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54th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
Date: Sunday, May 28 through Thursday, June 1, 2006
Location: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA

The program will begin with tutorial lectures at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, followed by the conference mixer in the exhibition hall. Monday through Thursday will be full program days of concurrent oral sessions, poster sessions and workshops. Break refreshments will be served in the exhibition hall to maximize the time available each day for viewing posters and exhibits.

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Poster Sessions

Thursday, June 1, poster number 176 will cover the “Chiral Analysis of and Investigation of Matrix Effects on Ifosfamide and its Dechloroethylated Metabolites in Human Plasma by LC/MS.” Preliminary results suggested that solid phase extractions eliminate matrix interferences more effectively from biological samples and provide a more robust assay than liquid-liquid extraction and protein precipitation.

“Automated, High-Throughput Method Development for HTLC-MS,” is scheduled for Tuesday, May 30. The poster, number 197, explains that less than one full workday was required to obtain an optimized, fully validatible method for two compounds of varying polarity and functionality with minimal analyst labor and no hardware change required.

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Short Courses

Eleven 2-day courses and two 1-day courses are offered Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

Martha Vestling and Kevin Owens will review the basic instrumentation and theory of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. The weekend-long course, “MALDI-TOF/MS: Fundamentals and Applications,” will cover current instrumentation and practice and include a discussion of the relative advantages of linear and reflectron instruments.

Chromatographers and mass spectrometrists who would like to learn about metabolomics should attend the subject-titled course scheduled for Sunday. Instructors Gary Siuzdak (Scripps) and Elizabeth Want (Pfizer) will discuss sample preparation, choice of ionization method and mass spectrometer, data preparation and analysis, structural characterization, and biomarker validation.

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ASMS Product Introductions

Gas Generators Meet GC and LC/MS Requirements domnick hunter (Booth 105) will present their expanded range of laboratory gas generators, which incorporate technology that meets the requirements of GC and LC/MS instruments. The range includes ultra-high purity hydrogen gas generators and higher flow rate nitrogen gas generators. more>>>

Small-Scale Microwave Sample Prep System CEM Corp. (Booth 15) will showcase the ExplorerSP system for small-scale microwave sample preparation, which processes samples in 1 minute. Disposable, 10-mL tubes provide a sample capacity of 0.1 to 7 mL, making the system suited for applications such as total digests and speciation extractions. more>>>

Dry Vacuum Pump with Vapor Handling BOC Edwards (Booth 84) will feature the XDS35i vacuum pump that provides a vacuum completely free of lubricants. A XDS bearing shield isolates the bearings from the vacuum environment. However, there are no bearings, grease or oil under vacuum and no bearing purge. more>>>