Meetings 10:30—146. Getting a measurement process un der control: A case study. R. M. Parris, S. A. Wise, S. B. Schiller, A. Y. Cantillo 11:00— Panel Discussion. T. E. Gills, R. L. Watters, Jr., K. R. Eberhardt, L. M. Oakley, R. M. Parris Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Liquefaction and Pyrolysis Products Renaissance Room 4, Meeting Room Level Cosponsored with Division of Fuel Chemistry C. E. Snape, S. M. Fatemi, Organizers, Presiding 8:20— Introductory Remarks. 8:25—79. Comparison of element-specific capil lary chromatography detectors for the identifi cation of heteroatomic species in pyrolysis tars. S. C. Mitchell, K. D. Bartle, C. E. Snape, K.M.L Holden, S. Moinelo, R. Garcia 8:50—80. Comparison of several contemporary ionization/mass analyzer techniques for large components of complex fossil-derived materi als. J. E. Hunt, R. E. Winans 9:15—81. HPLC of coal liquefaction process streams using normal-phase separation with diode-array detection. D. E. McKinney, D. J. Clifford, L Hou, M. R. Bogdan, P. G. Hatcher 9:40—82. Molecular beam mass spectrometric characterization of biomass pyrolysis prod ucts for fuels and chemicals. F. A. Agblevor, M. F. Davis, R. J. Evans
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11:15—157. Regulatory concerns for the synthe sis, characterization, and controls of oligonucle otide therapeutics for use in clinical studies. R.V.B. Kambhampati, J. J. Blumenstein, C. W. Chen
Thursday afternoon Characterization of Antisense Therapeutics Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level D. L. Smisek, Organizer, Presiding 2:00—158. Determination of phosphorothioates at low concentrations in biological fluids. C. M. Ott, A. Belenky, A. J. Bourque, M. W. Gemborys, M. Vilenchik, A. S. Cohen 2:30—159. Recent advances in the HPLC analy sis of synthetic oligonucleotides using spectral contrast techniques. W. J. Warren, W. A. Stanick, P. M. Young 3:00— Intermission. 3:15—160. Use of MALDI-MS for sequencing an tisense DNA oligonucleotides. T. W. Keough, M. P. Lacey 3:45—161. Synthesis and biophysical and biolog ical properties of oligonucleotide (aminoalkyl)phosphonates. R. Fathi, Q. Huang, W. Delaney, G. Coppola, J-L. Syi, A. F. Cook 4:15—162. Biophysical studies of peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and their complexes with DNA and RNA. S. C. Brown, P. M. Myers, J. A. Josey, C. F. Hassman, S. A. Thomson
Fundamentals and Applications Using ICPMS Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level S. P. Brimmer, Organizer J. A. Caruso, Presiding 1:30—147. Fundamental and practical advan tages of individual, monodisperse droplet sample introduction for ICPMS. J. W. Olesik, M. P. Dziewatkoski, G. J. McGowan 2:00—148. ICPMS with an oscillating capillary nebulizer for microflow LC of Se drug metabo lites. R. F. Browner, L. Wang, S. W. May 2:30—149. High-efficiency nebulization in plasma source MS: Fundamentals and analytical appli cations. A. Montaser, H. Liu, S. Nam, J. Lim 3:00— Intermission. 3:15—150. Element-specific detection by plasma MS for speciation studies. J. A. Caruso 3:45—151. CE with ICPMS: Interface evaluation. Q. Lu, S. M. Bird, R. M. Barnes 4:15—152. Extension of the capabilities of ICPMS with flow injection. D. Beauchemin
Thursday morning Characterization of Antisense Therapeutics Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level D. L. Smisek, Organizer, Presiding 8:55— Introductory Remarks. D. L. Smisek 9:00—153. Characterization of antisense oligonu cleotides. S. X. Agrawal 9:30—154. Quality control in the high-throughput oligonucleotide synthesis laboratory. B. Giusti, A. Andrus 10:00— Intermission. 10:15—155. Molecular characterization of phosphorothioate deoxyoligonucleotides: Sequence and base composition analysis. B. J . Bergot, C. Hansen, M. Quijano, G. Zon 10:45—156. Strategies for characterization of an tisense therapeutics and their metabolites. L. L. Cummins, J. Leeds, M. Winniman, A. Paulus, M. Graham, R. Crooke, R. H. Griffey 814 A
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