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Attendees are encouraged to present a poster (e.g., your ASMS one); if you plan to do so, please email David Sipe  dsipe@andrew.cmu.edu with the title (no abstract is needed).

Mass Spectrometer Manufacturers and related instrumentation companies will be present before and after dinner for your questions.

3:30 pm    Manufacturer’s Booths and Poster Session
6:00 pm    Complimentary Dinner
7:00 pm    The Basics of Ion Mobility Spectrometry",
                 Prof. Herbert H. Hill
                 Washington State University

Cost:  none
Location:   Pittsburgh Atheletic Association
                   4215 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Parking:  complimentary, in PAA lot
RSVP by: June 16, 2008  to David Sipe
                 (MUST RSVP TO ATTEND)
    E-mail:  dsipe@andrew.cmu.edu  or
    Daytime Phone:  412-268-7458

Title:    Mechanisms for peptide S-S and N-Cα bond cleavage in ECD/ETD mass spectrometry
Speaker:  Professor Jack Simons, University of Utah
Time:  4:00 pm
Location:   Chevron Science Center, Room 12A
                   Department of Chemistry
                   University of Pittsburgh
Link:  Seminar Web Listing
 

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2:00 pm    Posters / Vendors
3:05 pm    First Talk
3:55 pm    Second Talk
4:45 pm    Posters / Vendors
5:00pm     Complimentary Dinner

Cost:  None 
Location:   Social and Conference Room
                   Mellon Institute, CMU
                   Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Parking:  Click here for suggestions.

RSVP (to speak or to reserve a dinner) to Amit Ghosh
    E-mail:  ghosh@ppg.com

3:00 pm     20 Minute Presentations by 7 Local Mass
                  Spectroscopists
5:30 pm    Complimentary Dinner

Cost:  None 
Location:   Room 448, Mellon Institute, CMU
                   Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Parking:  Click here for suggestions.

RSVP (to speak or to reserve a dinner) to Amit Ghosh
    E-mail:  ghosh@ppg.com

Attendees are encouraged to present a poster; if you plan to do so, please email manny@pitt.edu with the title (no abstract is needed).

Mass Spectrometer Manufacturers and related instrumentation companies will be present before and after dinner for your questions.

4:00 pm     Manufacturer’s Booths and Poster Session
6:00 pm    Complimentary Dinner
7:00 pm     Dr. Peter Snyder, RDECOM (US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD), "Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometer: Outdoors Bioaerosol Detector "

Cost:  None 
Location:   Pittsburgh Athletic Association
                   Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Parking:  Complimentary Parking behind PAA
RSVP by: June 13, 2005  (MUST RSVP TO ATTEND)
    E-mail:  manny@pitt.edu
    Daytime Phone:  412-624-6862

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12:00 noon     Registration & Lunch
1:00 pm  Dr. Mark Bier, SSP-MSDG Chair, Opening Remarks.
1:10pm  Prof. Robert Bowser, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (email address), Protein biomarkers for motor neuron disease: Diagnostic and therapeutic potentials.
2:00pm  Dr. William Bigbee, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, (email address) Clinical Proteomics - New Technologies for Disease Biomarkers Discovery and Diagnostic Applications.
2:50pm  Break
3:00pm  Dr. Jon Jarvik, SpectraGenetics, Pittsburgh PA (email address), Mutation Detection and Assignment Using Peptide Mass Signature Genotyping.
3:50pm  Prof. Richard Caprioli, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University (email address), TDirect Imaging and Profiling of Proteins in Tissue Using Mass Spectrometry in Both Clinical and Biological Research.
5:00pm  Program Ends

Location:   Mellon Institute Building, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor Social Room (Lunch) & 2nd Floor Auditorium (lectures).
Parking: Dithridge Street Garage or Soldiers & Sailors Garage (voucher will be provided during registration).
Cost: $10, paid in advance (students with a valid ID will have the deposit refunded at registration).
RSVP by: April 10, 2005
    Send $10, your name and organization to:  Manny Schreiber, 1940 Wightman St., Pittsburgh  PA 15217.
    E-mail:  manny@pitt.edu
    Daytime Phone:  412-624-6862

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Speaker:  Dr. J. Throck Watson, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University

Time:  8:30am -- Registration & Coffee
            9:00am -- Lecture Begins
           12:00noon -- Free Lunch Provided
            3:30pm -- Program Ends
Location:   Holiday Inn Select University Center (100 Lytton Ave., Oakland), Schenley Ballroom.
Parking: Holiday Inn Parking (vouchers will be provided during registration).
Cost: $10, paid in advance (students with a valid ID will have the deposit refunded at registration).
RSVP by: April 4, 2005
    Send $10, your name and organization to:  Manny Schreiber, 1940 Wightman St., Pittsburgh  PA 15217.
    E-mail:  manny@pitt.edu
    Daytime Phone:  412-624-6862

• Proteomics (Goals vs Realities),
• Proteins and protein chemistry,
• Separation methods with focus on 2D gels,
• Mass spectrometry: Ion sources, Mass analyzers,
• Mass accuracy, resolution, and sensitivity
• Overview of common database search engines,
• Analysis of protein complexes

Time:  To Be Determined
Cost:  $15 regular, $5 student. 
Location:   University Club, Oakland (Members Room)
Parking:  Soldiers and Sailors Garage (Univ. of Pittsburgh).
RSVP: (preferably by 15 January 2004) to Brian Walsh (WalshBC2@aol.com) or use the Registration form (here in pdf or doc formats).

Time:  8:30 am - 3:30 pm (Lunch provided).
  8:30-9:00  Registration
  9:00-10:00  Introduction to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (R. Barnes)
  10:00-11:00 Modern Sample Preparation Clean Chemistry Methods Necessary for the Latest Instrumentation (S. Kingston)
  11:00-12:00  Inductively Coupled Plasma Instrumentation (R. Barnes)
  12:00-1:00  Lunch
  1:00-2:00  ICP-MS Applications for Environmental Forensics (R. Barnes)
  2:00-2:30  Stable Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry (IDMS) – The Ultimate Quantitative Analysis Tool. (S. Kingston)
  2:30-3:30  Elemental Speciation Analysis - Necessity and Law (S. Kingston)
Cost: $15 regular, $5 student. 
Location:   University Club, Oakland (Members Room)
Parking:  Soldiers and Sailors Garage (Univ. of Pittsburgh).
RSVP: by 1 May 2003 to Mr. Brian C. Walsh (use the form available by clicking here).

Time:  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Dinner:  Provided
Location:   PittCon offices, Monroeville
RSVP by 7 April 2003 to Prof. Grabowski (joeg@pitt.edu)

9:00 am - 3:45 pm; Lunch provided.
8:45 am     Registration Opens
9:15 am     Christina Jasieczkek, SSP-MSDG, Introduction
9:20 am      Randall Pedder, ABB-Extrel, "Linear Quads"
10:15 am    Mel Park, Bruker Daltonics, "TOF"
11:00 am    Mark Bier, CMU, "Ion Traps"
12:15 pm    Lunch
1:00 pm      Chip Cody, JEOL, "Sectors"
2:15 pm       Michael Freitas, Ohio State U, "FTMS"
3:00 pm      Everyone, Discussion
Cost: $10 regular, $5 student. 
Location:   Auditorium, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh (click here for map).
RSVP by 24 April, 2002 to Dr. Christina Jasieczek. PPG Industries, 440 College Park Drive, Monroeville PA 15146   or   E-mail: jasieczek@ppg.com

Mass Spectrometer Manufacturers and related instrumentation companies will be present before and after dinner for your questions.

6:15 pm     Social Hour / Meet Manufacturer's Representatives
7:15 pm     Dinner
8:00 pm     Dr. Don Chase, Neo Gen Screening, High Throughput Screening and Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry"

Cost: $10 regular, $5 student (make check payable to SSP). 
Location:   3rd Floor Conference Room and Social Room, Mellon Institute, CMU, Oakland
Building Entrance:  Bellefield Ave (across from Heinz Chapel)
RSVP by Wednesday, 7 Nov 2001 to Dr. Christina Jasieczek. PPG Industries, 440 College Park Drive, Monroeville PA 15146   or   E-mail: jasieczek@ppg.com

     6:00 pm     Registration/Social
     6:30 pm     Mr. Charles W. Bier, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Directory, Natural Heritage Program.  The Impacts of Water Pollution on Aquatic Biological Resources in Western Pennsylvania. 
     7:30 pm      Buffet-syle Dinner
     8:30 pm      Dr. Paul D. Jones, Michigan State University - National Food Safety and Toxicology Center The Use of Mass Spectrometry in the Ultra-trace Analysis of Organic Contaminants. 

     Location:   University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland. 412-621-1890.

    Parking: University Club or Soldiers and Sailors Garage.

    Cost: $10 regular, $5 student. 

    RSVP by Friday, Feb. 18, 2000 to Dr. Ken Rosnack
            412-262-5458   or   E-mail: rosnackkj@aol.com 

 1:00 - 4:00 pm, University Club, Oakland

 Presenters:  Mr. David M. Miller, Macro Trends and Driving Forces in the Environmental Testing Industry, President Antech Ltd.; Dr. Robert J. Pirkle, Natural Attenuation as a Remedial Alternative for Subsurface Contamination, President Microseeps.; Dr. William L. Budde, Applications of Electrospray Mass Spectrometry to Environmental Analyses of Water Samples, U.S. EPA Cincinnati Office.

 12:00 noon - 4:30 pm, Member's Lounge, University Club, Oakland (Free Lunch provided).

 Presenters:   Prof. Brian Stewart (University of Pittsburgh), Prof. Rosemary Capo (University of Pittsburgh), Prof. Skip Kingston (Duquesne University) and Prof. Michael Arthur (Pennsylvania State University).

 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Social Room, Mellon Institute Building, Carnegie Mellon University.

 Presenters:   Dr. Ross Willoughby and Dr. Ed Sheehan, Chem Space Associates; Dr. Mark Bier, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University.

 7:45 am - 12:30 pm, The University Club.

 Presenters:   Prof. James Landers, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Donald Chace, Neo Gen Screening, Pittsburgh; Dr. Stephen Haylor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester; and Prof. Donald Hung, Department of Chemistry, University ofVirginia, Charlottesville.

 5:00 pm Social Hour / Meet Manufacturer's Representatives

 7:00 pm Dinner

 8:00 pm Dr. Dean Fetterolf, Forsensic Science Research Unit, FBI Academy, Portable Analytical Instrumentation:  New Weapons in the War on Drugs and Terrorism

 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm, The University Club

 Presenters:  Dr. Robert J. Anderegg, Department Head of Research Analytical Chemistry, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and including a short presentation by Prof. Peter Wipf, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.

 8:15 am - 5:00 pm, Holiday Inn, Monroeville

 Presenter:  Prof. J. Throck Watson, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director, MSU Mass Spectrometry Facility, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI   48824-1319

 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm, The University Club

 Presenter:  Dr. James E. Evans, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Waltham, Massachusetts.

 5:00 pm Social Hour / Meet Manufacturer's Representatives

 7:00 pm Dinner

 8:00 pm Dr. Henry Lee, Connecticut State policy Forensic Laboratory, New Advances in Forensic Science

 Dr. Barry Lesnik

 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Pitt Club

 Presenters:  Dr. Steve Martin, Perseptive Biosystems, Framingham, MA   01701, and including short presentations by Prof. Joe Grabowski, Prof. Paula Grabowski, and Dr. John Hemple.

 8:15 am - 5:00 pm, Holiday Inn, Monroeville

 Presenters:  Prof. Jodie V. Johnson and Prof. Richard A. Yost, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainville, Florida.

 Presenters:  Dr. Dom Desiderio and Dr. Don Patterson

 Presenters:  Prof. R. Graham Cooks and Dr. Bauer

Presenter:  Prof. Ron Hites

 Presenters:  Prof. Ron Hites and Prof. Ken Busch

Presenter:  Dr. Bill Budde

 Presenters:  Drs. Cotter, Hill, Holland, Wilkins, and Carl

 Presenter:  Prof. Jack Henion

 Presenters:  Drs. Sweely, Goetz, Hercules, Hilker and Dom Desiderio

 Presenter:  Prof. Jack Watson

Presenter:  Dr. Scott McLuckey

 Presenter:  Prof. Alfred L. Yergey