Information

Registration Now Closed

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.

We are no longer accepting registrations for this conference which is now full. However, if you have already registered and still need to make your payment, you can still do this as below:

Payment must be supplied separately using one of the methods detailed below.

Registration Fees

An early bird fee applies until 20 March 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 20th March)

RSC members £120 / £90
Non-members £140 / £110
Student/retired members £55 / £40

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.

Registered already: Pay by credit card/ paypal

3. Bank Transfer: Account details upon request.
Please include the delegate name in the instruction.

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

Accommodation

If you require a hotel, some options are given in the links below.

http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/London.htm

Ambassador in Bloomsbury
http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Ambassadors_In_Bloomsburry_Hotel_London.htm

Novotel in Euston
http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-5309-novotel-london-st-pancras/index.shtml
from £145

IBIS near Euston
http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-0921-ibis-london-euston-st-pancras/index.shtml
from £99

St Giles Hotel
http://www.stgiles.com/londonhotel/
from £89

Crescent Hotel
http://www.crescenthoteloflondon.com/
general.enquiries@crescenthoteloflondon.com

Eton Collection
http://www.theetoncollection.com/content.aspx?pageID=410
resacademy@theetoncollection.com