Nitrous Oxide Focus Group Launch Event

Friday February 22nd 2008, ZICER Building, University of East Anglia

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Presentations

• Setting the Scene: putting Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) into context
  Professor David Richardson, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia


• Climate Change, N₂O emissions and carbon sequestration
  Dr Bruce Tofield, CRed (Community Carbon Reduction) & School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia


• Soil - the significance of N₂O emissions
  Dr Elizabeth Baggs, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen


• Nitrous Oxide Focus Group – current and future objectives
  Professor David Richardson, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia


• Enzymes that make and consume Nitrous Oxide
  Nicholas Watmough and Andrew J Thomson, Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia
   
• N₂O production in different environments – the consequences for environmental management
  Dr Kevin Hiscock and Professor Julian Andrews, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia


• The stratospheric sink of N₂O – the impact upon climate change
  Dr Jan Kaiser, Dr Parvadha Suntharalingam


• An opportunity for the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group, NERC Knowledge Transfer
  Dr Ailsa Harpur, Research and Business Services, University of East Anglia

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Over the coming weeks we will be circulating a Nitrous Oxide newsletter summarising the main themes discussed throughout the day. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Nitrous Oxide Focus Group network or wish to be kept informed about the groups activities please contact info@nitrousoxide.org