Biennial Regional Conference and EXPO 2019 on Chemical Science, Technology and Industry
Day 1: Wednesday, 22nd |
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| SESSION | Opening Ceremony Session Chair: Dr. Richard Taylor; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
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| 8:30 a.m | Keynote Lecture: Creating a Supportive Framework for Innovations across the Region: Where do we stand? |
10:00 a.m | COFFEE BREAK |
SESSION | Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Science |
10:30 a.m | Botanical drug with potential to treat and prevent Alzheimer's disease (Plenary) |
11:10 a.m | Generation of Analogues of Natural Products using Immobilised Fungal Cells Paul B. Reese; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
11:30 a.m | Calcium alginate immobilized filamentous fungal cells as catalysts for biotransformation reactions Marc A. Collins, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
11:50 p.m | Phytochemical Investigations into Euphorbiaceae, Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae of Trinidad and Tobago Simone F. Walcott; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
12:10 p.m | LUNCH BREAK |
SESSION | Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Science Session Chair: Dr. Nigel Jalsa; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
1:30 p.m | Drug Discovery: From folk remedies to standardized products |
2:00 p.m | Characterisation of bioactive compounds found the Jamaican soft coral Pterogorgia Anceps Coniel Roye; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
2:20 p.m | Tuberculosis and Recent Advances in its Drug Development Pooja; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
2:40 p.m | A Potential Orally Administrable Drug for Type II Diabetes Therapy Varma H. Rambaran; University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad |
3:10 p.m | COFFEE BREAK |
SESSION | Environmental/Sustainable Science and Technology |
3:30 p.m | *Sustainability Concepts – Approaches, Tools, Research Annette Guiseppi-Elie; United States Environment and Protection Agency, US |
4:00 p.m | Improving precision in a low-cost sulphur dioxide monitor |
4:20 p.m | Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry-Improved Techniques in the Determination of Trace Metals in Sediments Wendy Nelson; Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad |
4:50 p.m | Forensic oil spill investigation utilizing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in Trinidad and Tobago Darryl R. Banjoo; Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad |
5:10 p.m | The use of defined substrate technology in detecting coliform bacteria on bathing beach water quality Sheldon B. Ramoutar; Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad |
Day 2: Thursday, 23rd |
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| SESSION | Food Chemistry and Toxicity |
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| 8:30 a.m | Toxins In Food – Caribbean Perspective (Plenary) Tara Dasgupta; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
9:10 a.m | Monitoring and Quantifying the Levels of Pesticide Residues in Foods Consumed in Trinidad And Tobago Using A Newly Modified Quechers Method Winnette Collimore; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
9: 30 a.m | Detoxification of Ackee (Blighia sapida) Seed Defatted Flour O'Neil C. Falloon; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
9:50 a.m | Acrylamide the Food Toxin – Residual Levels in Caribbean Foods and Proposals for Mitigation Grace-Anne Bent; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
10:10 a.m | COFFEE BREAK |
SESSION | Materials Science and Technology Applications |
10:30 a.m | *Materials Chemistry in the Development of Multiplexed Microanalytical Biosensor Systems for Human Health Anthony Guiseppi-Elie; Texas A & M University, US |
11:00 a.m | An In Vitro Medical Device Material Biocompatibility Study Using Primary Cultures of Rat Osteoblast Fiayaz Aleem Shaama; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
11:20 a.m | *Nanomaterials in Electrochemistry: From Fuel Cells to DNA Sensors Carlos Cabrera, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico |
11:40 a.m | Low-temperature cybotactic liquid crystal phases of luminescent biphenyl Schiff's base copper(II) complexes Wilson Sue Chee Ming, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
12:00 p.m | Evaluating Structural Transformation Kinetics of Palladium Biphenyl Salicylaldimines from Variable Temperature Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction Reco Phillips; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
12:20 p.m | LUNCH BREAK |
SESSION | Materials Science and Technology Applications Session Chair: Dr. Michael Forde; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
1:30 p.m | Iron Zeolite Nanosheets for the Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Ashley K. Smith St. Clair; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
1:50 p.m | *Quantum Dots-Tiny Particles for Big Problems Karthik Ramasamy; UbiQD Inc., US |
2:20 p.m | Undoped and Doped Copper Indium Sulphide Nanostructures and Thin Films: Cost-effective and Environmentally-benign Materials for Advanced Solar Cell Applications Richard A. Taylor; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
2:40 p.m | *Lanthanide(III) Containing Materials: From Polynuclear Clusters to Coordination Polymers and Metal Organic Frameworks Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
3:10 p.m | COFFEE BREAK |
4:00 p.m | POSTER SESSION: Poster Exhibit Hall |
Day 3: Friday, 24th |
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| SESSION | Advanced Experimental Techniques/Industrial Chemistry |
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| 8:30 a.m | Opportunities for Chemical Sciences using Brookhaven’s Light Source II Capabilities Eric Dooryhee; NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US |
9:10 a.m | JEOL: A leader in advanced scientific technology Robb Westby, JEOL USA, US |
9: 40 a.m | The Effect of Catalysts Synthesis Methods on Furfural HydrogenationNakisha Mark; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
10:00 a.m | The Ethanolic Content of Papaya (Carica Papaya) Verses Sapodilla (Manilkara Zapota) Via Fermentation Raymond. C. Jagessar; University of Guyana, Guyana |
10:20 a.m | COFFEE BREAK |
SESSION | Industrial Chemistry/Product Development |
10:50 a.m | Metal Compounds in Selective Oxidation of Alcohols Arvind Kumar; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
11:10 a.m | The Fermentation Capacity of the Pulp of Magifera indica, Carica papaya and the Peel of Magnifera indica in the Absence and Presence of Additives |
11:30 a.m | Fuel Properties and Emissions of Methanol-Biodiesel-Coconut Oil Ternary Blends, an Alternative Fuel for Stationary Compression Engines Rachael Wyse-Mason; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
11:50 a.m | The Beauty in Chemistry: Tales of Entrepreneurship Charah Watson; Scientific Research Council, Jamaica |
12:20 p.m | LUNCH BREAK |
SESSION | Chemistry Education and Outreach Session Chair: Dr. Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot; University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
1:30 p.m | Exploring the Effects of Language Comprehension on Interest in Chemistry Courses and the impact of a curriculum intervention on Academic Performance Clairene R.J. McDavid-Adams; University of the Southern Caribbean, Trinidad |
1:50 p.m | Demonstrating the Impact of Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches from Process to Outcomes Leonette Cox; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
2:10 p.m | Returns to Field of Study in Trinidad and Tobago Roshnie Doon; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
2:30 p.m | Chemistry Research – somewhere over the rainbow or the bridge to doing good for everyone Michael Forde; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad |
2:50 p.m | END OF CONFERENCE AND CLOSING |
3:00 p.m | FST WEEK Panel Discussion: “Cannabis: Science and the Issues” |
5:00 p.m | Conference Reception: Univeristy Inn and Conference Centre |
*Invited Talk