A III Reunião Ibérica de Colóides e Interfaces irá ser realizada em Granada, Espanha, de 13 a 15 de Julho de 2009.
As comunicações abordarão os seguintes temas
Para mais informações visite o site: http://rici3.ugr.es/
“If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.”
Lord Rutherford
22nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface SocietyScope and Topics of ECIS 2008
The Conference traditionally covers a broad spectrum of colloid and interface science, ranging from fundamentals such as: interactions, stability, aggregation, phase transitions, electrokinetics, rheology, to applications, e.g., drug delivery systems, biosensors, biocompatible coatings, membranes, colloid and nanoparticle based catalysis, photocatalysis, optical filters, etc.
An essential issues of the Conference will be a proper description of the surface-mediated organisation of nanoparticle systems polyelectrolytes, colloids, mineral particles, proteins into hierarchical structures of targeted architecture and functionality, using, e.g. the layer by layer technique.
1. Dispersed and colloidal systems - bulk properties, agregation.
2. Surfactants, polyelectrolytes and biocolloids.
3. Concentrated dispersed systems - rheology, phase transitions.
4. Interactions of particles with surfaces, adsorption - theory and experiment.
5. Modelling of colloid dynamics and structure.
6. Active and Functional Interfaces.
7. Novel bulk and surface colloid systems - applications.
Note: text copied from the conference homepage
Someone had the idea of searching up molecules which have “unusual” names that somewhat resemble other things. For instance, did you know that there is a molecule called “arsole”? Or that there is another one called “megaphone”? or even a “pterodactyladiene”?
The list is quite extensive. Here is the site Enjoy and learn . 
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
just one example:
“Mirasorvone: This molecule is part of the defensive chemistry of Thermonectus marmoratus, a beetle
recently named the “sunburst diving beetle”. The discoverers’ at Cornell University named it in honour of the actress Mira Sorvino (right), who, as Dr Susan Tyler in the motion picture Mimic, successfully confronted the
ultimate insect challenge.”
Discover8 is a new scientific communications database where registered users can suggest, comment and rate scientific communications. Its also possible to recommend any article with a valid web link (for instance your own articles ).
A large number of topics related to life sciences are present.
Take a look at it at http://www.discover8.com/
The 7th International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes, Polyelectrolytes 2008, will be held in Coimbra, Portugal in June 2008.
You can already bookmark the conference homepage.
University of Aveiro, Portugal
6 and 7 September 2007
“The aim of the SMARTER meeting is to bring together specialists from the different areas of materials science, such as materials chemists and processing engineers, diffraction and spectroscopy scientists, and computational structuralists, that may contribute to the development of a common language for a SMARTER approach to structure solving, using Geometrical, Diffraction Modeling and NMR Crystallographies.”
workshop homepage: http://www.primarius.pt/smarter/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=1
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE
8th Course: Biophysics and the Challenges of Emerging Threats
“This course will provide an overview of biophysical and structural methods in biology. It will present technologies related to pathogen detection and treatment using these methods. Furthermore, it will teach basic principles and demonstrate concrete examples, encouraging technology growth and transfer to partner countries.“
Homepage: http://smrl.stanford.edu/erice2007/
The meeting is being organized by the National Division of Catalysis and Porous Materials of the Portuguese Chemical Society and is going to be held in Lamego, Portugal, from 21 to 23 September, 2007.
“The scientific programme includes plenary lectures, invited, oral and poster communications on topics of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, porous materials and adsorption processes.” (the quote was taken form the meeting homepage)
more information available at the meeting homepage: http://www.8encmp.qui.uc.pt/index.htm
Taking the hint from a previous post by pgomes (The Egg Report), I thought it would be interesting to post something more about dioxins. So here it is.
from wikipedia: “Dioxin is the popular name for the family of halogenated organic compounds, the most common consisting of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs). PCDD/PCDFs (PCDD/Fs)” . (see figure)
Dioxins bioaccumulate in fatty tissues, which means that even small exposures may eventually reach dangerous levels since these molecules present carcinogenic properties.
To find out more about this subjects click the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxin
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/dioxin.htm
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