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📢 Submit your entry now! https://okt.to/SkMHl5 The first-round molecule for our 12th annual SCI-RSC National Retrosynthesis Competition has now been released! This is an opportunity for early career chemists to showcase their retrosynthetic and forward synthetic prowess. Entries for first round must be submitted no later than 17:00 (GMT) on Friday 6 December 2024.

📢 Register now: Early bird offer ends 13 January 2025! https://okt.to/rCDmoi This meeting will be of interest to chemists working in all chemical industries (e.g. pharmaceutical, catalysis, agrochemical, computational). Laboratory-based scientists and technical experts (e.g. computational chemists) with several years’ industry experience are encouraged to attend. Perhaps you are in a second or third role in industry and are looking to expand your professional network. #SCI_Chemist2025

📢 Register now: Early bird offer ends 15 January 2025! In-vitro biology - https://okt.to/43CtvR ADMET 2025 - https://okt.to/wlIZya In-vitro biology is aimed at helping attendees understand the features and challenges of biology in pharmaceutical research. Lectures will improve your understanding of biochemistry and improve interactions with biology colleagues. ADMET 2025 is the 9th event organised by SCI’s Young Chemists’ Panel to highlight the challenges associated with ADMET (Adsorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination and Toxicity) in Medicinal Chemistry.

📢 Register now: Early bird offer ends 13 December! https://okt.to/uNWwk4 The annual SCI Formulation forum event will bring together the challenges, learnings, and emerging technologies of the tools for designing better formulations across different industries. The event will showcase the trends shaping the future of formulation and discuss challenges in the design, testing and characterisation of formulations from early-stage research to market.

📢 Register now: Early bird offer ends 12 December! https://okt.to/rRKOfX We invite you to be part of a transformative event with the focus on getting the food system right, from policy to production to processing, through sustainable farming and innovative food systems. Join industry leaders, farmers, academics, and food industry professionals as we explore the critical intersections of economics, food production, and the supply chain.

A recent survey carried out by SCI found that nearly 60% of SMEs now find it easier to recruit women with STEM skills, marking real progress. As SCI's Chief Executive Sharon Todd put it: "This is well overdue and important at a time when a flawed visa regime is restricting the UK’s access to the global skills base. It's clear that a new generation of STEM-skilled women will be crucial to the UK’s ambition of becoming a global science superpower.” Read more here: https://okt.to/f6D5EP #WomenInStem #UKScience

📢 Register now: Early bird offer ends 7 January! https://okt.to/KJcNBM As part of SCI YCP’s “Highlights in…” series, this event will celebrate recent advances in modern organic synthesis, providing an exciting overview of new methodologies and industrial applications. Held over two days, the meeting will explore two hot topics: Catalysis, and Photo- and electrochemistry.

📢 Call for posters! https://okt.to/cmi5od Opportunities are available for a limited number of posters. Interested applicants should send an abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words, indicating title and authors by Friday 6 December 2024.

In response to today’s budget, our CEO Sharon Todd said: “R&D relief being maintained won’t turn the UK into a science superpower - only a significant material increase will help science-based sectors that are so vital to scaling up and economic growth. "Whilst it would be nice to think that industry would mushroom out of the ground and create value for the UK through the development of new medicines, fuels and technologies, that is not going to happen without far greater support for research, development and commercialisation. Global competition means even start-up companies innovating products and ideas for our sustainable future are leaving for overseas.  “The opportunity is now. A strategy for industry is one thing, but with huge tax incentives in Europe and the US, the UK is set to miss out on the 240,000 extra jobs and $230 billion of added value the clean tech and life sciences revolutions could otherwise bring the UK in the next five years.” https://bit.ly/4hFadhB #budget #industrialpolicy #innovation #chemistry Jonathan Reynolds MP

📢 Register now! https://okt.to/Y1BDlp This event caters to a broad audience interested in sustainability, agriculture, and innovation. Welcomes all who wish to explore the transformative potential of livestock beyond food systems and contribute to a sustainable future.