Newcastle University

NE Industry-Academia Collaboration Meeting
NEPIC(The North East Process Industry Cluster) is organising a one day symposium between its members and the Chemistry Departments at Newcastle, Durham, York and Leeds Universities who are working together with the aim of collaborating in the area of sustainable chemistry and providing research expertise to Companies in the Region. The meeting will take place at Ramside Hall, Durham on the 24th April.

RSC Chemical Nanoscience Spring Symposium
The second one-day RSC Chemical Nanoscience Spring Symposium will be held in Newcastle on Wednesday 14th March 2012. The event, which is free to attend but limited in number, has an exciting line of speakers presenting on a wide range of topics in Chemical Nanoscience. A leaflet giving full details of the event and how to register can be downloaded here. A poster session with prizes will be held during lunch so students and researchers can actively contribute to the day. Please register by emailing Isobel.lamb@ncl.ac.uk - stating a poster title if one is to be presented. Numbers are limited to 85.

`First in Europe' Cancer Equipment Delivered to Newcastle
The first of a new generation of Cyclotrons for the production of the isotope ¹⁸F, used as a tracer for detecting cancers, has been delivered to the Chemistry School here at Newcastle. The equipment was purchased through a record contribution from the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Professor K C Nicolaou to Deliver 2012 Wynne–Jones Lecture
This year’s public Wynne–Jones lecture will be given by Professor K C Nicolaou, the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California in San Diego. His lecture is entitled Molecules that Changed the World and will map the development of civilisation through the discover of key chemical structures. Further information about the Wynne–Jones Lecture is available here.

Launch of Soweto Chemistry Bus
Professor Mike Green, Head of School, recently represented the Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC) at the official launch of the Emasondosondo Chemistry Bus at the Sci-Bono Science Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Bus has been designed to tour the Schools in Soweto demonstrating chemistry experiments to 16–18 year old Matric students(the equivalent of UK "A" Levels). A photo gallery is available.

Major Investment in Physical Chemistry Laboratories
As part of the Universities commitment to provide state of the art facilities to its students, work began on the refurbishment of the physical chemistry undergraduate teaching laboratory at the start of April 2011. The old laboratory, on the second floor of Bedson building has been completely stripped out and has been replaced with modern services, flooring, benching and IT connectivity. This modern facility provides bench space for approximately 70 students and completes the transformation of the School of Chemistry’s undergraduate teaching laboratories, which have in the last 5 years undergone complete modernisation at a cost of approximately £2 million. The new laboratory was completed on schedule in time for the new intake of students in 2011/2012. A photo gallery of of the official opening is available here. By clicking this link to bring up the 3D Tour, you can view the exceptional standard of laboratories that is used for all our practical teaching classes.