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Albert
Zlatkis
tile metabolites of biological origin. He is the coauthor of "A Concise Introduction to Organic Chemistry" and has coedited 26 books, including "The Practice of Gas Chromatography," "Preparative Gas Chromatography," "High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography," and "Instrumental H P T L C . " He received the American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography in 1973 and the Chromatography Commemorative Medal of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Firefly Luciferin Sheds Light on Immunoassays British researchers have discovered a way to enhance the luminescence procedure for determining horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugates in immunoassay. In an article published in the Sept. 8 issue of Nature, workers from the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre report that HRP-catalyzed luminescence of a cyclic hydrazide such as luminol, in the presence of a suitable oxidant, is enhanced severalfold by addition of luciferin, a component of the firefly bioluminescence system. The commercially available synthetic luciferin not only has a synergistic effect on the light emission from the HRPcatalyzed oxidation of luminol, but also yields an improved signal-tobackground ratio and an increased specificity for peroxidase determination. The enhanced reaction has been tested in a number of immunoassay systems, resulting in improved sensitivity, speed, and specificity.
Applications Solicited for NSF Graduate Fellowships The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking applications for its 1984 Graduate and Minority Graduate Fellowship programs. The three-year
graduate fellowships are intended for students who are at or near the beginning of their graduate studies and who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science or engineering. The qualifications of fellowship candidates will be evaluated by panels of scientists appointed by the National Research Council. Final selection will be made by the NSF, with awards to be announced in March 1984. The deadline for submission of applications is Nov. 23, 1983. Further information and application materials may be obtained from: Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20418; 202-334-2872.
Call for Papers 16th Annual Symposium on Advanced Analytical Concepts for the Clinical Laboratory Knoxville, Tenn. April 12-13, 1984. Symposium topics will include analytical concepts, analytical systems, and diagnostic and therapeutic immunology. A 200-word abstract must be submitted by Dec. 1 to Carl A. Burtis, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Post Office Box X, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 Fourth Annual National Symposium on Recent Advances in Measurement of Pollutants in Ambient Air and Stationary Sources Raleigh, N.C. May 8-11, 1984. Papers describing new developments in monitoring systems and measurement methods applicable to the monitoring of source emissions, ambient air, acid deposition, hazardous emissions, and to personal monitors are solicited. One-page abstracts should be submitted by Jan. 12, 1984, to Seymour Hochheiser, MD 75, EPA Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27711. 1984 International Symposium on LCEC and Voltammetry Indianapolis, Ind. June 3-5, 1984. The symposium will emphasize trace determinations in biomedical and environmental samples, pharmaceuticals, mechanistic electrochemistry, and new technology. Titles for proposed papers and poster presentations must be submitted by Dec. 30 to: 1984 LCEC Symposium, P.O. Box 2206, West Lafayette, Ind. 47906; 317-4634527. Final abstracts are due April 1, 1984.
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Meetings The following meetings are newly listed in ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY.
Other 1983 and 1984 meetings are listed in the July through October issues. 1984 • Symposium/Workshop on LowDispersion Liquid Chromatography. Jan. 19-20. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: R. W. Frei, Free University, Department of Analytical Chemistry, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 1984 Winter Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry. Jan. 23-28. Santa Barbara, Calif. Contact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881; 401-783-4011 • 20th International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography. April 16-19. New York, N.Y. Contact: A. Zlatkis, Chemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004; 713-749-2623. October, p. 1203 A • 2nd International Conference on Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences. June 18-20. Milan, Italy. Contact: Alberto Frigerio, Italian Group for Mass Spectrometry in Biochemistry and Medicine, Via Eustachi 36, 20129 Milan, Italy • 2nd Biennial National Atomic Spectrometry Symposium. July 1013. Leeds, U.K. Contact: F. Buckley, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, W. Yorkshire LS2 9JT, U.K. • XXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. July 29-Aug. 3. Boulder, Colo. Contact: Court land Pierpont, Campus Box 449, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309. October, p. 1203 A • 1984 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies. Dec. 16-21. Honolulu, Hawaii. Contact: Meetings and Divisional Activities Department, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St.,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (U.S. residents) or International Activities Office, ACS, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (residents of all other countries)
