January 2024

Mona Symposium:Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry

Event dates: 3 January 2024 09:00 - 6 January 2024 18:00
Event summary: The Mona Symposium is a biennial meeting that has been hosted in the Department of Chemistry at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus in January of even number years since 1966.
Event Venue: The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, 7, Jamaica

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 5 January 2024 09:30-13:45
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

6th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC 2024)

Event dates: 7 January 2024 11:00 - 11 January 2024 16:00
Event summary: This is the 6th SABIC being jointly organized by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS).
Event Venue: AltAir Hotel, Kolkata, 700091, India

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 9 January 2024 09:30-12:15
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

Event dates: 9 January 2024 15:00-16:00
Event summary: This online session will provide an overview of the many ways the Chemists' Community Fund can support chemists and their families.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Postgraduate Symposium XVII – Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Symposium for Postgraduates

Event dates: 9 January 2024 08:00-17:00
Event summary: The ŷ��AV BMCS will host its 17th symposium for PhD students and post-doctoral workers researching in biological or medicinal chemistry. Registration for this in person meeting is FREE.
Event Venue: University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PL, United Kingdom

Evening Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 11 January 2024 18:00-19:45
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

UK Solar Chemicals Network Symposium

Event dates: 11 January 2024 10:00 - 12 January 2024 16:00
Event summary: Solar energy can be used to make chemicals and fuels from abundant resources such as water, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Join us at our annual symposium to discuss the latest developments in the field
Event Venue: Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA, United Kingdom

#TownsFest: A Celebration of Professor Marcy Towns

Event dates: 11 January 2024 14:00-17:00
Event summary: An online symposium – “#TownsFest: A Celebration of Professor Marcy Towns” is the first in an occasional series of online symposia showcasing work in chemistry education research.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

Event dates: 12 January 2024 10:00-11:00
Event summary: This online session will provide an overview of the many ways the Chemists' Community Fund can support chemists and their families.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 12 January 2024 09:30-13:45
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 15 January 2024 12:00-14:45
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

ŷ��AV Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Network Annual Symposium

Event dates: 15 - 16 January 2024
Event summary: This annual flagship event of the ŷ��AV CNN Special Interest Group will cover recent developments in fundamentals and applications of novel materials.
Event Venue: The ŷ��AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

ŷ��AV Newcastle upon Tyne and NE Coast Local Section AGM and Mixer

Event dates: 15 January 2024 18:00-20:00
Event summary: Come along to our AGM to meet your Local Section committee and socialise with other members.
Event Venue: Lit & Phil Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE, United Kingdom

Retired Members Lunch (Central)

Event dates: 16 January 2024 12:30-14:30
Event summary: Lunch event
Event Venue: Eastfield Inn, Bristol, BS9 4NQ, United Kingdom

Webinar: Sugars, natural products and harmful algal blooms on the Norfolk Broads

Event dates: 16 January 2024 19:00-20:00
Event summary: Toxicity of Algal blooms on the Norfolk Broads
Event Venue: On-Line Webinar, United Kingdom

ŷ��AV South-West Regional Meeting 2024

Event dates: 16 January 2024 10:30-17:30
Event summary: The meeting will showcase synthetic chemistry (organic, chemical biology, medicinal) from across the South and West region.
Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Exploring the philosophical aspects of chemistry through the study of chemical reactions.

Event dates: 16 January 2024 19:00-20:00
Event summary: Vanessa Seifert is a research fellow based at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) and will deliver an entertaining and insightful ŷ��AV Public Lecture.
Event Venue: Online

Next Generation Materials for Solar Photovoltaics 2024

Event dates: 17 January 2024 09:00-18:00
Event summary: Join us in the exploration of the frontier of solar photovoltaics at: Next Generation Materials for Solar Photovoltaics 2024
Event Venue: The ŷ��AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

Event dates: 17 January 2024 14:00-15:00
Event summary: This online session will provide an overview of the many ways the Chemists' Community Fund can support chemists and their families.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

ŷ��AV Top of the Bench Central Yorkshire heat

Event dates: 17 January 2024 15:00-18:00
Event summary: The ŷ��AV "Top of the Bench" competition is for KS3 and KS4 students.
Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

CHANGE OF DATE - More than just watching paint dry – marketing the innovative science of the coatings industry

Event dates: 17 January 2024 18:00-19:30
Event summary: A webinar by Tom Bowtell, CEO of the British Coatings Federation, on the importance of the coatings sector to the UK economy and the challenges and opportunities it presents for innovative chemistry
Event Venue: United Kingdom

ŷ��AV Biomaterials Chemistry Group 18th Annual Conference

Event dates: 17 January 2024 10:00 - 19 January 2024 15:00
Event summary: Join us in Loughborough, in Jan 2024 for the 18th annual conference of the ŷ��AV Biomaterials Chemistry Group. Oral Abstract Deadline EXTENDED - now it is the 15th December.
Event Venue: Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

Chemical development and scale-up in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries

Event dates: 17 January 2024 14:00 - 24 January 2024 17:00
Event summary: Principles and Practice
Event Venue:

Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Group Webinar

Event dates: 17 January 2024 16:00-17:30
Event summary: A monthly webinar series of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics interest group.
Event Venue:

Hands-on FTIR Training Course

Event dates: 18 January 2024 09:00 - 19 January 2024 17:00
Event summary: This Anthias Consulting Ltd beginner level 2 day course covers all the practical theory about Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy, at The Open University, Milton Keynes.
Event Venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

Calculating ligand binding affinities at the lipid /membrane interface P2Y1 GPCR complex

Event dates: 18 January 2024 14:00-14:45
Event summary: We discuss a workflow using CompChem methods available in Cresset’s CADD, Flare™ to arrive at accurate binding free energies for a set of P2Y1 ligands bound to a lipid-exposed binding site.
Event Venue: Online, United Kingdom

Tour of Penderyn Distillery

Event dates: 18 January 2024 17:00-20:30
Event summary: An exclusive tour and networking event of the Penderyn Swansea Copperworks Distillery
Event Venue: Penderyn Swansea Copperworks Distillery, Swansea, SA12LQ, United Kingdom

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 19 January 2024 09:30-13:45
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

6th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications

Event dates: 22 January 2024 08:30 - 25 January 2024 13:00
Event summary: From Synthesis, Preparation & Characterisation to Applications of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials. 6th ISN2A, one of the major events in 2024 on the – Nanofield.
Event Venue: TRYP Lisboa Caparica Mar Hotel - Costa de Caparica, Costa de Caparica, 2825, Portugal

Live Online Course: What’s New in ICH Q2(R2) and Q14?

Event dates: 22 January 2024 12:00-15:45
Event summary: On this course you will learn about the recent changes to the ICH guidance, Q2(R2), ‘Validation of Analytical Procedures’, and about the new guidance Q14, ‘Analytical Procedure Development’.
Event Venue:

Not just for the boys – why we need more women in Science, webinar from Dame Professor Athene Donald DBE, FRS, Fŷ��AV (Hon)

Event dates: 23 January 2024 19:00-20:00
Event summary: Dame Professor Athene Donald's talk, based on her recent book, will discuss the challenges of getting more Women in Science
Event Venue:

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 24 January 2024 09:30-12:15
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Scottish initial teacher education professional learning conference

Event dates: 24 January 2024 13:00-17:30
Event summary: Join us for the annual Scottish ITE Professional learning conference, developed in collaboration with the ŷ��AV, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Accelerated, Accurate Drug Discovery using Enhanced Torsion Distributions

Event dates: 25 January 2024 16:00-17:00
Event summary: Upgraded torsion distributions in GOLD, from the latest Cambridge Structural Database and Mogul knowledge, redefine protein–ligand docking.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Freelance Science Communication: An Introduction

Event dates: 25 January 2024 12:00-13:30
Event summary: In this short session we will explore the world of freelance science communication showing you how to find paid opportunities and turn your passion into a job.
Event Venue: Online, United Kingdom

2024 ŷ��AV Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Group (CBBG) Forum

Event dates: 26 January 2024 10:00-18:00
Event summary: The annual meeting of the ŷ��AVs CBBG, bringing together the UK’s Chemical Biology community to showcase and discuss new research at the chemistry-biology interface.
Event Venue: The ŷ��AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Applied Method Validation

Event dates: 26 January 2024 09:00-17:00
Event summary: This course looks at method validation from start (initial planning) to finish (on-going tracking of performance statistics).
Event Venue: Online, United Kingdom

Christmal Meal and Talk

Event dates: 26 January 2024 19:00-21:30
Event summary: A three-course meal accompanied by a captivating talk on 'The Chemistry of the Advent Calendar'
Event Venue: The Manor House Hotel, Cockermouth, CA130EJ, United Kingdom

IESF (British Section) Annual General Meeting and Incoming President’s Inaugural lecture

Event dates: 29 January 2024 17:00-22:00
Event summary: The lecture will be preceded by the Society AGM at 17:45
Event Venue: Institute of Civil Engineers, London, SW1P 3AA, United Kingdom

Chemical Impacts of Climate Change: Lunchtime online talks and discussion series

Event dates: 30 January 2024 12:30-13:15
Event summary: A lunchtime seminar series examining how climate change, and the way we adapt to it, will influence the nature and impact of chemicals in the environment.
Event Venue:

Real Time Analysis of Catalytic Reactions

Event dates: 30 January 2024 14:00-15:00
Event summary: Professor McIndoe will describe novel mass spectrometric (and orthogonal spectroscopic) techniques to enable mechanistic elucidation of catalytic reactions via real-time analysis.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Career Consultation (remote)

Event dates: 30 January 2024 09:30-12:15
Event summary: The ŷ��AV's team of qualified career and professional development advisers are available to offer career advice to our Associate members, Members, Fellows and Affiliate members with RSci/RSciTech.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

January 2024

Mona Symposium:Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry

Career Consultation (remote)

6th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC 2024)

Career Consultation (remote)

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

Postgraduate Symposium XVII – Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Symposium for Postgraduates

Evening Career Consultation (remote)

UK Solar Chemicals Network Symposium

#TownsFest: A Celebration of Professor Marcy Towns

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

Career Consultation (remote)

Career Consultation (remote)

ŷ��AV Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Network Annual Symposium

ŷ��AV Newcastle upon Tyne and NE Coast Local Section AGM and Mixer

Retired Members Lunch (Central)

Webinar: Sugars, natural products and harmful algal blooms on the Norfolk Broads

ŷ��AV South-West Regional Meeting 2024

Exploring the philosophical aspects of chemistry through the study of chemical reactions.

Next Generation Materials for Solar Photovoltaics 2024

Retired member drop-in information session - Chemists' Community Fund

ŷ��AV Top of the Bench Central Yorkshire heat

CHANGE OF DATE - More than just watching paint dry – marketing the innovative science of the coatings industry

ŷ��AV Biomaterials Chemistry Group 18th Annual Conference

Chemical development and scale-up in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries

Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Group Webinar

Hands-on FTIR Training Course

Calculating ligand binding affinities at the lipid /membrane interface P2Y1 GPCR complex

Tour of Penderyn Distillery

Career Consultation (remote)

6th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications

Live Online Course: What’s New in ICH Q2(R2) and Q14?

Not just for the boys – why we need more women in Science, webinar from Dame Professor Athene Donald DBE, FRS, Fŷ��AV (Hon)

Career Consultation (remote)

Scottish initial teacher education professional learning conference

Accelerated, Accurate Drug Discovery using Enhanced Torsion Distributions

Freelance Science Communication: An Introduction

2024 ŷ��AV Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Group (CBBG) Forum

Applied Method Validation

Christmal Meal and Talk

IESF (British Section) Annual General Meeting and Incoming President’s Inaugural lecture

Chemical Impacts of Climate Change: Lunchtime online talks and discussion series

Real Time Analysis of Catalytic Reactions

Career Consultation (remote)

Calculating ligand binding affinities at the lipid /membrane interface P2Y1 GPCR complex