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SUMMARY:Herbal remedy to Pharmaceutical - the story of Botany and Medicine
  - Dr Alison Foster\, Senior Curator\, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
DTSTART:20120119T190000Z
DTEND:20120119T200000Z
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CONTACT:John O'Toole
DESCRIPTION:The changing relationship between plants and medicine will be 
 explored in this illustrated talk. For the ancients\, all medicines were d
 erived from plants. Modern science has dramatically changed our understand
 ing over the past four hundred years\, and today we tend to regard herbal 
 remedies very differently from pharmaceuticals. \nSome of the key figures 
 in the story of plant derived medicines will be introduced\, and how their
  work influenced the course of history. \nThe talk will end with an update
  about recent plant-based medicines that have been licensed for clinical u
 se\, and reveal how plants are providing us with many modern medicines\, f
 or diabetes\, cancer\, heart conditions and painkillers. We will even lear
 n how science is beginning to understand how some traditional herbal remed
 ies\, such as Ginkgo and Echinacea\, have an effect.\n\nHaving completed h
 er first degree in Chemistry\, Alison Foster worked first as a medicinal c
 hemist\, then undertook her PhD and then returned to the pharmaceutical in
 dustry as a process chemist. She then decided to move to horticulture\, an
 d studied for the RHS general certificate. She moved to the Birmingham Bot
 anical Gardens and Glasshouses as a trainee and since then has not looked 
 back. She moved to the University of Oxford Botanic garden in 2008. In lat
 e 2009 she started planning the new modern medicinal plant collection\, no
 w fully established in the Walled Garden. In March 2011 she took up her cu
 rrent role as Senior Curator and is responsible for the Public Education P
 rogramme and for managing the portfolio of research collaborations at the 
 Garden.\n\nFree admission. Open to the public. \nSuitable for GCSE student
 s.\nNo tickets\, so arrive early to get a good seat.\n\nOrganised by SCI C
 ambridge & Great Eastern Region\, RSC Mid-Anglia Section & CU ChemSoc.\n\n
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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