Posts Tagged ‘GOLD 2009’
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July 28th, 2009
Biosensing and Biomedicine at GOLD2009
Yesterday was my second day in the job with the World Gold Council, so being able to start at such a fantastic meeting here in Heidelberg has been a great introduction for me into the science of gold.
Coming from a pharmaceutical background my attention was immediately drawn to some of the innovations in the field of biosensing and biomedicine. Vincent Rotello from the University of Massachusetts presented an excellent paper on the use of gold nanoparticles in diagnostics and therapeutics, a field I believe is going to become increasingly important in the coming years as a consequence of many pharmaceutical organisations gradual shift in focus from small molecule drug development to the field of biopharmaceutics. Qun Huo, from the University of Central Florida, then presented her fascinating work on the development of a sensitive, yet simple and cost effective, immunoassay technique combining gold nanoparticulates with the robust analytical technique of Dynamic Light Scattering. Christophe Alric from the University of Lyon wrapped up the session with an excellent review of his groups work in the use of gold nanoparticles specifically designed for in vivo SRCT and MRI imaging and X-ray therapy.
A truly excellent session of innovative science which has whetted my appetite for the rest of the meeting.
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July 27th, 2009
David Thompson Memorial Lecture
Today at GOLD 2009, the inaugural David Thompson Memorial Lecture was delivered. To mark the sad passing of David Thompson earlier this summer, Jeroen van Bokhoven presented his work ‘Catalytically Active Species in Gold Catalysts’ …it was a fitting talk in honour of a man who was at the forefront of the discussions about the unique activity of gold catalysts.
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July 27th, 2009
Start of Gold 2009
So, after many months of planning and organising, we’ve finally just had the opening of GOLD 2009. The event was officially opened by World Gold Council CEO, Aram Shishmanian and following welcomes from the Organising Committee and the local organisers at the University of Heidelberg, it was straight into three first class general interest talks.
The aim of this first session was to get the attendees, all interested in gold science and the use of this science in practical new uses, to consider the wider gold industry. So, Peter Kondos, from the world’s largest gold producer Barrick Gold provided ‘An Overview of Modern Mining’. Christian Hagelüken, from Umicore then spoke of the growing industry based on ’Recycling of gold from electronics’ before the session ended with Christiane Eluère, from Musee De France, describing ”The earliest story of gold and goldwork in continental Europe’. It was a diverse and fascinating session and following a fine welcoming reception with food and drink, I think most attendees are in great shape for today’s main programme. Can’t wait……
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July 23rd, 2009
Premier Chemicals and 3M in tie-up
Premier Chemicals have just announced a commercial tie up with the 3M corporation which will see Premier Chemicals exclusively distribute 3M’s gold catalyst under the brand name NanAucat™. Both companies will be at Gold 2009 in Heidelberg, Germany next week sharing this news with the commercial and academic community.
3M are, of course, an industry leader in many markets, although many people will not be aware that their biggest product range is from the Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division. This is focused on products to help protect workers from hazardous contaminates and vapours in the workplace. Based in the UK, Premier Chemicals Ltd are less well known but specialise in Gas Purification and Calcium Chloride supply and now as a Gold Catalyst Supplier.
This is further evidence of the growing commercial prospects for gold catalysis…….
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July 22nd, 2009
Getting ready for Gold 2009
Here at Project AuTEK we are gearing up for Gold 2009. We are particularly excited regarding the oral talks, the full list of which may be downloaded at www.gold2009.org. In particular a talk by Dr Gabriel Veith entitled ‘Hydroxyl mediated activity and stability of supported gold catalysts’ sounds interesting. In previous papers and posters Dr Veith has used the PVD catalyst preparation technique to unravel the importance of hydroxyl groups in gold catalyst preparation. These species are required for stable gold CO oxidation catalysts whether prepared by deposition precipitation or PVD.
Also at the conference we invite all attendees to come and pay us a visit on the AuTEK stand to view our services and technologies in the Catalysis, Bio-Medical and Nanotechnology fields.
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July 21st, 2009
5 things I’m particularly looking forward to at GOLD 2009….
GOLD 2009 takes place next week and we are all set for fantastic event, showcasing the latest in gold science and applications. It’s hard to pick out what I am most looking forward to, but here goes……
1. Meeting as many of the 350+ attendees as possible
2. Listening to talks specifically related to the commercialisation of new gold-based technologies
3. Seeing the look of delight on the faces of the students that win the prizes for ‘best talk’ and ‘best poster’
4. Sampling the warmth, hospitality and food/drink of the local region
5. Relaxing after the event (it’s been a lot of hard work organising the conference!)
I hope to see you next week……
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July 20th, 2009
GOLD 2009 Poster timings online
The timings for poster sessions at GOLD2009 in Heidelberg are now online
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July 13th, 2009
Updated GOLD 2009 programme now online
The latest programme for GOLD 2009 in Heidelberg is now online here
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July 8th, 2009
Next issue of Gold Bulletin now available!!
Hi everyoneIt’s here at last, Issue 42(2) of Gold Bulletin.
We have an issue bursting with lots of gold news and science and a superb Guest Editorial from Prof James (Jim) Johnstone from Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand.
We have all the lastest information about Gold 2009 ; the Keynote presentations , the opening Plenary presentations and all the info on the main conference sessions
We have seven wonderful scientific papers from a range of disciplines including Metallurgy, Catalysis, Analytical and also Nanotechnolgy. Also a book review of Mark Grimwade’s Introduction to Precious Metals – Metallurgy for Jewellers and Silversmiths.
Also our regular features of Highlights from Recent Literature and a summary of Calendar Events comming up in the near future.
Hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think. I always like to hear your views.
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June 30th, 2009
Nanostellar at GOLD 2009
For me, one of the highlights of the technical programme at GOLD 2009 is likely to be the talk by the team from Nanostellar. The presentation, on Tuesday 28th July, will describe the commercialisation of NS GOLD, Nanostellar’s gold-containing diesel autocat. Having been involved with the company since the announcement of World Gold Council’s strategic partnership with Nanostellar in December 2007, I know what an interesting story they have to tell.If you aren’t yet regsitered for GOLD 2009, there is still time left…….
Trevor Keel
Richard Holliday
Jason McPherson
Tricia Harris
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