April 30th is the deadline for abstract submission for the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Bremen, Germany, August 30 – September 4, 2009.
Tag Archives: mass spec
Slideshare
Slideshare is like Youtube for Powerpoint presentations. For example: Tandem Mass Spectroscopy Basicshttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=tandem-mass-spectroscopy-basics4122&stripped_title=tandem-mass-spectroscopy-basics View more presentations from cwebster.
Mass Spectrometry on Linkedin
The social networking site Linkedin has a group for mass spectrometry. Linkedin is similar to FaceBook, but focuses on professional networking.
Mass Spectrometry Hits on Wikipedia
Mass spectrometry on Wikirank A graphical representation of the popularity of the Wikipedia page on mass spectrometry.
Mass Spectrometry Twitter Feed
Mass spectrometry has a Twitter feed.
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Biology and Health Care
Lecture from UCTV.
Electrospray Videos
On Youtube. Also: Nanospray : Sweet Electrospray Ionization with Syringe Pump Electrospray Taylor Cone Initiating Nanospray Tickling the Inlet
MALDI of a Copper Age Mummy
MALDI TOF mass spectrometry has been used to identify the clothing of Ötzi the Iceman (in RCM; hat tip to MW).
Mass Spectrometer Confirms Mars Water
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander thermal and evolved-gas analyzer ( TEGA) has identified water in a mars soil sample.
QTOF Lecture
Raising the bar on scientific presentation production values.
Video Archive: The Mass Spectrometer
A 1988 video from the University of Hertfordshire Science Centre.
A Conversation with Fred W. McLafferty
The Oral History Project of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University has a 90 minute streaming video interview of mass spectrometry pioneer Fred McLafferty (Apple Quicktime required).
Wikipedia Statistics
Here is a site that produces a graph of hit counts for Wikipedia articles. For example mass spectrometry had 43319 hits in February, about one to two thousand hits per day (via).
Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses
Google Books has a digitized and searchable versions of J. J. Thomson’s Rays of Positive Electricity and Their Application to Chemical Analyses both the 1913 Edition as well as the 1921 Edition. There are also downloadable PDFs of the books.
Chromatography Video
Here is another video in need of a mashup.
Computational MS Demo
From the University of California at San Diego. Update: direct link to above page.
Ion Mobility Separation Animation
A well-crafted animation of ion trapping and mobility separation. It lacks a soundtrack, but it’s easy enough to add one.
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry and the Tour de France
Italian Christian Moreni tested positive for synthetic testosterone with the isotope ratio mass spectrometry procedure.
Cyclotrons, Synchrotrons, Mass Spectrometers, and Cloud Chambers
A physics lecture by Prof. Walter Lewin of MIT. Launch in external player
Blogroll Cleaning
TIme for a blogroll cleaning. The old blogroll is in the comments.