May 29th 2009 Chemeca 2009

Chemeca 2009 “Engineering our Future: Are We Up to the Challenge?” will not only be a showcase for new knowledge but also a forum to discuss current issues. The industry and academia leaders will present their visions for the future, especially in the Australasian context. The diverse range of delegates, papers and presentations will promote synergies and collaborations between academia and industry and inspire all participants to contribute to the future. 27–30 September 2009 Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Australia To find out more please read their latest new release:

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Members in the Media

It is always exciting when we see our members when they communicate their work or work they collaborate on, to the

general public through the media. Observant viewers during last nights episode of Catalyst would have seen RACI Member -Dr Brian Reedy discuss some of the research he and his Post Graduate Student Adam Brown conducted, improving the visualisation of fingerprints discovered a crime scenes using a very simple and inexpensive tool – heat! To learn more about their work and see last nights episode see: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2583377.htm

The Royal Australian

Chemical Institute, NSW

Branch Office: Ground Floor Dalton Building, School of Chemistry , UNSW.

Email: racinsw@chem.unsw.edu.au

Event Schedule Tuesday 16 June LC & GC MS/MS Single and Triple Quad User Group Meeting (Free) Wednesday 17 June GC and GC/MS Troubleshooting and Maintenance Thursday 18 June LC and LC/MS Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Locat ion CSIRO Food Science Building 11 Julius Avenue Riverside Corporate Park North Ryde NSW 2113 Times 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. each day Cost Courses: • $200 per day • $150 per day for service contract customers • Free of charge for customers who purchased a Varian GC, GC/MS, HPLC or LC/MS in ‘08 or ’09 User Group Meeting: Free of charge (registration essential) Inclusions Lunch and course materials Speaker Annabel Mitchell To register Contact Kersey Cooper at kersey.cooper@varianinc.com Telephone: 02 9542 6182 or 0417 055 103

Day 1: LC & GC MS/MS Single and Triple Quad User Group Meeting Bring your questions, interesting applications, problems and suggestions. Hear about new software developments and enhance your understanding of data handling and reporting options. Day 2: GC and GC/MS Troubleshooting and Maintenance A short course designed to give an understanding of the critical components of a GC and GC/MS and the things that can go wrong. Topics include gas supplies, injectors, detectors, columns and chromatogram evaluation, MS tuning and fault-finding. Day 3: LC and LC/MS Troubleshooting and Maintenance Discussion of the critical parts of an HPLC and problems that can occur including injectors, autosamplers, solvents, columns and detectors. Special requirements of solvents and columns for LC/MS will be covered as well as strategies for reducing acetonitrile consumption. An interactive Q&A session will enable detailed discussion of your HPLC problems.

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Chromatography • Spectroscopy • Mass Spectrometry • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy • X-Ray Crystallography • Dissolution • Consumables • Data Systems • Vacuum

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What’s New in LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION Tuesday 21st July 2009 The “What’s New in Laboratory Instrumentation” is a one-day seminar from 9am to 5pm. Registration is open from 8am for a 9am start. All completed registration forms should be sent in advance to the NSW Branch Offi ce by Friday 17th July 2009, for catering purposes, and to reserve parking tickets. REGISTRATION COST: Prices are GST incl. and includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, and materials.

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SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CONFERENCE ON HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY

30 August - 1 September 2009, Peppers Manor House, Moss Vale Registration and Call for Papers, including nominations for Postgraduate Student Awards Forms and more information at: www.chem.unsw.edu.au/research/ conferences/shc2009.html or from Assoc Prof Roger Read, (02) 9385 4712 or r.read@unsw.edu.au.

Request for Proposal

High-Throughput Miniaturized Laundry Detergent Test System Proposals for the development of a complete microtiter washing / cleaning effectiveness test system. This system will provide full automation of all steps in the testing of detergent / cleaning formulations in a 96-well format. More information john@anotec.com.au

The ICIS Innovation Awards

The ICIS Innovation Awards are designed to recognise those companies that have made significant steps forward through R&D and innovation, with tangible results emerging during 2008 and the early part of this year. We have kept the application procedure simple and straightforward and look forward to receiving your entries by the deadline of 6 July 2009. http://www.icis.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=22714 Website of the Week

Thanks to John Zavras who recommended this website.

Toxicologists say media, activists overstate chemical threats

http://www.greenrightnow.com/kabc/2009/05/22/toxicologists-see-chemical-threat-as-overblown-by-media-activists-understated-by-trade-groups/

Important Dates in Chemistry’s History May 29-June 4 May 29 b. 1781 Henri Braconnot, isolated glucose from plant material such as sawdust, linen or bark by boiling in acid; prepared “xyloidine”, a precursor for plastics, by treating starch, sawdust, and cotton with nitric acid. b. 1794 Antoine A. B. Bussy isolated magnesium (Mg, 12), 1828. • General Electric Corp. announced synthesis of gem-grade diamonds, 1970. 30 b. 1912 Julius Axelrod, researcher on catecholamines; Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology (1970) with B. Katz and U. Von Euler for discoveries concerning humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation. b. 1915 Henry A. Hill, founded National Polychemicals and Riverside Research Laboratories; first African American president (1977) of the American Chemical Society. • William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers, discovered krypton (Kr, 36), 1898. 31 b. 1941 Louis J. Ignarro shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) with Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. June 1 b. 1907 Frank Whittle designed and patented a jet aircraft engine. Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle are both recognized as being the co-inventors of the jet engine. b.1917 William Knowles, shared Nobel Prize (2001) with Ryoji Noyori for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions and K. Barry Sharpless for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions. • The paper “Electric Moments of Molecules in Liquids” by Lars Onsager, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (1936: 58, 1486-1493), was received on this day, 1936. 2 b. 1857 Edward Elgar amateur chemist-composer; invented hydrogen sulfide generator. 3 b. 1873 Otto Loewi, researcher on chemical transmission of nerve cells; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936) with Henry H. Dale for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses. • Robert B. Woodwood synthesized chlorophyll in 1960. 4 b. 1877 Heinrich O. Wieland, researcher in organic chemistry & biochemistry; Nobel Prize (1927) for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances. b. 1916 Robert F. Furchgott, researcher on NO signal transmission in cells; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) with Ferid Murad and Lois J. Ignarro for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. • Henri Moissan isolated fluorine by electrolysis of solution of KHF2 in anhydrous HF, 1886. • Societé Chemie de Paris was formed, 1857; One year later became the Societé Francais Chemie.

Ref: Monthly Historical Events In Chemistry by Leopold May, The Catholic University of America

http://faculty.cua.edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm