Infrared & Raman Discussion Group Meeting, IRDG

The 173^rd IRDG meeting was held at King’s College, London, on Thursday 18^th December 2003.

10:20-10:55 Registration and coffee in the Committee Room.

10:55-11:00 Welcome and introduction.

11:00-11:35 "Terahertz Pulsed Spectroscopy – A new tool in medical, security and pharmacutical applications."

Dr. Philip Taday, Teraview Limited, Cambridge.

11:35–12:10 "Combined approach to image polymeric materials."

Dr. Andreas Gupper, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London.

(formerly of Graz University of Technology, Austria).

12:10–12:30 IRDG Business, inc. committee changes.

12.30-14:15 Lunch

14:20-14:55 "Studying Cells with a Synchrotron Source - Recent Applications from Daresbury."

Dr. Mark Tobin, Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory.

14:55–15.30 "Spectroscopy with a Twist: Raman Optical Activity of Biomolecules."

Dr. Ewan Blanch, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST.

15:30 Close and Tea.

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