Plants as Providers of Fine Chemicals 2012

Plant Process Products

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Conference ProgrammeWednesday 29th August

 11.00—Arrival, registration, poster mounting 13.00 and buffet lunch 13.00  Welcome and IntroductionDr Vera Thoss,  School of Chemistry, Bangor University Chair Professor Mark Baird13.15  Keynote speech“Challenges and Opportunities in Plant Chemistry”Professor Monique Simmonds FRES, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

Kew 14.15  “Plant Cell Culture Technology Applied to

Cosmetic Active Ingredients”Ms Claire-Marie Grizaud, Sederma 14.45  “Harnessing the Therapeutic Power from Plants”Mr Andrew Gallagher, Phynova 15.15  Afternoon Tea

Chair Dr Rob Elias16.00  “Flavanoids from Fruits for Cosmetic

Applications”Mr Richard Wood, Coressence 16.30  “Fine Chemicals from Plants for Crop

Protection: Historic Perspectives and Improvements on Nature”

Dr Dianne Irwin, Natural Products Team, Syngenta 17.00  “Packaging and Polymers from biobased

sources”Professor Ed Kosier, Nextec 17.30  Close of Session 18.00  Trade Stands, Poster Viewing and Wine

Reception 19.00 Evening Dinner

 

Conference ProgrammeThursday 30th August

08.45  Introduction Chair Dr Ana Winters09.00  “DNA Barcoding the Flora of Wales”

Dr Natasha de Vere, National Botanical Garden of Wales

09.20 “Making New Molecules”Professor Anne Osbourne, John Innes Centre

09.40 “Phytochemical Investigations on Six Medicinal

Plants”Dr Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Bangor University

 10.00 “Assuring reduced variation in commercial crops –

experiences from Barbados with plant tissue culture”Mr Collin Scantlebury, University of the East Indies

 10.20 “Addressing the Analytical Hurdles Associated with

Artemisia anua Extract to Assist in Process Optimisation”Mr Joshua Pilkington, The University of Nottingham

 10.40  Morning Coffee, Posters and Trade Stands 

Chair: Dr David Bryant11.10 “Fine Chemicals from Bluebells—an Aid

to Conservation”Dr Vera Thoss, Bangor  University 

11.30 “Chemical Exploration of Walnuts (Juglans regia)”

Mr Jawameer Hama, Bangor University 11.50 “Rapid Screening for Platform Chemicals

in a Novel Miscanthus sinensis mapping family using LC-ESI-MS/MS to maximise output in biorefinery”

Mr Tom Wilson, Aberystwyth University 12.10 “Melatonin in Natural Plants”

Mr Roger Coghill, Asphalia 12.30 “Controlled Release of Volatile Fine

Chemicals Used in Crop Protection”Dr Owen Jones, Suttera

 12.50  Official Close of Conference and Award for Best Poster 

13.00 Buffet Lunch  

Plants as Providers of Fine Chemicals 2012

Best Poster Price to

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Plants as Providers of Fine Chemicals 2012

Thanks to you all!

Organisers: Tracey Roberts, Stevie Scanlan, Vera Thoss with plants from

Treborth Botanical Garden