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• 8th Annual Chemistry Graduate Student Symposium. May 23-24. Buffalo, NY. Contact: Cindy Burkhardt, Dept. of Chemistry, State University of New York—Buffalo, Acheson Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214 (716831-2529) • Meeting on NMR Imaging: Recent Developments and Future Prospects. June 6-7. London, U.K. Contact: Scientific Meetings Secretary, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, U.K. • 3rd International Conference on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. June 25-29. Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Nicole Bartiaux-Thill, Agricultural Research Center, 22, Avenue de la Faculty d'Agronomie, B-5800 Gembloux, Belgium • Meeting of the American and International Electrophoresis Societies. June 30-July 3. Washington, DC. Contact: American Electrophoresis Society, 27 Music Square East, Suite 134, Nashville, TN 37203 (615-3277064) • International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering. July 8-13. San Diego, CA. Contact: SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227 (206676-3290) • 2nd International Conference on Trace Metals in the Aquatic Environment. July 8-14. Sydney, Australia. Contact: K. R. Brown, University of Technology, Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia • 5th International Diffuse Reflectance Conference. Aug. 12-17. Chambersburg, PA. Contact: David Wetzel, Kansas State University, Shellenberger Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 • International Symposium on X-ray Microscopy. Sept. 3-7. London, U.K. Contact: A. G. Michette, Dept. of Physics, King's College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, U.K. • International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers. Sept. 1014. Madrid, Spain. Contact: J. M. Orza, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Seranno, 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain • 6th Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference. Sept. 18-22. Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Michael ScanIan, American Physical Society, 335 East 45th St., New York, NY 10017 (212-682-7341) • 8th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry. Sept. 23-27. Pacific Grove, CA. Contact: Lazlo Tokes, Syntex Research, 3401 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304 (415-855-5713)
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• 9th European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy. Sept. 25-27. Cologne, F.R.G. Contact: ESOPS 9, do Congress Partner GmbH, Tiefer 2 (Rhenus-Haus), D-2800 Bremen 1, F.R.G.
Short Courses and Workshops For information on the following courses, contact the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, P.O. Box 200, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 (703-250-5900) • Laboratory Information Management Systems. May 2-3. Baltimore, MD • Environmental Laboratory Quality Assurance and Assessment. May 16-17. Atlanta, GA For information on the following courses, contact Barbara Nowicki, Professional Analytical and Consulting Services, 409 Meade Dr., Coraopolis, PA 15108 (412-262-4222) • EPA Environmental Analytical Chemistry. May 7-8. Pittsburgh, PA • Interpretation of IR Spectra. May 7-9. Pittsburgh, PA • EPA Organic Priority Pollutant Analyses. May 7-11 and Nov. 5-9. Pittsburgh, PA • Near-IR Principles and Applications. May 10-11. Pittsburgh, PA • Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements. May 24-25. Pittsburgh, PA • Basics of Packed and Capillary GC. June 11-13. Pittsburgh, PA • Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Oct. 22-23. Pittsburgh, PA • ICP/DCP Analyses. Oct. 24-25. Pittsburgh, PA • Chemometrics. Nov. 12-13. Pittsburgh, PA For information on the following courses, contact Tom Jupille, LC Resources, 3182C Old Tunnel Rd., Lafayette, CA 94549 (415-930-9043) • Practice of Modern HPLC. May 8-10. Saddle Brook, NJ; June 4-6. Bethesda, MD • Troubleshooting HPLC Systems. May 9. Saddle Brook, NJ; June 5. Bethesda, MD • Introduction to Computer-Aided HPLC Method Development. May 10. Saddle Brook, NJ; June 6. Bethesda,MD • Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Dust. May 7-11. Los Angeles, CA. Contact: University of Southern California, Institute of Safe-
