MMS Conferencing & Events is hosting a one-day conference featuring presentations from young organic chemists that have started their independent academic careers within the last five years. The topics will range from novel synthetic methodology to polymerisations to sugars as biological probes.

Date:	Friday the 28th of March 2008
Location:	Imperial College, Lecture Theatre 308, Huxley Building
Application and Fees:	The rates for this meeting will be £150 for Industrialists, £65 for Academics and £35 for students.
For Further Information:	Please contact Michele Sahrle.

	9:15 Registration and Coffee 10:15 Opening Remarks Session 1: 10:20 "New monomer and initiators for ring opening polymerisation" Dr Charlotte Williams, Imperial College London 10:55 "Synthetic Applications and Biological Roles of Novel Thio-Sugars " Dr Bruce Turnbull, Leeds University 11:30 "Adventures in and new initiatives towards the synthesis of aziridines" Dr Sean Bew, University of East Anglia 12:05 "Routeing the messenger: The synthesis of inositol polyphosphates as selective probes for cellular signalling" Dr Stuart Conway, University of St Andrews 12:40 LUNCH Session 2: 13:45 "The Sulfonamide Group as a Tool in Synthesis" Dr Jon Wilden, University College London 14:20 "Journeys Through Chemical space and Glimpses of the Biological Landscape" Dr James Dowden, Nottingham University 14:55 "Ireland-Claisen approaches to complex alpha and beta amino acids" Dr Dave Carbery, Bath University 15:30 "Exploiting hydrogen bonding in conformational control and asymmetric catalysis" Dr Martin Smith, University of Cambridge 16:05 COFFEE Session 3: 16:40 "From de novo Synthesis to Automated Oligosaccharide Assembly and Carbohydrate Vaccines" Professor Peter Seeburger, ETH, Zurich 17:25 Closing remarks Dr David Hollinshead, AstraZeneca 17.30 Wine reception