This just in from ASMS by broadcast e-mail:

ASMS registration and employment center

50th ASMS Conference

June 2 – 6, 2002

Marriott World Center, Orlando, Florida

REGISTRATION HOURS

Saturday, June 1: 1 – 5 pm

Sunday, June 2: 10 am – 8 pm

Monday – Wednesday: 7:30 am – 5 pm

CONFERENCE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

There will be an on-line employment bureau.

You are encouraged to enter positions and resume

information in advance through the ASMS web site:

www.asms.org

Computers will be available to search databases at the conference.

CANDIDATES. If you are seeking a position, BRING at least

20 copies of your resume, in addition to registering on-line. Resumes

should be filed 3 – 7 pm on Sunday, June 2.

Be sure to register on-line BEFORE you arrive at the conference.

EMPLOYERS: You may search the candidate database on-line

and review the full resumes that will be on file.

Quantitation Workshop 2002

The ASMS Quantitation Interest Group will sponsor a workshop during the upcoming ASMS conference. The meeting will take place in Grand VI at lunchtime (12:15-1:30) on Thursday, 6 June. In addition, a short business meeting of the interest group will follow the talk.

The workshop will feature a talk on Mad Cow Disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE) and related forms of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) given by Dr. Jacques Grassi of the Commissariat √ɬ† l’Energie Atomique (CEA) in Saclay, France (see brief abstract below). Dr. Grassi has been involved with the field of TSE diagnosis since 1996. He and his co-workers have developed a test for post-mortem diagnosis that was favorably evaluated by the European Commission in May 1999, and is widely used for systematic testing of cattle in slaughterhouses in Europe and Canada.

Title: Progress in Understanding BSE

Speaker: Dr. Jacques Grassi

Association: CEA, Saclay, France

Abstract: We have developed tests that have been for the diagnosis of BSE that are being used in the framework of epidemiological studies, as well as for the systematic testing of cattle at slaughterhouse. Following a brief overview on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), I will try to demonstrate how these tests allowed to improve the protection of consumers, the mad cow epidemic in Europe and its consequences in terms of public health as well as in economic terms.

FYI: An overview about BSE can be found on the issue of C&E; News of April 9, 2001 on Page 24.


JEOL User’s Meeting and Hospitality Suite at ASMS

From: cody@nojunkmail.jeol.com (Chip Cody)

Newsgroups: sci.techniques.mass-spec

Subject: JEOL User’s Meeting and Hospitality Suite at ASMS

Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:40:52 GMT

JEOL will be holding a User’s Meeting on Sunday June 2, 2002 in Orlando

Florida before the annual ASMS Conference. The meeting will be held

from 11:00 to 1:00 in the Key Largo Room at the Marriott Orlando World

Center Hotel, 8701 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL 328211-3. A buffet

lunch will follow from 1:00-3:00 pm in the Key Biscayne Room. All JEOL

customers are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Ms. Mary White at

978-535-5900, ext. 2219 or by e-mail to ms@jeol.com.

JEOL’s Hospitality Suite at the ASMS Conference will be open from 7:00

pm to 9:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening in the Boston

Room at the Mariott Orlando World Center Hotel. All conference

attendees are welcome to join us.

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Computer Applications Interest Group at ASMS

From: David Stranz

Newsgroups: sci.techniques.mass-spec

Subject: Computer Applications Interest Group at ASMS

Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:59:07 GMT

The ASMS Computer Applications Interest Group will hold

a lunchtime workshop on Wednesday, June 5 at the ASMS

annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

This year’s topic is “Analytical Data Storage and Exchange

using XML”, and will feature a presentation by James Duckworth

of Thermo Galactic and discussion of efforts underway to

develop official standards for representing analytical,

chemical, and biological data using XML.

The interest group meeting format is informal; if you are

working with or considering using XML to solve data storage

or exchange problems in your environment, please come and

participate. We will have a transparency projector available.

There is room for one or two more SHORT presentations (no more than 10 minutes). Please contact me if you wish to present.

Bring a lunch. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday,

12:15 – 1:30 pm, Grand VIII ballroom. Please refer to the

ASMS notice board for any last-minute changes. I look forward to seeing you there!

David Stranz

Co-Chair

ASMS Computer Applications

Interest Group

(209) 552-2208

david_stranz”at”MassSpec.com (change the “at” to @)

This just in from the ASMS home office:

The schedule Interest Group Meetings and Workshops for the 50th ASMS appears below.

Among the many surprises we have waiting for you at the conference is a complimentary copy (to all registrants) of the 50th Anniversary Book, “Measuring Mass: From Positive Rays to Proteins.”

MONDAY, JUNE 3

12:15 – 1:30 pm, INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

Noncovalent Complexes by ESI and MALDI, Grand VII

Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry, Crystal D

5:30 – 7:00 pm, WORKSHOPS

Biological Macromolecules, Grand VI

Wide Ranging Impact of MS on Forensics, Grand VII

TUESDAY, JUNE 4

12:15 – 1:30 pm, INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

Flavor, Fragrance and Foodstuff, Grand IX

“Job Skills” – Young Mass Spectrometrists, Grand X

5:30 – 7:00 pm, WORKSHOPS

Polymers, Crystal C

Fundamentals, Grand VI

Analytical Laboratory Management, Grand VII

Metal Ions, Grand XIV

FTMS, Crystal G

7:30 pm, 50th Anniversary Skits, Grand VIII

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

12:15 – 1:30 pm, INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

“History of LC/MS,” Grand VII

“Analytical Data Storage and Exchange Using XML,” Grand VIII

Fundamentals, Crystal C

5:30 pm, ASMS MEETING and AWARDS, Grand VIII. Wine, beer and

soft drinks served.

Environmental Interest Group Dinner…

THURSDAY, JUNE 6

12:15 – 1:30 pm, INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

“Progress and Understanding BSE,” Jacques Grassi, and Quantitation

Interest Group, Grand VI

Hydrocarbon and Chemical Processes, Crystal C

Metal Ions, Crystal D

Micromass Users’ Meeting at ASMS




From: “Beaty, Tom”

Newsgroups: sci.techniques.mass-spec

Subject: Micromass Users’ Meeting at ASMS

Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:57:35 -0400

Micromass will be holding a Users’ Meeting at ASMS. Besides keynote

speakers of general interest, there will be breakout sessions on various

specific topics and also a service and support forum. Continental breakfast

and lunch will be provided, and a reception will follow the meeting.

MICROMASS NORTH AMERICAN USERS’ MEETING

Saturday, June 1, 2002

7:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

Marriott Orlando World Center

8701 World Center Drive

Orlando, Florida 32821

Please visit http://www.micromass.co.uk for complete information and to

register.

Best regards,

Tom

The deadline for ASMS extended abstract submission is May 29. Abstracts must be submitted using the abstract submission Web page. Note that embedded figures can be in color. Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format, but Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (Windows or Mac OS) documents can be submitted. You may need Adobe Acrobat (the pay version, not just the free Acrobat Reader) to generate your own PDF documents.