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SUMMARY:Food Detectives - Some curious cases with a chemical twist - Dr El
 len Norman\, Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL)
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CONTACT:John O'Toole
DESCRIPTION:Reading Scientific Services Limited has run an emergency\, exp
 ert\, analytical service for the food (and several other) industry sectors
  for many years. Over this time they have investigated the weird\, the won
 derful and the disturbing. Dr Ellen Norman will review some of these cases
  and describe the techniques and approaches used in solving the product my
 steries - from good old fashioned wet chemistry\, through to state of the 
 art mass spectrometry\, with a nod to modern immunoaffinity techniques. Al
 l these analytical tools have their role to play in helping to identify th
 e causative problem rapidly - because time is money for the RSSL customers
  struggling to resolve their manufacturing problem. Some cases show that i
 nitial appearances can be deceptive\, while others demonstrate that people
  are sometimes more sensitive than analytical instruments.\n \nDr Ellen No
 rman is Projects Manager of Investigative Analysis at RSSL. She completed 
 an industrially sponsored PhD with Alcoa (Australia) covering industrial\,
  analytical and soil chemistry\, at Birmingham University.  She then spent
  10 years at Brewing Research International (now part of Campden BRI)\, st
 arting as an chemical analyst\, and finishing as the Manager of Research P
 rojects\, responsible for running training courses\, client projects and G
 overnment grant projects.  She joined RSSL in 2007 as the Technical Manage
 r in Analytical Chemistry and Metals. She is an active member of the RSC\,
  Chairing the Thames Valley Local Section\, sitting on the Membership and 
 Qualifications board and also acting as a company representative.\n \nFree
  admission. Open to the public. Suitable for GCSE students.\nNo tickets\, 
 so arrive early to get a good seat.\nContact: John O’Toole for further i
 nformation: john.otoole9@btopenworld.com \n \nOrganised by SCI Cambridge &
  Great Eastern Region\, RSC Mid-Anglia Section & CU ChemSoc.\n
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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