the College N ew letterDe. mond utu L It I Ic ..lu" of Dcparrmcm" meet

IJeilllolldli'/III/alld,' heilde the 11111'1/1/' I"III/fI/lIre ofhil/ll"e/f

H unureu~ of~taff, 'tlIuent~ anu

frienu, of the Collc~e p.lckeu

into the Stuuent~' ('nion

ni~hteluh in the '\Iacauam Huiluin~ on

24 October to take parr in ler~ ~pecial

oC<"l~ion in the life of the College. The

event wa~ a I'i~it b~ Thc \Io~t ReI

De,monu Tutu.. \rehbi,hop of Cape

TOil n, to unveil a bu~t of hilmelf. It i,

the fir,t el'er to be ~culpteu of him anu

the College lI'a~ bonoureu that he \\a~

COli/ill lied Oil flaKe three

More th.1I1 'iD of tbe Colle~e'~

heau~ of <"L!wol,. UII "Jl)n~

anu uep.trtment~JOll1eu the

Pnnlipalat.1 t\lenty-four hour Kin~\

rc~iuential conference near

<"outh.lmpron at the enu of OLtober.

The m.11I1 item on the a~el1ll.t 11 'I~ a

Ui'clh~lon about .Icauemic ~trategie,

anu future tinanual 'tructure' for

Kin~'~ in the li~ht of the opportunltle,

to u~e the ~urpll"e~ ari,ing from the

,ucce" of the <"trate~il Plan. The

Principal opened the ui'eu"ion b~

~a\ IIlg that a ,trateg\ neeued to be

ueciueu upon for the penou after

ueficlt~ hau been rel:!l\ereu anu

re'trulrunng co~t~ hau been paiu off.

.Ind then a re~oun:e ,y,tem uel i~eu [()

put th" ~tr'lte~\ 111 place. to~ether

IIlth tran,itlon mechani,m, 11 hich

\Iould eclll~e 1c.I,t d"nlption.

lie ollllll1ed \ .Iriou, option, on

hClII the ,m.III e,peCleu relenue

~urplu, of fu tlI re \ear, coulu be

deplCJ\ed. The,e inlluueu builuing up

a gener,II re,ene; building up ,peLifil

re,en c, for pre-uetcrmineu purpme,:

ue.lting a ,horl-term 'rapiu-re'p()n~e'

funu for opporluni,tic purpo,e,;

prOl idin~ ,ome relief for teaching

loau~, anu better ,oeial anu

uepartmental ,pace, e,peeially ,It the

Strand: auding new ani\ itie,;

(;olllillllfrl 011 flaKf /",'0

I lead" of Department" meet ({Jlllilllltd lmlll fJI/!!,t {)I/{ " C \\'ong cholar hip" forChina

, caucmic Stud" Group Bur"aric" 1995-Yn award"

P..lgC .?

performance-related bonu, or ,.1IJr;.

,rrucrure,. or imprO\ ing the

technological infra,rruuure. lie ,ought

I iell' on the long-term planning

per petril e,. Jnd the meLhJni,m, ,tJff

Ilould like ro 'cc u cd [() add re", them,

taking inro accounr the impending

merger with t'\ID.'.

l)JI'id Hall. DepLJ[~ College

.'ecretary. Planning '<? Re,ouH;e,.

indicated in a ,hort pre,enration that,

prol iding nece'i'iar;.· capital

e pendirure wa, appropriatel~ funded.

,rrategic im'e'itmenr of ,urplu, fund,

could be given ,erioll' con,ideration.

In thi, re,pect, ime,tmenr fund, of up

ro £2 million would be al'ailable in

1997 and might ri'ie ro '3,5 million in

,ub,equenr year, if the ,rrategic

im'e,tmenr deei,ion-, led ro enhanced

income. Good example, of how

,rrategically placed im'e,tmenr could

benefit the Collcgc\ income

generating capacity were, he ,aid, an

improved 'ihare of qualitv re,earch

fund" or higher lel'e1, of po,tgraduate,rudenr,.

I\lr Hall produced a ,canergram

ba'ied on external and inrernal

performance indicaror, [() illu,rrate the

need for carefully con,idered ,rrategic

inve'itmenr. The 'icarrergram proce",

clearly indicated onc approach ro

inve,tmenr; there were many orher"

he poinred out.

Conference member'i con,idered

the 'irrategic planning i",ue'i in

working group'i, and in general term'i

The Academic 'cudy Group i'i a

Hriti'ih charitable foundation

which promore, collaboration

between Hriti'ih ,cholar, and their

['iraeli academic counrerpart'i.

[n the coming year SG II ill offer

1(, rravel bur'iarie'i [() hrael. Scholar, in

any field mal' appl~.

pplicanr'i ,hould 'iubmit a

detailed CV along with a ,ummar\ of

rea'ion, for wi'ihing ro vi,it hrael and

the name, of l'iraeli academic

counrerpart'i or corre'ipondenr"

Application will be reviewed

[()ward, the end of 'ovember 1995

and again in late I\larch 1990.

Jgreed that the pnmJr\ im e,tment

need of the College rdJred [() the

building infra,rrlluure. paf[lLlJlarl~ at

the, rrand. and the need [() mainrain

aLademiL e\u:llenLe in term, of

re,earch qualit\,

The conferenLe al'>o inLlllded a

pre,enration b\ I)r BJrrie \lorgan.

Direcror of E\ternal Relation,. on the

ke~ i",ue, facing the College in

determining it, furure .Ipproach ro the

recruitmenr of gr'lduate ,tudenr,. Dr

:\lorgan a,ked II hether "ing', ,hould

,eek [() change it, po,tgrad uate [()

undergraduate ratio (at IHe,enr about

5: I - ,light" higher than the n.nional

:1\ erage for old unil er,itie, of 5.5: I)

.1Od II hether it Ilould be appropriate to

e,tabli,h a gr.lduate ,chool.

On the ,econd da~, Declen

Leyden of the t' nil er,itie, and

College, Emplo\er, \",ociation ,poke

about de'elopmenr, in emplovmenr

law and practice .1Od an'>\l ered

que,tion,.

Participanr, agreed that thi, fir,t

re,idenrial conference for Ilead, of

Departmenr, prol'ided a very u,eful

forum for meeting colleague, and

di'icu",ing ke~ i",ue" Chilworth

1\ lanor, which belong, ro the

t 'niver,itv of SOLJ[hampton, provided a

comfortable and appropriate ,etting,

There wa, al,o the opportunit. ro roa,t

the Principal, who,e birthday fell on

the fir,t day of the conference.

Further information from John D

;\ Lel'y, Academic Study Group, rLyndale thenue. London :"\\'2 2QB

fax0171-794 0291.

The 1I igher Education ector in

hrael con,i,t, of ,el'en principal

unil'er,itie,. man~ ,peciali,t re'iearch

in'ititute'i and dOLen, of ,maller

college'i, hraeli academic" have built

up de,erved inrernational reputation

for their ,cholar,hip and creativ ity.

Both individual ,cholar, and

departmenr, in I,rael arc eager [() forge

new inrernational re,earch link.

The" C Wong EduLation

" ou ndatlon of 11 ong "ongoffer, ten 'LhoLu,hip, each

~ eJr for I'hD/\IPhil re,earLh 10 the

t .niler,it~ of London for ,tudenr,

from mainland .hina. file of II hich arc

tenable Jt "ing\ College London.

Thi, 'Lho!Jr,hip ,cheme ,tJrted in

I ':I, 7, It pnll idc, J month I; ,tipend of

£-170. Jnd tlIition fce, .It thc ratc for

home ,tudcnt,. The ,cholar,hip, arc

parricular" ,uirable thereforc for

,tlIdent, II ho arc appl; ing ,').,0 for an

ORS or cquivalent al\'ard II hich II ill

COl er thc balJnce of the OI'cr,ea,

tuition fee,.

Further detJil, of the ,chcme arc

al ailable from Or Abraham S-T Lue.

n !\ IagaLine Gap Road. Ilong "ong,

Ear" Jpplication i, advi,ed. prcfcrabl~

b~ the cnd of April for the 1'0110\\ ing

OctOber.

King', Profile

The Pre'>'i \!:J Publication,

Office ha, produced a pockct­

,iLed leanet conraining

e.,.,ential information about the

Collegc - from a brief hi,tOry to fact'>

and figure,. copy of the leanet

~hollld be included in thi'i edition of

r:O/ll/llfll/. If \'ou require further

,upplie, of the profile - for ,ending to

I i,itOr" interviewee, ,taff or ,tlIdent,

- plca'ie telephone France'i Chap man

on ext 3202.

Correction

The Halliburron Lectllre will

take place on 19 December

and not IS December a,

,tated in H'h{//~f Oil,

The lecturer i'i Dr. :'o.loncada of

The \\'ellcome Foundation and the

evenr I ill take placc in the i':eVl

Theatre, Strand, from 17.30 to I ,30.

Contact Profe,~orPeter 1\ IcNaughtOn

0171- 732-175 for more information.

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.Ibk 0.1 r..:nd rh..: \...:r..:mon\ rll un ..:11

Ir pcr on.lll .

\\.\.omp.lOIcd b\ hI \\ If<.: LC.lh,

Ik,mond '] ucu uO\..:I1..:d rh..: bu I.lnd

nud..:.1 hIm pc..:\.h r":'-')lJnlln~ III tond

mcmoric' of bmh "lOg', Clnd 11\ 10:': 10

I.ondon .Ind dell~hr \\ Irh rh.: bu,

Th.: IlU,r \\.1, pre cOled {lJ Krng',

b~ rhe ,ul1pwr. John Il0ul,wn, \\ ho I'>

.In .Ilumnu ... of rh..: College (grCldu,Hing

10 Theoloj!;\ in 1'1£>0). [I \\.1 ... origrn.lll~

modelled 10 liJ~ .lOd rhen CCl,r 10

copper Jnd 'l.lOd, .I melre high,

(.Ipprrl'.. mJ ch rhn:.: rnK life lI'e)

,lOd \\cigh '}Ok~, \r\.h-bl hip Tu U '.11

r\\ KC for he '\.lIlplClr. \\ ho 11.1, Iried 11

\..Ip ur..: hi, ,ub)..:\. ' qllJII I": r..:lIgillu

in\...:n . qUI\.k rnl<.:lll:::..:n\..:, IJr,:::cr- h.ln·

life \\Jrm h, UllIr.l!!e, dcrcrmrnJ IOn

Jnd .:n,im I \

lktim: rh..: 110\ eillng \.crcmon\.

\r\.hbl hop Turu .I r..:nd..:d .I pnlJI

J:lKhJn 110 rhc (.ll.Ipel. '] hc ('hJIJCI

\\ .I' p.I\.k..:d for Ih..: ..:\ cm \\ nh 'lJff.

,rude01' Jnd J\umni ,lnd rhc

\r\.hl11'>llOp ... pokc mm ingh 10 .I ,hor!

.Iuure,... JboUI hI'> gr.llllUue for hi

edUlJrionJ KlIlg', .Ind rh..: neeu for

Jcce, ... lO eUULJlIOn lCl bc Cl\ .Iil.lble rll

.Ill. rcgClrdle , of r.lcc or ue.:d,

I)c,mond ']u u I .I (lfmer UUCol

It' 1\:10_', .Ind, IdlCd '[ henl'le"

.:r.ld 1.1 lOo! 10 1Jh' \\nh Cl HD, I It: \\.1

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Jnd .I I ..:11 )\\ hll' of Ih..: C,/llcg..: 10

147 \1' cr rhc un\ cilrn~ ceremon\ he

p..:n "HIlC Imc (.lIkIng ro lUdcOl'

.Ind .1ft bdllf": IllCCllng \\ IIh hI old

liJ"m.lr..:, .Ind ,H cnurng .I rcunion of

IWI' rhcolog\ grJdu.lrc"

The \rlhbi hop 1.1 r \ i,Ht:u Kin "

1\\0 ~ C.lr... .Ign \\ hen h..: offill.llh

open..:u Ihe lUdeOl" ['nion nlghlLlub.

nJll1ed lullI' 10 hi, honour; Ihl I'>

\\ here rhe bU'1 \\ ill be mouOleu.

SOIlIIt .l/nm - PflSI alldpn'sUll, Ih'lllollrl 'Iillll il' pillllred 'idllt Rr..· I.tl'innm .I/I/Ihr/III/a..\'II/i·{)n/ll O(SI .l/al)' lite \'/I.,!ill (:alherlm/.

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rllrnl flrllllillallfl' 10 lite \fiflllrl.l'I'l/l allflltoprl' 10 Kllldll{/Ie ill IlJ9/,

School of PhY'lical Scicncc,> e Enginccring priLc-gi\'ing

T he '-..LilOOI of 1'11\ ,icJI

'-icienle, .::: Engineenng helu

II annual pri/e-gi\ ing

c..:reJ\lOn\ on It) OClOber. The gU":'1

'pe.lker \\." I)r Eli/.lherh \:e" of

B Ice \\ ho In her ... peech encouraged

,ruu":Ill' 10 con,iuer ,eeking.l career

in indu,rr~. '-iome 70 pril.e\\inner,

rogelher \\ irh Iheir familie, anu

fri..:nd, ,lnd member... of ,raff alrend..:d

rhe e\elll \\ hieh \\'a, follo\\eu by .I

receprion,

,Ill' A/idlll Faltlll. 'U"lto [!radlla/erl ill Jlllv 'iJi.·illt a de[!n:1! ill RIIJillesl' ,l/alll/[!l!lIIl!lll. pirlllrerl

'idllt Iti, KIII!S!.' allltl! Srltool 0/ PltyJim/ SriellreJ @ F.IIKillurill/( pri::;'I!-[!izoillK I le 'iJi.'as

a'iJi.·(/lderl lite Jlltllla/(l!lIIelll pri::;,e /orlhe ,lloSI IlIIpiYJ'i,:erl Pnfol7lwllre illlltl! Filial} -ear,

C 1110lecular ol1colog. lab

Dr}ollathall ,lIorris, Sir}ohll Pffl ;':{,TO, I.Oil/ Ra.\'lIfallrl.llr}ohll ;':fll/p-l\'drh

rr:hainl/all of Kill[!'( .I/er/iml Rf(ftll¥h 'l"'nl<t) fit the OpfllillK ofthf Joh" fI"rI Frer/fI Peel

,llo/emlar Ollr%K.\' La!Joratol)'

On h '-:0\ ember. <I ne\\

dedica((:d moleudar oncolog~

laborarof' ar "ing"., celebrareu

ir, fir,r \ear of progre\\ In u,ing rhe

ba,ic ,cience of c<lncer ro im e,rigare

rhe ,rruuure of C<lJ1Cer biolog~,

The occ<l,ion \\ a, commemorared

b~ rhe fornul opening anu naming of

rhe John <lnd Freda Peel \Iolecular

Oncolog\ Laboraror~ b\ "lir John Peel

"C\'O. Emeriru, Olhrerrieian and

()~ naecologi,r [() King"., and former

Surgeon G~ naecologi,r to I1 id rhe

Queen.

The laboraror~, an inregral parr of

rhe academic Departmenr of Surger\ .lr

"CS:\ ID, \\ a" refurbi,hed and

equipped rh rough rhe genero,ir\ of

"ing', .'\Ieuical Re,earch Tru,r. an

inuependenr charir~ which donared

£ I00,000 to the iniriari\e,

Dr Jonarhan \Ionk. formerl\ of

the Ludwig ] mrirure of Cancer

Re,earch, ha~ been leading rhe ne\\

laborarorv ream for rhe la,r \ear, \I hich

ha, concentrared initiallY on cancer of

rhe pro,tate, rhe commone,r cancer in

male, in rhe l TK, They have idenrifieu

,e\ eral novel gene, a\\ociated \\ irh

cancer of the prchtate and have al"o

idenrified a po~,ible marker for pro,taric

cancer or for rhe pre,ence of mera,u,e"

Profc",or Irving Benjamin, Ilead

of rhe Departmenr of Surgery,

welcomed Sir John Pccl and other

di<,tingui,hed vi"iror" and poinred our

rlur "in~', rre.lt' 0\ er, 00 ne\\ c<l,e,

per \ e<lr from rhe local popularion. nor

counring tllChe referred from <lround

rhe l " for cancer ,urgery In "lng'"

'peci<lli"r field",

I le e,plained rhar \\ hil,r rhe

tradirional 'urgical re,pon,e to cancer

ha becn ro concenrr<lre on apph ing

ph\ ,ical ,olurion" rhrough complex

oper'ltion" '1I1d e\Tr more to'(ic

chcmorheupy \\ hen rhar ,rrureg\' fuil"

cuncer i, a eomple:\ biological

phenomenon \\ hich need, man\

differenr approache" Innccl,ingl~

cliniciam und re,earcher, MC rurning to

rhe bu,ic ,cience of cancer ,0 .1' to

make progre.,-, b~ under,r'lnding the

inrricarc \\'3\<' in \\ hich cancer biolog\

\\ork" From rhi, re,earch, ir i,

anricipared rhar more effecri\ e

tre,Hmenr, 'Ind rechnique, \\ ill be

ue\elopeu to rackle rhe inne'l,ing

problem of n1Jlignunc~,

Example, of ongoing work in rhe

departmenr incluue:

• im'C,rigaring rhe hormone

cholccv,tokinin and ir, n:ccpror, in

cancer of rhe hile duer and rhe

pannea" for which a new rumour line

ha, been e,rubli,hcd in rhe lahorarorv,

• a planned I~uropean colluborarion to

iJll'C"tigare thc role of ,omato,tatin. a

ga'tro-inte'tinal hormone. in rhe

de\'c1opmenr of cancer of the bile duct.

• change, in cell adhe,ion molecule,

in p<ltlenr, \\ irh earl~ and ad\ <lnced

cancer of rhe colon anu recrum,

• re,earch into furty acid, <lnd cancer,

including <I ,ruu~ of rhe linoleic aud In

an e,peflmenr31 colon c<lncer mode!.

Professor BaU111elected to Ben­Gurion Council

Profe\\or Ilarold Baum h<l' been

eleered [() ,en con rhe

Cluirman"., Council of rhe

Hoaru of Go\'ernor, ar Ben-Curion

l'ni\er,ir~ ofrhe :-':ege\ in I,rae!.

Holding aparty?

Need a \'enue for rhar ,pecial

parry? \Vhv nor come to rhe

Srrand Social Club?

The Club i" con\'enienrlv locared,

ir ha, been recently redecorated and ir

offer, ,ome of rhe cheape<,t price"

around,

The Club ,rock, a wide range of

drink,: and if wc don'r have vour

favourire de,igner lager wirh a ,lice of

pumpkin in rhe bonle-neck, wc can

order ir ,peciall~ for you (gi\e u,

notlce l ),

For a ,m<lll fee rhe Club e,1n be

booked for pri\ arc funcrion, on

\Ionda\',. Tue,d<l\' <lnd Thur,da~" If

you arc \\ illing ro ,h3re your

celebr<lrion \\ irh rhe Club member,.

your funerion can be on any d<l\ of rhe

\\eek and rhe fee ma\' be w3i\'ed, For

more informarion or to book a party.c<lll Le, Di,ley on e'(r 1052,

Deputy rl111C ~ Iini,t r ofof efence tudi

inaapore at th Centr

PlClured /t'jt 10 I"IJ[ltl urt': . If.\" SUt' lrtlldl. St'I"fJl Rt'St'uI.,.;' Ft'//ou., /), IfJl/Y '/1/11. Deput\'

Prime .1/I/IH/t'I ofSillJ{ojlolt' ({lid PUJjt'BfJI .If/(ltod C/lfIl't' . /',\nllllu' /)""'/(11 ofIltt'

('mlrt' ff)/ IJt!t'I/(t'SllIdm

F 01111\\ in!.: hi, JrrendJnce 10

jeru\Jlem o' rhe funerJI of

) I /hJ" RalHn. [)r T/ln~ 'r an.

rhe Depu \ Prllne \1101,rer lf

IO~JptJre. \ I , cd "-IOU' for a \\/lrklOg

lunch \\ Hh rhe (.eOlre for Defence

rudle\. on \\ edne\da\ "0\ ember.

Dr T .In. Jccompanled b~ \I r

ThirunagJrJn. rhe .\cring Iligh

COIllIllI\\lOner ro Hnr.lin. \\ i\hed ro

J\\e\\ rhe \\ ork Jnd role of

IOdcpendeOl 'rud\ CCOlrc like rhe

CeOlre for Defence rudie\ in rcl.lrlOn

ro gO\ ernmenr. The Singapore

Defence \ Itn"r~ i con,idering rhe

e\rablJ,hmenr of .I \Imtl.lr r\ pe of

ceOlre. Europc.ln defence i,wc\ .Ind

\CCUflr\ problem\ \\ere.ll 0 di\cu\\cd

ar rhe.: mcerlOg.

Japanese e Religions Project

T he j.lpane~e '-.ew ReliglOn~

Projecr ar King\, \\a\

e\rahli~hed in \Ia~ 1994. \llrh

rhe aim of \rud~ ing japane~e :\e\1

Religiou~ \Iovemenr~ ('\'R\I\) Olmide

japan. Inirialll, rhe projecr

concenrrarcd on japane~c 'R\I~ in

\Vc~rern Europe and Larin .\merica,

hur \Ie are nOlI expanding our ficld of

rc\carch ro cmer Au\rralia, Ilawaii.

Tai\lan and Iral~.

The projccr rcam i\ headcd b~

Profc\\or Percr H Clarkc. of rhe

Deparrmenr ofTheologl .... Religiou~

Srudie~ ar King\. \1 ho ha\ ,i1read~

publi\hcd exren\i\ el~ on. 'ell

Rcliglou\ \ Im·emenr\. Profe\\or

Clarke i\ nO\1 engaged in re,earch on

japane\e '-. R\1\ in Hral.il. Orher

mcmber\ of rhe projeer currcnrl~

include Dr Carherine Cornillc of rhe

Carholic l' niler\ir~ of Leulen.

I:klgium. \1 ho ha\ ju\r complered a

reporr enrrrled ['III'{:erJo/ily olld

POl1icu/ari/V oflite ,\,~. }ap({lIese

Re/if(io/H ill lite West; Sanda Ducaru.

whole rc\earch conccrn~ gcnder and

who\e fieldwork i~ bcing underraken

in Gcrmany and u\rria; Dr Louclla

Iar~unaga, who ha~ complered a

re\carch reporr on rhe parallcl\

her\leen japane\c compaOle\ and

jJpanc\c '\'R \1\ and hJ' commenced .I

'econd reporr on rhc \ubJeu of heJling

in Jrrracring adherenr\ ro rhc jJpane,c

'-.R\I\; Jnd jeffre~ Somer\, \1 ho i\

fOLlI\\ing on japanc\c '\' R \1\ in rhc

l'K. Profe\ or \ri Ilcdro Oro i\

imc,rigaring Sckai K\ u\ei K~o in

Hra7il; Jnd al\o in Hrat.il )'umi Fujikura

i, looking ar rhe role of belief\

concerning rhe Jncc,ror\ in rhe

japane\e :'\.R\k.\ ream hc,]ded b~

Profe\\or (;ar~ Houma of \Iona\h

l·ni\cr\iry. "icroria, i, commcncing

re\earch on rhe plJce of jJpJne\c :"-.e\1

Religion\ in :\u~rralJa. In addirion ro

rhe\e individUJI relean:h proJCU\. wc

.Ire \Iorking rogerher ro compile .In

annorared bihliograph\ on japJne\e

:\R\I\. a ra\k coordinared and

organi,ed b~ Sonia He,l[on.

1995 ha\ been a bu\~ and

produui\e year for rhc Projccr. and

onc in which japJnc\c :"-.R\I\ halc

bcen \e~ much in rhe mediJ \porlighr

following rhe \arin ga\ ,mack on rhe

Tokyo underground b~ onc of rhc,e

:'\Ri\I\, um \hinrikyo. Coincidenrally

wirh rhil bur~r of mcdia inrcrc\r, an

inrcrnarional confcrcncc on japanc,e

Ncw Rcligion\ in rhe Wc\r wal ho,rcd

b~ rhe projeu here.: ar King\ on rhe h

\I.]~, .Ir \\ 11Ich rhe projeu member\

pre,enred pJper\ Jnd conrriburion\

\\ere made on rhe \ubjccr of jap.lne\c

0:C\\ HeligioO' in Larin America b~

I'rofe\\nr 1\ laeyama of Tlukuba

l .nil er\ir~. japan; h~ Profc~\(lr

Qucirol. of rhe l' ni\icr\ir~ of Sao 1'.1010

and b~ \Ir Yumi FujikurJ of PI.

K~odan in Bra/il.

Some of rhe currcnr rc~earch of

rhc I'rojecr i, now complcred, and we

hope [Cl publi\h ,ol11e of rhi\ material

in rhe ne.lr furure.

~onla HCJron

DepJrrmenr ofTheolog~ e Rcligiou\

Srudle

In thenews

IIcJJth\ c.lt1nl.;J)r Ton\ Leed" I.ellllrer in rhe

I)cp.lrtlllent of utrlrlon'~DlercriL',

.IPIK<!red on G 1/71' d"Lu"ing rhe

ri'lIl/! pre\ .denLe of o!Je'It\. lie ha'.d,o joined tiJrLe, \I Irh rhe \'U/I to

de\ clop an proJell \\ hlLh \\ III rai'e rhe

k\ cl of Lon'tiou,ne, abo\l[ rhe

Imporr.IIlLe of healrh\ c.Hing for

Lhildren.H ,thool,. Ir \\dl uke rhe

forlll of Lomperirion Jnd JI,o .1 ,un e~.

Carbon dio\.idc di"po.,al()r Jon.Hh.ln "ieurloLk, He,e,HLh

.\"oLi'He in rhe Di\ i,ion of Life

Science" \\'a, inn.:n ic\\ cd b~ rhe BBC

World Sen ice', Sl'ill/t'I' ,II/1}!1/d/l1'

progralllme a, part of a ,crie, on global

\\ arming. ()r ScurloLk e ... pre"ed

conecrn abour propo,.d, ro di'po,e of

liqucfied carbon dio ... ide from PI1\\ er

,urion' b\ pumping ir inro rhe deep

oceJn,.. \Irhough rhi, i, reehnicall~

feJ,ible, rhe local ell\ ironment.d

eon,equence, arc complercl~

unkno\\ n, and rhc carbon dio ... ide ma\

find ir, \\ a\ back to rhc armmphere

\\'irhin a fe\\ hundred ~car,. There

alread~ c:-.i,t berrer .t1rernari\ c, \\ irh

mulriple bcncfir" ,ueh a, rhe

managclllent of rcrrc,rrial \ cgcrarion

and ,oil, for carbon ,rorage and rhe

'ub,rirurion of fo"il fuel u,e b\

renewable energ\ and energ\

efficienc\' mca'LJre'.

FO'i'iil fucl or forcstation?On a rclated ,ubjccr, I)a\ id llall,

Profe"or of Biology, \\ a, quoted in

"'tu', Sril'll/is/. American 'cienti,t, havc

found ne\\ e\ idcnCl; frolll an.lh ,i, of

carbon i'orope, rhat the 'mi"ing link'

for carbon dioxide rclea,ed from fo"il

fuel burning lie, in rhe fore't' of rhenorthern hemi,phere. 1111\\ e\ er,

Profe"or I la 11 eaurioned again,t u,ing

the ne\\ dara ro off,er fo"il fuel u,e

ag:lin,r tree planring until berrer

independent e'tim,He, of northern

fore,r growth arc a\ailable.

Ha"ic mathematic":'dathematic' re.lching in 'chool, ha,

been rhe ,ubject of much debate

recenrh' and Thl' 7/1111'1' reportcd J claim

by ,ome academic, rh at marhematie,

,rudent' cannot cope \\ irh uni\'er,irv

,rudy becau,e rhe\ arc not learning rhe

ba,ic, at 'chool. Pcter Saunder"

Profe"or of \I.Hhem'lric', wa, quored

'.1\ in;..: rhar. ') ou \\ ould hJ\ e to go

prerr\ f.lr ro find J marhemJriuJn \\ ho

dldn'r .lgrec \\ irh rh" rcporr.'

\lathcmatical problem"\n Mode e"'Jmining rhe ,tJnd.lrd, of

Jl1JrhemarlL' In ,thool, in rhe

/I/d/{Jmr!m/ fI/I S/I/lr!/l1' quorc' Profe ,or

\IJrgJrcr Bum n, 11e.ld of rhe thoolof

EdutJtlon. he 'Jid rhar \\ hile rhere \\ a,

J tendenc~ for ,econda~ reaLh<.:r, nor to

rJtkle ke\ ideJ' in number Jnd Jlgebra,

Engli'h pupil, 'cored \\c11 in Jrea, like

geOJl1etr~ .Ind problem-,oh ing.

Dcath of Yitzhak R.ubinThe dearh of rhe I,raeli I)rime

\Iini,rer, Yirl.hak l-bbin, \\." rhe

'llbjecr of an article b~ Profc\\or

I ,a\\ rentc FreedmJn, I lead of rhe

J)ep.lrtmenr of War Srudie" in Thl'7illll ......

Information tC<..hnolog\I)r \largarer Co... , Senior Leerurer in

rhe School of Eduurrion, \\'a, quored in

an .lrticle on IT and teacher tr:lining

\\ hich appeared in rhe Fi/llll/(ia/7/111I'J.

She ,aid, 'The main problem in

integr.lting IT-ba'ed \\ork inro the

\\ id er curriculum i, rhar it dellland,

experti'e in a \\ hole range of area,.

IT', major conrriburion i, to IHO\'ide an

en\ ironlllenr in \\ hich children GIn

creare model, of their under,randing of

rhe ,ubjecr.'

I Icy nonny nonn~

The range of Sh:lke,pearian 'cc ne,

eho,en I)\' rhe Prince of \\'ale, for a

ne\\ audio-hook ha, arou,ed rhe

intcre't of the media. An irem in Thl'SU/lr!lIY 7/l11es on '1nl' Pri/lCl' 's (.'//Oire

belic\ c, the extract, ,hed lighr on hi,

<.:urrenr ,iru:ltion: the loncline\\ of high

office. rhe ~ earning to be king, and the

pain of lo,ing a wife. Richard

Proudfo/)(, I lead of rhe I epartlllenr of

Engli,h and general editor of rhe

Arden ,'hJke,peare Serie, 'Jid rhat

Pri nce Charlc,' choice ,eelllcd to

indicare a particular intcre,r in

charaerer, \\ ho ,uffered from a conflicr

of lo~ alrie'.

Ri.,k,; of cxcc""i"c "altProfe">or Tom Sander" Ilead of the

Department 01':---: utrition . Dietetic"

appeared on BBC 2', Food tllld /),illl:

programme talking about rhe link

bct\\ccn ,alt and high blood prc\\ure.

Pari bombin,...J)r C.IJlrc pcnu::r. cnl Ir Rc cJrLh

I cllm\ 10 he Cen rc ,r Ik enLC

r H.bc \1 a 10 Cf\ IC\\ cd aholl

\1,,;crtJn 1 IJJI1IC ~fltUP' 10 r rJnLC

10110\\ Ing hc k fit rJIO hOJllhlOg 10

JlJrt .

Drug muggling'jJnc' brhcr rc\ CJled .I .In opium

mu!...!!ler· \\.1 rhc Oh <"fT.cl hCJdllOC

for .I ,cn Juon.11I cd nc\\ ,rOf\ \\ hlLh

purprlf{cd ro prc cm rhc IJrc,

rc'cJrLh finding of J)r DJI Id okc.

Rcalkr 10 En~ll,>h. 10 LOnnCL"£lOn \\ nh

hi, forrhLllllling blograph\ of j,lnc

\1I'rcn. Dr 'okc'> \\ .I, Jhle ro offcr .I

Illore aCLur,ne \ er,ion of hI'>

dl'>co\erie, in rhc HHC Ollllllh/l'

pfltgrammc on jJne -\u,ren.

IkJlr!l '9 cducarion"'rcphen Hall. Profc"or of l:t.luLauon.

appcared on Radio 4'" .l/lt/frl/I

progrJmmc di,ul"ing nlJrkcr, 10

health and cducatlOn.

~\\ ccr [()orhDon.dd 'al'>mnh. I-.mcriru, I'fltfc"or

of' utmion. ,Ippcarcd in

imern,ltIonal. n,nion,d ,lOd IOL,d

ne\\'p,lper,. ,I'> \\ell a., 'e\eral radio

programme,. follc)\\ing the puhliLation

of'l rcporr \\ hieh anal~ ,ed the diet of

143 childrcn from [\\0 north London

.,ccondar\" 'Lhool,. The finding,

,hc)\\ed that childrcn who ate the n1(l,t

.,ugar were the Ie'l t likel~ to be

m·ef\\eight. and tho,e \\ ith the lowe,t

con.,ulllption of ,ugar \\ ere found [()

eat .I fifth morc fJt. The re,ult\ .11.,0

contradicted the belief that children

cat "ugar in preferenee to fruit.

\ egetable, and cereal,. their ,ouree of

dietf\ fibre .•1nd LhJllenge., the m~th

of empt\ caloric.,. "0 relation,hip \\ a,

found bet\\ een the le\el of ,ugar

inrake and their con,ulllpuon of

\ iumin-. Jnd minera"-

\\'.lge'> of warThe 1~1If{lIIee" nuga.clOe ran a feature on

defence-related indu.,uie' \\ hich arc

finding it difficult in time of

international peace to con\err to other

output. :\1., Sue Wille[[, Senior

Re,earch Fellow in the Cenrre for

Defence Srudie" wa, quoted:

'Defence firm, looking for new

market' ha\'e been halllpered by lack

of \ cnrurt: LJplrJI. hl;::h Inrere,t ra c .

Jnd J IaLk of Il1Jna~Clllen e"pcr I c

Oil Ide hc hcl crcd \\orld of deal 109

he 10)):

Tc co. crc<() umI hc [)can. Rc\ J)r RlChJrd HUrrldgc.

reLel\ cd "ood LO\ crage tor hi

lOaugurJIIeL"£urc on lJ OL ober. Jbout

\ aluc 10 po't-nwdern higher

cduLJ IUn In he JnLlenr \\ orld he

JC<ldclll\ \\ a, ne"r to the markct-pIJce.

he ,.lId. bur no\\ Jllarket \ Jlue, hJ\ e

tJken 0\ cr. replJLlng I)e,cafte,'

fJmou prcllli,e \\ nh thc hopper'"

111.1 im ·te,co. crgo ,um.· 1 hc 711f ..\

urricd an oplOlon pICCC: thcrc \\ a, all

artlclc ill tht (.'//lmh fif 1-,II/:llIlId

.\'1-r4·'pf1pU \1 hlch led to an c"Lhdngc of

ulrrc,pclIldenL'c: I)r Hllrrad.gc \\ a,

imcn IC\\ cd at length Oil Prellller

Chrt,tlall radiO Jlld he .11,0 recel\ cd

full co\crJgc in rhe "CL IllJgJ/ine.RfJ(/I.

In rcmembranceThc ueJtmcm of\\ar \eteran, \Ia, the

,ubJeLt of .I RJdlO 2 phone-in

progr,lmllle on Remembrance "'ullda\

In \\ hlch Hn,1O Hond. I'rofe',or of

\lilitary Ili,tor~. took pJrt.

,\ new record?Thc reuJrd-bre,lklOg cominuc,: f)r

j.lmc, GO\I. LeLtun:r in thc

J)cparrmcm of \\'.If <"tudie, and

Re.,eareh I- cllo\\ of thc Cemre for

Defence .... rudie.,. c10ckcd up a do.cen

pre" imenie\\, in onc da~ dllringjul~

\\ hen the London conferenee on

Ho,nia \\a, being held.

The OuallfulJl.....,

Theol)' ofRadiation

T he qUJmum theof\ \\.1

de\ c!cJped 1\ er half a Lcntur

~go and It, prediL iCln /iJr

dCCUlllllJ!:netlc radlJtlon \\ crc

e poundcd in a Lb, IL rext publ.,hcd

b\ (hford I nl\ er'lt~ Prc" lIlt'(jUtl/lIl1l11 7hcfl/l of RadialifJ!l b\ \\

Ilcltlcr In I'-J'(-'. Thi, book and It, later

rc\ i'lon, h~, becn u,ed b\ L'ountle,>,>

,tudem, of ph\\lc, oler the ~eJr'. 1 he

Pre..., ha., decided that the\ \\ ollld like

a ne\\ \ olullle under thl' titlc In their

Imcrnatlonal \lonograph ene, to

\\ nrhc",e the !Jre,ent ,u e of

kno\\ ledge, \\hich no\\ encompJ\\C'

featurc, of rhe earl~ uni\er,c an

dc\ doplllem" in quantulll optiC'.

including the la,er. Profe\\or Ro~ Pike

Jnd I)r Mbcn JrkJr of the Ph\ .,IL'Ikp,lrtlllem \\ ere cOIllIlli'>.,ioned to

\\ me the ne\\ \\ ork and it \\ III Jppcar

IJter thi'> monrh.

Greek play1996

T he 42nd Greek pla~ at King',

\\ ill be Sophocle,' ,ljm,

belieled to be the earlie.,t

,un i\ ing plJ\ b\ it author. It detail,

thc ignoble fall of the Greek \\-arrior

during the .,iege of Troy.

The bu,ine'>'> manager., for the

play. \I~rtin I farri., and A.mandJ

\lcI_cod, comment. 'We arc e,pecialh

e>;Lited about thi~ ~ear', production

hecau,e the direLtor. jame, Li,ter. i, .1

mature ,tudem, \\ ho e pre\ iou, CMeer

in tele\ i.,ion and the theatre enable,

him to bnng much e>;perience and

knc)\\ ledge to the play. I le ha, \\ orkcd

for BHC tele\ i.,ion on production.,

including CoillK I.ii.'e! H'OKII/I, The I,aleShfr and Carla Lanc'" .,erie., Hrmd.'

l\ja\ \\ ill bc performcd from 14 to

17 February I'-J%. For further detail.,

and ticket, telephone 0171- 7:\ 2399.

tudents help students

Di,.lbleu ,ruuenh Jt I-:ing', Jrc

helping their po'tgr;luuJte

L'ountcrpJrt', Jnu bemg

helpeu III rerum.

In an attempt to a"i,t \ome of our

ul\ableu \tuuent, \\c h.1\e laullLheu a

\lheme to pro\ iue them with

po'tgrauu.lte noret;lker,. \t the '.1me

time, it prc)\ iue\ an opporrunit~ for

po\tgrauuate \tuuent, to e.lrn. \\ hile

helping other\ to learn . .-\\ the \\'elf.lre

e Information Officer I ha\ e

frequentlv been fru'tr;lteu h\ the man~

uifficultie, I often fale \\ hile try ing to

,l"i\t ui\ableu ,tuuent\ at I-:ing·,. Ih;l\ e therefore enli,teu the aid of

l'ni\t.1fr. the I-:CLSl' Emplo~ment

Bun;;lu. to prm ide helper,.

The Di,ableu Stuuent' ""cm .lnceincluue\ a non-medical per\clOal helper

component. often difficult to cLlim for

\ruuent\ \\ ithout hearing imp.lirment'.Thi, meJn,-te\ted aIIrJ\\'ance i,

intenued to enable ui,abled \rudent'

to hire helper" noteuker,. anu \ign

language interprcter'. for e"Jmple.

\It hough It \\ cHilu 'ccm logiL,11 to

e"peLt it. the Dcpartment for

1-,UUlatlllJl uoe, not .1110\\ it to be u,eu

to pJ~ for \pet:lall\t tultlon for le.1rnlng

difftuiltle, like U\,Ie:-'IJ. For ,ome

di,abled ,rudent'. including m.ln~

th,lc"il'. noretaking i, e"trcmeh

diftiuilt. Cetting "lIlle ,en,e 01'\\ hat i,

meant b~ .1 IcLturer, \\ hile attempting

to nort: e\ er~ thing dcm n. and including

;111 rele\ .11lt deuil, \Hittt:n on .1 \\ hite

board. i, \ er\ Llboriou" and in ,ome

ca,e, p.linful. The 'cheme.

lommenting thi, alademic \ear,

enable, di,.lhled ,rudent, to hire

po\tgraduate, \\ ithin thcir gener.i1

di'lipline. Thi, .i110\\\ u, to u,e tht:

tcrlll 'qu;t1ified' non-medical pt:r,onal

helper Jnd en'urc, th;1t the noretaker

\\ ill not bt: daunted b~ the matt:ri.i1

cmered. For the po\tgraduatc \\ orker

the 'cheme offer, f.ullilielr emplo\ menr

for a dcccnt \\.Ige. Dependabilit~ and

ne;lt hell1d\\ riting Jre \ er~ importanr

req uIre me Ilt,.Our major problem thu' fJr I the

laLk of 'l!Itabk Lanthdate, \\ ith a fe\\

hour, \\ hlLh the\ .Ire \\ illing to de\o[(;

to thl\ enterpn\e. Due to the number,

of po'tgradu.lte ,rudent' \\ ith finanLi.t1

h.Jrd,hip I am certain that all th,lt i\

needed i, 'lIffiliellt ad\erti\emcnt­

henle thi, artille. Supet\'i,or, \\ ho arc

.1\\.lre of ,uit;lblc po\tgraduate,.

e,pecialh in Life Scicnce\ and

Ph~ \ical Science,. arc reque\ted to

ath i,e them to contact EUllice \\'ilkin"

l'ni,taff \lanagcr, I-:ing', College

IAlOdon Srudcnt,' l' nion. 1,t Floor

\l.lI...ld.Ull Building. Str.lIld Carnpu,. tel

0171-, .,6 7U2.

Celia L COlkburn

\\'clElre e Inform.ltion Officer

Studcnt Sct\ iLC'

Do en1ployees want scientists?

W edne'tla) 1.1 December i,

the day to find out if

employer, want 'cienti,t\.

f)o f'lIIp/oyen' f,"rrl// I"r"im/is/s i, th i,\'Car', theme for the annual conference

for U1r(;er, teacher, and ath-i\er,

organi'ed by the College'\ Srudenr

Recruitment Office.

f)o 11IIfI/oYIIS 'iC'{{I// I"rim/iJ!I"/> \\ ill

ueb;lte the rea,on, \\ hy enrolment\

into .-\-Ie\·el and univer\iry \cience

cour,e, continue to fall. It i\ clear th.1t

many 'cience ,ruuent, belie\e that

the\ \\ ill be at a di,ad\'antage \\ hen it

come\ to looking for a job compared

with their peer\ in art'. humanitie\ and

la\\. The evidence \ho\\' ho\\e\er that

employment pro,pect, arc e\'er\ bit a,

\trong for \eienti\t . with organi,ation,

keen to find \\ ell-qualified uni\ er\it\

graduate,. whatever \ubjecr they ha\ e

\rudied.

We aim to di\pel thi,

mi,conception and \end career\

teacher, and ad\'i\er, back to ,chool,

feeling po,iti\e about the opportunitie\

for their \'oung 'cienti,t\.

Speaker, at the conference include

The Principal and D;I\ id PO\\ell, a

Illelthellleltil\ :i1ulllnu\ of the College

and now Director of Information

Sy'tem" Di,tribution and Logi,tic' at

S;lin,bur\ " Ilomcba'e.

.\t the tillle of going to pre". more

than a hundred delegate' from \chool,.

college, .md career, \en ice, hau

lonfirmed their attendance. The

Srudent Recruitment Office ha,

.lrrangeu opporrunitie\ for them to

meet infornull) \\ ith academic

colleague, during lunch and tea and

'lienle alumni ha\e al,o been ill\ ited

to recount their per'onal experience,

of finding a job after graduation. The

da\ include, an t:,hibition in tht: Great

Ilall after the conference \\ here our

\ i,itor, ma~ learn more about the

College', ,cience cour\e,.

Colleague, who ha\ e contributed

to the Career, Teacher, Conferent:e in

the pa..r ,hould be a\\'are of the change

in format. It i, no longer nece\\ary for

each department to \end a

repre'enrati\e a, the exhibition ha,

bt:cn con,olid.lted around di'pla~, for

each of the three \cience School\.

:\cadcll1ic collcague, in ,cience

departmt:nt' ;lrt: ilwitcd to emend

\\ hiche\'er part of the day fir-. in with

their 0\\ n 'chedule,. Ifarrcnding thc

e"hihition, collcaguc, maY" hring

,.Implc, of departmental literarure

prO\ idcd it i, produced within thc

Collegc', guideline' for publication,.

For further IIlformation. plea\e contact

either Su,anne Frcoch (cXt 300.') or

Richard Claa, (ext .,0:,)0).

RiLhard Claa,

Director of Studcnt Recruitlllent

Pharwr~"" a e t' cal e earchhe [)epJrrmenr of I'lurnul •

I\.lO~', .olle~e Lonu m \.1 ,

until rhe merger of lolle~e In

)1) 'i. pJrr <If Chcl,cJ College. In rhe

coming \C.H he depJrrmcnr celehrJte,

the LCnrCnJr~ of the teJdllng of

phJrmJLeutlcJI 'Lience. It hou,c, the

Dru 1 Control Ccntrc, thc onh

IJhorJtor\ lO the ('K .lLuedlteu h\ the

InrcrnJtionJI OhmpiL Committee.

Organisation

f{c cJrch in rhe Dep.Htmenr "

orgJnl cd around thc ninc group,

de,crlbcu lO thi, .lrtlLle. Ilo"e\cr there

" uln,iucrJble collJborJtlon Jnu

InteraulOn between the,e group, a,

exemplified by the currenr \1f{C-Link

programme \\ ithin the f)epJrtmenr

eXJmlning pulmonary PClltlue

ab,orptlon. Thi, hJ' im oh cd the tie'/fI[ () \\ IHhc,i, of ,ix pcptiue 'CrlC'

\ My Ing \\ 'tematicJII~ III

pin ,icoLhemieJI propertie, anu

determining thcir uptakl: in cl:1I

n1lture JnLl \\ hole Jninulmodcl,.

The Drug Metabolism Group

Coordinatcu by John GorroLl, th"

group ha, ovcr thc ycar, ,ought to

e,t'lbli,h ,truuure aui\'it\

rclation,hip, for a numbcr of

mammalian CnL\ mc, induLling

cytol:hromc I'..-tSO i\ocnl.\ mc\, .1

miLro'OmJI flJ\in-containing aminc

oxiLla,e and \omc mol~ bLlcnum

conuining hyLlroxyla'c,. Rcccnt \\ork

hJ' centrcd on the :"- anLl ~- o'\lLlJtlon.

-h\uroxy lation JnLl .- Jnd ~­

mcth\larion ofnitrogcn and \ulphur

drug\. Thc,c reauion, are lO\ohcLl in

both toxicJtion and dctoxicatlon,

con\cquently knowled/?e of fauor\

conrrolling the rate, of the\e metJholiL

proce'>\e, Jre importanr in a'>\c'>\lng

thc toxic potcnriJI of an~ nc\\

compound bein/? inrrodul:cd into thc

cn\ Iron mcnt.

The Drug Chirality Group

Thi\ group i, led by ..\ndrcw IllItt.

I'rc\cnr on/?oing rc\carch involvc\: an

cxamination of thc formation of chiral

mctJbolitc, from prochiral drug\

(particularly with rc\pcct to oxidation

oH ulphur Jnu 01 r ,_en len rc, lO

orgJOIL molcLule 1,.1 uc ermln.l ion 01

rhe mClh.lnhm Jnu l m equenlC\ of

thc nH:uh,)liL chir.lllm cr I'm 'If rhe 2­

.Iry IproPIOOlL .IUU\ .Inu hl: .IppliLJtlon

o chirJI.ln.lh" reLhnlque t', ample,

of forcn IL inrcrc,t. In .Iuultlon. lOLC

thcre are preliminar\ report lO the

Iltcrature LoncernlO ' .Igc uepcnucnr

chJnge'> In the \tcrco\elcul\ e

mcuboli\m and phJrmacokinctlC\ of

,ome drug enanriomcr" thi, problem"

bcing in\c,tigJtcu In LollJhorJtlCln \\ irh

the DcpJrtmenr of IleJlth CJre of the

Elucrl~ Jt King', Collegc Ilo'plt.l1.

The Drug Control CentreDJ\ id Ccm an i\ thl: I)ireuor of thc

Cenrre .lnd .-\ndrc\\ KiLman It\ Ilcau

of Rc\c.lrLh. Rcccnr anJh tlL.l1 re,ult\

\ug,gC\t rhJt rhl: m.lJom\ of .Ith IetC\

\\ ho mi,u\c hormom;\ h.l\ c ,,\ itdH:d

to nJturalh' occurring onc, to e\ aue

uctcuion. J)cteulOn of uoping \\ ith

wLh hormone\ uepl:nu, Ilpon

under,unding the cfTeu ,uLh

Jumini\trJtion hJ\ upon the

biodlcmical ,y'tcm, conrrolling their

cndoj!,cnou, ,ccretion and dctcrmining

thc con,cqucnr di\tortion, in thc

pattcrn of cxcrction. Thc effcct, of

concomitant u'c of othcr drug" ,uch a,

diurctic,. i, al\o being ,tuuicd \inLe

thc,c arc \omctimc, t.lkcn h~ the

"POrt, chcat' in In Jttcmpt to flu,h

hJnncd drug, Ollt of the \y\tcm prior [()

tc,ting. Imc\ti/?Jrion\ Jrc .11'0 ongoing

in idcnrif~ing the illiLit u,e of protein

hormonc, ,ulh .I' human LhorionlL

gonadotropin.

The Peptide Pharmaceuticals

GroupThi, group i\ conjoll1t1y coordin.lted b\

~uki BJmJI .Ind 1),1\ iu Barlo\\. The

current ,ynthctil cffort of the group i,

uirec[ed wward, thc idcntific,ltion of

novel tCLhniquc'> for the produltion of

Lyclic and di,ulphlde-nLh pcptidc"

and thc production of I11Jrinc ,nJil

tOxin<" cndothelin analogue" collagcn

fragment', peptidc l11u,cular hlocking

agcnt\ and ,crinc protca,c inhibitor,.

Thc project involv'ing thc dc,ign, u,ing

Lomputer graphic\ and \ynthc\i, of

elcL 1\ e .lnt.l;!'111l t () cndo helll1 I

IUllgre 'Ill:,! \\ ell Jnu ir hopcu \1 III Ie.lLl

o hc uel c10pmcnt of nm"cl pc ot

Jnti-l1\ pcrrcn,i\ e J~Cnt . -\ r.lnge 0

JnJIv t1l.l1 '~\tcm\ for peptlLlc .Inu

puneln I' undcr de\ elopmcnt 111

uJnJunctlon \\ Ith thc I)ru Con rol

Centrc. "ukl" manJger of the PeptiLle

\ nthe I' I" nit Jt 1-0:1111.:" .lnd peptluc,

of high purin Jre routinel~ "nthe\! eu

for other rc\carLh 'roup'.

The Medicinal Chemistry GroupCooruinateLl b\ Bob Ilider, the group

I' currcntl\ de\ eloping orJlly Jui\c

ulmpounLl\ for the treJtmcl1t of

thJla\\aemiJ ,icklc Lell JnJcmiJ Jnd

nulariJ Jnd CJnccr Lhemothcr'lpcutlL

agcnt\ for the trCJtmel1t of both ,olid

Jnd flUid tlllllour,. ()n:r thc pJ,t live

\ CM' the group hJ' t.lken thrcc

dJlTcrcnt compounu\ through [()

LilnlLal trial. a J-I1\urox~pyndln..-t-onc

for thc ,cleui\ c rcmm .11 of iron; an

Iron P\ rone complex for rhe trC.ltmcl1t

of JnJemia anu .1 /inL p\ rone complex

for thc tre,ument of ,iLklc ccll

an,lcmia. T\\ 0 of the compound, are

now liccn\cd to pharmaccutiLal

companic\. Surinder Singh i, acti\ c in

the dc\ign and c\aluJtion of

therapcutie agcnt\ for a varicty of

i'lhaemie di\order\ including

InflJmma[()r~ di,order'. lie .11\0 h.I'

re\c,uLh intcrc\t, in \Upcro 'idc

gcncration by cnLlothelial cell, and It,

contriblltion w cardiov'a,cuIJr di\ca,c.

The Pharmacognosy GroupThi group ha\ an intere,t in thc

L1e\clopl11ent of new bloJ\\J~' for the

treatl11ent of ,nJh.cbite, for diJhetc\

.Ind for 'vitiligo' .1\ \\ cll a\ collahorJting

\Iith ,c\crJI JLJdcmic Jnd indu,triJI

in,titlltion\ \0 that bin-J,> ay

fraltionation can bc carried out to

\ucen for anti\·iral. antimelanoma Jnd

antiprowLOal acti\ ity. Over the 1.1\[ fc\\"

ycar\ Peter Iloughwn and mala

Raman have work cd on plant, ,hO\I ing

activity a/?ain\t Ill\', \ itiligo, hcpatitj"

cobra vcnom .Ind diabetc\.

COlltillual 011 Pt/Kt: t(lf

areer fair 19 5

Another ( ..Ireer, FJlr " ()\ er "orthe CMeer, ,t.lff n hJ' heen J

heetlL t\\ 0 dJ". prnedcd ()\

an cqualh heulL k\\ \\eek,.

Thl' \ eJr there \\ ere J fe\\

c1unge, III tht: ,tfllcture of the '·.urI he lir't d.l\ \\a, hilled a the C;ener.d

FJlr elml \\ .1' .mended b\ nujor

.ILCOllnranL\ lirnh Jnd other greldu.ne

n:uuiter' ,uLh el' I.ogicel. "rouer i::'

C;.lI11hle .lIld the .Irmed force.,. There

\\ ere .d,o reIHe,ent.lti\ e., from cOllr.,e

('(III/ill/I,t! fill fltI,!!.' rll"i.'/1I

Pharmaccurical rc'>earch ((J/I/i,,"ed/rolll p{~([e "i"e

The Drug Delivery GroupThi, group i, coordinated b~ Chri,

\l.Irriorr ..lI1d it h.I' di\ er,e re'cHch

inrere't'. Chri, h." re,clrch inrue't'in il1\ e,tigating the int<.:racrion of drug,

and e'\cipient, \\ ith mueu, Jnd hJ' .1

parricular inrere't in the deli\ er\ of

drug, ro the air\\ <1\'. Car\ \ Lmin i,

'rud\ ing the triggered relea,e of drug,

in the colon and i11\ e'tigating the

inrer:1etion of porential formuLnion

e,cipienr, 'uch a, penerration

enhancer, 'IIlU mucoadhe,i\ eo, \\ ith

muco,al ,urface,. ,\ partieuLlrh acri\ e

project at IHe,enr i, onc \\ hich i,

examining the porenrial of I h·aluron.11l

ro target urug, ro the epidermi, anu ro

tumour,. Jayne La\\ rence i, continuing

her \\'ork eharacteri,ing microemul,ion

anu \'e,icular" ,tenh and ': nrhe,i,ing

no\ cl ,urfacr'lIH'. ,ome of \\ hich af(;

ue,igneu ro be emplo~ed in '~'tem,

eonraining h\ urofluorocarboo

propellant'. She aJ.,o ha' an Inrere't In,ruU\ ing the n1Cchani'm, of urug

ah,orption \ ia the inre'tine and ,kin.

,\Ii,on Lamle~, ince her appoinrmenr

ro the ,raff t\\ 0 year, 'Igo. h,,, been

re'pomible for e'tahli,hing the cell

culrure unit \\ ithin the ueparrment.

ller principal re,earch intere't' .tn..: in

drug anu gene ueli\ en to the

re,pir,nor\ tract Jnd ,he i, currenrh

,rudying tight junction ,trueture Jnd

morphology in collahoration \\ ith

\\ orker, from the neighbouring

:"ational llearr 'lnd Lung In'titllte.Jam,hed ,-\n\\'ar\ re,ean:h inrere't, .If(;

primaril\ concerned \\ ith il1\ e'tigating

the pol~ morphic pha,e tran,ition'

P.lge I ()

\\ hich c.ln oClltr In drug'. tudie,

illLlude in\ e'tig,nlolh of the kinetiC' of

temperarure 'Ind IHe"ure inducedtreln,formation, (1'\ pical of t1HI\e

occurring in telhlerring) u,ing

dilTuction metholk The,e

il1\ e'tig,ltion, arc .d'o heing

complemented b\ molecular mouelling

,imuLnion'.

The Microbiology GroupThi, group i, coordinelted h~ S.i1h

Bloomfield and h." eI p.micular inn..:re,t

in determining the mechani,m, h~

\\ hich h.lcreri.l de\ clop re,i-rance ro

anrimicrohial agenr,. Sail: i, al,o

inrere'ted in de\ eloping and

e\aluating rapid merllOd, for the

e\ aluation of di,infecranr, and

The Pharmacy Practice GroupThc Pharmac: Practice Croup h."

e\ oh-cd under the lhr<.:ctlon of Ru"ell

Creene. The main focu, of re,earch

acti\ ity i, dirccted ro\\ ,Iru, comnlllnit\

pharm.lc\ Jnu to te,t ne\\ innO\.ltion,

in pharmaceuricalcJre ,en ice,.

Ru.,.,ell i, il1\ <.:,tigating the

ph,umaci'h rolc in monitoring

IHe,cription error' .Ind de\ eloping .Inu

e\ aluating a computer-.",i,ted

learning pacbge (C,\L) for

unuergrJuuate, to enahle thel11 ro

re'I)Ond to ,~Illprolll, in communit:

pharmJc\. LJrr\ Cood\ er i., .,ruu: ing

the fea,ihilit: and methodolog\ of

e'tabli,hing clinical trial., through

coml11unir: pharm.lcie., for medi<.:ine'

\\ hich can he .,upplicd h: the

phelrl11.llI't. I le i., al.,o inrere.,ted in

de\cloplng and .l"e"ing the ImpelU of

multimedia C.\L on hc.i1th c.lre i"lle,

for u,e of the gener'll puhlic in

cOlllmunit\ ph.lrmacie.,. CLtire

\nder.,on i, e'\.lInining the pharnl.lci,t.,

role in he.dth promorion 'IIlU

determining the henefit., of ,uch

.Id\ ice ro the patient. .-\1.111 ~.lthan i,

currcnth underraking <I re\ ie\\ of

medication in community pharnl.leic'

\\ ith a \ ie\\ of rr\ ing ro maximi,e the

benefit, of the patient\ drug therelp\

\\ hil,t impfll\ ing it, co.,t effc:cri\ene".

T.lI11,in Ste\ en,on i, inrere'ted in

a"e"ing anu impfll\ ing theho,pital/colllmunity interface \\'hcre

pharmaceutical care ma~ be .,hared or

tran,ferred bct\\ een the t\\ 0

CI1\ irnnment~. She h'l\ a particular

inrere,t cllrrenrl~ in 'lpprai,ing

di,charge Illcdication coul1'>elling in

geriatric care.

All of the project' ui'cu,-,eu in thi.,

article arc bcing 'upporred b\ the

effort, of ()\ er .'iO po'tgrauuelte re,earch

,ruuent.,. There arc extremcl: c1o,c

collaborati\ e link, bet\\ cen re,carLh

worker, in the ))eparrmcnr elnd \\ ith

tlw,e in the ))epartmenr of

PharmCleolog:. \\ ith \\ hom \\ e ,hClre

the \ I.lI1re.,J ){OClU ,ite bur 'p.ICC

precluue., 'I ui,cu"ion of thi, \\ork in

thi, arricle.

))1' C~H\ \ I.min

I)eparrlllenr of Pharrn'l<:\

IJllrI Ral'JII' fll/i). Si, !till G"ill'(IJrrl (lilt! /), !-"ar::ill !-"a,,,allfh

King .... College SLhool of

\ledicine e DeIHi ... t[\ \1,1\

plea'ed w \\ elcome Lord and

L'ld~ R.I~ ne w the R.I~ ne In ... titlltc .It

Denmark Ifill on 6 'memher. The

In'titute \\,1\ founded in IY7Y \lith

gcnerou, ,upporr from the R:I\ nc

Foundation.•md h,/\ prm idcd .1

\ :lIu'lble h.l ...e tilr mlllti·di,eiplinar\ .1J1d

Lollahor:Hi\ c rc ... e.Irch group.... including

.1 tcam \\orking undcr the guid.lIlce of

Sir ./:Imc... Hlack. l ohel l,allrc:He.

Thc In ... titute prc",cIHII hOll ... c ...

re ... carch team ... in anal\'tical

pharmacolog~;clinical

hiochem i... tr~ /card iology; immllnolog\:

molecular medieine: oral p.Hhology:

oral and m.lxillofaeial 'lllgcr~:

periodonwlog\: p" chologi,.1I

meuicil1l:: ,urger~. and thc CRC

C1inic.1I Tri,]I ... Centre.

The \ i... itor,. \\ ho al,o inclllued Sir

Peter B.llu\\ in. the lion \ Ir, ·lI ...an

B,"ing anu \Ir... ./o'ln "',Iter of the

KCS\ I D DelegJcy. \1 ere ho... ted h\ Sir

1.111 Cain,ford. I lead of School. ,lIld

Profe"or Sir ./.1 me ... Black .•1'" Chairman

of the School"" Rc\earch Co·ordinating

Group. After a general re\ ic\\ of King· ...

re\earch imere't ... in medicine and

demi,tr~ 1)\ Profe\'or ,\driJn

Eddlc,ton. De,m of thc Facult~ of

Clinical \Iedicine. the gue ... t... were

inl ited to \ iC\1 the \Iork of thrcc of the

In ... tirutc\ re ...e,lrLh tcam\ in grcater

dctJil.

neRa

Ile.ld of <.;ecretariat

KC:. '\ ID

The~ ... pcm ...ome time \1 ith the

CCIHrc for \Iolecular Oncolog\. \1 here

pionecri ng rc ... earch on gene thcrap~ i,

led b~ ()r FM/in F'lrL.lJleh .lI1d \\ herc a

ne\1 Cclltre for \Iolccular Oncology i,

\horrh to he e ... tabli ... hed. encouraging

thc collaboration of medical and dcntal

group... inc.:luding the Epithclial Ccll

Biolog\ t'nit in Oral and 1\1:1,illofaciJI

Surger~. The \·i\iwr\ werc thcn ~Iblc to

\'ie\\ the nC\1 1\ -refurhi ... hcd

Ill1ll1unolog~ I ,aboratorie,. c\tahli ... hed

h~ I'rofe"or 1\ I ike Kell1en~ 1\ ho lOok

up hi\ IH)\t in Ocwhcr. Finall\', thc

group \I'cre able to participatc in a

number of delllon ... tration\ in the

SeuelOr~ Jnd Soft Ti ...... ue Re ...earch

t' nit. led b\ ()r Cordon Proctor :lnd Dr

Dipak Shori.

()uring the aftcrnoon. the \ i,it!)1\

attendcd the formal opcning of the

ne\\ \Iolecular Oncology LJhoratory

hee page four) 1'0110\\ cd b\ thc

Leonard Cotton .\ Iclllorial l,enure.

gi\en b~ Profe ......or .\ 1ichael Baulll

CChem FRCS. on 'Current

Conrrm cr,ie, in thc DiJgn()\i ... and

\ LJn'lgclllenr of Earl\ Brea ... t Cancer.'

1 ItLord Ra neIn, titute

Career.., fair 19<.):; mll/illller!

prm Itkr....... llLh ,.... thc I· rcnt:h (;rJndc ...

EUlk ... of \I.ln.lgcmcm. Inrcrna[lon.1I

Ilol/\C .Ind our 0\\ n dlOlll of

1".duutlOn \\ ho ,raffeu .1 jOIlH tand

\\ Hh hc nC\1 "1 caLhcr Tralflln!..

\gcnL\. \ olunuf\ orgal1l .IWllh 11 crc

rcprc ... en[(:d 1)\ \ 0 .lI1d the

CI1\ lronmenral 'OUCt\ I rllntier.

Of the, .)() ...wtknt... \1 hll LJme [()

the I· ,"r on [f1Jt dJ\. thc 11l.IJ()[H\ ... ecm

to h.l\ c founu it.1 u'eful c'perICnL'e.

"( he m.lln Lompl.lim 11,/\ rhe IJd, of

...uenLe .Ind engineerIng LlImp.lnlc ....

\1 hn ,Ire ,till rdunanr [0 .mcnd LJreer...

fair,. \\'e ,mcmprcd to addre" thi ...

prohlem h\ il1\ iting Kmg·....lIumni

\Iho .Ire \Iorking in .Irea ... ",uLh a ...

TclcLllmmunicHioJl\ .Ind J·.ngincering

Projcu \Ian.lgement w come and gl\e

,I,ll ILC. Thi ......eem ... w hJ\e heen

,uLLT, ... ful nc\\ Jppro.lLh .111l1 \\ e \1 ill

he ulI1rinuing it in fuwrc Llir....

\Iumni Jnd mher indil idu.1I

(;OIH.lLt, \1 crc al,o a I.lrge Lllmponent

of thc .\rr ... C' \ledi'l F.lir on the ,eLond

da~. a... \\ cll a, repre cIHatil e ... from

Jth-erti ... ing agencie Illu ... eum Ind

pr()\ ider... of po'tgrauuate Lour e,.

.\round 600 ... rudenr... :)[tended thc [\10

and a h.1I f hour of the. \rh C' \ led ia

F.lir. \1 ith 170 rudcnt... coming .dong

[() thc ...emin,n held throughout the

'Iftcrnoon.

Thc \'a ... t Illajorit~ of rhc

cxhihiwr... werc impre"ed 11 ith rhe

numbel\ and qualir~ of the ... tudenr... a ...

\\ell :/\ the organi ... ation of the C\Cnt

it ... elf.

\,"e hope to hold ne't ~c.lr· ...

Career, Fair on .'0 and 31 Ouoher

I YY6. The ne:>.t e\ cm from the Career...

.'-,e[\ Ice \1 III he the Law I·.m (29 ."" .,0

./JnuJr\ I YY6).

Onc LOlllmem h~ a ",cLClnd year

... rudcnr \llIn, up onc of the aim ... of the

Fair: 'I t ha ... gi\'en me lot ... of idca,

ahout \\ hat to do \\ ith the rc,t of m\

time here"

D:I\ id "'imer

C.lreer\ \d\ i... ar\· Se[\ iLe

Page 1I

ir Richard ~ke return toT

S,,' Rlthard .\\!.'t'f a/ j.:mwlj!,/()J/

Sir HichanJ ~ke'. Ikpur,

Chairm.ln .Inu Chit.:f E,ecume

of (;1.1'(0, rhe \\ orllr ... premier

pre ...uiprion ph;umaceuClcal compan~.

\·i ... ireu rhe Ken ... ingron campu ... on 3

:\'ovember ro pre,enr .Inu ui ...cu ...... rhe

l 'K Go\·ernmenr· ... Technology

Fore... ighr Initiative a... a gue ... r of rhe

School of Life, Ba... ic leuical \!f

Ilealrh Science....

Inrroducing Sir Richaru. Profe ......or

Bob Ilider. J lead of the <';chool, noteu

thar he had grauuareu from Queen

EliLabeth College in 1% \\ ith a fir't

cia" honour, degree 111 \lICroblOlog~

afrer atrending e\ ening cla., ...e ... ar

Chel ...ea College \\ hll,t a laboratof\

rechnician at We,rmin...ter II(hpital.

Sir Richard recalled hl\ rime ar

QEC, during \\ hich he hau nlJl1\

dealing., \\ irh rhe rhen Principal a,

\·ice-I're.,idenr of the Studenr,'

l' n ion. II i, enrerpri ... e wa,

immediarely apparenr, buying chee ... e

and yoghurt in Ken,ington Iligh

Srreet to ,ell to ... rudenr, ro

eompen.,are for rhe low ,tandard of

College foou!

Sir Richard, \\ ho i, a member of

the Council for Science "

Technology. provided a tour through

the Technology Fore ... ighr Iniriarive

co\t:nn~ I aIm. or2anl a IIln.

ou come... and Implemen .Hlf,n

mea ure lie rre cd hc lurc Imc 0

he Ilcalrh J LIte uencc cLtllr

Pancl \\ hlLh uerermlned rht: foil m 111:':

prionr\ area ... for re carch.

• Inreurati\ e biolog\ (molec ular.

genctlL. ccllular anu \\ hole organ",m

rudle )

• 'curo clence anu rhc cogniti\ e

.,lIence.,

• :\geing includll1g ul\ahling

degcneraCl\ c di ca ...e ...

• Genetic., In rI k e\Jluarion and

managemenr

• Drug ucatlOn and uell\ef\

• Recombinant rechnolog\

• DiagOlhric applicarion, (,f molecular

biolog~

• Immune 1ll'lI1ipularion ininllammaror~ .Ind immune di.,ea.,e ....

\ accine, and tr.II1"planr.,

• 'lcdical information rechnolog~

Hi., vi.,ion for future healthcare

wa., illu,trared by (\\o e\;lI11 pie.,.

Computing power rogether \\ irh

communicJrion rechnolog~ i...

re\olurioni ... ing di.,ea.,e managemenr

"y,rem ... \\ irh. for example. )OOf co.,r

reducrion in a.,rhma trearlllenr in the

l' . The ulrimare goal of relemeuicine

"y,rem ... i, ro enable paClenr ,elf­

rreatment. The ourpur., of the human

genome proJecr \\ III produce ne\\

diagno ... tic rechnlque, anu grcarer

preci,ion in rheraple .... Progre ...... ha,

already been made \\ irh .,ingle gene

defect di,ea,e., .,uch a, cy.,ric fiIHo,i,.

\\hile ,enile uemenria. an increa,ing

problem \\irh our ageing popularion.

ha been demon,rrareu to be nor one

bur ,everal ui,ea.,e, invoh ing uifferenr

chromo.,ome,.

Sir Richard ... poke frankly abour

,ome of rhe problem ... of implemenring

Fore,ight anu in parricular gerring all

of indu,rry, particularly rhe low R d £)

pendcr. I Cn!!a2e 111 rhe

pr e... Ilo\\e\ cr. kno\\ Ied!!c

\\ t11Il1crca"'II1:!ly he rhc kc\ 0

\\calrh lrt:arlon. Jnd ht: belie\ e

ha gm crnmen . aCJdemia Jnd

II1du rr\ IllU r finu nc\\

parrncr... hlp \\ orkll1g togerher ro

en ... urc thar rhc ...ucncc and

cngll1eenng ba.,c i... able to

re ... pond in a llc\lble and \\ ell

Informeu manner {() fururc

need ... of rhe l K.

Profc ...or Bob Iltder

Life. Ha'ic \leulLJI C Ilealrh

",Lho!)1 of PIl\.,iLal",ucnLC" .',", I~ng,inccring,Po.,rcr (;oll1pc(Jrion

T hc Po... ter Competlrion

ha., bccomc .In annual

e\ <:nr tn rhc chool for

po.,rgrJduare .,ruuenr., enrenng

their rhlrd \ ear of re'earch. The

aim of rhe compcririon i... to

encouragc ... rudenr, ro focu ... rheir

\\ ork ro uJrc and .11.,0 {() gi\e

them expericnce of public

pre ... enrJrion of their \\ ork.

ThcJudge., wcrc to-fr John

Farrm\. the EPSR Programme

.\lanager for I'hv ... ic'o. I'rofe'>'>or

Colin Hu ... hnell ,II1U f)r \Iikc

YiJne ... k" Jnu rhc priLe winner...

\\erc:

First prizeHarr\ ~nllth. ChCIllI,rr\

Second prizePhoebe Chcung. \ Icchanical

Enginecring

Third prizeKai ~ lan Ilung. Phy.,ic.,

Pro{i:.\SIJr Sltll/le)' I,,({{I!',

M'1Il1 collca/.:ue,. p.t,t .lnd

\HC'ent. gathcrcd ill thc

Coullcil Hoom Oil 22

Septembcr to bid f.lfc\\cll to I'rofe"or

StJn1c1 EcHle, \\ ho \\ J' I lead of the

DcpJrtmcnt of \ IeLilJllIcal

En/.:lIleerln/.: from 1970 [(J 1<J<J·t

flrofc ,or I',ark, \\.1' no 'trJnger

[(J I\.1Il/(, \I hen he \1.1' appointcd III

1970. a, hc lud hcen a '!udent here

and grJdu.lred \I nh fif',t cb" honour,

and \\J' .I\\.lfded the Jelf \ledal in19')'.

DUring hi, time at King',.

I'rofe"or Earle, \\ .1' a member of thc

,'CIlJte Jnd rhe College Council. Jlld

chJired rhe ()ccor,nion, and

,\mcnitic' Commirree Jnd the E,t'ltc,

Policl Committee. lie \la, De.1Il of

rhc Facultl of Engincering and \\·a,

thc fir't Ilead of rhe ,'chool of

I'h"lcal "iLlencc, '" Engineerin/.:. lie

\\a, "ppoinrcd 'I Fcllo\\ of King\

Collegc in 199,'.

\\'e \I i,h I'rofe"or Earle, and hi,

\\ ife \1,lrg.lfet m.lJl~ happl' lear, of

rctlremcnt.

Staffnews

Princip,d become.., Fellrm of ,-\u<,[rali~ln College of Education

Tnt' PriJ/{'ip((l. Pro/l'\\or. Innllr/.llrt1s. is Sl'nl IIn't' l't'rI'i,:ill)! nlS /dlo.:,nip o/Ine

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On.\d\Cnr ,'undal UDcccmbcr) \\ or,hlp from the

College Chapel \\ ill bc

hroadca'tli\con BBCt at09..,O,lfyou

\\ould likc to attcnd thi, ,efl'icc pleJ'c

contau the ChJplainc~ Office on exr

nn to obuin lour frec tickct.

The \d\ ent carol ,efl'ice on

December i, full~ booked, bur there

Jre ,car, a\ ailablc for the ,crI ice, nJnd 7 December. Plea,e contJcr rhe

Chaplaillcl Officc (ext 2373) for your(frcc) ricker-,

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EventsNov -Dec

Correction

19 DecemberThe Halliburton LectureOr S Moncada The WellcomeFoundation

ew Theatre, Strand 17.30 to 18.30Contact Professor PeterMcNaughton 0171-873 2475

Please note that this event will takeplace on 19 December and not 15December as previously stated inWhat's On.

Life Science..,

Department of PharmacyResearch seminar programmeAll meetings will take place in Room18, Main Building, Manresa Road,Chelsea from 16.15 to 17.15Contact Or Gary Martin 0171-333­4791

23 NovemberJoint Seminar with Department ofPharmacologySDA T and a host of golden daffodilsOr J Murray, Shire PharmaceuticalDevelopment Ltd, Andover

30 NovemberComputer simulation in molecularbiologyProfessor J M Goodfellow, BirkbeckCollege,London

7 DecemberWork sampling: a technique forcommunity practice research?Or I Savage, KCL

11 DecemberFormulation and delivery oftherapeutic peptides and proteinsOr A K Banga, Auburn University,Alabama, USA

14 DecemberSynergistic effect of iron onporphyria and cancer induced bychlorinated environmentalchemicalsOr A G Smith, University ofLeicester

lIr..,ing Sruuic

London Medical Sociology GroupseminarRoom MB208, Cornwall House18.00 to 19.00Contact Or Julienne Meyer 0171­872 3207

13 DecemberRace or place? The spatialpatterning of health among ethnicgroups in BritainChris Smaje, University of Surrey

The Randall rn..,tirutc

Developmental Biology SeminarsSeminar Room, The RandallInstitute, 26-29 Drury Lane, LondonWC2B 5RL Tel 0171-8368851

22 NovemberBone morphogenetic proteins andsignalling in vertebrate limbdevelopmentOr Paul Bricknell, UCL

29 NovemberX-chromosome inactivation: Laws,rules and vague principlesOr Alan Ashworth, Institute ofCancer Research6 DecemberRa and Rb in amphibian limbregenerationOr Jeremy Brockes, Ludwig Institute

13 DecemberContact inhibition of axon growthOr Roger Keynes, CambridgeUniversity

11 umanitie ResearchSeminar..,

21 NovemberInaugural lecture from theDepartment of PhilosophyCould computers become superiorto human beings?Professor Donald Gillies, KCL17.30 New Theatre, StrandContact The Secretary 0171-8732231

22 NovemberMeyerbeer's 11 Crociato in Egitto:M(§lodrame, opera orientalismMark Everist, KCL Institute of

EventNov -Dec(continued)

Advanced usical StudiesColloquium Room 6C, ainBuilding, Strand 17.00

Con ac Professor Reinhard Strohm0171-873 2576 2029

22 NovemberThe begmnmg of the universe andof timeProfessor Richard Swinburne,University of Oxford Centre forPhilosophical Studies Public LectureCommittee Room, Strand 16.00Contact Dr John Milton 0171-873

2340/2585

27 NovemberCentre for HellenicStudies/Byzantine & Modern GreekStudies SeminarA Hesychast manual on the JesusPrayer: the century of Kallistos andIgnatios Xanthopoulos (14thcentury)The Rt Revd Kallistos Ware,Pembroke College, OxfordRoom 35B, Strand 17.30Contact the Humanities ResearchCentre 0171-8732360

30 NovemberCentre for Philosophical StudiesPublic LectureGeometry and explanation: TwoparadigmsJohn Lucas, University of OxfordCouncil Room, Strand 17.15 ContactProfessor John Milton 0171-873

2340/2585

1, 2 & 4 DecemberThe Cook, the Miser, his Tart & herMotherA workshop of new comedy scenesfrom the plays of Menander, Plautus

&Terence in honour of ProfessorEric Handley CBE FBA HON RA,President of the Society for thePromotion of Hellenic StudiesFriday 1 December - invitation

performanceSaturday 2 December - 11.30,14.30,17.30Monday 4 December - 19.30Lecture Theatre (room G6). Institute

of Archaeology, 31-34 GordonSquare, London WCl H OPY. Tickets£3.00Contact Russell Shone, ChloeProductions, Institute of Classical

S udies tel 0181-7489095

2 DecemberAcadem forCulu~land

Educational Studies ConferenceChristians and pagans: CandIVergent tradItIOns converge?A contemporary dialogue£20.00 fee includes registration,coffee, buffet lunch and teaCouncil Room, Strand 9.30 to 16.00Contact Elizabeth Arwec ,ACESTrustee, 15 Kirk Close, Oxford OX28JL or Humanities Research Centre0171-8732360

4 DecemberTwo visions of the self: The poetryof Ana Cristina Cesar and AdeliaPrado (In English)Lucia Villa res, poet and KCL MAgraduate Centre for the Study ofBrazilian Culture and SocietySeminar Room D12, East Wing,

Strand 16.30Contact the Department ofPortuguese & Brazilian Studies0171-8732507

4 DecemberClassical concertKing's College Orchestra and MrRobert Keeley, KCL Great Hall,Strand 19.30 to 21.45Contact Professor Reinhard Strohm0171-873 2576/2029

4 DecemberMoskov Selim and Ismail FerikPasha: melancholic gaze and thegeometry of nostosDimitris Tziovas, University ofBirmingham Byzantine & Modern

Greek StudiesSeminar Room 35B, Strand 17.30Contact the Humanities ResearchCe ntre 0171-873 2360

5 December

Research Unit in HumanitiesComputing seminarTracing the narrator: the analysis ofnarrative techniqueThomas Rommell, Tuebingen18.00, Blackwell Room, Strand

Contact 0171-8732360

6 DecemberPhilosophical Studies seminar

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EventsNov -Dee(continued)

Can education be moral?Or Mary Midgley17.15 Committee Room, StrandContact 0171-873 2340

6 DecemberInstitute of Advanced MusicalStudies ColloquiumNew Light on Mahler & BrittenDonald Mitchell, London17.00 Room 6C, Main Building,StrandContact Professor Reinhard Strohm0171-8732576/2029

7 DecemberPublic Lecture in Portuguese fromthe Department of Portuguese &

Brazilian StudiesEm Torno da Poesia de CamiloPessanhaProfessor David Mourao-Ferreira,University of LisbonRoom 28A, Main Building, Strand17.30Contact the Department ofPortuguese and Brazilian Studies0171-8732507

9 DecemberLate Antique & Medieval StudiesColloquimPilgrims & PilgrimageProfessor Robert Rartlett, StAndrews University, Or PeterLineham, Cambridge University, OrMary Remnant, Confraternity of StJames, Professor Judith Herrin,KCL and Or Diana Webb, KCLRoom 2C and the Council Room,StrandTime to be confirmedContact 0171-873 2360

9 DecemberThe Centre for New Religions one­day seminarBuddhism in Modern ContextsSpeakers include ProfessorGeoffrey Samuel, University ofLancaster, Or Martin Baumann,University of Hanover andProfessor Hubert Seiwert,University of LeipzigRoom 35B, Main Building, StrandRegistration forms are availablefrom Sonia Beaton, Room 7G,Chesham Building, Strand 0171-8733792, Fax 0171-873-2292.

11 DecemberByzantine &Modern Greek StudiesseminarMusical settings of modern Greekpoetrylan Martin, the Library, UniversityCollege LondonRoom 35B, Strand 17.00Contact the Humanities ResearchCentre 0171-873 2360

11 December20th century music concertMr David Trendell, KCL and King'sCollege music studentsGreat Hall, Strand 17.30 to 18.45Contact Professor Reinhard Strohm0171-8732576/2029

11 DecemberCentre for the Study of BrazilianCulture and Society SeminarFour modern Brazilian poets: JoaoCabral, Adelia Prado, ArmandoFreitas Filho and Jose Paulo Paes(in English) Felipe Fortuna, poetand critic, author of Du Vice- Versaand A Escola da Sedur;aoRoom 012, East Wing, Strand,16.30 Contact the Department ofPortuguese &Brazilian Studies0171-8732507

13 DecemberCentre of Philosophical Studiespublic lectureTranscendental TenseProfessor Hugh Melior, Universityof Cambridge17.15 Council Room, StrandContact 0171-873 2340

Dcpartmcnt of War Studic'>

The Role of Eminences Grises inBritish Defence Policy c. 1900-1945Military History seminar seriesAll seminars will be held in theInternational Relations Room at theInstitute of Historical Research,Tuesdays at 17.00.Contact the Department of WarStudies 0171-873 2178

28 NovemberCaptain B H Liddell HartProfessor Brian Bond, KCL

12 DecemberWilliam, Viscount Weir

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EventsNov -Dec(continued)

Or RAC Par er, Queen's College,Oxford

The Cold ar Progamme m Europe(CO WPEj semmar

23 NovemberOrigins of the Cold War as anIdeological Conflict

Professor 0 Cameron Watt, LondonSchool of Economics & PoliticalSciencesWar Studies Seminar Room 332 ,

orfolk Building, Strand from 18.00to 19.30Contact Fiona Paton, ProjectsManager 0171-873 2796

African Security Programmeseminar series

All sessions of the seminar arehosted at 18.00 in Room 332N,Norfolk Building, Strand onoccasional Monday evenings.

20 NovemberThe role of mercenaries in postCold War African conflictsKofi Oteng Kufour, University ofEast London

4 DecemberThe United Nations and regIonalorganisations in conflictmanagementFunmi Olonisakin, KCL

In November the Programme willbe hosting a one-day conference onPost-Apartheid Southern Africa:Options for Security.Contact Fiona Paton, ProjectsManager 0171-8732796

Pacific Security seminar

7 DecemberHong Kong: Chma's opportunity

Or Michael Yahuda, London Schoolof EconomicsDepartment of War Studies, Strand18.00 to 19.30Contact Fiona Paton, ProjectsManager 0171-8732796

Regional Security in a Global

Context seminar programmeThe John 0 and Catherine TMacArthur Foundation Programmeon Peace and International

Cooperation. All seminars will ta eplace a 17.00Contac he Departmen of arS udles 0171-8732178

22 NovemberBuilding armed forces in AzerballanAsad Isa-zade, Ministry of Defence,Ba u, AzerbaijanCommentator Christopher Baxter,Chaired by Elaine Holoboff

29 NovemberDoes Armenta need the West?Anahit Martirosian, The AmericanUniversity, Yerevan, ArmeniaCommentator Karin von HippelChaired by Beatrice Heuser

6 DecemberRussIan energy policy andimplIcations for regional securityElaine Holoboff, KCLChaired by Fiona Paton

13 DecemberA pre-Chnstmas Post-Communistcelebration: Security anddemocracy m the New EuropeJames Gow and Fiona Paton, KCLChaired by Jane Sharp

International Commission forMaritime History seminarsEach meeting will take place at17.15 in Room G01, NorfolkBuilding, Strand. It would be helpfulto the organisers if those intendingto come would give their names tothe secretary, David M Williams,Department of Economic and SocialHistory, Leicester University, LEl7RH Tel 0116-2522582

23 NovemberThe Greek international maritimenetwork in the twentieth centuryOr Gelina Harlaftis, University ofPiraeus, Greece

14 DecemberElizabethan gunnery and navaltacticsOr Nicholas Rodger, NationalMaritime Museum

EventsNov -Dec(continued)

29 November

Annual Lecture from the Liddell

Hart Centre for Military ArchivesMontgomery, Patton andEisenhower: Problems of HighCommand 1944-45Alistair Horne, Great Hall, Strand

18.00

Studcnt . 'cn icc .onferencc

1 December

The Assessment and Diagnosis ofStudent ProblemsThe Counselling/PsychotherapySection of Student Services AnnualConferenceSpeakers include Or Geoffrey

Baruch, Psychoanalyst, Director ofthe Brandon Centre and Or BrendanMcCarthy, Consultant

Psychiatrist/Psychoanalyst,President of the BritishPsychoanalytical SocietyCouncil Room, Strand from 10.00 to

16.00.Members of Faculty and staff whowish to attend should apply as soon

as possible to Miss Karen Hayes,Medical Centre, Strand 0171-8732613. There is no conference fee forKing's staff but anyone wishing tohave lunch/refreshments is asked to

contribute £15.00.

Law

Legal Theory Seminars15.30 to 18.00All sessions will take place at King'sCollege London, Strand Campus

Admission is free without a ticketContact the organisers Ray Davern,Ken Oliphant and Adam Tomkins

on 0171-836 5454

Law & Passion

29 November

Unger's Passionlan Ward, University of SussexLaw and RationalityRay Davern, KCLLaw and passion in the thought ofEmmanuel LevinasOr Tammara Wright

13 December

Passion & Primal Scenes: Tracingorigms of lawPeter Fitzpatrick, University of Kent

Authorship & AutoplasticityAllain Pottage, LSEPassion & Warfare: Perspectives onpassion, rape and lawHelen Codd, University of Central

Lancashire

\lax\\'cll Socicr\ Iccturc'>

Lectures will be given in Room 2C,

Main Building, Strand 14.00 to15.00 Contact Professor 0 S Gaunt

0171-8732153

27 November

High power x-rays: A forwardlooking reflectionOr 0 M Morris, Oxford Instruments

International

4 DecemberRontgen and the discovery of x-raysOr Richard F Mould, Scientific

consultant & author

[n-,ricurc of P,;\,chiJrn:(l-ni\'cr"ir\' of London). curodcgcncfarivc Di"ca'>c'>\{c"carch Group

5 & 8 February 1996The Cellular & Molecular Pathologyof Neurodegenerative DiseaseDay 1: Introduction toNeurodegenerationDay 2: Alzheimer's DiseaseDay 3: Cell Biology ofNeurodegenerationDay 4: Motor Neurone Disease,Parkinson's Disease, Aids and PrionDiseases

Fees: Commercial Rate: £550 forfour days, £160 per day:Academic Rate: £320 for four days,£100 per day:Student Rate: £200 for four days,

£60 per day:Contact Mrs L Wilding, ShortCourses Offices, Institute ofPsychiatry, De Crespigny Park,London SE5 8AF. Tel 0171-9193170, Fax 0171-703 5796

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All seminars from 13.00 to 14.00 inSeminar Room, Oepartmen ofThoracic edicine, King's CollegeHospital Medical School, BessemerRoad, London SE5Contact Professor C Page on 0171­3463610 or 333 4767

5 JanuaryNO and the lungOr M Belvisi, ational Heart andLung Institute

2 FebruaryPDE IV inhibitors - their potential inthe treatment of asthmaOr B Hughes, Celltech Ltd, Berkshire

16 FebruaryChemokines and the lungProfessor J Westwick, University ofBath

8 MarchTH2 cells and eosinophils in allergicinflammation of the lungOr A J Coyle, Ciba-Geigy Ltd,Switzerland

12 AprilThe electrophysiology of airwaynervesOr M Riccio, John Hopkins,Philadelphia, USA

10 MayThe IgE NetworkProfessor H Gould, Randall Institute,KCL

24 MayUse of confocal microscopy inairway researchOr R Goldie, University of WesternAustralia

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