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Editorial

Nature Chemistry 1, 93 (1 May 2009) | doi:10.1038/nchem.181

Meeting matters

Although scientific conferences come in all shapes and sizes, more often than not they follow a tried and trusted formula. Invariably there are talks and poster sessions — with researchers higher up the academic totem pole giving the longer lectures, those lower down giving shorter talks, and finally, the graduate and undergraduate students presenting posters describing their work.