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es for structure analysis; hydrogen/ deuterium exchange for protein structure and function; imaging MS, with presentations on instrumentation and ionization sources, biological applications, and pharmaceutical applications; informatics, including talks on identification, quantification/validation, and tools for pharmaceutical applications of MS; ion traps and hybrid instruments; phosphoproteomics; and metabolomics. Other oral sessions will cover the fundamentals of subjects including ion spectroscopy, supramolecular chemistry and noncovalent interactions, ion/surface interactions and preparative MS, ion structure and energetics, and ion/molecule and ion/ion interactions.
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“I See What You Mean,” a bear sculpted by Lawrence Argent, checks out the activities at the Colorado Convention Center.
MASS SPECTROMETRY MEETING IN DENVER JUNE CONFERENCE will draw 6,500 scientists to Colorado SOPHIE L. ROVNER, C&EN WASHINGTON
THE 59TH ASMS Conference on Mass
Spectrometry & Allied Topics will be held on June 5–9 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, which sponsors the annual conference, expects the meeting to attract some 6,500 scientists, more than 330 oral presentations and 2,800 posters, and 170 exhibit booths. The meeting will open at 5 PM on Sunday, June 5, with tutorial lectures, followed by the opening session and plenary lecture at 6:45 PM, and a welcome reception in the exhibit hall. A series of oral sessions, poster sessions, and workshops will run from Monday through Thursday. The program will conclude at 6:30 PM on Thursday, June 9, after a plenary lecture and reception. Short courses will be offered on June 4 and 5. All conference information, including registration and housing, is on the meeting website at asms.org. On-site registration for the conference begins at 2 PM on Saturday, June 4, and costs $200 for ASMS members, $350 for nonmembers, $125 for ASMS student members, and $170 for student nonmembers. Registration for a single day is $175. Registration for short courses has already closed. During the meeting’s opening tutorial lectures, Mark W. Duncan of the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus
SHORT COURSES will be presented
on “Bioinformatics for Protein Identification,” “High-Resolution LC/MS for Structural Identification & Quantitation,” in Aurora will discuss “Good Mass Spec“Interpretation of Mass Spectra,” “Ion Motrometry & Its Place in Good Science: bility in MS,” “LC/MS Techniques of ElecSometimes Close Enough Is Really Not trospray, APCI & APPI: Understanding & Good Enough,” and James W. Jorgenson of Optimizing To Develop Successful LC/MS the University of North Carolina, Chapel Methods,” “Practical LC/MS: FundamenHill, will present “LC & MS: A Match Made tals, Techniques & Applications,” “MALDI in Heaven.” Ernst K. Zinner of Washington Imaging MS: Basic Tools & Techniques,” University in St. Louis will give the opening “MS/MS: An Introduction,” “MS in Drug session’s plenary lecture on “Our Stellar Discovery & Development: Applications Origins Revealed by Stardust Grains.” for DMPK Studies,” “MS of Peptides & ProOther plenary lectures will be presented teins,” “Protein Structural Analysis by MS: by Robert J. Cotter of Johns Hopkins Hydrogen Exchange & Covalent Labeling,” University School of Medicine, winner of “Quantitative MS,” “Case Studies in QuanASMS’s Award for a Distinguished Contitative Proteomics,” “Metabolomics,” and tribution in Mass Spectrometry, and Béla “Introduction to MS.” Paizs of the German Cancer Research CenThe conference will feature an on-site ter, winner of the society’s Biemann Medal, employment center that offers both onwhich recognizes a significant achieveline and printed job and résumé listings. ment in basic or applied MS made by an Employers can reserve interview booths individual early in his or on-site on a first-come, her career. In the closing first-served basis. The plenary lecture, Arthur employment center will ASMS CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE Shapiro of American Unibe located in the back versity will discuss “Why corner of the Exhibit Dates: June 5–9 Are We Surprised by Only Hall and will be open Location: Colorado Some of the Things That from 7:45 PM on June 5 Convention Center, We See? Visual Illusions, through 5 PM on June 9. Denver the Brain & Baseball.” The next ASMS conInformation Contact: Oral sessions will be ference will take place
[email protected] given on numerous topon May 20–24, 2012, Website: asms.org ics such as glycoproteins, in Vancouver, British including new approachColumbia. ■
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2011 NORTHWEST REGIONAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE its 50th anniver-
sary, as well as the International Year of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society Portland Local Section will host the Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2011) from Sunday, June 26, through Wednesday, June 29. The meeting will be held at the Red Lion Hotel on the River, Jantzen Beach, in Portland, Ore. Cochairs for the meeting are Angela Hoffman of the University of Portland and David Stewart-Smith, 2010 Portland Section chair; the program cochairs are Dean Atkinson and Carl Wamser, both of Portland State University. Visit the meeting website, norm2011. org, for evolving details as well as registration and hotel information. TECHNICAL PROGRAM. The technical
program will begin with three consecutive plenary lectures on Monday morning. James E. Hutchison, Lokey-Harrington Chair in Chemistry, University of Oregon, will discuss green chemistry. Robert J. Charlson, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, will speak about atmospheric chemistry. And Jason Nawyn, a forensic drug chemist with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, will talk about forensic drug chemistry. The meeting will include symposia on environmental, atmospheric, green, biotech/biomedical, and nuclear chemistry, as well as nanostructured materials, renewable energy, diversity, and chemical education. General oral and poster sessions will cover organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry, in addition to biochemistry. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM. The ACS
Student Member Chapter at the University of Portland will host a comprehensive undergraduate student program at the meeting. Undergraduates will have an opportunity to meet the three plenary speakers over lunch on Monday and to attend and participate in the meeting’s symposia, oral and poster sessions, social functions, tours, and workshops. They will also be able to meet with graduate school recruit-
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ers and industrial representatives at a Tuesday breakfast, which will be followed by a career panel discussion. At a ceremony on Wednesday, certificates will be awarded for the best undergraduate oral and poster presentations, selected by session chairs and members of the ACS Board of Directors. WORKSHOPS. A variety of workshops are
planned. Visit norm2011.org/workshops. html for complete details. On Monday, the ACS Department of Career Management & Development will hold three consecutive workshops: “Planning Your Job Search,” “Preparing a Résumé,” and “Effective Interviewing.” ACS member and career consultant Jeff Moore of Seattle Genetics will facilitate the workshops and will also offer one-on-one résumé reviews on Tuesday morning by appointment (participants may sign up at on-site registration or during the workshops). On Monday, the ACS Women Chemists Committee, the ACS Division of Business Management & Development, and the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance will offer “From Invention to Venture (I2V): The Key Challenges Chemists Face in Entrepreneurship.” The workshop will be followed by an opportunity for individual pitch sessions (advance appointment required) and a networking reception open to all NORM 2011 attendees. Other workshops will include “Bottle Bombs & Detergent Suicides: Household Hazardous Waste,” “Clark College: Green
NORM 2011 AT A GLANCE Dates: June 26–29 Location: Red Lion Hotel on the River, Jantzen Beach, Portland, Ore. Information Contacts: Angela Hoffman, general cochair, hoffman@ up.edu; Dean Atkinson, program cochair,
[email protected]; John Michael Sophos, ACS Department of Meetings & Expositions, (800) 2275558, ext. 4608. Website: norm2011.org
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Chemistry in the College Lab,” MicroLab workshops on “A New (Affordable) Look at Spectrophotometry—FAST Spec: Fluorescence, Absorbance, Scatter & Transmission,” “Organic Chemistry with Vernier,” “Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Workshop,” and “ChemSource Workshop.” SOCIAL EVENTS & TOURS. A variety
of social and special events have been planned for NORM 2011. Event tickets may be purchased when registering or on-site as available. A free opening mixer will be held on Sunday evening at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI). Transportation to and from OMSI will be provided. NORM 2011 will celebrate “Diversity in the Chemical Sciences” at a Monday luncheon, followed by a symposium on “A Chemist’s Perspective: From Every Walk of Life” in honor of the Stanley C. Israel Diversity Award. Luncheon tickets are $25. The Portland Local Section 50th Anniversary & NORM 2011 Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday evening. Awards to be presented at the banquet include the ACS Division of Chemical Education Glenn & Jane Crosby Northwest Region Award for Excellence in High School Teaching and the E. Ann Nalley Northwest Region Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society. Tickets are $35 ($15 for students and high school teachers). The banquet will be preceded by a free reception hosted by the ACS Board of Directors featuring District VI Director and Chair of the Board Bonnie A. Charpentier, District III Director Pat N. Confalone, and
EXPOSITION & SPONSORSHIPS. The
conference is centered on the exhibit hall in the Red Lion’s Grand Ballroom. The exhibit hall will be open daily from 9 AM through 5 PM. Food, poster sessions, raffles, and free WiFi will be available. To reserve exhibit space, visit the website at norm2011.org/files/Exhibitor3-info.pdf or contact Bernie Carlsen, exhibits chair, at
[email protected] for further information. Sponsorship opportunities can be arranged by contacting Ron Sato, sponsorship chair, at
[email protected]. LODGING & TRAVEL. A block of rooms
has been reserved at the Red Lion. The rates are $119 single/double, $129 triple, or $139 quadruple. Reservations must be made by June 5 to obtain the NORM 2011 rate. Reservations may be made through the NORM 2011-specific online reservation page at cenm.ag/hotel or by calling the hotel at (503) 283-4466 and identifying yourself as a NORM 2011 American Chemical Society attendee. WiFi is free throughout the hotel. REGISTRATION. Registration is available
through the meeting website at norm2011. org/registration.html. Early-bird registration closes on June 5, but online registration will remain open at the on-site registration rates until June 24. After that date, participants must register on-site in the Red Lion’s Grand Ballroom Foyer from 1 to 5 PM on June 26, 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM on June 27–28, or 7:30 AM to noon on June 29. ■
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES REGIONAL MEETING CALL FOR PAPERS ABSTRACTS ARE INVITED for the 46th
Midwest/39th Great Lakes Joint Regional Meeting, hosted by the Saint Louis and Wabash Sections of the American Chemical Society. The meeting will take place on Oct. 19–22 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel in Saint Louis. Symposia will include “Biomolecular Structure & Function,” “Natural Products Synthesis,” “Pharmaceutical Chemistry,” “High-Sensitivity Spectroscopy,” “Nanomaterials,” “NMR—The Next Generation of Techniques,” “Biological Mass Spectrometry,” “Supramolecular Chemistry in Membranes,” “Plant Biotechnology—Blurring the Line between Chemistry & Biology,” “True Stories of Success from Chemical Entrepreneurs,” “What Every Small Business Owner Needs To Know about Patents, Trademarks & Intellectual Property,” “Small Business Helps the Agriculture & Food Industry Grow,” “Revitalizing the Heartland’s Chemical Economy,” “Midwest Award Symposium,” and “Chemical Education Research.” General technical sessions will cover analytical, environmental, inorganic, organic, polymer, and physical chemistry, as well as biochemistry and nanoscience. Abstracts can be submitted via the meeting website, mwrm2011.org, until 11 PM CST on Aug. 24. Program questions should be addressed to Keith Stine, program chair, at
[email protected]. In addition to the technical program, a wide range of special events, social activities, and workshops is planned. The meeting will open with a reception and Sci-Mix poster session on Wednesday night. Undergraduate programming will include a technical symposium on plant chemistry, a career fair, research poster awards, and an ice cream SHUTTERSTOC K
Directors-atLarge Kathleen M. Schultz and Marinda Li Wu. Other events of interest include a tour of Lacamas Laboratories; Carole Berg’s one-woman performance as Marie Curie; tours of Reed College’s Triga Reactor; “Chemist-Composers,” a musical performance featuring Carl Wamser and works by Lejaren Hiller and Alexander Borodin; and a tour of Powell’s City of Books. Portland
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social featuring a talk by Doug Goff of the food science department at the University of Guelph, in Ontario. ACS will offer two Leadership Development System courses—“Collaborating Across Boundaries” and “Developing Communication Strategies”—and the ACS Career Management & Development department will offer résumé reviews and workshops on job searching, résumé writing, and interviewing. A diversity luncheon will feature ACS President Nancy B. Jackson as the speaker. ACS President-Elect Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will speak at a complimentary lunch attended by ACS governance. A program for high school teachers will include a workshop on guided learning. An awards banquet on Thursday evening will feature the recipients of the Midwest Award, the ACS Division of Chemical Education Midwest Award for Excellence in High School Teaching (in honor of John E. Bauman Jr.), the E. Ann Nalley Midwest Region Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society, and the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. Nominations for these awards are now being solicited through the meeting website at mwrm2011.org/events.html. A vendor exposition will feature the latest products, services, and educational opportunities from around the world. Organizations wishing to participate should contact Lisa Balbes (lisa@balbes. com) or Ted Gast (sales@ cfgastco.com), exposition cochairs. For evolving program information, including a complete list of workshops and special events, registration information, hotel reservations, exhibitor information, and committee contacts, visit the meeting website at mwrm2011.org. ■
