Cardiff Spring Conference 2010
5 January 2010
Cardiff Spring Conference
5-6 May 2010
School of Chemistry
(Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre)
Wednesday, 5. May 2010
13.55 Welcome (Peter Knowles)
Chair: Rudolf Allemann
14.00 Robert Huber (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, near Munich)
Intracellular proteolysis, structures, functions, and application
15.00 Coffee Break/Poster Session (Viriamu Jones Gallery)
Chair: Graham Hutchings
15.30 Roderick Hubbard (University of York)
Experiences in Structure and Fragment-Based Ligand Discovery
16.30 David Chadwick (Imperial College, London)
Direct and indirect conversion of bio-derived molecules to chemicals and fuels
19.30 Evening Dinner, Glamorgan Building
Thursday, 6. May 2010
Chair: Kenneth Harris
9.00 Judith Howard (Durham University)
Some Structure - Property Relationships from Diffraction Data.
10.00 Diana Freudendahl (Cardiff University)
Synthesis of New Sulfoxide Containing Diselenides and an Unexpected
Cyclisation Reaction.
10.15 Alicja Antonczak (Cardiff University)
A critical examination of Escherichia coli esterase activity.
10.30 Coffee Break / Poster Session (Viriamu Jones Gallery)
Chair: Thomas Wirth
11.00 Jeremy Harvey (University of Bristol)
Organocatalysis and Organometallic Catalysis: Computational Insight into
Complex Kinetics
12.00 Jean-Marie Lehn (University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)
Perspectives in Chemistry: From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry
13.00 Lunch Break
Chair: Barry Carpenter
14.00 Robert Bergman (University of California, Berkeley)
Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems
15.00 Craig James (Cardiff University)
Polymer-Drug Conjugates: Solution Conformation by Molecular Design.
15.15 Lucia McDyre (Cardiff University)
An EPR and ENDOR Investigation of Chromium-based Oligomerisation Catalysts
15.30 Coffee Break / Poster Session (Viriamu Jones Gallery)
Chair: David Knight
16.00 Tilden Lecture: Ian Paterson (University of Cambridge)
Total Synthesis of Polyketide Natural Products as Promising Anticancer
Agents.
17.00 Closing Remarks (Peter Knowles)
17.05 Cheese and Wine
Although there is no formal registration process, please contact Mrs Alison Thompson (ThompsonAF@Cardiff.ac.uk) if you would like to attend.