MEETINGS Conferences • 44th N a t i o n a l M e e t i n g of t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n for Clini cal C h e m i s t r y (AACC). July 1 9 23. Chicago, IL. Contact: Carmella Baccari, AACC Meetings Department, 2029 Κ St., N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006 (202-857-0717 or 800-8921400) • Sixth Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy S y m p o s i u m (BNASS). J u l y 2 2 - 2 4 . Plymouth, Devon, U.K. Contact: S. J. Hill, Depart ment of Environmental Sciences, Poly technic South West, Drake Circus, Ply mouth, Devon PL4 8AA, U.K. (0752233012) • 32nd Annual Conference on P h a r m a c e u t i c a l Analysis. July 2 7 - 3 1 . Merrimac, WI. Contact: Melvin H. Weinswig, Extension Services in Phar macy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 425 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53706 (608-262-3130; fax 608-262-3397) • International Conference on Energy, E n v i r o n m e n t , a n d Elec t r o c h e m i s t r y . Sept. 9 - 1 1 . K a r a i k u d i , I n d i a . Contact: K. C. Narasimham, Division of Electrochemicals, CECRI, Karaikudi 623 006, India (04565-3161; fax 04565-2088) M P h a r m T e c h C o n f e r e n c e '92. Sept. 2 1 - 2 3 . East Brunswick, NJ. Contact: Pharm Tech Conference Regis trar, Aster Publishing Corporation, 859 Willamette St., P.O. Box 10460, Eugene, OR (503-343-1200; fax 503-343-7024) • 4th Biennial European Poly m e r F e d e r a t i o n E u r o p e a n Sym posium on Polymeric Materials (epf 92). Sept. 27-Oct. 2. BadenBaden, Germany. Contact: Geselhchaft Deutscker Chemiker, Makromolekulare Chemie Division, Abteilung Tagungen, Postfach 90 04 40, W-6000 Frankfurt (Main) 90, Germany. (069-7917-365; fax 069-7917-475) • M e e t i n g of t h e A t o m i c S p e c troscopy Group of The Royal So c i e t y of C h e m i s t r y a n d t h e G e o c h e m i s t r y a n d Applied Min eralogy Groups of t h e Mineralogical S o c i e t y of Great Britain. Oct. 1-2. Milton Keynes, U.K. Contact: Analytical Division, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V0BN, U.K. (01-437-8656) • 3rd International S y m p o s i u m i n C h i r a l D i s c r i m i n a t i o n . Oct. 5 - 8 . Tubingen, Germany. Contact: Geselhchaft Deutscher Chemiker, Abt.
Tagungen, P.O. Box 90 04 40, D-6000 Frankfurt 90, Germany • 5th Annual International B i o technology Expo and Scientific C o n f e r e n c e (IBEX). Oct 1 2 - 1 4 . San Francisco, CA. Contact: Cartlidge and Associates, IBEX, 1070 Sixth Ave., No. 307, Belmont, CA 94002 (415-5080118; fax 415-595-4864) • Capillary Electrophoresis. Oct. 19. Frederick, MD. Contact: Mar garet L. Fanning, Conference Coordina tor, PRI/DynCorp, NCI-FCRDC, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD 21702-1201 (301846-1089; fax 301-846-5866) • 10th I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m p o sium on Laboratory Robotics. Oct. 2 5 - 2 8 . Boston, MA. Contact: Christine O'Neil, Zymark Corp., Zymark Center, Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508-4359500; fax 508-435-3439) • ALEX '92: Analytical Labora tory E q u i p m e n t E x p o s i t i o n a n d Conference. Nov. 4 - 6 . San Fran cisco, CA. Contact: ALEX'92, The Inter face Group, 300 First Ave., Needham, MA 02194-2722 (617-449-8938; fax 617-449-2674)
Short Courses and Workshops • F u n d a m e n t a l s of Chemical De t e c t i o n , Measurement, a n d Moni toring: Analytical Techniques a n d B i o s e n s o r s . J u n e 16-18. Mad ison, WI. Contact: Elaine M. Bower, En gineering Registration, The Wisconsin Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706 (800-462-0876; fax 608-2633160) • Trace E l e m e n t a l a n d Surface A n a l y s i s . Sept. 2 2 - 2 3 , Research Triangle Park, NC; Oct. 1 4 - 1 5 , Red wood City, CA. Contact: Fritzi Lareau, Charles Evans and Associates, 301 Ches apeake Dr:, Redwood City, CA 94063 (415-369-4567; fax 415-369-7921) For information on the following courses, contact Carol Rouse, Meetings Dept., AOAC, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Ar lington, VA 22201-3301 (703-5223032; fax 703-522-5468) • Quality A s s u r a n c e for Analyti c a l Labs. J u n e 1 5 - 2 0 , San F r a n cisco, CA; Aug. 2 9 - 3 0 and Sept. 3 - 4 , Cincinnati, OH. • Statistics for Methodology D e v e l o p m e n t . J u n e 15-20, San Fran
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cisco, CA; Aug. 2 9 - 3 0 and Sept. 3 - 4 , Cincinnati, OH. For information on the following courses, contact Office of Continuing Professional Education, Rutgers University-Cook Col lege, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231 (908-932-9271; fax 908932-8726) • Isolation, Analysis, a n d Char a c t e r i z a t i o n of P r o t e i n s . J u n e 7 - 1 2 and Aug. 2 - 7 . New Brunswick, NJ. • P r o c e s s i n g for B i o t e c h n o l o g y P r o d u c t s . July 8 - 9 . New Bruns wick, NJ. • Protein Electrophoresis and Western Blotting. July 2 9 - 3 0 . New Brunswick, NJ. • R e c o m b i n a n t DNA Tech n i q u e s . Aug. 11-14. New Bruns wick, NJ. • Capillary Electrophoresis. Sept. 16. New Brunswick, NJ. For information on the following courses to be held in Tempe, AZ, contact Jacob Fuchs, Dept. of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 (602-965-3461; fax 602-965-2747) • Applied Molecular Spectros copy: Infrared. July 2 0 - 2 4 • Modern Industrial Spectros copy. Aug. 3 - 1 4
Call for Papers • 1992 Fall Meeting of t h e Mate r i a l s R e s e a r c h S o c i e t y (MRS). Nov. 3 0 - D e c . 4. Boston, MA. Ab stracts are being sought on ceramics, polymers, nuclear waste m a n a g e ment, superconductors, biomolecular materials, and textiles in composites. Abstracts should be prepared accord ing to the example presented in the MRS call for p a p e r s booklet. The deadline for submitting abstracts of contributed p a p e r s is J u l y 1. For more i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t M R S , Meetings Dept., 9800 McKnight Rd., P i t t s b u r g h , PA 15237 ( 4 1 2 - 3 6 7 3003; fax 412-367-4373).
These events are newly listed in the JOURNAL. See back issues for other events of interest.
