Registration Information
Venue and Application
The conference will be held at University College London. Arrival information will be sent to registered participants approximately three weeks before the meeting.
To register you will need to complete the registration form where you can supply your details, meal preference and abstract submission for posters.
Payment must be supplied separately using one of the methods detailed below. Registration Fees An early bird fee applies until 28 February 2009, and a late application fee will apply after 31st March 2009. Refunds can only be made in respect of cancellations received before 31st March 2009. Substitutions are possible at any time. Standard / Early-bird (to 28th February) RSC members £120 / £90
Non-members £140 / £110
Student/retired members £55 / £40 Late Booking Fee (after 31st March) £30 (£15 students/retired members) The fees include attendance at the sessions, lunch and refreshments. The organisers are not registered for VAT and tax invoices cannot be issued. Payment Methods 1. Cheque or bankers draft payable to 'Biotechnology Group Trust'. Mail to:
Paul Dalby , Dept Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE. 2. Credit Card/ PayPal. Register for the conference first - this will bring you to the PayPal payment page. Please note: you do not need to have a PayPal account to pay by credit card Registered already: Pay by credit card/ paypal 3. Bank Transfer: NatWest Bank plc, Guildford,
University of Surrey Branch; Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XS;
Sort Code 60-09-50 , Account number 26164922
Please include the delegate name in the instruction. Student bursaries A number of bursaries are available to graduate students presenting posters, which include free registration plus up to £20 travel costs. Application should be made to the Paul Dalby (see below) by 10th January 2009, stating why attendance would be beneficial and enclosing the written support of the research supervisor. Organisers Dr. Paul A. Dalby (Dept of Biochemical Engineering, UCL), Dr. Colin T. Bedford (Dept. of Chemistry, UCL), Dr Brendan Fish (MedImmune), and Dr Martin Hayes (AstraZeneca), under the auspices of the Industrial Technology Forum’s Biotechnology Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The organizers are grateful to the Chemistry Biology Interface Forum of the Royal Society of Chemistry for their sponsorship and support of student bursaries. The Biotechnology Group is the focal point within the RSC for members who have an academic or industrial interest in the chemical aspects of biotechnology.
New members of the Committee from both industry and academia are currently required to widen the area of its expertise. Those with an interest in helping to organize Conferences or Courses in any aspect of biotechnology that is underpinned by chemistry are warmly invited to contact either the Chairman, Paul Dalby (p.dalby@ucl.ac.uk), or the Secretary, Colin Bedford (c.t.bedford@ucl.ac.uk). The Group has annually run conferences or symposia on a diverse range of topics, including Biotransformations, Plant and Microbial Metabolites as Drug Leads, Proteomics, and Glycomics. It also runs Courses with titles such as Biotechnology for Chemists, Freeze Drying of Biologicals and Pharmaceuticals, Protein Biotechnology in the 21st Century, and Understanding Polysaccharide Biotechnology. For more information please contact: Paul Dalby, Dept Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE. Tel: 0207 679 2962.
Email: p.dalby@ucl.ac.uk
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