160th IRDG Meeting Renishaw plc 12-10-99

The 1999 Industrial Meeting of the IRDG was held at Renishaw plcm New Mills, Wotton-under Edge

 Programme

09.30 - 10.15 Registration & Coffee

10.15 - 10.25 Welcome and opening remarks

10.25 - 11.20 Dr Gerwin Puppels (Erasmus University Rotterdam) – "In vivo Raman                                           spectroscopy for medical diagnosis"

11.20 - 12.00 Professor Mike Chesters (University of Nottingham) – "Synchrotron                                           infrared micro-spectroscopy applied to single cell analysis"

12.00 - 12.45 Dr John Clarkeson (University of Leeds) – "Avidin Binding of Biotin : A                                           UV Resonance Raman Study of the Tyr and Trp Contributions"

12.45 - 13.00 Photo Session

13.00 - 13.45 Lunch

13.45 - 14.00 IRDG Business

14.00 - 14.30 Dr Neil Everall (ICI Wilton Research Centre) – "Closing the Loop in                                           Process Control using Process Raman Spectroscopy"

14.30 - 15.00 Dr Michael Claybourn (Renishaw) – "Spectroscopic Infrared                                           Ellipsometry for characterising polymer surfaces and interfaces"

15.00 - 15.30 Dr Stewart Parker (Rutherford Appleton Labs) – "Catalyst Poisoning by                                           Methyl Groups"

15.30 - 16.15 Tea and optional tour of the Mill – the tour is available for a limited                                           number, please indicate on the tear off slip if you would like to                                           participate