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Symposium Schedule Session 1 Chair: Dr Penny Chaloner (University of Sussex) 08:45 – 09:15 Coffee 09:15 – 09:30 Opening remarks Prof William Jones (University of Cambridge) 09:30 – 10:00 Getting in deep with marine natural products Prof Stephen Clark (University of Glasgow) 10:00 – 10:30 There and back again – A natural product-inspired cascade route to fused medium rings Dr Edward Anderson (University of Oxford) 10:30 – 11:00 Polymer synthesis by catalytic activation of renewable resources Dr Charlotte Williams (Imperial College London) 11:00 – 11:30 The synthesis of inositol- based probes for intracellular signalling Dr Stuart Conway (University of St Andrews) 11:30 – 12:00 Structure-based design of selective inhibitors of Protein Kinase B Dr Ian Collins (Institute of Cancer Research) 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch – Please make your own arrangements for lunch Session 2 Chair: Dr Christine Luscombe (University of Washington) 13:00 – 13:30 Role of organic material structure in organic light emitting diode performance Dr Jeremy Burroughes (Cambridge Display Technology) 13:30 – 14:00 Chiral pyrrolidine-promoted tandem conjugate addition- elimination Dr Choon-Hong Tan (National University of Singapore) 14:00 – 14:30 An improved route to the histrionicotoxins Dr James MacDonald (CSIRO) 14:30 – 15:00 Adventures in natural products chemistry Dr Jonathan Burton (University of Oxford) 15:00 – 15:30 “All interface” materials: Conjugated microporous polymers Professor Andrew Cooper (University of Liverpool) 15:30 – 16:00 Tea Session 3 Chair: Dr Ryan Gilmour (ETH, Zurich) 16:00 – 16:30 Towards and efficient on- resin synthetic approach to the lantibiotics Dr Alethea Tabor (University College London) 16:30 – 17:00 Drug discovery for tropical diseases Prof Ian Glibert (University of Dundee) 17:00 – 17:30 Dendrimers for dye sensitised solar cells Prof Paul Burn (University of Queensland) 17:30 – 18:00 New metal-catalysed reactions for the construction of complex natural products Prof Andrew Evans (University of Liverpool) 18:00 Closing remarks Prof Ian Paterson FRS (University of Cambridge) 19:00 Reception followed by dinner Clare College Poster titles Host-guest chemistry in the control of fullerene / polymer blend morphology Wallace Wong Ho Wong Studies towards the synthesis of Eunicellin Joel Hooper Towards stable, high-energy phosphorescent polymer light emitting materials Rob Borthwick Synthesis and characterization of novel deep blue-emitting polymers based on dibenzophosphole Inam Ul Haq Raja Polymer solar cells: The design of non-conjugated polymers and studies of semiconductor energy levels Scott Watkins

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Symposium Schedule

Session 1 Chair: Dr Penny Chaloner (University of Sussex)

08:45 – 09:15 Coffee

09:15 – 09:30 Opening remarks Prof William Jones

(University of Cambridge)

09:30 – 10:00 Getting in deep with marine

natural products

Prof Stephen Clark

(University of Glasgow)

10:00 – 10:30 There and back again – A

natural product-inspired

cascade route to fused

medium rings

Dr Edward Anderson

(University of Oxford)

10:30 – 11:00 Polymer synthesis by

catalytic activation of

renewable resources

Dr Charlotte Williams

(Imperial College London)

11:00 – 11:30 The synthesis of inositol-

based probes for

intracellular signalling

Dr Stuart Conway

(University of St Andrews)

11:30 – 12:00 Structure-based design of

selective inhibitors of

Protein Kinase B

Dr Ian Collins

(Institute of Cancer

Research)

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch – Please make your own arrangements for lunch

Session 2

Chair: Dr Christine Luscombe (University of Washington)

13:00 – 13:30 Role of organic material

structure in organic light

emitting diode performance

Dr Jeremy Burroughes

(Cambridge Display

Technology)

13:30 – 14:00 Chiral pyrrolidine-promoted tandem conjugate addition-elimination

Dr Choon-Hong Tan

(National University of

Singapore)

14:00 – 14:30 An improved route to the histrionicotoxins

Dr James MacDonald

(CSIRO)

14:30 – 15:00 Adventures in natural

products chemistry

Dr Jonathan Burton

(University of Oxford)

15:00 – 15:30 “All interface” materials:

Conjugated microporous

polymers

Professor Andrew Cooper

(University of Liverpool)

15:30 – 16:00

Tea

Session 3 Chair: Dr Ryan Gilmour (ETH, Zurich)

16:00 – 16:30 Towards and efficient on-resin synthetic approach to the lantibiotics

Dr Alethea Tabor

(University College London)

16:30 – 17:00 Drug discovery for tropical

diseases

Prof Ian Glibert

(University of Dundee)

17:00 – 17:30 Dendrimers for dye

sensitised solar cells

Prof Paul Burn

(University of Queensland)

17:30 – 18:00 New metal-catalysed reactions for the construction of complex natural products

Prof Andrew Evans

(University of Liverpool)

18:00 Closing remarks Prof Ian Paterson FRS

(University of Cambridge)

19:00 Reception followed by dinner

Clare College

Poster titles

Host-guest chemistry in the control of

fullerene / polymer blend morphology

Wallace Wong Ho Wong

Studies towards the synthesis of

Eunicellin

Joel Hooper

Towards stable, high-energy

phosphorescent polymer light emitting

materials

Rob Borthwick

Synthesis and characterization of

novel deep blue-emitting polymers

based on dibenzophosphole

Inam Ul Haq Raja

Polymer solar cells: The design of

non-conjugated polymers and studies

of semiconductor energy levels

Scott Watkins

We are very grateful to the following organisations for generous sponsorship:

Professor Andrew Holmes 65th Birthday Symposium

Friday 5th September 2008

Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge