Pharmaceutical Special Interest Group - 7^th November 2007
Autumn Meeting - 8^th November 2007

Back to back meetings at AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

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Abstract page - view all the meeting abstracts.
Download a printer friendly PDF Programme page updated 30.10.07 - covers both days.

The location
Travel directions by air, public transport or road: - download a 204kb PDF map and instructions .
Local Accommodation:
Recommended: Hollin Hall Hotel, Book direct with Hollin Hall, on 01625 574791 and ask for the 'BCA rate' of £58 B&B pp. You may meet up with other delegates in the ample dining room (open to non-residents).
Premier Travel Inn, Tytherington Business Park, Springwood Way, Macclesfield, SK11 7XD, 0870 1977167
Premier Travel Inn, Congleton Rd., Gawsworth, Macclesfield, 0870 9906412

DAY 1: Pharmaceutical SIG - 7^th November 2007

Chair: Anne Kavanagh.

09:15 COFFEE & PASTRIES.

09:45 WELCOME.

09:50 Roger Davey
Polymorphism in molecular crystals - how much have we learnt?

10:25 Gordon Barr (for Chris Gilmore)
Is PXRD the Gold Standard in High Throughput Experiments?

11:00 COFFEE

11:25 Tal Austin
Understanding relative polymorph stability through structure and thermodynamics

12:00 Bill Jones
Screening for New Crystal Forms Based on Mechanical Activation of Mixtures

12:35 Jerry Heng
Crystal Engineering: The Importance of Surface Properties

13:10 LUNCH

Chair: Roy Copley.

13:55 Fred Vogt
X-ray Diffraction, Computational Chemistry and Solid-state NMR: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Understanding the Pharmaceutical Solid-state

14:30 Jonathan Burley
Cocrystals and Other Complex Pharmaceutical Materials: Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction

15:05 COFFEE

15:30 Jacco van de Streek
Semi-automated Rietveld Refinement of Molecular Crystal Structures with DASH & TOPAS

16:05 Maryjane Tremayne
Powders and 'Peer-Pressure': Pitfalls and Progress

16:40 CLOSE

DAY 2: Autumn Meeting - 8^th November 2007

Abstract page - view all the meeting abstracts.
Download a printer friendly PDF Programme page updated 30.10.07 - covers both days.

Morning session:

Rietveld applications.

Chair: Steve Norval.

09:15 COFFEE & PASTRIES.

09:45 WELCOME.

09:50 Jeremy K. Cockcroft, University College London
Rietveld: Pitfalls for the non-Expert.

10:30 Tony Bell, Daresbury Laboratory
Time Resolved Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction Study of Biogenic Nano-Magnetite.

11:00 COFFEE

Chair: Jeremy Cockcroft

11:30 Steve Norval, Intertek MSG.
Versatile Rietveld - Applications to Real Materials.

12:00 Michela Brunelli, ESRF, Grenoble.
Rietveld Refinement of organic molecules: investigation of hydrogen-bond patterns.

12:30 Stuart Turner, Crystallography, Birkbeck College.
Rietveld Fitting of High-throughput Data.

13:00 LUNCH

Afternoon session:

Crystallography in Industry - a varied mix of short talks of interest to a wide audience.

Chair: Judith Shackleton

13:50 Moataz Attallah, Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester.
Utilising energy dispersive synchrotron X-ray diffraction for characterising stresses in two-phase titanium linear friction welds.

14:20 Ian F. Ferguson, UKAEA, retired.
Inverse pole figures, their application to a detailed understanding of XRPD measurements.

14:50 Andrew Winn, Manchester Materials Science Centre.
Industrial Applications of Residual Stress Measurement using XRD.

15:20 COFFEE

15:40 Robert Hammond, University of Leeds.
Application of X-Ray Diffraction In-line to Monitor Solution Mediated Phase Transformations between Polymorphs During Batch Crystallization Processes.

16:10 James Chisholm, CCDC.
Analysis of Polymorphic Forms - Understanding and Quantifying Packing Similarity.

16:40 CLOSE.

Local organiser:
Dr Anne Kavanagh
Tel:01625 517454
Email: IGChair.BCA@googlemail.com