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ACS IN BOSTON
The 216th national meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held Sunday, Aug. 23, through Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. The Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) will sponsor or co-sponsor 12 symposia. Other highlights will include the Hynes Presidential Event—"The Future of Chemistry Is All of Us", a toast to the Top 75 Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise, workshops and short courses, and a National Employment Clearing House. Social events will include a DAC poster session on Sunday evening, Aug. 23; a poster session co-sponsored with the Division of Physical Chemistry on Wednesday evening Aug. 26; and a Sri-Mix on Monday Aug. 24. On-site registration facilities will be located in the Convention Center. Hours of operation will be Saturday, Aug. 22,3-6 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 23, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 24, and Tuesday, Aug. 25, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, Aug. 26, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Thursday, Aug. 27,7:3010:30 a.m. Registration is $265 for members, $385 for nonmembers, $115 for emer-
itus or retired members, and $25 for students. One-day session tickets are $130. An exposition featuring 439 booths representing ~ 240 companies will present the latest instruments, computer hardware, software, and lab and safety equipment. Located in Halls C and D of the convention center, the exposition will be open Monday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 25,9 a.m.5 p.m.; and Wednesday, Aug. 26,9 a.m.3 p.m. Admission is complimentary for registrants; exhibit-only badges can be purchased for $25 ($5 for students with school ID). Free exposition workshops on various topics will be offered Monday Aug. 24 through Wednesday Aug. 26. Additional information will be published in the final program The technical program will be highlighted by the presentation of the following DAC awards: Award in Spectrochemical Analysis—David Allara; Award for Distinguished Service in Analytical Chemistry— Henry N. Blount III; Award in Electrochemistry—Stephen W. Feldberg; Award for Excellence in Teaching—Gary M. Hieftje; Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achieve-
ments by a Young Analytical Scientist— Robert T Kennedy; Award in Chemical Instrumentation—Milton Lee. The DAC dinner is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, at Skipjack's, 199 Clarendon St. Tickets are $36 and can be purchased from any DAC officer at the meeting. A social hour will precede dinner. The ACS Dept. of Continuing Education will offer several analytical chemistry-related short courses at the meeting. For additional information, see the listing on p. 538 A, or contact the Dept. of Continuing Education, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (800-227-5558 or 202-872-4508). A workshop entitled "New Developments in Chemical Separations from Combinatorial Chemistry and Related Synthetic Strategies" is being held Saturday, Aug. 22 and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Dept. of Energy (see Workshop on p. 542 A). General information can be found in the June 22 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN); the complete technical program appears in the July 27 issue of C&EN.
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ACS Short Courses Applied Spectroscopy
Aug. 21-22 Atomic Absorption, ICP, and ICPMS
Aug. 21-22 C h e m o m e t r i c T e c h n i q u e s for Quantitative Analysis
Aug. 21 E f f e c t i v e M a n a g e m e n t of Chemical Analysis Laboratories
Aug. 21-22 Electrochemical Sensors and Detectors
Aug. 22 E l e c t r o n i c s for L a b o r a t o r y Instrumentation
Aug. 20-22 Food Analysis Workshop
Aug. 21-22 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Aug. 21-22 F u n d a m e n t a l s of H P L C
Aug. 21-22 Good Laboratory Practices & ISO 9 0 0 0 Standards
Aug. 21-22 How to Develop, Validate, and Troubleshoot Capillary GC and HPLC Methods
I n t e r p r e t a t i o n of I n f r a r e d S p e c t r a Aug. 25-27 I n t e r p r e t a t i o n of M a s s S p e c t r a Aug. 20-22 L a r g e - V o l u m e Sampling for Capillary GC Aug. 21 LC/MS: Fundamentals and Applications Aug. 24-25 Methods Development, Validation Procedures, and Conformity A s s e s s m e n t in t h e A n a l y t i c a l Laboratory Aug. 21—22 Practical Capillary Electrophoresis Aug. 21-22 Quality Assurance/Quality Control in t h e A n a l y t i c a l T e s t i n g Laboratory Aug. 21—22 S p e c t r o s c o p i c C h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of Polymers Aug. 21-22 S t a t i s t i c a l A n a l y s i s of L a b o r a t o r y Data Aug. 22-23 Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy Aug. 20-22
Aug. 21-22
Program Sunday morning A w a r d S y m p o s i u m : F r o n t i e r s in Spectrochemical Analysis I — H o n o r i n g D a v i d L. A l l a r a Organizer, Presiding 8:30—Award Presentation. 8:35—Introductory Remarks. 8:40—1. Application of infrared vibrational spectroscopy to the characterization of the structure and chemistry of highly conjugated oligomers assembled at surfaces. D. L. Allara 9:20—2. Temperature-induced, structural reconstructions in chain-organized microstructures. A. Parikh 9:45—3. Single-molecule probing of mixed-mode retention. M. J. Wirth 10:25—4. Phase transitions in mixed monolayers of dodecanol and ionic surfactants at the airwater interface. C. Bain 10:50—5. Taking Raman instrumentation into the process: Structural studies of PET fibers during draw. D. B. Chase Rediscovering Research: The I m p a c t of R e s e a r c h o n Undergraduate Education I Organizers C. K. Larive, Presiding
8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:35—6. The MACRO-ROA experience and challenge: Rediscovering research and its impact to undergraduate institutions. T. Kuwana, C. K. Larive, K. Cook, M. Sepaniak 9:05—7. Bioanalytical research by undergraduates in a small chemistry department at a liberal-arts college. P. L. Weber 9:25—8. Towards defining the purpose of undergraduate research. R. W. Holman 9:45—9. The agony and the ecstasy: Doing research with undergraduates. R. S. Kelly 10:05—10. Undergraduate research at UNC Pembroke. P. A. Flowers 10:45—11. Undergraduate research: Making the connection. B. H. Stewart 11:05—12. Ab initio MO and NMR study of some aluminum and boron halides. S. D. Williams, W. Harper, G. Mamantov, L. J. Tortorelli, G. Shankle 11:25—13. Undergraduate research: Chemistry education at its best. T. J. Wenzel
Sunday afternoon F r o n t i e r s in S p e c t r o c h e m i c a l Analysis II D. B. Chase, Presiding 1:30—Introductory Remarks. 1:35—14. Phase dynamics of planar rodlike assemblies at metal surfaces. R. Nuzzo
2:00—15. Water-induced oxidation of Si(l00). Y. Chabal 2:25—16. Spectroscopic analysis of polymers constrained to interfaces. S. L. Hsu 3:05—17. Raman spectroscopy of organized assemblies of surfactants at the air-water interface. J. E. Pemberton 3:30—18. Optical, electronic, and electrochemical probes of molecular transport in thin films of controlled architecture. P. W. Bohn 3:55—19. Combined infrared spectroscopic and atomic force microscopic investigation of immobilized antigenic arrays for immunoassays. M. D. Porter Rediscovering Research: The I m p a c t of R e s e a r c h o n Undergraduate Education I K. Cook, Presiding 1:30—Introductory Remarks. 1:35—20. Integrating research and education. J. Osteryoung 2:05—21. Undergraduate research in the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. B. Han 2:25—22. Elements of undergraduate research. J. Gorse 2:45—23. The resurgence of undergraduate research in a teaching institution. T. D. Bolden 3:25—24. Undergraduate research in chemistry at Furman University: Who participates, why it works, and how to keep it going. J. F. Wheeler 3:45—25. Micropreparative capillary electrophoresis in the purification of the human P53 gene promoter from a p53CAT plasmid. M. Diack, P. Muganda, M. Sepaniak 4:05—Panel Discussion (H. Blount, Moderator, R. Kellman, N. Fortenberry, R. Lichter, S. Murawski, M. Sepaniak, T. Wenzel).
Monday morning A w a r d Symposium: Distinguished S e r v i c e i n t h e A d v a n c e m e n t of Analytical Chemistry I—Honoring Henry N. Blount III R. N. Zare, Organizer, Presiding 8:30—Award Presentation. 8:40—135. Analytical chemistry: Enabling multidisciplinarity in the new millennium. H. N. Blount III 9:20—136. Prisons for electron transfers: Defining and observing. R. W. Murray 10:15—137. Characterization of alkylsilane-based chromatographic stationary phases by Raman spectroscopy. J. E. Pemberton, M. Ho 10:55—138. Determination of chiral separation mechanisms using polymerized diastereomeric surfactants. I. M. Warner, E. Billiot, S. Shamsi P r o b l e m - B a s e d Learning in Analytical Chemistry T. J. Wenzel, Organizer, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:35—139. A new approach to teaching undergraduate analytical chemistry. T. J. Wenzel 8:55—140. Analytical chemistry and art: Learning the analytical process through the study of artists' pigments. M. V. Merritt, M. R. Katz 9:20—141. Problem-based learning in instrumental analysis. G. S. Wilson, C. E. Lunte, M. R. Anderson 10:00—142. The materials characterization project at the University of Arizona. J. E. Pemberton, N. R. Armstrong, T. Sims
10:25—143. Problem-based learning in analytical chemistry: An industrial perspective. G. D. Boutilier, T. M. Thorpe, A. H. Ullman 10:50—144. Problem-based learning in analytical chemistry. T. J. Wenzel, M. V. Merritt, G. S. Wilson, J. E. Pemberton, G. D. Boutilier
IR Analysis of Peptides and Proteins I B. R. Singh, Organizer P. I. Haris, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:35—145. An overview of the infrared spectroscopy of proteins. B. R. Singh 9:10—146. Interpreting infrared spectra of peptides and proteins. S. Krimm 9:45—147. Combination of proteolytic digest and deuterium labeling for the determination of protein structure. J. A. de Haseth, R. A. Todebush 10:35—148. Protein conformational analyses using infrared spectroscopic methods. T. A. Keideriing, P. Pancoska, V. Baumruk, G. Yoder, B. Baello, S. Stelea 11:10—149. Determination of secondary structure in protein aggregates using ATR FTIR. A. L. Fink, K. A. Oberg, S. Seshadri, R. Khurana, J. R. Gillespie
Monday afternoon I R A n a l y s i s of P e p t i d e s a n d P r o t e i n s I A. I . Fink, Presiding 1:30—150. Conformational analysis of synthetic peptides using FTIR spectroscopy—potentials and pitfalls. P. I. Haris 2:05—151. Attenuated total-reflection infrared spectroscopy: Orientation and tertiary structural changes of proteins or peptides inserted into a lipid bilayer. J-M. Ruysschaert, E. Goormagtigh 2:40—152. Investigation of cytokine/receptor interactions by using isotope-edited vibrational spectroscopy. T. Li, T. Arakawa, B. Chang 3:20—153. Molecular reaction mechanisms of proteins monitored by ns-time-resolved FTIRspectroscopy. K. Gerwert 3:55—154. Examining thermal denaturation of elastase in the presence of guaniinium ion by FTIR and DSC. D. M. Byler, D. L Lee, C. S. Randall Unified Chromatography I
2:10—161. Charge interactions in spherical macroionic systems. J. Osteryoung, J. M. Roberts, J. J. O'Dea 3:05—162. Sputtered ion mechanisms for associative reactions in surface-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry. S. L. Bernasek, L. M. Phelan, M. J. Hayward 3:45—163. Hadamard transform time-of-flight mass spectrometry. R. N. Zare, A. Brock, N. Rodriguez
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9:30—172. Computer simulations of solute partitioning in liquid and size exclusion chromatography. T. L. Beck 10:30—173. Extending the range of SFC using linear solvation energy relationships. J. A. Blackwell, R. W. Stingham 11:00—174. A unified approach to chromatographic retention in GC, SFC, LC and MEKC based on linear solvation energy relationships. P. W. Carr, M. Vitha, J. Weckwerth, L. C. Tan, J. Li
Tuesday afternoon
Award Symposium: Frontiers in Electrochemistry—Honoring Stephen Feldberg
Award Symposium: Frontiers in Analytical Education I—Honoring Gary M. Hieftje
A. J. Bard, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:40—164. Some implications of the distance dependence of heterogeneous electron transfer. S. W. Feldberg, J. F. Smalley, M. D. Newton 9:10—165. Computer simulation of fuel cell performance with impure fuel feed streams. S. Gottesfeld 9:40—166. Nanochemistry: Monolayer-protected metal clusters. R. W. Murray, S. Chen, A. C. Templeton, M. J. Hostetler, W. P. Wuelfing, R. S. Ingram 10:20—167. An isotope substitution study of the electrochemical formation of sulfur monolayers at Ag(lll). H. S. White, J. L. Conyers Jr. 10:50—168. Electrochemical, spectroscopic, and crystallographic studies on redox active micro crystals attached to electrode surfaces. A. M. Bond 11:20—169. Demonstration of generation of hot electrons at oxide-covered tantalum electrodes by direct electrogenerated chemiluminescence. A. J. Bard, Y-E. Sung, F. Gaillard Unified Chromatography I J. F. Parcher, Presiding 8:30—170. Simulating retention in gas-liquid chromatography: Alkane solutes and squalane stationary phase. J. I. Siepmann, M. G. Martin, M. R. Schure 9:00—171. Three-dimensional stochastic simulation of chromatographic and electrophoretic separations. V. L. McGuffin, D. L. Hopkins, P. E. Krouskop
F. V. Bright, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—Introduction and Award Presentation. D. G. Peters. 1:35—175. Can innovation be taught? G. M. Hieftje 2:45—176. Catalytic reduction of halogenated organic compounds by electrogenerated transition-metal complexes. D. G. Peters 3:15—177. Analytical chemistry as a force in earth science: New isotopic records of ancient environments. J. M. Hayes 3:45—178. Teaching signal-to-noise enhancement at the graduate level. F. E. Lytle 4:15—179. Illinois Central: The road to excellence in teaching and research. G. Horlick
Unified Chromatography I T. L. Chester, Presiding 1:30—180. Ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography. J. W. Jorgenson, J. MacNair, K. Patel, L. Tolley 2:00—181. Pressure as a unifying parameter in separation science. C. E. Evans 2:30—182. Using high temperature to enhance chromatographic performance. B. A. Bidlingmeyer, R. D. Ricker, J. Henderson 3:30—183. Enhanced fluidity liquid chromatography. S. V. Olesik, Q. Sun, S. Phillips, J. Zhao, D. Wen 4:00—184. Unified chromatography for fast separations. M. L. Lee, B. Xin, J. A. Lippert, C. R. Bowerbank, N. Wu, Y. Shen, K. M. Payne, C. W. Damarest
J. F. Parcher, T. L. Chester, Organizers V. L. McGuffin, Presiding 1:30—155. Unified molecular theory of chromatography: Results and experimental tests. D. E. Martire 2:00—156. Mobile phase-stationary phase interaction supercritical fluid chromatography. J. F. Parcher 2:30—157. Unified chromatography from the mobile phase perspective. T. L. Chester 3:30—158. Practical advantages of compressible solvents in chromatography. T. A. Berger 4:00—159. Packed capillary column chromatography with gas, supercritical fluid and liquid mobile phases. K. D. Bartle, P. Myers, M. M. Robson, D. Tong, S. Roulin
Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry II R. N. Zare, Presiding 1:30—160. Direct electron transfer reactions of cytochrome c oxidase in electrode-supported lipid bilayer membranes. F. M. Hawkridge, M. C. Rhoten, J. D. Burgess
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Thursday morning
Fast GC
Frontiers in Analytical Education II
R. Sacks, Organizer, Presiding
F. V. Bright, Presiding
8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:35—185. The use of fast single and multidimensional GC coupled with high-resolution and TOF mass spectrometry for assessing human exposure to environmental toxicants. D. G. Patterson Jr., J. Dimanji, J. Grainger, J. R. Barr, W. Turner 9:15—186. Sample dimensionality and separation efficiency in comprehensive two-dimensional GC. J. B. Phillips 9:55—187. GC columns with tunable and programmable selectivity for the high-speed separation of complex multifunctional mixtures. R. Sacks, H. Smith, C. Leonard, A. Grail 10:50—188. Design considerations, operational features and applications for a small, fast, highperformance GC instrument for field and laboratory use. E. B. Overton, K. R. Carney, H. P. Dahrmasena, B. M. Ashton, N. J. Roques 11:30—189. Combining the benefits of highspeed GC and time-of-flight MS. R. Parry, N. Myers, M. Merrick, J. Mitchell
1:30—196. Alternative plasmas to the atmospheric pressure argon ICP. J. A. Caruso 2:00—197. Dynamic vibrational spectroscopy of polymers under deformation: A continuing educational process. D. B. Chase, R. Ikeda, P. R. Griffiths 2:30—198. Teaching through research: From "complex experiments to understand simple processes" to "weird is good". J. W. Olesik 3:15—199. Organometallic chemistry and Gary Hieftje—What is the connection? S. L. Buchwald 3:45—200. Metal binding to plants: Fundamental chemical investigations. G. D. Rayson, H. Xia, S. Lin 4:15—201. How did Gary Hieftje's mentoring lead to our probing complex biosystems with multiphoton excited fluorescence? F. V. Bright, A. N. Watkins, C. M. Ingersoll, G. A. Baker, S. Pandey
Award Symposium: Frontiers in Chemical Instrumentation I—Honoring Milton Lee
Frontiers in Analytical Education II F. V. Bright, Presiding 8:30—190. Microdomain chemical analysis. J. M. Ramsey 9:00—191. Optical sensors: Is there room for improvement? R. A. Potyrailo, G. M. Hieftje 9:30—192. Novel chemical measurements: From molecular fluorescence to electrophysiology and back. D. L. Burden 10:15—193. Use of instrumentation in a oneterm, laboratory-based, general chemistry course. M. K. Carroll, T. K. Morcone, J. L. Barkin 10:45—194. Everything I ever needed to know, I learned in graduate school. R. E. Russo 11:15—195. Spectrochemical analysis: From academic research to industrial process monitoring and control. G. H. Vickers, M. J. Rutledge, R. T. Roginski, K. W. Andresen
Recent Advances in GC N. H. Snow, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—Introductory Remarks. 1:35—202. Current practice of GC. H. M. McNair 2:10—203. Development of membrane extraction purge and trap. S. Mitra, X. Guo 2:35—204. Sol-gel approach to column technology for high-resolution capillary gas chromatography. A. Malik, D. Wang, S. L. Chong, F. Brignol 3:15—205. Industrial applications of headspace gas chromatography. G. C. Slack 3:40—206. Exobiology flight experiment advanced GC detectors. D. R. Kojiro, M. J. Cohen, R. F. Wemlund, R. M. Stimac, V. Sheverev, N. Takeuchi 4:05—207. Approaches for ultra trace analysis using capillary gas chromatography. N. H. Snow
M. V. Novotny, Organizer, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. 8:35—Award Presentation. 8:40—208. Automation and integration of multiplexed on-line sample preparation with capillary electrophoresis. E. S. Yeung, H. Tan, Q. Gao, H-M. Pang, Y. Zhang 9:05—209. Ultra-high voltage capillary electrophoresis. J. W. Jorgenson, K. Hutterer 9:30—210. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. J. B. Phillips 10:20—211. SFC revisited: Recent advances in instrumentation hardware and columns. B. E. Richter, B. A. Jones, J. Clark, N. L. Porter 10:45—212. Analytical chemistry instrumentation: From concept to commercialization. M. L. Lee
Chiral Drug Separations I K. W. Phinney, Organizer A. M. Stalcup, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. K. Phinney. 8:35—213. Pressure effects on chiral separations in HPLC. M. C. Ringo, C. E. Evans 9:15—214. The determination of the enantiomeric purity of chiral stationary phases on silica gel. T. Li, A. Yang 10:10—215. Chiral separations in the pharmaceutical industry: Method development and validation considerations. L. J. Brice, R. L. Hertzler 10:50—216. Chiral separations at non-ambient temperatures. R. W. Stringham, J. A. Blackwell
Thursday afternoon Frontiers in Chemical Instrumentation II J. W. Jorgenson, Presiding 1:30—217. Advancing analytical glycobiochemistry: A blend of microchemistry and modern instrumentation. M. V. Novotny 1:55—218. ICPMS as element specific detector in capillary separations. P. Sandra, M. Moens 2:20—219. Time-of-flight mass spectrometry detection for microcolumn separations. I. M. Lazar, C. H. Sin, A. L. Rockwood, E. D. Lee, D. C. Collins, B. Xin, J. A. Lippert, S. Chen, M. L. Lee 3:10—220. The TOFMS revolution: Changing the paradigm of chromatography. J. F. Holland, B. D. Gardner 3:40—221. Microchip separations: Small and fast. J. M. Ramsey, S. C. Jacobson, J. P. Kutter
Chiral Drug Separations I K. W. Phinney, Presiding 1:30—222. New and emerging techniques in chiral analysis—Applications of a laser-based chiral detector. G. W. Yanik, M. S. Alper, D. R. Bobbitt, D. W. Armstrong 2:10—223. Achieving low limit of quantitation for a cyclodextrin-based chiral capillary electrophoresis separation. J. G. Phillips, S. Yang 3:05—224. Chiral electrophoretic separations using sulfated cyclodextrins. A. M. Stalcup, R. M. Sutton, S. Gratz 3:30—225. Ionic polysaccharides as chiral selectors in capillary electrophoresis. K. W. Phinney, L. C. Sander, S. A. Wise
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Gordon Confere n c e on Illicit Substance Detection: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Aug. 9-14. Newport, RI Contact Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 028920984 (401-783-4011; fax 401-783-7644; grc® grcmail.grc.uri.edu; http://www.grc.uri.edu)
Mátrafüred ’98 International Symposium on Electrochemical and Biosensors
9th International Conference on Flow-Injection Analysis (ICFIA ’98)
Aug. 23-27. Seattle, WA Contact: Sue Christian, P.O. Box 26, Medina, WA 98039-0026 (fax 425- 454-9361 or 425-6881565;
[email protected]; http://www. flowinjection.com/icfia.html) 112th AOAC International Annual Meeting and Exposition
Sept. 13-17. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Contact AOAC International-DB, Meetings and Education Department, 481 N. Frederick Ave., Suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417 (800- 379-2622; 301-924-7077; fax 301-924-7089;
[email protected]; http://www.aoac.org) 5th Conference of t h e International Society for T r a c e Element Research in Humans
Sept. 26-30. Lyon, France Contact Trace Element Institute for UNESCO, Immeuble Le Condorcet, 1 place de l'Ecole, B.P. 7021, 69342 Lyon, Cedex 07 France (33-0-4-72- 80-82-90; fax 33-0-4-78-58-8671;
[email protected]) 25th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
Oct. 11-15. Austin, TX Contact: FACSS, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-820-1648; fax 505-9891073; http://facss.org/info.html) Analitika ’98
Oct. 12-14. Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Contact: Pat Bayley, Analitika '98, P.O. Box 426, Cramerview, 2060 South Africa (tel/fax; 27-11-465-4015;
[email protected]; http://www.mintek.ac.za/ASD/events/ analit98.htm) µ - T A S ’98 3rd International Symposium on Micro Total Analysis Systems
Oct. 13-16. Banff, Alberta, Canada Contact: L. MacDougall, University of Alberta, Edonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2 (403-492-0530; fax
Oct. 14-17. Mátrafüred, Hungary Contact: GaborToth, Matrafiired '98, Conference Office of the Technical University of Budapest, H-llll Budapest, Miiegyetem rakpart3. ((36-1)463-2666; tel/fax (36-1)4633542;
[email protected]) International Symposium on Laboratory Automation and Robotics
Oct. 18-21. Boston, MA Contact: James N. Little, 68 Elm St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508-435- 9500; fax 508-4353439;
[email protected]; http://www.islar.com) Precision Thermometry Workshop
Oct. 19-23. Gaithersburg, MD Contact: Andrea Swiger, NIST, Bldg. 221, Rm. B128, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 (301-9754800; fax 301-548-0206; andrea.swiger® nist.gov) International Symposium on Industrial and Environmental Monitors and Biosensors
Nov. 1-6. Boston, MA Contact: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA (360- 676-3290; fax 360647-1445;
[email protected]; http://www. spie.org/info/eb.) Annual Conference of the Analytical Laboratory Managers Association
Nov. 4-6. Phoenix, AZ Contact: Judith A. Sjoberg, Analytical Laboratory Managers Association, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-989-4683; fax 505-989-1073) 1998 Eastern Analytical Symposium
Nov. 15-20. Somersett NJ Contact: Eastern Analytical Symposium, P.O. Box 633, Montchanin, DE 19710-0633 (302738-6218; fax 302-738-5275;
[email protected]) Post-Genomic Analysis of Therapeutic Targets
Aug. 3-4. San Diego, CA Contact: NMHCC, P.O. Box 102713, Atlanta, GA 30368-2713 (888-882- 2500; fax 941-365-0157;
[email protected]; http:// www.biotech.nmhcc.org) 3rd Symposium on Analysis of Peptides
Sept. 7-9. Stockholm, Sweded Contact: Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, S-lll 81 Stockholm, Sweden (46-8-723-50-00; fax 46-8-20-55-11;
[email protected]; http://www. swepharm.se/English) NMHCC’s 2nd Annual Bioanalytical Technologies International Conference
Sept. 14-15. Baltimore, MD Contact: NMHCC Bio/Technology, 71 Second Ave., 3rd Floor, Waltham, MA 02154 (888-670-8700; fax 941-373-1638; biotech® nmhcc.com; http://www.biotech.nmhcc.org) WorldPharm International Pharmaceutical Exposition and Conference
Sept. 22-24. Phiiadelphia, PA Contact: Denise Madden, WorldPharm, 859 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97401-6806 (541984-5335; fax 541-343-7024; dmadden® avanstar.com; http://www.worldpharm.com) Combinatorial Chemistry: Beyond Pharmaceuticals
Oct. 22-23. Newark, DE Contact: Engineering Outreach, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-3101 (302-8314863; fax 302-831-8179; outreach@mvs. udel.edu; http://www.udel.edu/engg/ DeptsPrgms/EO/CombChem.html) Immunochemistry Summit VII and Third Workshop on Biosensors and Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis
Dec. 1-3. Las Vegas, NV Contact: Kathy Lauckner, UNLV Harry Reid Center, Box 454009, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009 (708-895-1423; fax 702-895-3094; lauckner® hrc.nevada.edu) 6th International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology Nov. 26-28. Chennai iMadras), India
Contact: SAEST, Karaikudi - 630 006, Tamil Nadu, India (91 (04565) 22368; fax 91 (04565) 22088;
[email protected]) 14th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry Oct. 2-6.
Pacific Grove, CC Contact: Scott A. McLuckey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6365 (423-5742848; fax 423-576-8559;
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Meetings 15th (Montreux) Symposium on Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
2nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Microscale Techniques
Nov. 11-13. Montreux, Switzerland Contact: Marianne Frei-Hausler, IAEAC Secretariat, Postfach 46, CH- 4123 Allschwil 2, Switzerland (41 61 481 22 78; fax x4 11 482 08 05;
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Oct. 8-11. Dallan, China Contact: Bingcheng Lin, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Rd. 457,116023 Dalian, People's Republic of China (86-4114671991; fax 86411-3622302;
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Gordon Confere n c e on Separation and Purification
Aug. 2-7. New London, NH Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984 (401-783-4011; fax 401-783- 7644;
[email protected]; http://www.grc. uri.edu) 2nd International Symposium on Capillary Electrochromatography (CEC ’98)
Aug. 24-25. San Francisco, CA Contact: Joan Saluzzi, CaSSS, P.O. Box 411106, San Francisco, CA 94141-1106 (415487-9876; fax 415-487-9875;
[email protected]; http://www.casss.org) 22nd International Symposium on Chromatography
Sept. 13-18. Rome, Italy Contact: F. Dondi, Dept. of Chemistry, Universita di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46,144100 Ferrara, Italy (39-532-29-11-54; fax 39-532-24-0709;
[email protected]; http://www.unife.it/ isc22) International Symposium on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography and Allied Techniques (SPICA ’98)
Sept. 23-25. Strasbourg, France Contact: Francoise Brionne, ENSIC, 1, rue Grandville, BP 451, F-54001 Nancy, Cedex, France (33-383-17-50-03; fax 33-383-35-08-11;
[email protected]) International Ion Chromatography Symposium 1998
Sept. 28-Octt 1. Osaka, Japan Contact: Janet Strimaitis, Century International, P.O. Box 493, Medfield, MA 02052-0493 (508-359-8777; fax 508-359-8778; century® ixl.net.)
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Sept. 9-11. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 16-18. San Jose, CA Infrared/Raman Interpretation
9th Annual Frederick Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis
Sept. 14-15. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 16-17. San Jose, CA EPA Air Source Sampling & CEM & EPA VOC Sampling & Method 18
Oct. 19-21. Frederick, MD Contact: Margaret L. Fanning, SAIC Frederick, NCI-FCRDC, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 (301-846-5865; fax 301-846-5866;
[email protected])
Sept. 14-17. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 3-6. San Jose, CC Atomic Spectroscopy-Basic; AA/GFA/ICP-Advanced
Workshop
Sept. 21-22. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 2-3. San Jose, CC QA of Chemical Measurements
The workshop "New Developments in Chemical Separations from Combinatorial Chemistry and Related Synthetic Strategies" is being held Saturday, Aug. 22, in conjunction with the ACS national meeting (p. 537 A)) The workshop will be held at the Westin Copley Place, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. The themes of the workshop are strategic codevelopment of synthesis and separations and applying chemical libraries to improving chemical separations. Registration is free but is required in advance. Contact Fran Nagy, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 234 Chevron Science Center, Pittsburgh PA 15260 (412-624-8203; fax 412-624-8611;
[email protected] pitt.edu).
Sept. 21-23. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 2-4. San Jose, CA QA of Environmental Measurements
Sept. 23-24. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 4-5. San Jose, CA Environmental Data Validation Sept. 28-32. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 16-20. San Jose, CA Mass Spectral-Basic; Interpretation-Advanced Sept. 29-30. Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 19-20. San Jose, CA ICPMS and LC/MS (2 courses)
The following courses are reing offered by dociety for Applied Spectroscopy, 201B Broadway Street, Frederick, MD 21701-6501 (301- 694The following courses are being offered byAOAC8122; fax 301-694-6860;
[email protected]) International, 481N. Frederick Ave., Suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417 (800-379- 2622;Oct. 11. Austin, TX 301-924-7077; fax 301-924-7089; meetings® CE: Rapid and Efficient Analysis of aoac.org; http://www.aoac.org) Organic and Inorganic Compounds
Short Courses
Sept. 12-13. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov. 9-10. Gaithersburg, MD Practical SFE Methodology for t h e AOAC Methods program QA for Analytical Laboratories Statistics for Method Development
Sept. 18-20. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov. 10-12. Gaithersburg, MD ISO 9000,ISO/IEC Guide 25, and the Laboratory
Oct. 11. Austin, TX IR and Raman Chemical Imaging
The following courses are reing offered by Analytical Laboratory Managers Association, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (5(50 989-4683; fax 505-989-1073) Nov. 3-4. Phoenix, AZ Managing the Modern Laboratory
Nov. 4. Phoenix, AZ
International GPC Symposium ’98
Oct. 4-7. Phoenix, AA Contact: Stacy Rodrigues, Waters Corporation, 34 Maple St., Mailstop MC, Milford, MA 01757 (508-482-2674; fax 508-482-2674)
The following courses are being offered by Professional Analytical and Consulting Services Inc., 409 Meade Drive, Corapolis, PA 15108, 724-4576576; fax 724-457-1214
Sept. 19-20. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov. 9-10. Gaithersburg, MD Implementing GLP Intralaboratory (In House) Analytical Method Validation
Analytical Chemistry News & &eatures, August 1, 1,98
PBMS—New Opportunities w i t h Environmental Analyses
