It’s our ChemSoc formal – a chance for you to dress up nicely, hang out with your lab partner and forget about chemistry just for one night… So we’ve hired out Muse bar for the night! Tickets will be £8 for members and £10 for non-members. This includes three FREE drinks and nibbles… The free drinks include:
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE EVERYDAY 1-2pm RED SOFAS, CHEMISTRY FOYER!
ChemSoc is running a 5-a-side football tournament. To enter a team, just find the sign-up sheet on the ChemSoc noticeboard in the common room and fill in your details. It’s being held at the Jubilee sports centre and it’s free to enter, but anyone without a sports club membership will have to pay £5 to get in the building. And if you’ve got membership, remember your student card! The format of the tournament will depend on how many teams enter, but one thing that is certain is that the winners will be sent to Loughborough to play in their ChemSoc tournament! There will also be a case or two of beer for the winning team, and in true amateur football style, oranges will be provided.
This year ChemSoc is running a Christmas Formal. It’s at the Bluu Bar in the Lacemarket, starting at 7 pm. Tickets are £10 for members and £12 for non-members, and this includes a free cocktail from the large selection on offer. Look out for ChemSoc reps in the foyer from 1-2 every day to get your tickets!
After the roaring success of our first guest lecture of the year, Chemsoc is proud to present Dr. Geraint Morgan of the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research at The Open University. As usual, there will be free nibbles and drinks in the foyer beforehand or afterwards, or both.
Synopsis
Planetary exploration pushes the boundaries of science and engineering and often results in the development of novel technological solutions. PSSRI have developed miniaturized mass spectrometer systems for both the Rosetta and Beagle 2 space missions. In addition, to their primary role in answering some of the most fundamental questions in planetary science the technology developed for the missions have any number of applications here on Earth. The talk will concentrate on the work being conducted to translate this space-flight technology in particular the recent work, funded by the Wellcome Trust, to develop a rapid diagnostic test for TB for resource-poor settings. The talk will also discuss the group’s unique analytical capabilities that have been applied to a host of terrestrial applications, in areas as diverse as Homeland Security, forensic analysis, sports testing, analyses relevant to the water industry, as well as their potential application as non-invasive in vitro medical devices.
Biography
An analytical chemist with over 15 years of experience in the application and development of mass spectrometer systems for terrestrial and space flight applications. Project Scientist for the Ptolemy instrument onboard the current ESA Rosetta Mission and Project Scientist / System Engineer for the Gas Analysis Package onboard the Beagle2 Mission. Since the demise of Beagle2, took on the role of Research Director for the £2.6 m Wellcome Trust project to investigate the translation of space technology to terrestrial issues. Principal Applicant for the recently funded (WT £1.25m and OU £1m). Wellcome Trust Strategic Translation Award application for the development and validation of a rapid diagnostic test for TB. Currently supervise 5 PhD students, four of which have external commercial funding – all investigating the potential of deployable mass spectrometer systems or the development of novel analytical protocols with the state-of-the-art analytical infrastructure available in PSSRI. Agreements in place with over 50 government departments/ agencies, not-for-profit organisations, universities and commercial companies (national and international).