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CHEMICAL SIGNALS IN VERTEBRATES

BRITISH WORKSHOP IX (1999)
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Withersdane hall, Wye college
©Wye College, scanned by Shaun Oliver
Used by permission
WITHERSDANE HALL, Wye College, nr Ashford, Kent
 (Univ. of London)

Link to Wye College site

PROGRAMME
DAY ONE - 16th September 1999
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12 noon
Arrival, Registration & Reception - in The Nose Bus!
1 pm
LUNCH in the Green Room
2:30 pm
Introduction by Jenny Oliver, Coordinator, UK Semiochemistry Network
(History of the Workshop’s formation, introducing founders, aims, etc)
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SESSION 1
Chaired by Prof Tim Jacob, University of Wales, Cardiff.
2:40 pm
THE BBA GUEST LECTURE:
New Techniques to Assess the Human Sense of Smell
Dr Gerd Kobal, University of Erlangen, Germany
3:40 pm
Lecture 2: Dr Charles Evans, Glasgow Caledonian University
What's the Vomeronasal Organ for, anyway?
4:05pm
TEA
4:35 pm
Lecture 3: Ms Christine Broughan, Coventry University
The effects of olfactory properties of essential oils on a choice reaction time task
5:00 pm
Lecture 4: Dr Karen Rossiter, Quest International
The uses and limitations of Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships
(QSAR) in predicting odour character.
K J Rossiter & C S Sell
followed by The Poster Session , to include a demonstration of odour vis-a-vis structure
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7:00 pm THE WORKSHOP DINNER
followed by a less-than-serious After Dinner talk
given by 'Le Professeur de Parfum', David Pybus

DAY TWO - 17th September 1999
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8:00
- 8:45am
Breakfast
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SESSION 2
Chaired by Dr Steve Van Toller,
Warwick Olfaction Research Group, University of Warwick,
President of ECRO.
9:00 am
THE ECRO GUEST LECTURE :
Prof Tim Jacob, Cardiff University
What can we believe about the Olfactory Event Related Potential?
9:45 am
Lecture 6: Dr Jonathan Cox, University of Bath.
Rapid Molecular Evolution Of Odorant Receptors For The Detection Of Explosives
10:10 am
Lecture 7: Christina Buesching, Oxford University
Animal scent trails - a Whiff of a Badger
10:35 am
Coffee
11:00 am
Plenary Session - 'where from here?'
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