Department of Chemistry course timetable

Science is a striking, successful and powerful feature of contemporary human cultures: it has transformed lives, enabled great technological feats and often revealed the world to be a much stranger place than appearances suggest. But what is science, really, and how and why has it been so successful? This 6 week course aims to introduce graduate students to some main themes in the philosophy of science generally, and the philosophy of chemistry in particular.

In this session, Deborah will outline the opportunities that exist in both the US and the UK respectively for University jobs that are teaching-focused. She will highlight the differences which exist between the countries and explain how to prepare and apply for these positions.

We are all of us unique, and face challenges to our productivity and ability to work throughout our lives.

Do you, one of your friends, or one of the students you support have learning difficulties or other disabilities that affect productivity? Would you like to know more about what sort of challenges students can face, so that you can recognize when you, or those around you may need some additional support?

Raising your awareness of these issues can help you give feedback and support to those around you in a more considered way, and help you avoid causing unintended distress to those whose self confidence may already be very low.

Science is a striking, successful and powerful feature of contemporary human cultures: it has transformed lives, enabled great technological feats and often revealed the world to be a much stranger place than appearances suggest. But what is science, really, and how and why has it been so successful? This 6 week course aims to introduce graduate students to some main themes in the philosophy of science generally, and the philosophy of chemistry in particular.

The session aims to show how visible light can be used to promote chemical transformations in various fields of research. It will be divided in three subunits. The principles of photochemistry (how light interacts with matter), photoredox catalysis and some milestones achievements in organic photochemistry will be the topics of the first section. In the second section, novel organic reactions from the literature will be highlighted to underline the power of photochemistry/photoredox catalysis. Selected applications in other areas including materials and chemical biology will also be illustrated. In the third section, the focus will lie on energy-related light driven transformations such as water splitting and CO2 reduction.

Catering will be provided in the Todd Hamied after this session - booking is essential

This compulsory session introduces Research Data Management (RDM) to Chemistry PhD students. It is highly interactive and utilises practical activities throughout.

Key topics covered are:

• Research Data Management (RDM) - what it is and what problems can occur with managing and sharing your data.
• Data backup and file sharing - possible consequences of not backing up your data, strategies for backing up your data and sharing your data safely.
• Data organisation - how to organise your files and folders, what is best practice.
• Data sharing - obstacles to sharing your data, benefits and importance of sharing your data, the funder policy landscape, resources available in the University to help you share your data.
• Data management planning - creating a roadmap for how not to get lost in your data!

Refreshments are included for this course

A thorough awareness of issues relating to research ethics and research integrity are essential to producing excellent research. This session will provide an introduction to the ethical responsibilities of researchers at the University, publication ethics and research integrity. It will be interactive, using case studies to better understand key ethical issues and challenges in all areas.

There are three sessions running, you need attend only one.

Molecular imaging is a medical discipline that aims at visualizing normal and abnormal processes in living systems for the early diagnosis of disease. Clinical applications of molecular imaging include the use of nuclear medicine (PET and SPECT imaging), magnetic resonance (MRI) and fluorescent imaging (FI) and ultrasound (US). Pitfalls and remarks of these imaging modalities will be briefly discussed.

Emphasis will be put on the PET and SPECT techniques which are currently the only true "molecular" imaging methods due to their valuable quantitative capabilities. Multiple agents have been developed, predominantly for PET imaging but also for SPECT imaging. In this talk, we will overview various examples of imaging constructs, ranging from small molecules to antibodies and nanoparticles. Special attention will be given to probes for imaging thrombosis in vivo which is the underlying cause of deadly diseases such as stroke, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis and heart attack. Pre-clinical results with 64Cu-FBP8, a PET probe that recognizes fibrin and is currently in clinical studies in the US, will be presented.