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RACI e-NEWS 15 November 2012 Message from the President Dear RACI Members,
Inside This Issue 1
Message from the President
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Calendar of Events 2012
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LabTech Training
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New Nyholm Lecturer
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Rowe Scientific
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Highlight from Chemika
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Callington Haven Pty Ltd
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Sponsors of Organic One-Day Symp.
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Notice of Meetings
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Chemistry in the Media
As we come closer to the end of what I’ll describe as an amazing year, it’s a great pleasure to see how we have all worked together in achieving so much at the branch level through out the year. I want to specially thank the wonderful and hard working committee and all our members for your co‐ operation and contributions. As we wrap up for 2012 I hope that you all have a very exciting and restful Christmas and I look forward to an even greater 2013. We have had very successful events from January and as the year is coming to a close we have the more great stuff of major significance a special chemistry lecture hosted jointly by the Royal Society of NSW and the RACI NSW Branch “Liversidge Lecture”, which is next Mon. 19th November, all RACI members are welcome to the “DIAA/AIFST/RACI Christmas Party” on Fri. 23rd November, other events are “Investigating and Managing OOS & Deviations Seminar” (Pharmaceutical Science Group) on Mon. 26th November, and the “Organic Chemistry Group One‐Day Symposium” coming up on Wed. 5th December. Please register. Also, be aware that the Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Group will have its AGM next Tuesday 20th November, the Pharmaceutical Groups’ AGM will be on Monday 26th November, and the Chemistry Education Group will have a Christmas meeting on Tuesday the 27th of November. A special thank you to Neeraj Sharma for accepting to be our new Nyholm Lecturer. We welcome Neeraj to his new role and hope he has an exciting time in the next two years delivering the Nyholm lecture series. Thanking also Nick and Matthew from Callington Haven for hosting our committee meeting in October
Best Wishes, John Zavras, RACI NSW President
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Calendar of Events 2012 Date / Day
Time
Event
Venue
MON. 19th NOV.
EVENING
2012 Liversidge Lecture in Chemistry
University of Sydney
EVENING
2012 DIAA/AIFST/RACI Christmas Party
FRI. 23rd NOV. MON. 26th NOV. WED. 5th DEC.
Grand Ballroom of Albert Palais Leichhardt
AFTERNOON
Investigating and Managing OOS & Deviations Seminar
Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club
ALL DAY
Organic Chemistry Group One-Day Symposium
University of New South Wales
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New Nyholm Lecturer 2013 & 2014 Many thanks to Neeraj Sharma, AINSE Research Fellow and Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, who has taken up the role of the Nyholm Lecturer for the next two years. The topic will be Batteries/Electrochemistry. We look forward to an amazing two years. Our out-going Nyholm Lecturer, Joseph Bevitt, will be giving his last Nyholm Lecture at 4:00 pm on the 28th of November 2012 at Canberra Grammer School.
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Highlights from Chemika Lab. Open Day & Seminar
Cross-section of participants during the Laboratory Tour
John Zavras, President RACI NSW Branch welcomes attendees after the Lab. tour
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Many thanks to Nick Schoulal, Director, and Dr Matthew Wilkinson, Technical & Operations Manager both of Callington Haven Pty Ltd for the warm reception and site tour during the October Committee Meeting. Callington are specialty chemical manufacturers for global aviation, industrial manufacturing and maintenance markets, operating in Australia, the USA, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and South America. The Company specialises in the development, manufacture and marketing of innovative, specialty chemical solutions to the aviation, metal working, welding & metal treatment, industrial, fuel additive and nondestructive testing industries. Please visit http://www.callingtonhaven.com/
Sponsors of RACI Organic Group One-Day Symposium
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Notice of Meetings - NSW Branch Groups NSW Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Group Group Annual General Meeting Day/Date: Tuesday 20th November 2012 Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start Venue: Advanced Analytical Laboratories, CSIRO Food Science Building Julius Avenue North Ryde NSW Pharmaceutical Science Group Group Annual General Meeting (will be held at the OOS/Deviations Seminar) Day/Date: Monday 26th November 2012 Time: 3:15 pm Venue: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club NSW Chemistry Education Group Group Christmas Meeting Day/Date: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Chemistry in the Media Crunching the numbers to boost odds against cancer Ludwig Burger, SMH, 5th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/UaXBlK
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no … it’s the space station Deborah Netburn, SMH, 7th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/SZrnFB
Your PC could power astronomical research Aleisha Orr, SMH, 7th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/SZiBaw Clear as … paper? Scientist ‘see’ through solid layers Mariette Le Roux, SMH, 9th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/SH3LF6
Experts raise concerns over superhuman workplace Raphael Satter, SMH, 12th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/W6sYJC
A Frozen moment in time as the sun’s corona is revealed Nicky Phillips, SMH, 14th Nov. 2012 http://bit.ly/QFcrja RACI NSW Branch Office is open on Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. For enquiries after 1:00 pm please call (03) 9328 2033
