Meetings
ASMS in Palm Springs
The 45th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics will be held June 1-5 at the Palm Springs (CA) Convention Center. The conference will feature daily plenary lectures, oral and poster sessions, short courses, and workshops. Registration will be held Sunday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Rates are $200 for members, $75 for student members, $290 for nonmembers, and $170 for student nonmembers. Approximately 20 workshops will be offered during the meeting and six short courses will be offered before the meeting. The newly established Biemann Medal for achievement in MS in the early stages of one's career will be presented to Scott McLuckey of Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Wednesday, June 4. The ASMS Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry will be presented on Thursday, June 5, to Franz Hillenkamp of the University of Miinster and Michael Karas of the University of Frankfurt for the development of matrix-assisted laser/desorption ionization (MALDI). For more information, contact ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Ave.. Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-989-4517; fax 505-989-1073;
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Program Sunday, June 1 Registration MS Tutorials Welcome Mixer
Monday, June 2 Plenary Lecture: Koji Nakanishi, Columbia U. MS in Pharmacology and Toxicology Analysis of Biomolecules by Electrospray and MALDI Reactions of Gas-Phase Ions High-Speed Separations with MS Recent Directions in Forensic Applications LC and Electrophoresis/TOFMS and Related Techniques Field-Portable Mass Spectrometers New Methods in Biological MS
Tuesday, June 3 Plenary Lecture: Harold Kroto, U of Sussex Noncovalent Complexes and Tertiary Structures of Biomolecules Electrospray Fundamentals and Instrumentation Fullerenes FTMS: Fundamentals and Applications MS Applications in Combinatorial Chemistry MS of Polymers Pioneers in LC/MS
Analytical Chemistry News & Features, May 1, 1997
Wednesday, June 4 Award Presentation and Plenary Lecture: Biemann Medal Electrospray and MALDI of Small Molecules Emerging Methods for Biomedical MS Ion Structure and Energetics Oligonucleotides and DNA Sequencing TOF and Tandem TOF New Developments and Applications of Inorganic MS Energy and Petrochemicals
Thursday, June 5 Award Presentation and Plenary Lecture: ASMS Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Plenary Lecture: Laura Danly, Space Telescope Science Institute MALDI Design and Fundamentals New Developments in Quadrupole Ion-Trap MS Environmental MS Carbohydrates and Glycobiology MS of DNA Adducts and Interactions Computer Techniques Electron Capture MS and Trace Detection
