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4HESE GUIDED WALKS WILL TAKE PLACE AT PM AT THE "OTANIC 'ARDEN IN
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SOFT DRINK 4ICKETS COST a PER STROLL OR a FOR THE SERIES OF Using email cuts down on
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Richard Cooper If you would prefer to
.ATURE S RICH CHEMISTRY HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT MOLECULES receive a PDF version of
LOOK LIKE this magazine rather than
Thursday 30th May 2013 a hard copy in the mail,
A rich variety of molecules occur naturally in plants and some have please email alumni@
incredible properties: from bitter tastes to anti-cancer activity. chem.ox.ac.uk with the
subject line “e-Periodic”
+YLIE 6INCENT and we will send it
&ROM AIR TO FERTILISER NITROGEN AND THE NUTRIENTS OF LIFE electronically next year.
Thursday 13th June 2013
Explore areas of the Gardens where we can see evidence of the #ONTACT 5S
importance of nitrogen to plants and bacteria. We will look at how We would love to hear
some species have found mutually beneficial ways to live together, your views. For magazine
and the molecular machinery inside the bacteria that enables them or alumni comments or
to extract nitrogen from the air.
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&ROM mOWERS TO mASKS #ONNECTING PLANTS please contact the editor,
to organic chemistry Lucy Erickson.
Thursday 27th June 2013 alumni@chem.ox.ac.uk
This walk will reveal the fascination of plants to organic chemists +44 (0) 1865 285400
– how the molecules produced by plants growing in the Botanic
Garden have brought so much inspiration to chemistry.
,UCY %RICKSON
!SEL 3ARTBAEVA Alumni Relations and
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