The Pacific Northwest Undergraduate Research Symposium on Organic Chemistry is a new one-day scientific meeting with an emphasis on promoting excellence and diversity in research conducted by undergraduate students within our region. The inaugural meeting was hosted by the Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, and held in Corvallis, Oregon, on August 11, 2008. The date for next year's meeting is yet to be decided; this and other details concerning the symposium will be posted in early 2009.

Potential conferees are talented individuals presently studying chemistry or an allied discipline at the junior/senior undergraduate level and engaged in a significant research project in the general area of organic chemistry, including (but not limited to):

• biological chemistry • total synthesis of natural products

• synthetic methods development • organometallic chemistry

• preparation and study of novel organic materials

The 2008 PNWURS ...with thanks to last year's sponsors!

Attendance at the meeting is strictly limited (to 25 students), and participants selected on the basis of submitted research project abstracts and other application materials (see "apply to attend"). All student conferees are required to make a presentation during the meeting, either a 15 min lecture, or a poster, with the available lecture slots being awarded to the most meritorious abstracts (see "program").

To encourage participation in the meeting, there are no registration fees for students, and travel (up to $500) and accommodation expenses for successful applicants will be covered by organizations sponsoring the symposium. Interested faculty are welcome to attend the meeting for a small registration fee. Details concerning the application/registration process will be posted in early 2009.

Please direct any questions to the 2009 symposium chair.

Symposium organizing committee 2009:

Prof. Rich Carter (chair), Prof. Paul Blakemore (co-chair) 

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