News Contact: David Saperstein, IBM Instruments, 40 West Brokaw Rd., San Jose, Calif. 95110 m Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. May 26-31. San Diego, Calif. ContactJudith Watson, ASMS, P.O. Box 1508, East Lansing, Mich. 48823, 517-337-2548 • 21st International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography. June 3-6. Oslo, Norway. Contact: A. Zlatkis, Chemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004, 713-749-2623, Oct.,p. 1286 A • 3rd International Conference on Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences. June 17-19. Milan, Italy. Contact: Alberto Frigerio, Italian Group for Mass Spectrometry and Biochemistry and Medicine, Via Eustachi, 36-20129 Milan, Italy
mid-September. The newly formed company offers automated scanning and computer analysis of proteins as well as software services, including online computer access to the company's data bases. The software, called QUEST, is designed for analysis of the types of gels and calibration gels produced in protein analysis. All data concerning experiments are accessible by users on multiple terminals. For further information, contact the company at 405 Oakwood Rd., Huntington Station, N.Y. 11746.
tween chemistry and biology. This will include application of new chemical approaches to problems in biology and development of areas of chemistry emerging from advances in biology. Four divisions of the NSF will cooperate. Copies of the guidelines are available from the participating divisions: Mary Clutter, Cellular Biosciences (202-357-7905); James Brown, Molecular Bioscience (202-357-7900); Richard Louttit, Behavioral and Neural Sciences (202-357-7564); Arthur Findeis, Chemistry (202-357-7947).
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Systec Inc. is offering high-purity custom oligonucleotides, synthesized at 99+%/step coupling efficiency on automated synthesis equipment. The price per condensation is $30, with no basic setup charge arid no extra charge for degeneracies (mixed probes). Multiple sequence discounts are also available. Optional purification is $400. For further information contact Systec Inc., 3816 Chandler Dr., Minneapolis, Minn. 55421, 800-328-6795, ex. 272.
Protein Databases, Inc. has been accepting samples for high-resolution 2D electrophoresis protein analysis from industry and researchers since
Beginning in 1985, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will undertake an initiative to stimulate collaborative research at the interface be-
The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry has decided to launch a new journal entitled Analytical Chemistry Journal starting in April 1985. The new journal will be published bimonthly in English and will include sections for original papers, letters to the editor, and instrumental achievements. A personal subscription will be $35/year and the institutional rate $100/year including postage by surface mail. Requests for further information should be addressed to the Subscription Manager, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, 26-2, Nishigotanda 1-chôme, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan.
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