Abstract
The 23rd annual symposium of the International Isotope Society (UK Group) took place at the Møller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, on Friday, 14 November 2014. The meeting was attended by 68 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 International Isotope Society (UK group)]. The subsequent scientific programme consisted of oral and poster presentations on isotopic chemistry and applications of labelled compounds, or of chemistry with potential implications for isotopic synthesis. Both short-lived and long-lived isotopes were represented, as were stable isotopes. An innovation at this year's symposium was the inclusion of short ‘flash’ presentations in association with particular posters. These proved very successful. The symposium was divided into a morning session chaired by Prof Chris Willis (University of Bristol, UK) and afternoon sessions chaired by Dr Alan Dowling (Syngenta, UK) and by Dr Nick Bushby (AstraZeneca, UK). The UK meeting concluded with remarks from Dr Ken Lawrie (GlaxoSmithKline, UK).