Faculty of Arts & Science
Biochemistry

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is pleased to announce the

6th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry

The 6^th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry will be held on September 28, 2012.

The Symposium is sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge. The mandate of the symposium and associated poster prize is to recognize undergraduate and graduate students performing original research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. All students who have participated in research in the Department are encouraged to participate. To particularly encourage junior students in their research endeavors, the Chinook Poster Prizes have been established at the undergraduate and Master’s levels.

Authors have to register for the Symposium by submitting a completed registration form by September 14, 2012 to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry e-mail address chem@uleth.ca. The form is available from the department website www.uleth.ca/artsci/biochemistry .

Registered Authors will compete, if eligible, for Poster prizes (first $300, second $100) in one of the following four categories:

• Chinook Poster Prize in Chemistry      – undergraduate level
• Chinook Poster Prize in Chemistry      – Master’s level
• Chinook Poster Prize in Biochemistry – undergraduate level
• Chinook Poster Prize in Biochemistry – Master’s level

Eligibility for the Doctorate’s level competition- Authors must be currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program as of the Spring term 2012, and have conducted the research presented at the Symposium under the supervision of a member of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.Ph.D. level authors must submit an abstract AND present a poster.

Registration opens August 15, 2012; registration forms will be available in early August.

For further information contact the co-chairs at hj.wieden@uleth.ca or michael.gerken@uleth.ca

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