Prof. Steven Ley to Speak at the International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference.MATTHEWS, N.C. -- CEM CEM contagious equine metritis. CEM selective medium chocolate agar made with Eugon agar and 5% horse blood; used to cultivate Taylorella equigenitalis. Corporation, sponsor of the 5th International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference, is pleased to announce that Prof. Steven V. Ley Steven V. Ley is the BP (1702) Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. His research fields are total synthesis of biomolecules with examples including indanamycin, routiennocin, avermectin B1a, okadaic acid, spongistatin, , renowned for his groundbreaking work in many areas of organic chemistry, will be the Keynote Speaker for the 2007 conference in London. Dr. Ley is BP (1702) Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. A former president of the Royal Society The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected head of the Royal Society of London. The position is now awarded to a member of the scientific community of the British Commonwealth for a period of five years, and is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a of Chemistry, Dr. Ley's research has included iron chemistry, encapsulated reagents, microbial oxidation, spiroketals, and novel technologies for performing chemistry. He has also conducted extensive research in the area of organic catalysis and was one of the inventors of TPAP TPAP Tetrapropylammonium Perruthenate (chemical reagent) TPAP Tactical Performance Assessment Program (Air Force) , a catalytic oxidant oxidant /ox·i·dant/ (ok´si-dant) the electron acceptor in an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction. ox·i·dant n. See oxidizer. that is now cited extensively and used worldwide. Dr. Ley's work includes over 600 papers and 32 major prizes and awards, the most recent of which are: * 2007 Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ) * 2006 The Nagoya Gold Medal (Banyu Life Science Foundation International, Japan) * 2006 Robert Robinson Award and Medal (Royal Society of Chemistry) The Conference will be held in the United Kingdom April 18-20, 2007 at Imperial College in London. It is the premiere symposium for the discussion of the latest research using microwave technology in various fields of chemistry and continues to grow in popularity. This year's conference features 21 speakers from industry and academia presenting research on a range of topics in three tracks: medicinal chemistry, biosciences and emerging technologies. For more information on the International Microwaves in Chemistry Conference, please visit http://www.cem.com/micc/. CEM Corporation, a private company based in Matthews, North Carolina Matthews is a town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 22,127 at the 2000 census. Geography Matthews is located at (35.116851, -80. , is a leading provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation. The Company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France, as well as a global network of distributors. CEM designs and manufactures systems for life sciences, analytical laboratories and processing plants worldwide. The Company's products are used in many industries including pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food processing, as well as academic research. |
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