MMS Conferencing & Events is hosting their 8th annual one-day conference featuring presentations from young organic chemists that have started their independent academic careers within the last five years.

Date:	Friday, 23rd April 2010
Location:	Imperial College London, Pippard Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building
Application and Fees:	The rates for this meeting will be £165 for Industrialists, £70 for Academics and £40 for students.
For Further Information:	Please contact Michele Sahrle.

	9:15 Registration and Coffee 10:15 Opening Remarks Dr Chris Braddock, Imperial College London Session 1:   10:20 "Designer Polymeric Nanostructures" Dr Rachel O'Reilly University of Warwick   10:55 "Modified DNA in Nano-Biotechnology" Dr Eugen Stulz University of Southampton   11:30 "The Development of New Reagents for Protein Modification" Dr Jamie Baker University College London   12:05 "The Micelle-Assisted Pd-Catalysed Homocoupling of Boronic Acids - Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies" Dr Niek Buurma Cardiff University 12:40 LUNCH Session 2:   13:45 "The Three C's: Carbenes, Coils, and Chirality" Dr Matthew Fuchter Imperial College London   14:20 "New Developments in Intramolecular Hydroacylation: C-H and C-C Activation" Dr Christophe Aissa University of Liverpool   14:55 "Branching Out' - Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Product Analogues" Dr Lorenzo Caggiano University of Bath   15:30 "Developments in Palladium-Catalysed Reactions Inspired by Natural Products" Dr Ed Anderson University of Oxford 16:05 COFFEE Session 3:   16:40 Keynote Speaker Professor W B Motherwell University College London 17:25 Closing remarks Dr David Hollinshead, AstraZeneca 17.25 Wine reception, The Tower Rooms, Sherfield Building, Sponsored by AstraZeneca