157th IRDG Meeting SKB Harlow 07-10-98

The 157th meeting of the IRDG was  held on Wednesday 7 October 1998 at
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Harlow, Essex.

PROGRAMME
10:15-10:50 Registration and coffee.

10:50-11:00 Welcome and Introduction
                    Dr. David Lee, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow.

11:00-11:35 Pharmaceutical Applications of FT-Raman and Raman Microspectrometry.
                    Dr. Clare Anderton, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow.

11:35-12:10 New Insights into Protein, Nucleic Acid and Virus Structure, Dynamics, and
Folding from Raman Optical Activity.
Professor Laurence Barron, Chemistry Department, University of Glasgow.

12:10-12:45 Intelligent Systems for the Characterisation and Quantification of Microbial
Systems from FT-IR and Dispersive Raman Spectra.
  Dr. Royston Goodacre, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:05 IRDG Business.

14:05-14:40 Raman Spectroscopic Studies of the Vanadium Phosphorus Oxide Catalyst System.
Mr. Javier Cabello Sanchez, Department of Chemistry, University of Wales, Cardiff.

14:40-15:25 Reaction Monitoring in Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Using Infrared Spectroscopy.
Mr. Paul Blackler, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Tonbridge, and
Mr. Chris Killen, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Irvine.

15:25-16:00 IR Studies of Recognition of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics by Transpeptidases and Lactamases.
                         Dr Alan Wilkinson, School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham.
16:00 Close and Tea.

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REGISTRATION:
The registration fee included lunch is £26 for IRDG members, £39 for non-IRDG members,
or £13 for bona fide students and unemployed/retired attendees.