Joseph J. Grabowski

Common contaminant ions are listed on these web sites:
     http://www.soton.ac.uk/~msweb/help.htm.
     http://www.iscpubs.com/articles/al/a9911kum.pdf (phthalates)
     http://www.proteinworks.com/contamin.htm
     http://prowl.rockefeller.edu/contam/contents.htm
Cross-linker Finds all possible cross links, digests the proteins, and lists the monoisotopic
     mass of each cross-linked peptide.
Fragment Finder finds the possible formulas that match a given molar mass. Then the
     M+1 and M+2 ratios and the exact masses of each of the possible fragments is calculated.
Formula Finder finds the possible formulas that match a given molar mass and several
     fragments. Then the M+1 and M+2 ratios and the exact masses of each of the possible
     fragments is calculated.
Isotope Cluster calculates the isotope pattern for a given molecular formula. It includes
     3rd and 4th period representative and transition metal elements.
Isotope Pattern Calculator v4.0
Isotope Patterns Calculator (Sheffield ChemPuter)
Metal Complex Finder finds the formula for an inorganic complex.
Molar Mass Finder guesses possible molecular ion masses if your spectrum might not have
     a molecular ion peak. If you have the tabulated peak list as a text file from an HP
     ChemStation on a disk, you can download the peak list into the MolarMass applet.
     Currently, this applet does not work with Netscape on a Windows system. Other
     combinations are OK.
Peptide Property Calculator (v 1) @ Northwestern Univ
Peptide Mass Finder calculates the masses of ions for a given peptide sequence. You can
     also plot the isotope cluster for the ion. This applet allows for stable isotope
     substitution for an amino acid with variable composition for the normal and substituted form.
Pentaoligonucleotide Mass Finder searchs for di- to penta- oligonucleotide ions that
     match a given mass to charge, m/z.
Solvent Cluster Ion Finder finds the formula for solvent cluster ions for the background
     in electrospray ionization MS.
Tripeptide Mass Finder searchs for di- or tripeptide ions that match a given mass.
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Meetings & Conferences
(abstracts for presentations at these meetings are elsewhere on this web site)

American Association for Aerosol Research
         March 31-April 4, 2003, Pittsburgh
American Chemical Society
         229th ACS National Meeting, March 28 - April 1, 2005, San Diego, CA
              (The ChemEd Symposium organized by JJG is described here.)
         October 31 - November 3, 2004 Northeast Regional Meeting, Rochester
        228th ACS National Meeting, August 22 - 26, 2004, Philadelphia, PA
         227th ACS National Meeting, March 28 - April 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA
         19-23 October 2003 Central Regional Meeting (35th), Pittsburgh
               (Joe's ChemEd Symposium details here)
American Association of Colleges and Universities
          April 19-21, 2007 (The Student as Scholar)
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
         June 8 - 12, 2003, Montreal, Canada
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE)
         20th, Indiana University, 2008
         19th, Purdue University, 2006
         18th, Iowa State University, 18-22 July 2004
         17th, Western Washington University, 28 July - August 1, 2002
         16th, University of Michigan, 30 July - August 3, 2000
Conference on Case Study Teaching in Science
          8-9 October 2004, Buffalo
Conferences on Chemistry
     Jan - Feb, 2005 "Trends and New Ideas in Chemical Education"
     Sep - Oct, 2004 "Teaching Computing in Chemistry Courses"
     March 28 - May 9, 2003 "Non-Traditional Teaching Methods"
FACSS, the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
         19-23 October 2003, Ft. Lauderdale
Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice
         26 J une - July 1, 2005
         4-9 January 2004
Gordon Research Conference on Ion Chemistry
          27 Feb - 4 March 2005 (announcement, in pdf format)
          2-7 March 2003
          28 Feb-Mar 5, 1999
Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry
          26 Jun-Jul 1, 2005 (circular, in pdf format)
          29 Jun-Jul 4, 2003
Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education
         3-8 July 2005
         20-25 July 2003
International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry
         16th: 4-9 August 2002
International Workshop on Reactive Intermediates and Reaction Mechanisms
          7-12 July 2002
          22-27 Aug 1999
Lake Arrowhead Conference on Gas Phase Ion Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry
          17-19 January 2003
Middle Atlantic Discovery Chemistry Project (MADCP)
          2004 MADCP Meeting, 6-8 Jun 2004, Mt. Vernon
          10th Anniversary MADCP Meeting, Franklin & Marshall College, 1-3 June 2003
Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers (MAALACT)
          15-16 October 2004 Meeting, Juniata College
          3-4 October 2003 Meeting, Gettysburg College
          11-12 October 2002 Meeting, Hood College
Midwest Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference
          3-5 October 2002, University of Pittsburgh
          9-11 October 2003, IUPUI
National Organic Symposium
          June 8 - 12, 2003, Indiana University
Penn State's IST Faculty Academy
        June 19-20, 2003, Driving Theory to Practice (Cancelled 5/15/03)
        July 1-2, 2002, Learning Without Walls
Reaction Mechanisms Conference
          31th, University of Maryland, 27-30 June 2006
        30th, Northwestern University, 25-28 June 2004
          29th, Ohio State University, 28 June - 2 July 2002
          28th, University of Wisconsin, 24-29 June 2000
          27th, UCLA
Reaction Mechanisms International Conference
          VIIth, Dublin, 4 July - 8 July 2004
Undergraduate Research
         Reinvention Center 3r d National Conference, ?? Nov 2006
         To Think and Act Like a Scientist, 10-11 February 2006
         Reinvention Center 2nd National Conference, 18-19 Nov 2004
         Reinvention Center Regional Network Meeting, 4 April 2003
         Reinvention Center UR Conference, 14-15 Nov 2002
University of Pittsburgh
         Science 2006 (~2-6 October 2006)
         Science 2005
         Science 2004
         Science 2003
         Science 2002
         Science 2001
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Software

Ad-Aware - award winning, free, multicomponent detection and removal utility...
Anti-Virus Scanners On-Line:
     Symantec Security & Virus Check
     McAfee "FreeScan"
     Trend Micro "HouseCall"
     BitDefender
     Panda Software "ActiveScan"
     RAV Antivirus
     E-Trust Antivirus
Autoruns - Find out what is loading at startup...
Check a single file for viruses
BB Flashback - the next generation in screen recording software... (9/04)
Chemistry Drawing Programs - A Review of Five Programs (6/02)
ChemSketch for Windows, Freeware (5/00)
Doodle (7/07)
KnowItAll is the morphed version of ChemWindow (academic version is free; 7/05)
Royal Society of Chemistry True Type Font, Freeware (11/07)
ClipArt Links
     http://www.inki.com/clipart/
     http://www.designedtoat.com
CubeShow (photo screensaver) (2/03)
CWShredder v1.59.1 (10/04) -- removes an insidious and virus-like pest called CoolWebSearch
4DiskClean (freeware; 12/05) -- removes temporary files
FileZilla, a free SFTP program (5/03)
GIMP, free image manipulation software (10/05)
Icon Restore restores icons to their place after screen resolution changes (10/05)
ImageForge, a freeware/shareware imaging editing program (4/04)
Integrals for differential equations (3/03)
Irfanview, a lean and mean graphics utility, freeware (11/04)
LiveWeb, insert web pages into a PowerPoint (11/05)
MoI, allows Chime compatibility with all popular browsers (5/02)
Marvin, a collection of Java tools for drawing, displaying and ... chemical structures
MassKinetics (4/02)
Mobile Net Switch (2/03)
Pitt's CGI Index
PowerArchiver (similar to WinZip) (12/02)
PowerPoint FAQ List (2/03)
     Page with useful links for the academe users of PowerPoint (1/04)
     PowerPoint's "Presenter's View" (7/05)
     PowerPoint's Use in Chemistry (10/05)
     Rethinking Powerpoint (A 31-slide powerpoint (in pdf format) that
          effectively argues for more efficient use of Powerpoint. 5/07)
Power Toys for XP, Microsoft (10/05)
     ClearType Tuner for LCD screens (10/05)
     Swiff Point Player (insert Flash movies into PPT; 3/08)
PrimoPDF, free PDF creator (10/06)
Radiate/Aureate DLL Uninstaller (2/03)
Retrospect Backup Software (5/00)
Spybot: a highly rated privacy software program
VuePrint, Simple graphics program (5/00)
Webalizer, free web server log file analysis program (7/03)
Web Programming: Useful sites (5/02)
WINPLT Free Shareware for drawing chemical structures and creating hard copy (2/03)
WinSSHD SSH Secure Shell 2 server for Windows 2000 (2/03)
WS_FTP Home, (7/04)
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University of Pittsburgh

Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education
Graduate School
Historic Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Fact Book
The University Times
Even Alex Trebek might be stumped by this game of "Jeopardy"
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National Do Not Call Registry
A "Go Out and Vote" animation by Jacquie Lawson.
Future Dial -- state-of-the-art cell phone technology
Slickdeals.net
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Blogs

Evan Kepner's blog (9/16/06)

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Song: 'Our Father' by Susan Werner (NPR)

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