Opening Act

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a. Witness Professor Reyntjens (PW77) asked permission to address the Chamber. First, he advised the Chamber that he had made an error in an answer he had given yesterday and offered further explanations. Second, he advised the Chamber that he had been given documents yesterday by Counsel for Bagosora (Mr. Constant), some of which were stamped “confidential” and which he recognized as being doc...

Synthesis and structures of tridentate ketoiminate zinc complexes bearing trifluoromethyl substituents that act as L-lactide ring opening polymerization initiators.

A series of NNO ketoimines bearing trifluoromethyl substituents were synthesized from the Schiff base condensation of 1,3-diketones (1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexanedione, 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione, and 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedione, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone) and 8-aminoquinoline or 8-amino-2-methylquinoline and isolated in 40-70% yield. The ketoimines were c...

Opening keynote

TBA. Speaker: Kenneth D. Lukowiak, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada Predator detection initiates a fear response that alters memory formation in Lymnaea We study the shortand long-term effects of fear behaviours in our model organism, the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Crayfish, a natural predator of the snail release kairomones in the water in which they are housed (i.e....

Opening Address

Welcome to this Scientific Meeting, celebrating the Bicentenary of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The Royal Victoria Hospital may have had humble beginnings, but it now stands as one of the important landmarks of our city, held in the highest regard by the whole community as an oasis of care, compassion and feeling. All through the years of economic recession and indeed more recently, during the ...

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