Don’t forget to submit your Analytical Division abstract for the fall ACS meeting in Boston (April 8) before heading off to the spring ACS meeting in Orlando (April 7). Yes, it is on-line abstract submission, but the long lead-time from paper abstract days is still in place.

GenomeWeb is reporting that Applied Biosystems and MDS won their patent suit against Micromass to the tune of $47.5M. The patent in question is US4963736: Mass spectrometer and method and improved ion transmission, which ABI and MDS call technology for “triple quadrupole mass spectrometers.” Also see CNNMoney and Reuters financial news stories.

The debate on the approach to DNA sequencing made the Washington Post (Rivals Resume Battle Of the Genome Map) and the New York Times (Scientists Say Gene Decoders Needed Them).

There is a laser ablation A-page cover story (and nice cover graphic!) for the February 1 Analytical Chemistry. Don’t forget to bookmark the article search page while you are there.

The 16th International Mass Spectrometry Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between August 31st and September 5th 2003. That’s still a long way off, but it’s worth bookmarking the 16th IMSC Web page at http://www.imsc-edinburgh2003.com/. There’s no link back to the International Mass Spectrometry Society on the page, so here it is: http://www.imss.nl/. Note …