Abstract
The 25th annual symposium of the International Isotope Society's United Kingdom Group took place at the Møller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK on Friday 11th November 2016. The meeting was attended by around 90 delegates from academia and industry, the life sciences, chemical, radiochemical and scientific instrument suppliers.
Delegates were welcomed by Dr Ken Lawrie (GlaxoSmithKline, UK, chair of the IIS UK group). The subsequent scientific programme consisted of oral presentations, short “flash” presentations in association with particular posters, and poster presentations.
The scientific areas covered included isotopic synthesis, regulatory issues, applications of labelled compounds in imaging, and novel chemistry with potential implications for isotopic synthesis. Both short-lived and long-lived isotopes were represented, as were stable isotopes. The symposium was divided into a morning session chaired by Prof. Franklin Aigbirhio (Cambridge Neuroscience, UK) and afternoon sessions chaired by Dr. Rebekka Hueting (University of Oxford, UK) and by Dr. Andrew Kohler (Arcinova, UK). The meeting concluded with remarks from Dr Ken Lawrie (GlaxoSmithKline, UK).