Past Events

In this computer-intensive workshop, participants learn how to find optimal operating conditions with response surface methods (RSM). Find the "sweet spot" where you meet all your specifications at minimal cost. You will learn how to set up central composite, Box-Behnken and other RSM designs, generate 3D and contour maps and optimize multiple responses.

PI-ConfExSM – the Premier Conference and Exposition in Europe that is tailored to the interests of Patent Information Professionals IPI-ConfEx is a specialist conference geared to anyone working in the field of patent information and searching. Whether you are an information manager, a searching professional using patent information, or a vendor of patent information services, this conference is not to be missed.

The 2006 Biology & Chemistry of Peptides GRC will present the most recent advances in the field of peptides and peptide-related science. We anticipate an exciting meeting with sessions focused on novel synthetic and spectroscopic methods, peptides in immunology and cancer biology, cell surface receptor interactions, drug delivery, and recent developments in peptidomimetics as well as a wide array of topics to be included in poster and oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts.

The development of a new medicine is complex because it requires many different skills. Everyone involved must be aware of the main stages and be able to relate his or her responsibilities to the professional knowledge and needs of other scientists and clinicians. this course has been designed to how how toxicology,clinical investigations and regulatory practices are joined into a continuous process. It will commence with a general introduction to the process of drug development and continue with lectures on the following aspects: Toxicological requirements, Pharmaceutical and Analytical development, Marketing and Business Development, Pharmacokinetic and Metabolic studies, Phase I and healthy volunteer work: Phase II/III - trial design and protocols, and clinical project management; Handling Safety Data in development; ending on the final day with regulatory matters including marketing applications and post-marketing activities.

The place where laboratory technologies emerge and merge. For the last decade, LabAutomation has been the world’s premier conference and exhibition on emerging technologies and tools, accelerating progress and knowledge-sharing across diverse scientific disciplines. With enlightening cross-industry perspectives and abundant networking opportunities, LabAutomation2006 is the single most important educational event for laboratory technology professionals to attend in 2006.

This conference will bring together mass spectrometry professionals from academic, industrial, and national laboratories to discuss both recent developments and challenges facing a variety of experimental strategies that utilize hydrogen exchange, as well as chemical cross-linking and labeling to study biopolymer behavior both in vitro and in vivo. Applications to be discussed include protein folding, assembly, aggregation and amyloidosis, quantitation and mechanistic studies of protein-ligand and protein-protein interaction, structural studies of protein and protein-oligonucleotide complexes, as well as structural proteomics.

The 2006 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, fourteenth in a series of biennial meetings sponsored by the ICP Information Newsletter, features developments in plasma spectrochemical analysis by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), dc plasma (DCP), microwave plasma (MIP), glow discharge (GDL, HCL), and laser sources. The meeting will be held Monday, January 9 through Saturday, January 14, 2006, in Tucson, Arizona (www.visitTucson.org) at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf and Tennis Resort (www.hiltonelconquistador.com). Continuing education short courses at introductory and advanced levels and manufacturers' seminars will be offered Friday through Sunday, January 6-8. Spectroscopic instrumentation and accessories will be shown during a three-day exhibition from January 10 to 12, and a Workshop on New Plasma Instrumentation will be presented on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons. A golf tournament will be held on Sunday, January 8.

The objective of this Conference is to bring together scientists active in the emerging field of “nanoscience” with a focus on colloidal semiconductor and metal nanocrystals and their applications in chemistry, physics, biology and information technologies. Main topics: Chemical synthesis, shape control and surface functionalisation Assembly and self-assembly Optical and magnetic properties Applications in biology, optoelectronics and magnetic data storage media

Section 27415, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time This course is designed to give students a thorough understanding of all aspects of software development for chemo- and bioinformatics, as well as a broader experience of working in a small scientific computing group. Topics include programming for the web, development of web services, science informatics toolkits (with particular emphasis on chemical informatics toolkits), software APIs, artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithm development, high performance computing, database management, managing a small software development group, and design and usability of science informatics software. Special lectures will also be given by invited guests from the scientific software industry. The coursework will involve development of part or whole of a science informatics software system. A basic understanding of science and familiarity with C, C++, Perl, and Java programming languages are required.

IBDG hosts one meeting per year, usually held on London in January. These meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Inorganic Biochemistry, but members of IBDG are entitled to a discounted registration rate. The meeting will concentrate on the application of advanced spectroscopic methods to probe the nature and function of free radical and paramagnetic transition metal centres in a wide range of biological systems. The meeting will also include a series of tutorial lectures detailing the physical principles and the information content of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR), electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopies.

Plenary Lecturers: Professor Rolf W. Saalfrank (University of Erlangen) Dr Ivan Huc (CNRS Bordeaux) Professor A.P. de Silva (Queen's University, Belfast) and the 2006 Bob Hay award winner

This Gakkai (conference meeting in Japanese) aims to promote collaboration between scientists from Japan, Australia and other countries in the region, working in the field of Colloid and Interface Science. It is the 8th meeting in a series that was initiated by Professors Toyoki Kunitake (Kyushu University, Japan), Tom Healy (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Neil Furlong (RMIT University, Australia), in 1992. These meetings are a showcase of Colloid Science in the two countries and have been successful in bringing together the diverse interests of the two communities, that is the Japanese strength in areas such as new surfactants, self-assembly and materials technology with the Australian strengths in fundamental measurement techniques and theory, and applied colloid science. The Gakkai will provide an international forum for detailed discussion and presentation of recent developments in the field of Colloid and Interface Science.

The conversion of a chemical process into a process for manufacture on tonnage scale is of vital importance in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries, both from an economic and often regulatory viewpoint. This was recognised by the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry with the launch of their publication Organic Process Research and Development in January 1997, edited by Trevor Laird of Scientific Update. The Twelfth International Conference on Organic Process Research and Development will bring together chemists and engineers from all parts of the world to discuss issues related to synthetic route design, development and optimisation and the scale-up of these processes.

This conference series has been a leader in driving the scientific aspects of separation science and analysis of biochemical molecules, most notably proteins, peptides, and polynucleotides. In addition, mass spectrometry, as an adjunct to chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, has been discussed in the context of biochemical analysis.

The CHEM SHOW, North America's largest process equipment and technology exposition, gives you direct access to equipment, systems and services by the CPI's most innovative suppliers — companies who can help you improve product quality, lower operating costs, and increase efficiency. You'll find the solutions that can take your process operations to the next level. Plan now to attend the one event that covers all process applications, the 51st Chemical Process Industries Exposition.

The purpose of the Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry is to provide an international group of scientists a forum for in-depth and informal discussion of the most recent developments in an area of mass spectrometry, with the intent of stimulating creativity, critical thinking, and the exchange of ideas.

The reproducible production of organic crystals in the correct form (habit, solvate, polymorph) and particle size is a subject which causes much heart-ache to chemists, engineers, pharmacists and formulators. Although production of new polymorphs and solvates can be a source of profit for companies through extension of the patent lifetime, the inability to manufacture a consistent crystalline form often leads to costly project delays, particularly in chemical development. This conference will focus on these issues from the viewpoint of the process chemist and chemical engineer; i.e. on chemical development issues which impact the ability to routinely manufacture the chosen crystalline form, whether this be the most stable or a metastable crystal.

eCheminfo’s InterAction Meetings brings together researchers, industry experts and managers, academics and solution providers with the common interest of improving the productivity and effectiveness of modeling and informatics methods in drug discovery, design and development. In addition to meeting presentations, significant time at meetings is reserved for panel and breakout discussions and networking. Attendance at either the US or European meeting includes web-based access to all seminars and proceedings from the other.