Registration fees are $40 for advance and $70 on site, $10 for students, $35 for advance and $50 for on-site regis tration of spouses, and $20 for advance or on-site registration for the exposi tion only. Registration forms will be provided in the preliminary program. Further information about registration can be obtained from Mary Louise Theodore at the Pittsburgh Confer ence address given below. Housing and travel information will also be available in the preliminary program. For infor mation about the spouses program, contact Patrick J. Byrne at the Pitts burgh Conference address. An employment clearinghouse will operate during the conference. Preregistration forms will be provided in the preliminary program. For further in formation, contact Hyman Schultz at the Pittsburgh Conference address. The technical program will appear in the Feb.
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1990 • Introduction to Laboratory Techniques: Biochemical Separa tions. Jan. 17-18. New Brunswick, NJ. Contact: Joe Robles, Cook College, Of fice of Continuing Professional Edu cation, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, ΝJ 08903 (201-932-9271) • Design and Operation of Clean Rooms. March 12-13. San Francisco, CA; March 15-16. Los Angeles, CA; March 20-21. Dallas, TX; March 2 2 23. Orlando, FL; April 2-3. Boston, MA; April 4-5. Newark, NJ; April 9-10. Chicago, IL. Contact: Contamination Control Seminars, 11844 Brookfield Ave., Livonia, MI 48150 (313-4278450) • Workshop on Molecular Microspectroscopy. June 17-20. Oxford, OH. Contact: Molecular Microspectroscopy Laboratory, Miami Universi ty, Oxford, OH 45056 (513-529-2873)
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Conferences • OE/LASE '90: Optics, ElectroOptics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering. Jan. 14 19. Los Angeles, CA. Contact: SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227 (206-676-3290) • 2nd International Conference on Environmental Analytical Chemis try. Jan. 17-19. Honolulu, HI. Contact: Charles Fay, Center for Environmen tal Research, Cornell University, 467 Hollister Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607255-7535) or Colleen Martin, Center for Environmental Research, Cornell University, 345 Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607-255-4617) • 2nd Annual National Forum on Laboratory Accreditation. April 30May 1. Baltimore, MD. Contact: Robin Gildersleeve, CEEM, P.O. Box 200, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 (703-2505900)
Short Courses and Workshops • Short Course on Membranes and Ultrafiltration. Dec. 13-14. New Brunswick, NJ. Contact: Joe Robles, Cook College, Office of Continuing Professional Education, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, Ν J 08903
ACS Courses • The Computer-Integrated Lab oratory: A Hands-On Experience in Lab Automation. Dec. 10-15, 1989, and April 22-27,1990. Blacksburg, VA. Raymond E. Dessy • Gas Chromatography: Packed and Capillary Columns. Feb. 12-16, 1990. Blacksburg, VA. Harold McNair For information on these and other ACS courses, contact the Department of Continuing Education, American Chemical Society, 1155 16thSt.,N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (202-8724508).
Call for Papers • Symposium on Chemometrics with Environmental Applications. Las Vegas, NV. Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1990. Topics will include quality assurance/ quality control, expert systems/artifi cial intelligence, modeling and experi mental design, and hypothesis testing and data analysis. Prospective authors should submit papers by May 1, 1990, to M. Stapanian, Lockheed Engineer ing & Sciences Co., 1050 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119 (702-7343208).
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