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PITTCON 2006 Annual Pittsburgh Conference returns to Orlando with an exposition, symposia, and more
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& Exposition on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2006)—themed Foundations For Science—will hold its annual program from Sunday, March 12, through Friday, March 17, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The meeting brings together scientific and technical professionals to share the latest information about analytical science and instrumentation. New this year, Pittcon 2006 will present a full technical program on Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 PM. The afternoon will feature invited symposia, workshops, posters, contributed technical sessions, and a plenary lecture. The exposition is open from Monday, March 13, through Thursday, March 16. For details about the meeting, visit the Pittcon 2006 website at www.pittcon.org. TECHNICAL PROGRAM. The Pittcon 2006 technical program will feature workshops, invited symposia, featured contributed sessions, new product forums, and contributed oral and poster sessions. This year's techni-
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cal program covers bioanarytical chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, nanotechnology, environmental chemistry, forensic analysis, life sciences technologies, food analysis, applied molecular spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and chemical separations. Visit www.pittcon.org for the most current list of sessions. Program highlights include a plenary lecture on Sunday afternoon by Roger Y. Tsien, University of California, San Diego, on "Watching Biochemistry Inside Living Cells and Organisms." On Thursday morning, a special symposium will be held on "Funding U.S. Research: Challenges & Opportunities," arranged by the Coalition for Bridging the Sciences. SHORT COURSES. More than 100 courses will be offered beginning Saturday, March 11, through Friday, March 17. Course offerings include biomedical engineering, capillary electrophoresis, electrochemistry, enantiomeric separations, food science, gas chromatography, homeland defense, and pharmaceutical sciences. These courses provide continuing education opportunities and are led by experts in the field.
AWARDS. There will be a number of award symposia at Pittcon 2 0 0 6 . T h e 2 0 0 6 Pittcon Heritage Award will be presented to Masao Horiba, Horiba Ltd., Kyoto, Japan. This award recognizes outstanding individuals whose entrepreneurial careers have shaped the instrumentation community, inspired achievement, promoted public understanding of the modern instrumentation sciences, and highlighted the role of analytical chemistry in world economies. Awardees also join the Pittcon Hall of Fame, which recognizes pioneers in the analytical instrumentation world. The Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, sponsored by Agilent Technologies and presented by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, will be given to Michael T Bowser, University of Minnesota. This award recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to the field of separation science by a young chemist or chemical engineer. R. Mark Wightman of the University of North Carolina will receive the Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanarytical Chemistry. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Conference and friends of Ralph N . Adams, the late professor from the University of Kansas, this award recognizes an outstanding scientist who has advanced the field of bioanarytical chemistry through research, innovation, or education. The Bomem-Michelson Award, sponsored by ABB, honors scientists who have advanced the techniques ofvibrational, molecular, Raman, or electronic spectroscopy. Robert W. Field, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is this year's awardee. T h e Dal Nogare Award, sponsored by the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley, will be presented to Victoria L. McGuffin, Michigan State University, East Lansing. The Charles N . Reilly Award, sponsored by the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC), will be given to Mark E. Meyerhoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. This award recognizes outstanding research contributions in electroanalytical chemistry. KeithJ. Stevenson, University of
PITTCON AT A GLANCE Dates: March 12-17 Location: Orlando, Fla. Website: www.pittcon.org INFORMATION CONTACTS: Program,
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MEETINGS Texas, Austin, is this year's recipient of the SEAC Young Investigator Award, which is sponsored by Cypress Systems. The Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award, sponsored by the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, will be presented to J. Michael Ramsey, University of North Carolina. This award recognizes significant contributions by a scientist to analytical chemistry. Paul S. Cremer, Texas A&M University, will receive the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements of an individual during the early stages of his or her independent scientific career. T h e Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, will be given to Wolfgang Kiefer, University of Wiirzburg, Germany. T h e award recognizes an individual who has an established and outstanding record of contributions to the field of applied spectroscopy. The Tomas B. Hirschfeld Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of near-infrared spectroscopy. The award will be presented to Roumiana Tsenkova, Kobe University, Japan. The Williams-Wright Award, sponsored by the Coblentz Society, is presented annually to an industrial spectroscopist who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy. This year's award will be presented to Harry Owen, Kaiser Optical Systems, Ann Arbor, Mich. EXPOSITION. The Pittcon 2 0 0 6 Exposition will be open from Monday, March 13, through Thursday, March 16. Exhibit hours will be from 9 A M to 5 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and from 9 A M to 3 PM on Thursday. More than 800 exhibitors will showcase their latest analytical laboratory instrumentation, equipment, supplies, and services. NEW PRODUCT FORUM. The New Product Forum is an opportunity for Pittcon 2006 exhibitors to highlight new products, techniques, and equipment. The forum will be held in the afternoons from Sunday, March 12, through Tuesday, March 14, and will consist of sessions with four 20-minute presentations organized according to specific topics. The sessions are intended to be informal to encourage audience participation and discussion. •
INVITED SYMPOSIA SUNDAYAFTERNOON Direct Ionization of Real Samples in Open Air 50
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for Mass Spectrometry: Removing Sample Preparation Barrier Glycomics Modern Trends in Pharmaceutical Analysis by HPLC New Trends in Spectroelectrochemical Methods for Chemical Analysis Chinese Analytical Market: The Current Role of Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy in Chinese Industry, Government &Academia MONDAY MORNING A New Generation of Microplasmas Biomedical Imaging: From Living Cells to Tissues to In Vivo Patient Diagnostics High-Throughput Analysis of Drugs & Metabolites in Biological Matrices Using Mass Spectrometry Microfluidics in Space Sciences & Technology Updates to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & Environment Canada (EC) Air, Water & Waste Methods & Regulations, and New EC & EPA Methods-Part I MONDAYAFTERNOON Advances in Metabonomics, Metabolomics & Proteomics Electron-Based Methods for Tandem Mass Spectrometry Imaging Molecular Processes in Living Cells Smaller, Cheaper, Faster & Smarter Analytical Instrumentation 17th James L. Waters Annual Symposium Recognizing Pioneers in ICP-MS Updates to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & Environment Canada (EC) Air, Water & Waste Methods & Regulations, and New EC & EPA MethodsPart II TUESDAY MORNING Advanced Analytical Techniques for Cancer Detection Charge Transport through DNA Detection of Terrorist Weapons: Chemical & Biological Agents New Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Approaches Addressing Major Challenges in Complex Biological Systems Raman for Structural Proteomics Limits of Chromatographic Efficiency TUESDAYAFTERNOON Chemical Nanotechnology for Visualizing & Targeting Cancer Chips to Cells: The Interface of Microfluidic Analysis & Live Cells Detection of Terrorist Weapons: Biological Agents New Horizons in Capillary Electrophoresis Hard & Soft Sides of Laboratory Manage-
ment: Manage the Process, Lead the People Role of Metal & Nonmetal Speciation in Botanical/Nutraceutical Products WEDNESDAY MORNING Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Protein Biophysics Bioterrorism Detection Technologies Chemical Imaging of Biomaterial Surfaces & Interfaces Magnetic-Field-Generated Microfluidics in Analytical Chemistry Systems They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Past, Present & Future WEDNESDAYAFTERNOON Advances in Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Applications of Patterned Laminar Flow Nanohybrid Bioanalytical Systems Analytical Chemistry of Vaccines Detection & Sourcing of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals & Illicit Drugs THURSDAY MORNING 21st-century LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy): Addressing Critical Applications in Analytical Science Degradation & Treatment of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Discovery Through GC x GC Separations Harnessing the Power of Biology: Utilizing Biological Signaling for Chemical Analysis Rapid Food Analysis THURSDAYAFTERNOON Bioanalytical Methods for Human Exposure Assessment & Environmental Monitoring Leveling the Playing Field through Laboratory Accreditation New Advances in Monolithic Column Technology for HPLC Novel Detection Based on Nanotechnology Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy Unraveling the Secrets of the Brain with More Sensitive & Smaller Analytical Techniques
CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS SUNDAYAFTERNOON Advances in Analytical Instrumentation: Taking the Analytical Instrument to the Sample & Providing Answers, Not Spectra Advances in Impurity Analyses for Water & Aqueous Solutions MONDAY MORNING Application of Process Analytical Technology Tools toward Understanding & Control of Pharmaceutical Unit Operations Sensors for Food Security & Defense WWW.CEN-0NLINE.ORG
MONDAYAFTERNOON Advances & Opportunities for TraceLevel Beryllium Measurements in the Workplace Liquid-Phase Microextraction (LPME): A Versatile Sample Preparation Method Micro- & Nanotechnology Applications in Pharmaceutical Dosage Form Development Pitfalls & Potentials of Generalized TwoDimensional Correlation Spectroscopy TUESDAY MORNING Advances in LC-MS Strategies for the Identification of Impurities, Degradants & Metabolites Application of Flow-Injection Polymer Analysis & High-Throughput or Fast GPC-SEC in Polymer Characterization, Process Control & Quality Assurance TUESDAY AFTERNOON Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization for LC-MS Atomic Emission Detection for Gas Chromatography lonophore-Based Chemical Sensors I Staged Electronic Data Deliverables Young Scientist Session—Proteomics, Protein Analysis & Biomarkers: Probing a Field with an Assortment of Analytical Tools WEDNESDAY MORNING IC-MS/MS & LC-MS/MS Come of Age for the Measurement of Regulated Environmental Contaminants lonophore-Based Chemical Sensors II Pharmaceutical Analysis: Automation of the LC Method Development Process WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Liquid Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry & Other New LC-MS Methods for the Analysis of Pesticides & Pharmaceuticals in Food & Water THURSDAY MORNING Recent Developments in Hyphenated Mass Spectrometric Techniques for Forensic & Antiterrorism Applications Specialty Gas THURSDAYAFTERNOON Strategies for the Automated Identification of Compounds from LC-MS/MS Data 21st-century LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy): Addressing Critical Applications in Analytical Science Degradation & Treatment of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment New Developments in Portable Mass Spectrometry for Homeland Security Applications
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Calls For Abstracts: Great Lakes, Northwest Regional Meetings
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Great Lakes Regional Meeting (GLRM06), which will take place May 31-June 2, in Milwaukee, Wis., and for the 61st ACS Northwest Regional Meeting ( N O R M 2006), which will be held June 25-28 in Sparks, Nev. GLRM06, hosted by the ACS Milwaukee Section, will be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Milwaukee. The meeting's website, alchemychem.uwm.edu/GLRM06/, will have updates. Abstracts are requested in analytical, biological, computational, environmental, inorganic, medicinal, natural product, organic, physical, polymer, and theoretical chemistry, as well as chemical education. The online abstract submittal program is now open at the G L R M 0 6 website; the deadline is March 3. Plenary symposia at GLRM06 will include advanced topics in polymer science, applications of ionic liquids in analytical science, green chemistry, in silico approaches in drug discovery, new strategies for modern medicinal chemistry, innovations in chemistry curriculum development, organic supramolecular chemistry, polyoxometalate chemistry, perspectives and recent advances in organophosphorus chemistry, protein structure and function, quantum and semiclassical approaches to molecular dynamics, recent advances in synthetic methodology, chemical technicians, and an undergraduate research symposium. Attendees may participate in professional development workshops in chemical and biochemical education and K-8 teaching. ACS Career Services programs will also be available. Student affiliates and younger chemists will find a number of opportunities to present their research and to network during a student poster session. An exposition will be held on May 31 and June 1 at the Hyatt Regency. Interested vendors can contact the exposition chair, Jackie Behnke, at
[email protected]. Advance registration is open. You must register for the meeting to present a paper. (Acceptance of your paper does not mean you are registered, so please visit the registration site after you have submitted your abstract.) For more information, contact the general chair, Tom Holme, at diolme@uwm. edu or the program chair, Bill Donaldson, at
[email protected]. GLRM06 has reserved a block of rooms
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the site of the meeting. Call the hotel at (414) 276-1234 to make a reservation. The deadline for the special room rate is April 28. NORM 2006 will be held at John Ascuagua's Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nev., and will be hosted by the ACS Sierra Nevada Section. The meeting website, chem.unr.edu/norm06/index.htm, will be updated frequently. The meeting will feature technical symposia, with emphases in sensor, environmental, and materials chemistry; a student poster competition; and several safety and education workshops. Abstracts are sought from students as well as from professional industrial, government, and academic chemists in all areas. Topics will include new advances in scanning probe microscopy and lithography for nanotechnology and materials science, molecular devices and motors, molecular probes and chemosensors, micro- and nanostructured materials, semiconductor fabrication, organic materials, bioorganic chemistry and biosensors, biological inorganic chemistry, analytical biochemistry, organic synthesis, water-soluble organometallic chemistry, molecular dynamics and spectroscopy, theoretical computational chemistry, atmospheric science, mercury pollution, water treatment, renewable energy, Lake Tahoe issues, chemical management, reproductive health, innovations in chemical education, and virtual chemistry. The technical program will include general sessions in environmental, analytical, inorganic, physical, theoretical, and organic chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical education. There will also be several poster sessions in these areas. This event will include keynote speakers Fraser Stoddart from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Jack Norton from Columbia University. Stoddart is the 2006 R. C. Fuson Lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno, and will be honored at a luncheon on Wednesday, June 28. Norton is the 2006 Sierra Nevada Section Distinguished Chemist award winner. This award will be given at the awards ceremony and banquet on Monday, June 26. In addition, the organic synthesis section will feature 2 0 0 6 Cope Scholar winner Brian Stoltz from California Institute of Technology. Abstracts can be submitted online via the meeting website from Jan. 23 through May 5. For more information, contact the general chair, Sean Casey, (775) 784-4133, email:
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