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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE
MEDICINAL & AGRICULTURAL DIVISION 13TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
"UP AND COMING RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA"
8-11 DECEMBER, 1996,
Monash University, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
The conference will cover all aspects of medicinal and agricultural
chemistry with a focus on:
o students and new researchers
o emerging research areas in medicinal and agricultural chemistry
o the interaction between medicinal chemists, pharmacologists and industry.
Papers are invited for both lecture and poster sessions. The meeting will
be held in conjunction with the ASCEPT (Australian Society of Clinical and
Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists) and APPS (Australian
Physiological and Pharmacological Society) conferences.
There will be a joint social mixer and workshop on the initiation of
research/industry interactions on sunday evening. Monday morning
will feature a joint session on mass screening and combinatorial chemistry,
followed in the evening by a joint poster session and wine tasting.
Invited Speakers Include: Preliminary Session Topics Include:
o Dr George Fleet - glycochemistry, o agrochemistry
herbicides,tuberculosis o glycobiology and glycochemistry
(Oxford University, UK) o toxins
o Dr David Manallack - metalloproteins, o anti-infectives
neural networks (Chiroscience, UK) o enzyme inhibitors
o Dr Lia Addadi - biomineralization o QSAR methods
(Weizman Institute, Israel) o automated methods of
o Dr Shiela Unkles - fungal enzymes synthesis and screening
(Monash University, Aus) o DNA and drugs
o Dr Ron Quinn - mass screening o medicinal chemistry teaching
(Griffith University, Aus)
o Dr John Bremner - medicinal chemistry
teaching (Uni. of Wollongong, Aus) Social Events:
o Dr Mohan Venkataraman - DNA drugs o mixer sunday evening
(ISIS Pharmaceuticals, USA) o wine tasting and mixer after
o Dr Paul Rowland - drug poster session monday evening
development (Medeval Ltd., UK) o conference dinner at Kenloch
o Dr Damon Ridley - chemical restaurant in the Dandenong Ranges
databases (Uni. of Sydney, Aus) (dinner cost for accompanying person $60)
o Prof Colin Masters - prions,
Alzheimers disease
(Uni. of Melbourne, Aus)
o Prof William Denny - cancer research
(Auckland University, NZ)
Student Scholarships: 10 scholarships of $250 will be available to interstate
students presenting either a talk or poster
Deadlines: Abstract 30th Sept., 1996 Registration 8th Nov., 1996
Registration Costs:
On or before 8th Nov After 8th Nov
RACI Member $300 $400
non-RACI Member $375 $475
Reciprocal Society
Member $300 $400
RACI Student $100 $200
non-RACI Student $140 $240
NOTE 1: Above costs are all in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS
NOTE 2: All social mixers,the conference dinner, workshop, morning & afternoon
teas and boxed lunches are included in the registration cost
To receive the conference circular and registration form contact:
o the conference organiser Dr Mick Gould, Conference Associates Pty Ltd,
13 Jeffrey St, Mt Waverly, Victoria, Australia 3149.
Ph: (03) 9887-8003 Fax: (03) 9887-8773
email: ca at netwide.com.au
o Dr. Margaret Wong, Department of Applied Chemistry,Swinburne University of
Technology, Hawthorn,Victoria, Australia 3122.
Ph: (03) 9214-8542 Fax: (03) 9819-0834
email: marg at chem1.chem.swin.edu.au
o Web page http://www.chem.swin.edu.au/ma/mconf.html
(registration forms will be available from the web site at a later date)
