Are you interested in watching the latest advances in microfluidics on video? The new Lab on a Chip YouTube^TM video channel makes it possible by visualising all the latest scientific research in the field of miniaturisation. 'Many of the articles we receive for Lab on a Chip include video footage. These videos are currently captured on our journal website together with the scientific article, but we felt it was essential to share all this interesting information, not only with the scientists who regularly read Lab on a Chip but with the wider scientific community,' states Harp Minhas, editor of the journal. 

One of the videos included illustrates how researchers at the University of St Andrews, UK, use the unusual curving properties of laser beams to hurl microparticles and cells over walls. The scientists were looking into optically redistributing microparticles and cells between microwells.

'I think it is a great idea to establish such a video channel, in particular within the field of microfluidics where the vast majority of results are recorded and presented as video files,' comments Jörg Baumgartl, who led the research. The associated article is published in Lab on a Chip as an advance article.

'All scientists are keen to increase the visibility and impact of their work and this ties in with the RSC goal to communicate the chemical sciences as widely as possible and engage a wide audience,' adds Harp Minhas. 'Videos are a universal language and aid the understanding of scientific work on an international level. YouTube^TM represents the perfect medium to help us achieve this goal.'

The Third ChemComm International Symposium on Organic Chemistry was held in February in China. The RSC partnered with three universities - Peking University, Sichuan University and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry - to host the three one-day meetings. With over 700 delegates attending and key speakers from across the world, the symposium was a huge success.

Sarah Thomas, editor of ChemComm comments: 'The lectures presented during the symposium were of outstanding quality and covered the whole breadth of organic chemistry from transition metal asymmetric catalysis, organocatalysis, mechanistic studies to the synthesis of both natural and non-natural products.' Abstracts of the research presented at the symposium, and biographies of the presenters can be found online.

The RSC is also organising the 42nd IUPAC Congress which will be held in Glasgow, UK, in August. The programme features around 50 symposia, which will demonstrate the impact of the chemical sciences, highlighting exciting innovations with an overall focus on 'Chemistry Solutions'. Key themes for this event are: Analysis & Detection, Chemistry for Health, Communication & Education, Energy & Environment, Industry & Innovation, Materials and Synthesis & Mechanism. An early bird discount of £50 is available for those who register for the meeting before 5 June 2009. Visit online to register your place online today!

RSC Publishing offers FREE online institutional access for a number of new RSC journals. You could already be enjoying free access to Metallomics and Integrative Biology.

Don't miss out on the last months of Energy & Environmental Science's free access period which expires at the end of 2009. In addition, RSC Publishing's two new journals, Analytical Methods and Nanoscale, will have free access until the end of 2010!

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