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🚨Registration is now open for the 9th International Conference on Vibrational Optical Activity (VOA9) to be held at Saga University, Japan, from September 25 to 29, 2026. You can find detailed information on the conference website: biophysics.chem.saga-u.ac.jp/VOA9/

We enjoyed 40 talks and 33 poster contributions last week at VOA8 (@voaconference) in Bochum. Big congrats to Fredde for winning a poster prize for her study on chiral triplet nitrenes!

We are ready to kick of VOA8 (@voaconference) with the welcome reception at Bermuda Lounge. Zemos als also waiting for us tomorrow morning!

The abstract submission deadline for oral presentations has been extended to May 15th. Don’t miss out the opportunity to present at VOA-8! Visit voa8.mertenlab.de for more information.

🚨Registration is now open for the upcoming VOA-8 conference to be held in Bochum, Germany, Aug 4-8, 2024! Please, visit mertenlab.de/voa8 for updated information.

More details about the award and nomination process can be found at voaconference.com/philip-j-steph…

🚨Attention: The VOA conference committee is currently accepting nominations for the Philip J. Stephens Award which will be presented at the upcoming VOA-8 conference. Nominate your favorite VOA paper published in the calendar years 2022-2023! Please visit voaconference.com/nomination

Stay tuned!

The deadline for both early bird registration (in-person) and poster presentation abstract submission for VOA7 is tomorrow, May 31. Don’t miss out the opportunity to attend this great conference.

Please, beware of phishing scammers offering accommodation and transportation services in Edmonton for VOA7 attendees. These emails do not come from the conference organizers. Always refer to voa7.voaconference.com for reliable and up-to-date information.

The VOA7 early registration fee for remote attendance ends on May 15. Hurry up! Early registration for in-person attendance closes on May 31.

We are very grateful to generous support from our sponsors!

We will have two PCCP Book Prizes for the best oral presentations by a student or an early career researcher and two BioTools Poster Prizes for the best poster presentations! Deadline for poster presentation abstract submission is May 31.

The abstract submission deadline for oral presentations has been extended to May 15. Don’t miss out the opportunity to present at VOA-7! For those planning to attend remotely, discounted registration fees also end on May 15. Visit voa7.voaconference.com for more information.

Registration and abstract submissions open for the upcoming VOA-7 meeting! Deadlines for abstract submission: Apr 30th (Oral Presentation) and May 31st (Posters). Early bird registration ends on May 31st (in-person attendees). More information on voa7.voaconference.com

Hope to see you in Edmonton in August!

All participants including invited speakers are encouraged to attend in person, and some online sessions will also be organized to accommodate those who could not come to Canada. Please refer to voa7.voaconference.com for information about registration and abstract submission.

After being delayed due to Covid-19, we are very happy to announce that VOA7 will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from Sunday, August 7th to Thursday, August 11th, 2022. Considering the current Covid-19 situation, the conference will be run mainly in-person.

In response to ongoing COVID-19 health concerns and possible travel disruptions, the local organizing and international steering committees have decided to postpone VOA-7 to August 7-11, 2022. Hope to see you all in Edmonton, Canada, in summer 2022! Stay tuned!

To learn more about the Philip J. Stephens Award, please visit voaconference.com/philip-j-steph….

We congratulate the authors Guojie Li, Dr. Jiří Kessler, Dr. Joseph Cheramy, Dr. Tao Wu, Dr. Mohammad Reza Poopari, Prof. Petr Bouř and Prof. Yunjie Xu and look forward to the award lecture to be presented during VOA-7 in Edmonton, Canada, in 2021.

The International Steering Committee is excited to announce the winning paper of the 2020 Philip J. Stephens Award: Transfer and Amplification of Chirality Within the “Ring of Fire” Observed in Resonance Raman Optical Activity Experiments! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…