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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. "New Frontiers and Opportunities in Chemistry" will be the theme of the 35th Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, to be held in the Atlantic City Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., from March 5 to 9, 1984. More than 100 technical sessions are scheduled including 20 planned symposia and over 1000 papers. The Exposition of Modern Laboratory Equipment will feature over 660 exhibitors in more than 1640 booths showing the latest analytical instruments and related chemicals and publications. The theme symposium will feature the "Pimentel Report" by George Pimentel, which addresses new frontiers and opportunities in chemistry. The following symposia have been arranged and will be presented as part of the technical program:
MARCH 5·9, 1984 Spotlight on Chromatography Organized in conjunction with the International Meeting on Capillary Chromatography • Sample Preparation and Introduction • Column Technology and Applications • Detectors and Multidimensional Chromatography • High-Resolution Chromatography Discussion Session Pimentel Report: New Frontiers and Opportunities in Chemistry Arranged by George Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley, and M. A. El-Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles
Analytical Techniques Using Supercritical Fluids Arranged by Milton Lee, Brigham Young University Advanced Light Sources Arranged by Richard Zare, Stanford University Microprobe Techniques as Applied to Organic Materials Arranged by Arthur F. Findeis, National Science Foundation, and David M. Hercules, University of Pittsburgh Polymer Characterization Arranged by Joanne H. Smith and Glenn Cunningham, PPG Industries, Inc. Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Arranged by Richard S. Danchik and Dennis Balya, Alcoa Laboratories
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News New Techniques in Electroanalytical Chemistry Arranged by John F. Jackovitz, Westinghouse Research and Development Center, and Janet Osteryoung, SUNY at Buffalo N e w Opportunities in Mass Spectrometry Arranged by Andrew G. Sharkey, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center Sample Introduction for Plasma and Flames: How Can We Do It Better? Arranged by Richard Browner, Georgia Institute of Technology, and John W. Novak, Jr., Alcoa Laboratories Integrating Software into Laboratory Systems Arranged by Frank W. Plankey, Jr., Polaroid Corp., and Victor C. Zadnik, Alcoa Laboratories N e w Horizons in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Arranged by Herbert L. Retcofsky, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center The Really Sensitive Techniques Arranged by Stephen G. Weber, University of Pittsburgh Industrial Applications of Surface Analysis—ASTM E-42 Arranged by Richard Colton, Naval Research Lab, and Stephen Gaarenstroom, General Motors Research Lab Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award Arranged by W. Richard Howe, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award Arranged by David M. Hercules, University of Pittsburgh Dal Nogare Award Symposium Arranged by the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley The Williams-Wright Industrial Spectroscopist Award Arranged by Albert Harvey, Naval Research Lab A number of award presentations will be made during the conference. The Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award, sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, will be presented to Lloyd Snyder for contributions in the area of analytical application of HPLC. Jack Koenig of Case Western Reserve University will
receive the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Award for accomplishments in the field of polymer spectroscopy. The Williams-Wright Award will be presented to Robert Jakobsen of Battelle Labs for his work in IR spectrometry, and the Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley will present the Dal Nogare Award to Hamish Small for his work in ion and hydrodynamic chromatography. Registration information on the following courses and workshop will be available in the preliminary program. Short Course: • Hardware and Software Solutions to Lab Data Management Problems Mini Courses: • Statistics for the Analytical Chemist • Quality Assurance in the Analytical Lab • Problem Solving with ICP • Analytical Techniques for the Petroleum Chemist • Column Switching Techniques • Safe Handling of Hazardous Chemicals • Practical Considerations for Everyday Capillary GC • Ion Exchange-Selective Ion Electrode Detection • Sampling in Capillary Column Chromatography Workshop: • The Place for Personal Computers in the Scientific Lab.
Advance registration is urged. Badges will be mailed to those conferees whose registration forms are mailed by Feb. 11,1984. Registration fees are as follows: $25 for advance registration; $40 for registration at the conference; $10 for students; $10 for spouses; and $10 for admission to the exposition only. Registration forms will be in the preliminary program. Further information can be obtained from Gerst Gibbon, Registration Chairman, P.O. Box 10590, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235. A clearinghouse for employment recruiters and candidates will operate during the conference. Preregistration forms will be available in the preliminary program. For information about the Spouses Program at the conference, contact Gretchen Baudoux, 4704 Bert Dr., Monroeville, Pa. 15146. Information about travel arrangements will be available in the preliminary program. An abbreviated technical program will appear in the Dec. 12 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, and a complete technical program will appear in the February issue of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY along with further details about the conference. For additional information about any aspect of the conference and exhibition contact: The Pittsburgh Conference, 437 Donald Rd., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235.
ACS Analytical Division Awards Howard V. Malmstadt has been named to receive the 1984 ACS Analytical Division Award for Excellence in Teaching, sponsored by the Procter & Gamble Company and the Analytical Division. The purpose of the award is to "foster excellence in the teaching of analytical chemistry both at the undergraduate and graduate levels in colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada." The award consists of $2500 and a plaque and will be formally presented to Malmstadt at the 1984 ACS Spring National Meeting in St. Louis, Mo. Since 1978, Malmstadt has been professor emeritus at the University of Illinois and vice-president for academic affairs at Pacific and Asia Christian University in Hawaii. He earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin and joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1951. Malmstadt's goal from the begin-
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ning of his academic career was to develop suitable textual materials and electronic equipment so that electronics courses could be taught to scientists anywhere in the world at low cost. He set up the first laboratory for an electronics course in 1959 and in the 1960s initiated laboratory instruction based on chassis modules and reliable solderless connections to replace
News the old breadboard concept. He worked with commercial companies to produce low-cost, high-quality electronic equipment and modular plug-in components that could be used in chemical instrumentation and for the teaching of electronics to scientists. Because of Malmstadt's efforts, courses on electronics for scientists are part of the University of Illinois graduate program in chemistry. Similar courses are given as short courses during the summer at Illinois and at major national meetings as ACS short courses. Malmstadt is the author of nine textbooks on electronics for scientists and has published nearly 150 scientific papers. His research interests over the years have included high-frequency titrations, null point methods, spectrophotometric titrations, derivative methods, clinical methods, reaction rate methods, chromatography detectors, dye lasers for atomic fluorescence spectrometry, Fourier transform spectrometers for UV-visible spectrometry, photon counting, flame spectrometry, and automated systems. According to a former student, Malmstadt's "enthusiasm, brilliance, and jovial spirit undoubtedly led numerous graduate students toward academic life." This is clearly evidenced by the fact that approximately onethird of his 62 PhD graduate students have gone on to academic positions at major universities in the U.S. and Canada. R. Graham Cooks, professor of chemistry at Purdue University, will receive the 1984 Chemical Instrumentation Award. Sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company and administered by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, the award is given annually to recognize and encourage achievement in the origination or improvement of analytical instrumentation. Cooks will receive $2500, a plaque, and travel expenses to the 1984 ACS National Meeting in St. Louis, Mo., where the award will be presented during a symposium held in the recipient's honor. Cooks received his BS degree from the University of Natal, South Africa, in 1961 and PhD degrees from the University of Natal and Cambridge University in 1965 and 1966, respectively. His early work focused on natural products organic chemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry, and the physical basis of organic mass spectrometry. He spent two years on the faculty at Kansas State University, where he developed an interest in kilovolt energy ion/molecule interactions.
R. G. Cooks Cooks joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1971. His research interests are in the
areas of instrument development, surface analysis, and ionic collision phenomena. His current work focuses on development of a hybrid magnet/quadrupole instrument for MS/MS and on the identification of organic molecules on complex materials using ion and laser beam methods. Cooks has been concerned with improving the state of academic/industrial relations and has been active in establishing an exchange program between industrial scientists and the Department of Chemistry at Purdue. He has developed a short course on MS/MS in collaboration with a number of his colleagues and is the author or coauthor of several books, including "Metastable Ions."
Jellum, Schomburg, and Zlatkis Receive Tswett Medals The 1983 M. S. Tswett Chromatography Medals were presented to Egil Jellum, Gerhard Schomburg, and Albert Zlatkis at the 20th Anniversary International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography, held Oct. 3-8 in Amsterdam. All three recipients were recognized for their contributions to the development of chromatography. Egil Jellum is currently chairman of the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo. He has made significant contributions in the development of organomercurial Sephadex columns for affinity chromatography of SH-containing proteins and in the preparation and use of thiolated Sephadex and mercaptodextrane. His current research involves biomedical applications of chromatography and related techniques, including development and application of GC/MS methods for diagnosis and study of human metabolic diseases; application of high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins to the study of diseases, particularly cancer and rheumatoid arthritis; and ultrahigh resolution, multicomponent analyses.
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Gerhard Schomburg, head of the chromatography laboratory at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Strahlenchemie, is a leader in the field of gas chromatography, particularly as applied to the analysis of complex organic materials using high-resolution columns. He has carried out basic work on the preparation and use of opentubular (capillary) columns, especially those made of glass and fused silica. His research has also focused on sampling techniques, including the socalled cold injection techniques of both the on-column and temperatureprogrammed type, and on the open split GC/MS interface technique. In liquid chromatography, his work has dealt with various kinds of metal complexation in either the mobile or stationary phase, and his recent work has focused on new methods of synthesis of bonded phases. Albert Zlatkis has been professor of chemistry at the University of Houston since 1963. His research interests include clinical chemistry, capillary chromatography, flavor analysis, ionization detectors, concentration techniques, environmental analysis, and GC/MS studies of profiles of vola-
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tile metabolites of biological origin. He is the coauthor of "A Concise Introduction to Organic Chemistry" and has coedited 26 books, including "The Practice of Gas Chromatography," "Preparative Gas Chromatography," "High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography," and "Instrumental H P T L C . " He received the American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography in 1973 and the Chromatography Commemorative Medal of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Firefly Luciferin Sheds Light on Immunoassays British researchers have discovered a way to enhance the luminescence procedure for determining horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugates in immunoassay. In an article published in the Sept. 8 issue of Nature, workers from the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre report that HRP-catalyzed luminescence of a cyclic hydrazide such as luminol, in the presence of a suitable oxidant, is enhanced severalfold by addition of luciferin, a component of the firefly bioluminescence system. The commercially available synthetic luciferin not only has a synergistic effect on the light emission from the HRPcatalyzed oxidation of luminol, but also yields an improved signal-tobackground ratio and an increased specificity for peroxidase determination. The enhanced reaction has been tested in a number of immunoassay systems, resulting in improved sensitivity, speed, and specificity.
Applications Solicited for NSF Graduate Fellowships The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking applications for its 1984 Graduate and Minority Graduate Fellowship programs. The three-year
graduate fellowships are intended for students who are at or near the beginning of their graduate studies and who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science or engineering. The qualifications of fellowship candidates will be evaluated by panels of scientists appointed by the National Research Council. Final selection will be made by the NSF, with awards to be announced in March 1984. The deadline for submission of applications is Nov. 23, 1983. Further information and application materials may be obtained from: Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20418; 202-334-2872.
Call for Papers 16th Annual Symposium on Advanced Analytical Concepts for the Clinical Laboratory Knoxville, Tenn. April 12-13, 1984. Symposium topics will include analytical concepts, analytical systems, and diagnostic and therapeutic immunology. A 200-word abstract must be submitted by Dec. 1 to Carl A. Burtis, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Post Office Box X, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 Fourth Annual National Symposium on Recent Advances in Measurement of Pollutants in Ambient Air and Stationary Sources Raleigh, N.C. May 8-11, 1984. Papers describing new developments in monitoring systems and measurement methods applicable to the monitoring of source emissions, ambient air, acid deposition, hazardous emissions, and to personal monitors are solicited. One-page abstracts should be submitted by Jan. 12, 1984, to Seymour Hochheiser, MD 75, EPA Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27711. 1984 International Symposium on LCEC and Voltammetry Indianapolis, Ind. June 3-5, 1984. The symposium will emphasize trace determinations in biomedical and environmental samples, pharmaceuticals, mechanistic electrochemistry, and new technology. Titles for proposed papers and poster presentations must be submitted by Dec. 30 to: 1984 LCEC Symposium, P.O. Box 2206, West Lafayette, Ind. 47906; 317-4634527. Final abstracts are due April 1, 1984.
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Meetings The following meetings are newly listed in ANALYTICAL
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Other 1983 and 1984 meetings are listed in the July through October issues. 1984 • Symposium/Workshop on LowDispersion Liquid Chromatography. Jan. 19-20. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: R. W. Frei, Free University, Department of Analytical Chemistry, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 1984 Winter Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry. Jan. 23-28. Santa Barbara, Calif. Contact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881; 401-783-4011 • 20th International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography. April 16-19. New York, N.Y. Contact: A. Zlatkis, Chemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004; 713-749-2623. October, p. 1203 A • 2nd International Conference on Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences. June 18-20. Milan, Italy. Contact: Alberto Frigerio, Italian Group for Mass Spectrometry in Biochemistry and Medicine, Via Eustachi 36, 20129 Milan, Italy • 2nd Biennial National Atomic Spectrometry Symposium. July 1013. Leeds, U.K. Contact: F. Buckley, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, W. Yorkshire LS2 9JT, U.K. • XXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. July 29-Aug. 3. Boulder, Colo. Contact: Court land Pierpont, Campus Box 449, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309. October, p. 1203 A • 1984 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies. Dec. 16-21. Honolulu, Hawaii. Contact: Meetings and Divisional Activities Department, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St.,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (U.S. residents) or International Activities Office, ACS, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (residents of all other countries)
