Programme

9:30 - 10:25 Registration and Coffee

William Brittain, Durham University
The Use of Fluorine in the Control and Synthesis of Cyclic/Tagged Peptides and Amino Acids
Daniel Peters, Newcastle University
Mosaic polymers of the plague capsular antigen (Caf1) protein: engineering a multi-functional biomaterial
Joseph Cameron, Glasgow University
Cinnamate-based cross-linked structures for organic semiconductor applications
Patrick Killoran, Liverpool John Moores University
Development of potent inhibitors of calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) for the treatment of migraine

Stephanie Myers, Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Sunderland
Elizabeth Gibson, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Newcastle University
Christopher Coxon, Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, Liverpool John Moores University
Q & A Session

James Jennings, University of Sheffield
Self-assembly of Lipid A-mimicking Amphiphiles into Responsive Liquid Crystals
Rebecca Greenaway, University of Liverpool
High-Throughput Synthesis of Organic Cages, Bridged Catenanes and Porous Liquids
Ben Shirt-Ediss & Annunziata Lopiccolo, Newcastle University
Controlling the self-assembly of a DNA co-polymer to make a chemical memory device
Kevin Mason, Durham University
Lanthanide probes: the importance of coordination environment on the NMR shifts

Katie Simmons, University of Leeds
Identification of Modulators of the Insulin Receptor/ IGF1 Receptor dimer as a treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Andrey Zaytsev, Northumbria University
Reclaiming nuclear waste: 1,2,4-triazines as efficient ligands for separation of minor actinides from spent nuclear fuel