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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and ThalesNano Inc. announce the 2016 IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry - Call for nominations

The IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize has been established in 2011. It will be awarded again in 2016. The award shall be presented at the 14th International Conference on MicroReaction Technology, IMRET 14, September, 2016 Beijing, China. A contribution to travel expenses will be provided.

The prize is to be awarded to an internationally recognized scientist, whose activities or published accounts have made an outstanding contribution in the field of flow chemistry in academia or industry.

Prize USD 7500

The Prize has been established by a generous gift from the Hungarian Technology company ThalesNano Inc. to acknowledge the key role that flow chemistry plays towards the improvement of chemical processes.

Applicants should be received by NOMINATION only, with just one person needing to serve in that capacity, although a total of five (5) individuals should be listed as referees overall. The package must be submitted electronically and should contain a complete resume, a professional autobiography of not more than two pages, and a one-page summary of what the individual considers to be his/her activities, accomplishments and/or publications that have had the most significant impact upon the field of Flow Chemistry. The material will be forwarded confidentially to an independent selection committee appointed by the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry and Industry. For more information please contact Dr. Bernard West, as shown below.

Deadline: 31 January 2016

Nomination materials should be submitted by 31 January 2016 to the chair of the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry and Industry,
Dr. Bernard West, by email at:  bernard.west@sympatico.ca
Telephone: 1 416 528 8913.

IUPAC Provisional Recommendations: Glossary of Terms Used in Neurotoxicology

The provisional recommendation titled “Glossary of Terms Used in Neurotoxicology” is made available for public review until May 31, 2015. This is one of the major activity of the on-going IUPAC project, namely “Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology and reproductive/ developmental toxicology”, led by Prof. Doug Templeton (IUPAC Bureau member, University of Toronto).

The primary objective of the Glossary is to provide clear definition to readers who contribute to studies relevant to neurotoxicology, or must interpret them, but are not themselves neurotoxicologists, neuroscientists or physicians. This applies especially to chemists who need to understand the literature of neurotoxic effects of substances without recourse to a multiplicity of glossaries or dictionaries.

The Glossary includes terms related to basic and clinical neurology as far as they are necessary for a self-contained document, particularly terms related to diagnosing, measuring, and understanding the effects of substances on the central and peripheral nervous systems. The glossary consists of about 750 terms as primary alphabetical entries, including Annexes of common abbreviations and examples of chemicals with known effects on the nervous system.

The authors hope that, in addition to chemists, this glossary will be helpful, to groups including toxicologists, pharmacologists, medical practitioners, risk assessors, and regulatory authorities. In particular, it should facilitate the world wide use of chemistry in relation to occupational and environmental risk assessment.
More details can be found on the project website:

www.iupac.org/project/2013-001-2-700.

Corresponding author: Prof. Doug Templeton (doug.templeton@utornto.ca).

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