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Jorgenson and Markides Receive Chromatographic Society Awards James W. Jorgenson and Karen E. Markides received the Martin Award and the Jubilee Medal, respectively, on Sept. 14 at the 19th International Symposium on Chromatography in Aix-en-Provence, France. The Martin Award, established in 1978, honors A.J.P. Martin, the first president of the Chromatographic Soci ety. It recognizes achievements in all aspects of separa tions science, including newly emerging techniques. Jorgenson was recognized for his work in capillary elec trophoresis (CE). The Jubilee Medal was established in 1982 to cele brate the 25-year anniversary of the founding of the Chromatographic Society. It is intended to honor scien tists who show outstanding promise in their careers in separations science. Markides was recognized for her work in capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). Jorgenson, professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Associate Editor for separations for ANALTYICAL CHEMISTRY, received his B.S. de gree in 1974 from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. in 1979 from Indiana University. He joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1979 and was appointed professor in 1987. Jorgenson is credited with the critical early work in establishing CE as a viable microanalytical technique. His research interests include high-sensitivity single cell analysis and multidimensional separations based on LC/CZE and CZE/MS. Markides, chair of the department of analytical chemistry at Uppsala University (Sweden), received her B.S. degree and her Ph.D. from the University of Stockholm in 1978 and 1984, respectively. As a postdoctoral fellow at Brigham Young University working with Milton Lee, she devel oped instrumentation and columns for open tubular column SFC. She also developed stationary phases for the separation of enantiomers and instrumentation for SFE/SFC.
CAALS Associates NIST has announced a new program for small busi nesses that want to get involved in the Consortium on Automated Analytical Laboratory Systems (CAALS). The consortium, started in 1990, is a collaboration
among government agencies and businesses in the pri vate sector interested in advancing automation in ana lytical chemistry. For a $5000 fee, members in the CAALS Associates Program participate in the modularity and control com munications aspect of the program by helping devise specifications and standards for laboratory automation, attending workshops, and receiving reports and news letters. Additional benefits include interaction with in dividuals and organizations shaping laboratory automa tion and access to the broad-based expertise of NIST. The program is open to small businesses, individuals, not-for-profit and trade organizations, and universities. By contrast, general or research membership in CAALS costs $30,000. General or research members are entitled to participate in all three components of the program (the organic and inorganic demonstration projects, in addition to the modularity project described above); have voting rights; have access to all reports, newslet ters, workshops, and the like; and have the right to use CAALS methods and technology within their own orga nizations. In addition, research members have options for co-exclusive license on intellectual property devel oped by the consortium. For more information, contact CAALS, A343 Chemistry Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301-975-4142).
For Your Information NIST recently recertified two SRMs for lead measure ments. Powdered Lead-Based Paint SRM 1579a is in tended for calibrating lab equipment used to determine lead in paint scrapings. The standard contains 35 g of finely ground paint powder with a certified lead con centration; cost is $131. Lead in Blood SRM 955a, de signed in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Con trol, is for laboratories measuring lead at < 50 ppb. The standard contains four vials of frozen cow blood, each of which has a lead concentration of between 5 and 55 μg/ dL. Cost is $261. To order, contact the Standard Refer ence Materials Program, Rm. 204, Bldg. 202, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301-975-6776). The American Society for Testing and Materials Com mittee Ε-13 on Molecular Spectroscopy is currently working on three methods of interest to spectroscopists: a procedure for calibrating photodiode arrays, a major revision of the existing standard for the measure ment of stray radiant energy from spectrophotometers by the opaque filter method (E-387-84), and the first draft of "Standard Practices for General Techniques of Gas Chromatography/IR Analysis." For information on this particular document, contact Davis Compton, Biorad, Digilab Division, Cambridge, MA 02139 (617-8684330). For information on the other methods, committee activities, or ways to volunteer, contact Eric F. Mooney, Tytronics, Inc., 224 Calvary St., P.O. Box 590, Waltham, MA 02254-0590 (617-894-0550; fax 617-894-9934).
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