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The 218th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will be held Sunday, Aug. 22, through Thursday, Aug. 26, at the Mortal Convention Center in New Orleans, LA The meeting will feature more than 460 technical sessions and presentations. The Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) will sponsor or co-sponsor 16 technical symposia. Other highlights of the meeting will include the symposia "Spectral Chemical Analysis of Interfaces" on Tuesday, Aug. 24, and "Analysis of Polymers" on Wednesday, Aug. 25; ACS workshops and short courses; and a national employment clearinghouse. Social events will include the DAC poster session on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, and a Sci-Mix on Monday, Aug. 23. On-site registration facilities will be located in the Convention Center. Hours of operation will be Saturday, Aug. 21, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 22,7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 23,7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 24,7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesday, Aug. 25,7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Thursday, Aug. 26,7:30-10:30 a.m. On-site registration is $280 for members, $410 for nonmembers, $125 for emeritus or retired members, and $25 for students. One-day sessionticketsare $145. An exposition featuring 417 booths 556 A
representing approximately 250 companies will present the latest instruments, books, computer hardware, scientific software, lab equipment, furniture, and safety equipment. Located in Hall B of the Morial Convention Center, the exposition will be open Monday, Aug. 23,9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 24,9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Wednesday, Aug. 25,9 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is complimentary for meeting registrants; exhibitonly badges can be purchased for $35 ($10 for students with school identification). A series of free exposition workshops on various topics will be offered Monday, Aug. 23, through Wednesday, Aug. 25. Additional information will be published in the final program. The technical program will be highlighted by the presentation of the following ACS awards: Award in Chemical Instrumentation—Joseph Wang; Award for Excellence in Teaching—Thomas J. Wenzel; Award for Distinguished Service—Wilbur D. (Dub) Shults; and Award in Electrochemistry—Michael Weaver.
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The DAC dinner is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23, at Ollver's Restaurant. Tickets are $36 and can be purchased from any DAC officer at the meeting. A social hour wiil precede dinner. The ACS Department of Continuing Education will offer several analytical chemistry-related short courses at the meeting. For additional information, see the listing on p. 559. General information can be found in the June 26 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN); the complete technical program appears in the July 26 issue of C&EN.
Sunday Morning Frontiers in Analytical Education I P. A. Mabrouk, Organizer 9:00—1. Active learning in analytical chemistry. T. J. Wenzel 9:30—2. Experiential learning in analytical and environmental chemistry: Vertical integration of undergraduates in research groups. R. E. Sievers 10:00—3. Undergraduate research: The ultimate exercise in problem-based learning. B. Schowen, C. K. Larive, T. Kuwana
10:45—4. Problem-based learning in instrumental analysis. G. S. Wilson, M. R. Anderson, C. E. Lunte 11:15—5. Problem-based learning in the quantitative analysis class. P. A. Mabrouk
Sunday Afternoon Frontiers in Analytical Education II P. A. Mabrouk, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—6. Antiaromaticity of fluorenyl cations: Experimental and calculational evidence. N. S. Mills 2:00—7. Undergraduate research in organic synthesis: Vinylogous iminium salts as building blocks for the preparation of bioactive substances in medicine and agriculture. J. T. Gupton 2:30—8. Luminescence imaging of microscopic interfacial processes. R. C. Engstrom, J. Whittington, J. Garelik 3:15—9. The materials characterization project at the University of Arizona: Reality and virtually. J. E. Pemberton, N. R. Mackie, N. R. Armstrong 3:45—10. Balancing student needs and progress in the lab: Key elements of successful research programs for undergraduates. R. E. Milofsky 4:15—11. A comparison of the photophysics of Pt (diimine) (alkene) complexes: An illustration of a research project for undergraduates. L. L. Wright
Monday Morning ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards Symposium T. R. Williams, Organizer 9:00—100. All the world's a sample. T. J. Wenzel 9:30—101. Shrinkable metal analyzers for faster, simpler, and better performance. J. Wang 10:15—102. The beauty of analytical chemistry. W. D. Shults 10:45—103. Electrochemistry and surface science: Come together? M. J. Weaver
3:30—107. IR spectroscopy of CO adsorption and related dissociative chemisorption processes on electrodes at above ambient temperatures. J. Huang, D. Kardash, C. Korzeniewski
Career Opportunities in Analytical Chemistry T. Barbarakis, E. Hernandez, Organizers 1:35—108. From capillaries to pipes: Reflections of a transitioning process analytical chemist. R. Guenard 2:00—109. Twenty-plus years as an analytical chemist in academia. I. Warner 2:25—110. Analytical R&D—"What's in it for me?" A look at analytical chemistry opportunities at Pfizer Central Research. K. M. Alsante, Y. Du, M. Dumont, T. Hatajik 2:50—111. Environmental analytical chemistry and careers at Solutia, Inc. J. P. Mieure, F. D. Hileman, M. L. Trehy 3:15—112. Biotechnology and the analytical chemist. S. Swedberg 3:40—113. The analytical chemist as an entrepreneur. W. L. Caudill
Spectrochemical Analysis of Interfaces I G. J. Blanchard, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—114. Near-IR surface plasmon resonance measurements of biopolymer adsorption: Scanning angle, imaging, and Fourier transform methods. R. M. Corn 2:15—115. Structural phases of alkanethiol monolayers. G. E. Poirier 3:15—116. Probing molecular orientation at surfaces: From macroscopic to nanoscopic domains. G. J. Simpson, K. L. Rowlen 4:00—117. Ion complexants at liquid interfaces studied by nonlinear laser spectroscopy. D. Ray
Tuesday Morning Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry M. Buchanan, Organizer
Monday Afternoon Frontiers in Electrochemistry A. Wieckowski, Organizer 1:30—104. Redox and fluorophore functionalization of water soluble gold clusters. R. W. Murray, D. E. Cliffel, A. C. Templeton 2:00—105. Microvisualization of electrochemical reactions. X.-J. Dang, J. T. Hupp, K. J. Stevenson 2:30—106. Mixed metal surfaces for methanol and formic acid electrocatalysis. A. Crown, Q. Lu, I. R. de Moraes, H. Kim, A. Wieckowski
8:30—Introductory remarks. 8:45—118. Combining spectroscopy and chromatography in analytical chemistry. M. R. Shortreed, X. N. Xu, E. S. Yeung 9:15—119. Developing and understanding capillary electrochromatography systems for separation of PAHs. M. Sepaniak
9:45—120. Strategies for achieving selectivity in chemical sensors. C. J. Seliskar, H. B. Halsall, W. R. Heineman 10:30—121. Analytical chemistry research and development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scott A. McLuckey 11:00—122. Better radiological measurements through better sample preparation. D. W. Green 11:30—123. Analytical challenges from the next generation of microcircuits. J. W. Taylor
Frontiers in Chemical Instrumentation I G. D. Christian, Organizer, Presiding 9:10—124. Optical and potentiometric measurement of lithium. G. D. Christian 9:40—125. Calixarenes as selective receptors for chemical sensors. D. Diamond 10:25—126. Light up your lab with liquid core waveguides: Inexpensive luminescence detection. P. K. Dasgupta 10:55—127. Electroreduction of selenious acid at mercury electrodes. P. Zuman, R. Inam, G. Somer
Tuesday Afternoon Spectrochemical Analysis of Interfaces II G. J. Blanchard, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—128. Fluorescence studies of living polymer brush phases for microchip chemical analysis. D. Xiao, S. Romero, M. J. Wirth 2:15—129. Why does chewing gum stick to hair and what does this have to do with lignocellulosic structural composite adhesion? J. Marcinko 3:15—130. Actively controlled transport with molecular assemblies. Y. Zhang, K. M. Balss, P. W. Bohn
Frontiers in Chemical Instrumentation II G. D. Christian, Organizer P. K. Dasgupta, Presiding 1:30—131. Optical nanosensors for chemical analysis and imaging outside and inside single living cells. R. Kopelman, M. A. Philbert 2:00—132. Enhancing the biocompatibility and in vivo performance of intravascular chemical sensors using nitric oxide release polymers. M. M. Batchelor, B. Oh, H. Zhang, J. K. Politis, M. H. Schoenfisch, K. A. Mowery, M. E. Meyerhoff
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Meetings 2:30—133. Immunoassay with novel electrochemical detection methods. T. Henderson, C. Ahn, J. Nevin, C. Lannes, J.-W. Choi, S. Kradtap, S. Purushothama, A. Wijayawardhana, M. Cousino, T. H. Ridgway, H. B. Halsall, W. R. Heineman 3:15—134. Sandia's microchemlab program. A. P. Sylwester 3:45—135. Highly multiplexed CE: Going beyond DNA analysis. X. Gong, G. Xue, H.-M. Pang, E. S. Yeung 4:15—136. Golden nanoparticles: Poly-redox molecules and quantum capacitors. D. Miles, A. Aquila, F. Zamborini, D. Cliffel, W. P. Wuelfing, A. C. Templeton, J. Pietron, S. Chen, J. Hicks, R. W. Murray
Wednesday Morning Analysis of Polymers I G. J. Blanchard, Organizer 8:30—137. Dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and applications. L. Sun, V. Chechik, M. Zhao, R. M. Crooks 9:15—138. Uses of IR and Raman spectroscopy in an industrial analytical lab. J. W. Westberg, W. L. Stebbings, C. K. Spicer, B. M. Dittmar 10:15—139. Spectroscopic methods for characterizing photo-induced reactions in polymer systems. A. B. Scranton, J.L.P. Jessop, K. S. Padon, E. W. Nelson 11:00—140. Polymer problems solved using PA-FTIR. R. O. Carter III
Analytical Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry I B. Chase, Organizer D. E. Pivonka, Presiding 9:00—141. Combinatorial screening of catalyst libraries. R. C. Willson 9:30—142. Qualitative and quantitative analysis in the optimization stage of solid-phase combinatorial synthesis. B. Yan 10:15—143. Combinatorial methods for the hydrothermal syntheI sis of microporous materials. P. Fanwick, K. Choi, N. Hilbrandt, D. Gardner, T. Bein 10:45 144. Absolute quantitation of solid-phase reactions using MS. M. Geysen
3:15—147. Characterization of maleimide-vinyl ether copolymers and their application to layered polymer growth. G. J. Blanchard
Analytical Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry II B. Chase, Organizer R. C. Willson, Presiding 1:30—148. Imaging MS and high-throughput screening. R. Braun, J. Xu, N. Winograd 2:00—149. Hyper-hyphenated techniques and new data analysis methods to support combinatorial chemistry-based drug discovery. G. Dollinger, W. Jia, M. Qian, E. Taylor 2:45—150. High-throughput testing of heterogeneous catalyst libraries. S. M. Senkan 3:15—151. The evolution of flow-cell applications in the vibrational spectroscopic analysis of solidphase combinatorial applications. D. E. Pivonka
Thursday Morning Bioelectrochemistry—Analysis of Nucleotides and DNA I S. Creager, Organizer 8:30—152. 7-um diameter hybridization sensing microelectrodes: Enzyme-amplified electrical detection of a single base mutation in an 18base sequence, signaled by 40,000 copies. A. Heller, D. J. Caruana, T. de Lumley-Woodyear 9:00—153. Mediated electrochemical detection of nucleic acids. A. E. Eckhardt, J. L. Baron, R. S. Thomas, J. C. Mikulecky, M. E. Napier, N. D. Popovich 9:30—154. Double-stranded DNA monolayers and electrochemical probes for charge transport through the double helix. M. G. Hill, M. Whittman, E. R. Boon, S. O. Kelley, J. K. Barton 10:15—155. Electrochemical detection of unlabeled target DNA. R. H. Terbrueggen, J. Vielmetter, Y.-P. Chen, G. T. Olsen, R. M. Umek, C. J. Yu, H. Yowanto
Wednesday Afternoon Analysis of Polymers II G. J. Blanchard, Organizer A. B. Scranton, Presiding 1:30—145. Molecular orientation of polyester fibers characterized by polarized Raman spectroscopy. S. A. Riou, C. Lesko, S. Frisk, D. B. Chase, J. F. Rabolt 2:15—146. Characterization of block copolymer solutions over the complete concentration range. T. P. Lodge
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10:45—156. Electrochemical detection of DNA in microfluidic systems. W. G. Kuhr, S. A. Brazil!, C. B. Davis
Thursday Afternoon Bioelectrochemistry—Analysis of Nucleotides and DNA II S. E. Creager, Organizer W. G. Kuhr, Presiding 1:30—157. Electrocatalytic oxidation of guanines in DNA. H. H. Thorp, P. Armistead, S. Codden, I. Verona, P. Ropp, M. Sistare, V. Szalai 2:00—158. Electrochemical quantitation of DNA immobilized on gold. M. J. Tarlov, T. M. Heme, R. Levicky, A. B. Steel 2:30—159. Electrochemical detection of anthraquinone-tagged oligodeoxynucleotides on Hg and Au electrodes. V. Kertesz, N. A. Whittemore, A. N. Mullenix, D. C. Baker, J. Q. Chambers 3:15—160. Sub-attomol detection of nucleic acids using disposable microarray sensors and intermittent pulse amperometry. M. Wojciechowski, R. Sundseth, M. Moreno, R. Henkens 3:45—161. Redox kinetics in a new class of electroactive DNA-based monolayers. S. E. Creager, E. Lam, T. MacLean, H. Yamoto, C. J. Yu, B. Terbrueggen, S. O'Connor, C. Bamdad, J. F. Kayyem
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A C S Short Courses The following ACS professional development courses will be offered in conjunction with the ACS national meeting in New Orleans. To request a comprehensive New Orleans short courses catalog, which provides detailed descriptions, fees, and registration procedures, contact the Department of Continuing Education, ACS, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (800-2275558 or 202-872-4508; fax 202-872-6336;
[email protected]). August 19-21 Chemical Engineering and Process Fundamentals for Chemists Richard G. Griskey Experimental Design for Productivity and Quality in R&D Stanley N. Denting and Stephen L. Morgan Electronics for Laboratory Instrumentation: Making the Right Connections Howard Malmstadt and Stanley Crouch
on the Separation of Proteins,
Peptides, and Polynucleotides The 19th International Symposium on the S e o B u B k o f Proteins. Peptides, and .Polynucleotides (ISPPP) will be held Oct. 3 1 U >s •L999, in Delray Beach, Ft. Highlighting the program will be lectunSJj r •, ^ 'B^idvances in technique; for the separation and characterization of molecules ofDiological significance, including HPLC, CE, capillary electrochromatography, MS, combinatorial tech niques, high-throughput screening, and proteomics. Invited speakers giving plenary lectures include Casaba Horvath of Yale University; Stellan Hjerten of the Institute of Biochemistry in Uppsala, Sweden; Milos Novotny of Indiana University; Milton Hearn of Monash University in Victoria, Australia; Robert Hodges of the University of Alberta, Canada; Fred Regnier of Purdue University; Haleem Issaq of the National Cancer Institute, and William Hancock of Hewlett-Packard. In addition to lectures on state-of-the-art research, the program includes interactive discussion meetings; poster sessions; social activities such as mixers and a banqifl^diifcier; vendor workshops; seminars on new applications and methodologies; and an exhibit by a biochemical laboratory. Early submission of afcstracts covering all aspects of the separation and characterization of biochemical compounds is encouraged. Abstracts for postgr presentations received between July 30 and Sept. 15 and accepted by the scientific committee will be included in the final program. ^ For information on housing, transportation, and registration, contact Mrs. Janet Cuftningham, BARR Enterprises (301-898-3772; fax 301-898-5598; janeiharPillfol.com; http://www.zorbax.com/ isppp).
Pharmacology for Chemists Joseph G. Cannon Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy LeRoy F. Johnson and Roy H. Bible, Jr. August 20-21 Chemistry, Biology, and Applications of Bioconjugates Peter Senter, Allan Hoffman, ,nd Claude Meares
Introduction to Combinatorial Chemistry: Solid and Solution Phase Synthesis Aubrey Mendonca and Peter Wipf Methods Development, Validation Procedures, and Conformity Assessment in the Analytical Laboratory Shib Mookherjea
Effective Supervision of Scientists and the Technical Staff David E. Gootnick
Practical Capillary Electrophoresis Robert Weinberger
Electronic Laboratory Notebooks and Knowledge Management Systems Rich Lysakowski
Quality Assurance/Quality Control in the Analytical Testing Laboratory Steven Callio and John Gillis
FT-IR Spectroscopy Brian C. Smith
Technical Writing Workshop Anne Eisenberg
Fundamentals of HPLC Lee N. Polite
Water and Waste Analysis: U.S. EPA Methods Overview and ICPMS Techniques Workshop Marcus Cooke and Jack Creed
Good Laboratory Practices & ISO 9000 Standards Owen B. Mathre and Gail E. Schneiders How to Develop, Validate, and Troubleshoot Capillary GC and HPLC Methods Stuart P. Cram and Brian A. Bidlingmeyer
Winning at Chemometrics Steven Brown and Barry K. Lavine August 21 Headspace GC: A Practical Guide Zelda Penton
Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data Stanley N. Deming and Stephen L. Morgan August 22-23 Beyond the Basics: Chemical Engineering for Chemists Richard G. Griikey August 23-24 Classical and Wet Chemistry: Applications in Industrial and Pharmaceutical Analysis Shib Mookherjea and Owen B. Mathre Computational Chemistry and Computer-Assisted Drug Design Norman L. Allinger, J. Phillip Bowen, Osman Guner, Robert S. Pearlman, and Alexander Tropsha Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA Technology William S. Reznikoff Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action Richard B. Silverman Practical LC/MS and CE/MS Jack Henion
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