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Chem Soc Rev Oral Presentation Prize for the 2nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC–Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group

02 Aug 2018

Dr Guillaume De Bo (left) presenting the Chem Soc Rev prize to Aisha Bismillah (right).

The 2^nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC-Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (RSC-MASC) Group took place on 27^th July 2018 at the University of Manchester, UK. This one-day symposium was organised by Dr. Guillaume De Bo (University of Manchester) and was attended by PhD students and post-doctoral researchers within the supramolecular field.

The meeting consisted of fifteen selected talks from submitted abstracts, and all attendees were invited to present a poster. The day ended with a plenary lecture by Professor Anthony Davis (University of Bristol) on ‘Biomimetic Carbohydrate Recognition: The Host-Guest Chemistry of Carbohydrates in Water’.

Chem Soc Rev was proud to sponsor this successful symposium. Aisha Bismillah (Durham University) was awarded the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize for her talk on ‘Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages’.

Congratulations Aisha from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

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Chem Soc Rev prize winners at the EFCATS School on Catalysis

04 Jul 2018

The European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) School on Catalysis was held 25 – 29 June 2018 at Castle Liblice in the Czech Republic.

The motivation behind the conference is ‘where experiment and theory meet in catalysis’. This year’s program included tutorial and plenary lectures from international experts in the field, including Professor Gabriele Centi (University of Messina), Emiel Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology), Bert Sels (KU Leuven) and many more. The talks covered a wide range of topics such as industrial catalysis, two-dimensional materials, molecular sieves and petrochemistry.

We’re delighted to announce that the Chem Soc Rev poster prize was awarded to Nicolas Sadovnik and the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize was awarded to Chelsea L. Tucker.

Well done Nicolas and Chelsea (pictured below), from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

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2016 Emerging Investigator Lectureship: Guihua Yu

19 Jul 2016

Dr Guihua Yu (University of Texas at Austin), one of the winners of the 2016 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship, is currently on his Lectureship tour.

Guihua recently delivered in Asia (China and Singapore) two of his three lectures:

“Lithium Redox Flow Batteries Towards Large-Scale Energy Storage”
2nd International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage
Organised by the Organization Committee and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM)
Xiamen University, China, 15-17 June 2016

“Two-Dimensional Materials for Flexible Energy Storage Devices”
IUMRS-ICEM2016
International Union of Materials Research Societies – International Conference on Electronic Materials
Suntec, Singapore, 4-8 July 2016

Guihua will next be speaking at the ACS symposium “ENFL: 2D Materials: Graphene & Beyond & their Device Applications” in Philadelphia on 24 August 2016, where he will be formally awarded with his Lectureship certificate.

Watch this place for more details soon!

Meet the team:

Photograph of Dr Jeanne Andres
Dr Jeanne Andres (Deputy Editor of Chemical Society Reviews) will be attending the Fall ACS meeting in Philadelphia. She would love to hear about your research and meet with our readers, authors and referees. Please do get in touch with Jeanne if you would like to arrange a meeting in advance.

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ChemSocRev Symposium – 21 September 2015

13 Aug 2015

We invite you to join us for a Chem. Soc. Rev. Symposium at Lanzhou University on 21st September 2015. The event is free to attend and there is no need to register in advance.

The symposium will feature lectures from Chem. Soc. Rev. Editorial and Advisory Board members from China and across the world, who are leading researchers in their respective fields. The topics covered will span a broad range of cutting edge chemistry and will appeal to anyone working in chemistry and its interfaces with other disciplines.

The programme is scheduled to begin from 8:30 am and the details are as follows:

08:30	Opening Remarks Dr May Copsey and Professor Haoli Zhang
Session 1
08:45	Anion and amino-acid transport through lipid bilayers Professor Philip Gale University of Southampton, UK
09:20	New probes for use in polymer self-assembly and nanostructure labelling Professor Rachel O’Reilly University of Warwick, UK
09:55	Intracellular Mapping of Metals and Metallodrugs Professor Zijian Guo Nanjing University, China
10:30	Morning Tea
Session 2
10:50	Novel chemistry in the atmosphere probed using field measurements of the hydroxyl and other radicals Professor Dwayne Heard University of Leeds, UK
11:25	Effective Charge Carrier Utilization in Photocatalytic Conversions Professor Jinlong Gong Tianjin University, China
12:00	Lunch Break
Session 3
14:00	Collaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization Professor Huw Davies Emory University, USA
14:35	Asymmetric Direct Transformation of Aromatic Compounds Professor Shuli You Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
15:10	Bioorthogonal Elimination Reactions Professor Peng Chen Peking University, China
15.45	Afternoon tea
Session 4
16:05	Functional Materials Constructed by the Combination of Traditional Polymers and Host-Guest Molecular Recognition Motifs Professor Feihe Huang Zhejiang University, China
16:40	Assembling functional molecular units through non-covalent and covalent bonds off and on surfaces Professor David Amabilino University of Nottingham, UK
17:15	What could molecular assembly learn from chemical catalysis? Professor Zhong-Qun Tian Xiamen University, China
17:50	Closing Remarks
18:00	Close of meeting

Chem. Soc. Rev. Executive Editor, Dr May Copsey, the Chair of the Editorial Board Prof. Philip Gale and our local host, Professor Haoli Zhang warmly invite you to take part in this event and look forward to welcoming you to Lanzhou.

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Chem Soc Rev poster prize at Supramolecular Chemistry Symposium

14 Jul 2015

Chem Soc Rev was delighted to sponsor a poster prize at the recent Supramolecular Chemistry Symposium at Southampton University. Congratulations to the winner, Marc Little from the University of Liverpool!

Chem Soc Rev Editorial board Chair and Southampton Head of Chemistry, Phil Gale, presented Marc with his certificate.

The Symposium, held on the 17^th June, featured a great line-up of speakers including several RSC Prize and Award winners, with Matthew Fuchter, David Leigh and Andy Cooper all giving a lecture at the event. You can view the full programme and list of speakers online.

For more photos and information about the event, head to the symposium website.

Congratulations again to Marc on his Chem Soc Rev poster prize.

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MOF2014: Poster abstract deadline 30 June

18 Jun 2014

MOF2014
28 September – 1 October 2014, Kobe, Japan

Deadline of poster abstract submission: 30 June

Our forthcoming Chem Soc Rev themed issue on Metal Organic Frameworks will be promoted at the forthcoming MOF2014 Conference, with all delegates receiving a free USB flash drive with a copy of the whole MOFs themed issue. The guest editors are Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), Chair of MOF2014, and (Joe Zhou, Texas A&M University).

Keynote Speakers:
Xiao-Ming Chen, Sun-Yat-Sen University/PRC
Andrew Cooper, University of Liverpool/UK
Roland Fischer, Ruhr-University Bochum/Ger
Jeffrey Long, University of California, Berkeley/USA
George Shimizu, University of Calgary/Can
Myunghyun Paik Suh, Seoul National University/RoK
Qiang Xu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)/Jpn
Omar Yaghi, University of California, Berkeley/USA

Submit your poster abstract for MOF2014

Preview Chem Soc Rev themed issue on Metal Organic Frameworks

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Nanoplasmonics

16 May 2014

Our current Chem Soc Rev issue is a themed issue on nanoplasmonics, guest edited by Luis Liz-Marzan, Catherine Murphy and Jianfang Wang.

Nanoplasmonics concerns light-matter interactions with nanoscale materials. Advances in fabrication, computation, and applications ranging from biomedicine to energy have burgeoned in the last 5 years. This themed issue gathers together a variety of reviews and tutorial reviews covering all chemical aspects of the field, from synthesis and fabrication to plasmon-enhanced effects in physical and biological systems.

To read the full editorial for free, click the link below:

Nanoplasmonics
Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Catherine J. Murphy and Jianfang Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS90026J

If you are interested in Nanoplasmonics, why not register for the Faraday Discussion in London, February 2015.

This meeting aims to highlight the most recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary field of nanoplasmonics. The following themes will be covered:

Plasmonic nanoparticles and metamaterials with designed optical properties
Surface plasmon enhanced spectroscopies
Quantum plasmonics, gain and spasers
Biosensing and biomedical applications of plasmonics

Faraday Discussions have a special format where research papers written by the speakers are distributed to all participants before the meeting, and most of the meeting is devoted to discussing the papers. Click the link to find out more about the Nanoplasmonics Faraday Discussion.

The oral abstract deadline is Monday 19^th May 2014 – so don’t delay submit your oral abstract today! You can view details of the other submission deadlines on the Abstract Submission homepage.

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Nucleation & Crystallography Themed Issue

04 Apr 2014

This year is the international year of crystallography so guest editors David Amabilino and Xavier Obradors from the Institute of Material Science of Barcelona, introduce the ‘Nucleation and Crystallisation’ themed issue of Chemical Society Reviews.

It is over a hundred years since the thermodynamic principles of nucleation were established. The formation of crystals can be spectacular, but the mechanisms of their nucleation and growth are not fully understood. Control over crystallisation can be achieved, but there are still a number of outstanding fundamental questions that remain unanswered.

With different backgrounds, yet a common passion for nucleation and crystallisation, our guest editors put together a collection of view-points of crystallisation from across different areas of chemistry. From crystal crops in Mexico to pulsed lasers and crystallisation techniques involving light, this stimulating collection fuses together the great advances made over the years in the different disciplines of chemistry.

The Nucleation and Crystallisation themed issue is now available online. To access the full editorial for free, click the link below:
Nucleation & crystallisation
David B. Amabilino and Xavier Obradors
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS90015D

If this fascinating area of chemistry inspires you, why not attend the upcoming discussion in Leeds?
Nucleation – A Transition State to the Directed Assembly of Materials

Faraday Discussion
30 March – 1 April 2015, Leeds MET, UK
http://rsc.li/nucleation-fd2015

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A Celebration of Organic Chemistry

28 May 2012

On Friday 15 June, Professor Keith Smith will host a symposium showcasing the very best in Organic Chemistry.

The symposium features lectures by two Nobel Laureates and an RSC Prize Winner, as well as marking Keith’s retirement from Cardiff University, and celebrating his work within the Organic Chemistry Community.

This event is free to attend but places are limited, and attendance is only guaranteed by pre-registration – so act now!

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Directing Biosynthesis – oral abstract deadline 11 May!

09 May 2012

Please don’t miss this last opportunity to submit an oral abstract now to be part of a high profile conference featuring contributions from the most active groups in the UK, Europe, the USA and Japan working in this rapidly developing area.

This meeting builds on the two previous extremely successful conferences in a subject area which remains highly topical. As significant opportunities exist for engineering biosynthetic pathways in bacteria, fungi and plants for the directed biosynthesis of new natural products with new and beneficial properties. We expect the programme this year to generate a high profile event that you will not want to miss.

Confirmed Invited speakers:

Ikuro Abe, University of Tokyo, Japan
Mervyn Bibb, John Innes Centre, UK
David W. Christianson, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Christian Hertweck, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Ben Liu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Professor Jim Naismith, University of St Andrews, UK
Joern Piel, University of Bonn, Germany
Professor Chris Schofield, University of Oxford, UK
David H Sherman, University of Michigan, USA
Dr David R Spring, University of Cambridge, UK
Tom Simpson, FRS, University of Bristol, UK
Yi Tang, UCLA, USA

NOW CONFIRMED – Craig Townsend, John Hopkins University, USA

A special symposium will take place within the Directing Biosynthesis III programme, recognising the achievements of three 2011 RSC award winners. Each of the winners will give a keynote lecture within the symposium.

Find out more >

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