Member Networks Annual Report Form Reporting events held in 2017 and those planned for 2018

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1 Member Networks Annual Report Form Reporting events held in 2017 and those planned for 2018 In line with the rules for member networks and to enable us to better support our networks and their activities all member networks (Local Sections, Interest Groups and Analytical Division Regions) are asked to complete this form and return it to or by post to; Networks Team, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WF. Deadlines Deadline for receipt of Financial Accounts by RSC Finance Team: 9 th February 2018 Deadline for receipt of Annual Report by Networks Team: 26 th February 2018 If there is any reason that your committee will not be able to meet either or both of these deadlines please inform networks@rsc.org as soon as possible. This report will be uploaded to your web page to share with the members of your network. Staff will also share a digest of all member networks activities taken solely from these annual reports with appropriate staff and governance boards and committees including Division Councils with similar interests. Committee Central Yorkshire Local Section Completed by Dr Richard Whewell, Secretary Date 20 th February 2018 Please list below the dates of all of your planned committee meetings and, if held, AGM. Annual General Meeting (if being held) Date: 21 st March 2018 Venue: Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds Proposed Committee Meetings Dates Date 19 th February 2018 April 2018 July 2018 October 2018 November 2018 February 2019 Venue Universities of Bradford, Leeds or York (depending on availability)

2 2017 Events Please append electronic copies of any meeting reports, newsletters or relevant materials to this report. Please report below on activities undertaken in the past year. If you have more detailed information about any particularly successful events, or advice to share please use a separate sheet. For more events continue as necessary. EVENT KEY: (including outreach activities for school students or the general public) Retired Members Event Scientific Conference - 1 day Scientific Conference - multi day Social Event Training/workshop Other 23 rd January - Top of the Bench Dr Brian Grievson of the University of York has organised this central Yorkshire area heat for many years. Bradford Grammar School won the heat and moved on to compete in the RSC national final. 8 th February From satellites to sensor networks: monitoring the atmosphere on all scales Roderic Jones (Cambridge) at the University of Leeds. 15 th February From pilot whales to rice fields: elemental speciation analysis is the key to understand processes in biology and the environment Joerg Feldmann (Aberdeen) at the University of Leeds 15 th March Lecture by Stuart James Attended by about 50 people at the University of Bradford.

3 15 th March Pick and mix: from monomer mixtures to controlled sequence using catalysis Charlotte Williams (Oxford) at the University of York 18 th March Leeds City Museum, Food Tasting Organised by Jo Buckley (RSC Education Co-ordinator, NE region), providing hands-on demonstrations for members of the public based on the chemistry of sweets and chocolate. Members of our section assisted with the demonstrations. 22 nd March Catalytic activation of renewables to make polymers and fuels Charlotte Williams (Oxford) at the University of Leeds. 23 rd March Three Societies meeting, Frontiers of Sciences Origins of Life on Earth Organised in Leeds by the Section as a joint meeting of the Astrobiology Society, the Royal Society of Biology and the RSC, with Mark Burchell (Kent), Nick Lane (UCL) and E. Chatzitheodoris (Athens). Attended by about th March AGM followed by Lecture Surface Analysis Chemistry on the Edge Lecture and Social Event AGM followed by a talk from Ian Fletcher (Newcastle) at the University of Leeds. This talk showed how chemistry can be used to solve practical problems in diverse industries and was of special interest to early career chemists. 12 th April Site visit to BASF Organised by Early Career committee members with 29 participants. The event provided a window onto the management of a site that manufactures chemicals used to make everyday household products. BASF were pleased to be able to showcase their green credentials to a group of potential recruits. See attached pdf BASF Visit

4 25 th April Mapping atomic motions with ultrabright electrons: realization of the chemists Gedanken Experiment Dwayne Miller (Toronto) at the University of Leeds. 10 th May Pushing the limits with solid state NMR in biology: biomembranes as an example Antony Watts (Oxford) at the University of Leeds. 10 th May Retired Members Lunch at Leeds City College Retired Members Event Attended by 20 retired members and their guests. 15 th May Pint of Science, Leeds Scientific discussion in a public house, sponsored by the Section. See attached pdf PoS Leeds Our Body- The Chem- Mystery of Life. 16 th May onwards International/EU Postgraduate Networking Social Events Networking events for members of many different research groups, organised by the Chemical Interactions group in York. The RSC contributed towards refreshments. Similar meetings were held on 20 th June, 25 th July, 22 nd August, 19 th September, 10 th November and 4 th December. 17 th May Polymers for providing tools in regenerative medicine and for combating antimicrobial resistance Joint meeting with the Royal Society of Biology at the University of York, with Stephen Rimmer (Bradford). Stimulus responsive polymers have been used to purify recombinant proteins in the manipulate and culture of human cells. Similar polymers have been used in the development of new cost effective detection systems for microbial infections. Results were presented to show how hydrogel functional polymers can be used to produce selective substrates for cell culture that only support epithelial cells.

5 25 th May Bioinspired asymmetric catalysis with peptides and more Helma Wennemers (ETH Zürich) at the University of York. 30 th May Smartphone Pub Quiz Social Event Organised by the Chemical Interactions group at the University of York and sponsored by the RSC. 28 th June Adventures in materials chemistry; from superhydrophobic surfaces to surface enhanced Raman scattering Ivan Parkin (University College London) at the University of York. 9 th July Cruise on t Ouse, York Social Event River trip and refreshments, with networking for members and guests. 4 th September Chemistry: The Science Around Us Scientific Conference (One Day) Organised each year by the student/early career society from a different university. This year it took place in Leeds and was sponsored by the Section. There were 9 talks and a poster session. The local section provided funds for refreshments and prizes. We also held a stall on the day. 15 th September Breakfast Meeting Training and Networking Organised by the Leeds student/early career society to greet newcomers to the University and sponsored by the Section. Attended by about 30 participants.

6 30 th September North Yorkshire Moors Railway Social Event Organised by the Section on behalf of the NE Region. Rail trip on a restored steam train with buffet lunch in a restored Pullman carriage. An opportunity for networking! Attended by 24 people. 2 nd November Why do weaker metal-carbon bonds lead to more stable complexes? What s going on? Bill Jones (Rochester) at the University of York 15 th November Putting organometallic chemistry to work Manfred Bochmann (East Anglia) at the University of Leeds. 22 nd November Short cuts Ian Fleming (Cambridge) Short cuts - a lecture in the field of organosilicon chemistry, showing how an observation in one field can provide inspiration for a breakthrough in another. 24 th November Top of the Firm Social Event An annual quiz night at the University of York for teams of local scientists and guests. 11 th December Central Yorkshire Schools Lecture Building Nature s Robots Lecture by Mark Lorch (Hull) at the University of Leeds (two sessions). The Section funded the cost of travel to the venue for some of the local schools.

7 Awards and Bursaries Please list any awards or bursaries presented by your committee in the past 12 months and indicate any which will be open for nomination/application in the next calendar year. Please ensure that all members of your network are notified of any awards or bursaries for general application. Other information/comments: No awards or bursaries are routinely awarded by the Section. Requests for funding are considered individually by the Committee.

8 Future Activities When planning any activities please remember to ensure that all events are logged on our events database and ensure that all contracts are sent to our Legal Team with enough time for amendments and, where necessary, approval by the Board. Please outline any activities already in planning for the next calendar year. 22 nd January Top of the Bench Dr Brian Grievson of the University of York has organised this central Yorkshire area heat for many years. The winner moves on to compete in the RSC national final. 14 th February University of York Varinder Aggarwal (Bristol) at the University of York. To be postponed from 21 st February Synthesis, physical and biological properties of branched polymers Stephen Rimmer (Bradford) at the University of Bradford. 23 rd February University of York Warren Warren (Duke University) at the University of York

9 28 th February University of Leeds Mark Howarth (Oxford) at the University of Leeds 10 th March Four Societies meeting Frontiers of Sciences II: Molecules to Microbes Organised in Leeds by the Section as a joint meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astrobiology Society, the Royal Society of Biology and the RSC, with Dominic Papineau (UCL), Frances Westall (CNRS Orleans), Peter Strazewski (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) and Sergio Ioppolo (QMUL). 14 th March Site visit to Drax power station Organised primarily for our members in the early career network. 15 th March International Picnic Social Event Organised by the Chemical Interactions group in York. Multicultural networking with participants providing food from their home regions. The RSC will contribute towards additional costs. 21 st March AGM followed by lecture Analysing Archaeology: using chemistry to understand the past Lecture and Social Event AGM at the University of Leeds followed by lecture from Kirsty Penkman (York).

10 25 th April From lab to factory industrialisation of laboratory research, the Quorn Foods story Joint meeting at the University of York with the Royal Society of Biology, Muyiwa Akintoye (Quorn Foods). 9 th May Retired Members Lunch at Leeds City College Retired Members Event An annual lunch event for retired members and their guests. 14 th May - University of Leeds Ben Feringa (Groningen) at the University of Leeds. 30 th May University of York Nicholle Bell (Edinburgh) at the University of York. 1 st July Cruise on t Ouse, York Social Event River trip for members and guests with opportunity for Networking.

11 Committee This information will be used to update our membership database and your web page. Please ensure that any changes to the committee are sent to as soon as possible. Position Name Dates on committee (20xx 20xx) Chair Christine Rogers as Chair Secretary Richard Whewell as Secretary July Treasurer Robert Falconer as Treasurer Ordinary Members Sohan Jheeta Brian Grievson Richard Bowen Robert Davies Trevor Griffiths Tom Dent Pre Pre Pre Chemists Community Fund Representative Alan Neuff Co-opted members and their affiliation Tom James, University of Leeds Meryem Benohoud, University of Leeds Frances Singer, University of Leeds Christopher Mason, Appleyard Lees April Oct July July

12 Diversity & Inclusion Our trustees are aiming to embed diversity and inclusion in all of our activities and networks. Our online network handbook contains more information to support our networks in achieving this. Please comment on how your group is showing that it has embraced Diversity and Inclusion within its practices. So far, the recommended sentence has been incorporated into our Committee agendas and the 2018 AGM agenda, dietary needs are carefully considered whenever food is arranged, access and egress are checked when venues are considered, and during 2017 the Committee exhibited a degree of diversity in its membership and also managed to function with a Secretary who was recovering from a badly broken ankle. All inquiries about joining the Committee are answered with an invitation to attend the next committee meeting.