aged 77 Dr Noel Howard Poynton MRSC of an RSC member please Mr Robert George Nelson Dr Colin Taylor Ironside Retired. Died 14 September 2014, contact the Membership Davison MRSC Operations CChem MRSC Retired chemist, aged 99 Department on 01223 432141 manager, Environment Agency. Glaxochem Ltd. Died 23 [email protected] Died 16 June 2014, aged 53 September 2014, aged 80

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