Programme

PROGRAMME

09:15 – 10:00 Registration and coffee, and Posters displayed ready for viewing

10:00 - 10.15 Welcome & Introduction

10.15 - 10:50 Dr. Les Hughes, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK. “MRI microscopy of pharmaceutical products”.

10:50 - 11:25 Dr. Chris Sammon, Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. “The application of mid-infrared imaging to the determination of degenerative disc disease in intervebretal discs”.

11:25 - 12:00 Dr. Nick Lockyer, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK “Recent developments in ToF-SIMS analysis and imaging”.

12:00 - 13:15 Lunch

13.15 - 14.30 Student Poster Session

14:30 - 15:05 Dr. Ralph Weber, EPR Division Bruker SpectroSpin, Billerica, MA, USA. “Perspectives in Pre-clinical EPR Imaging”.

15:05 - 15.35 Tea/coffee break

15.35 - 16:10 Dr. Axel Zeitler, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK. “Terahertz imaging for pharmaceutical applications”.

16:10 - 16:45 Dr. Lorna Ashton, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK. “Label-free Raman microspectroscopic imaging analysis of live cell during abiotic perturbations.”

16:45 Close.