Scientific program

The scientific program for ANZMAG 2008 has been designed to cover the diverse interests of our members. There will be themed sessions covering the areas of Metabonomics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Protein Structure, Small Molecules, Solid-State NMR, Structural Genomics, and special sessions on New Experimental Approaches and Computational Methods.

The following invited speakers will present lectures at the meeting:


Plenary Lecture

Prof. Paul Callaghan
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand


Keynote Lectures

Jean-Paul Amoureux
CNRS, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Steffen Glaser
Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

Jeff Hoch
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

Elaine Holmes
Imperial College, London, UK

Tai-huang Huang
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Rainer Kümmerle
Bruker Biospin AG, Fällanden, Switzerland

Eriks Kupče
Varian Ltd, Oxford, U.K.

Norbert Müller
Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Mathias Nilsson
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Art Palmer
Columbia University, New York, USA

Esben Petersen
National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

Bernd Pichler
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Hans Spiess
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Tim Stevens
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Rheal Towner
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA

Jill Trewhella
University of Utah, USA and University of Sydney, Australia


Invited Lectures (Local Speakers)

Andrew Dingley
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Justine Hill
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Joel Mackay
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Mehdi Mobli
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Gottfried Otting
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Frances Separovic
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia


The scientific program will also include a number of talks selected from submitted abstracts.

Two poster sessions and the vendor displays will provide a comprehensive overview of current activities and developments. Prizes will be awarded for the three best student posters in each poster session, as well as for the best oral presentation by a student and early-career researcher.

A full version of the program will soon be available for download from this site.