The IUPAC MS Terms and Definitions Project is now on the books. The associated website msterms.com is also up and running well.
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The High Cost of Science Journals
In The Chronicle of Higher Education “Just Say No to Exploitative Publishers of Science Journals.” Some strategies for the coming revolution in scientific publishing.
JASMS Online Now at ScienceDirect
The on-line version of JASMS has a new home at Sciencedirect.com. If you are a member, you should have gotten an e-mail message with your password.
MS Terms and Definitions Web Site
I’ve started an MS Terms and Definitions website at msterms.com. This site will serve as the central web location for things related to the IUPAC MS Terms and Definitions Project.
Plasma Spectrochemistry Winter Conference 2004
The 2004 Winter Conference on  Plasma Spectrochemistry will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 5 Р10, 2004.
Proteomics on the Web
On Bio-Web: The Internet for Cell and Molecular Biologists. A book on Internet resources for bioscientists – $125 at Amazon.
Mass Spectrometry in Systems Biology Meeting
The Keystone Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in Systems Biology will be held February 14 – 19, 2004 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Seventh European Workshop on FT-ICR MS
The Seventh European Workshop on FT-ICR MS will be held at the University of Konstanz, Germany, March 28 through April 1, 2004. For contact information, see http://www.ag-przybylski.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/.
Virtual MS Lab
The Virtual Mass Spectrometry Lab is a joint project between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. There are some nice virtual reality views of real-life instruments, but the coolest thing is the virtual instrument pages that allow you to run experiments based on HTML form input. The frame-based interface is a little clunky …
NIST MS of Synthetic-Polymer Mixtures Workshop
The NIST Mass Spectrometry of Synthetic-Polymer Mixtures Workshop will be held in Gaithersburg, MD, November 13-14, 2003.
ABRF Core Facility Evaluation
You can request samples for the 2004 ABRF core facility evaluation study up until September 26.
ASMS Fall Workshop: MS/ADME
ASMS Fall Workshop November 10 – 11, 2003 Sheraton Hotel, Boston, MA “Mass Spectrometry Supporting Pharmaceutical ADME Studies” Organized by Timothy Baker, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Program details and registration are posted on the web site: http://www.asms.org/confFallWorkshop2003.php The deadline for registration is October 27, 2003. For additional information, please check the web site or call …
Montreux LC/MS Symposium
This just in the e-mail box: some additional workshops at the Montreux LC/MS Symposium that is being held October 15-17 2003 in Savannah, Georgia. Abstracts accepted for another six weeks.
Mass Spectrometry in Systems Biology Meeting
A meeting on Mass Spectrometry in Systems Biology, organized by John Yates and Vicki Wysocki, will be held February 14 – 19, 2004 at the Hilton of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The abstract deadline is October 15, 2003 and the early registration deadline is December 15, 2003.
Tax Refund for Visitors to Canada
If you have just come back from Montreal, don’t forget to request your Tax Refund for Visitors to Canada on your hotel tax.
ASMS 2004 Meeting Date Change
From last Wednesday’s ASMS business meeting in Montreal: the date for the 2004 ASMS Conference in Nashville, Tennessee has been moved up one week to get it off of the Memorial Day weekend. The new dates are May 23 through 27, 2004.
Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology Symposium
The 5th International Symposium on the Interface Between Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology will be held at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory April 19-21, 2004. Contact Karen Wahl or David Wunschel at PNNL for details.
Mass Spectrometry in Homeland Security Workshop
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will host the workshop A Major Role for Mass Spectrometry in Homeland Security: Past, Present and Future on September 16 – 18, 2003, at the Marriott Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Mass Spec of SARS Proteins
Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Proteins from the SARS Virus:a Preliminary Report. in the May 29 Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.
The Post ASMS Air Canada Grand Prix
Here’s some information on the Air Canada Grand Prix in Montreal the weekend after the ASMS meeting.