The VCU Chemistry Department is holding a major symposium in honor of John Fenn's 90th birthday. It is truly a tremendous program and includes three Nobel laureates (John Fenn, Y. T. Lee, and Dudley Herschbach). Others in the program include Don Hunt, Graham Cooks, Mike Bowers, and Fred McLafferty.

The event is scheduled for June 15.  More information is available at: http://www.has.vcu.edu/che/fenn90/  (posted 6/2/07).

Seminar on "In situ Molecular Profiling / Imaging of Proteins in Tissues by MALDI MS” by Richard M. Caprioli, Ph. D.,  Vanderbilt University, October 2, 2006, 8:00pm, at the SACP October Meeting (complete details here)  (posted 9/2/06).

The attached memorial tribute to Jack Sharkey will appear in the next issue of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. It was prepared by Michael A. Grayson,  Assistant Director, Center for Biomedical and Bioorganic Mass Spectrometry, Washington University. Mike was a long-time friend of Jack's. Since the PITTCON 99 Antiquities Museum effort in Orlando, Mike has been working on the Chemical Heritage Foundation's Instrumentation Museum project.  (posted 3/18/04).

Andrew G. "Jack" Sharkey Jr. passed away on Monday 17 November 2003 at age 84 and after an admirable life and career.  Jack was an active member of the Pittsburgh mass spec community.  Additional details are here. (posted 11/21/03).

2003 Annual ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, 51st Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 8 - 12. (posted 2/6/03).

2003 Gordon Research Conference on Gaseous Ions, Mar 2-7. (posted 2/6/03).

Brian has announced the 4th meeting of the SSP-MSDG for the current year to be for Wednesday, 2/26 (updated 2/9), @ 6:00pm at the Pittcon office at Penn Center. (posted 2/6/03, updated 2/9/03).

The ICP-MS Short Course date has been set for Thursday, 15 May 2003. (posted 2/6/03).

The next SSP-MSDG event will be a "Super Group Meeting" on 9 April 2003. (posted 2/6/03).

Prof David Clemmer (IU-Bloomington) will be giving two talks in Pittsburgh:  Monday  2/3/03 and Tuesday 2/4/03. (posted 1/6/03).

Brian has announced the next meeting of the SSP-MSDG to be for Friday, 8/23, @ 12:00noon at the Star of India (Craig St. near 5th Avenue, in Oakland). (posted 8/14/02).

Three events for the 2001-2002 Fiscal year are tentatively planned! See the Events section for details. (posted 6/17/01).

The first meeting of the SSP-MSDG for 2001-2 has been called by Christina Jasieczek for 5 June 2001, over dinner; see complete details in the Events section of this web site.  (posted 6/17/01)

The first meeting of the SSP-MSDG has been called for 20 February 2001, over lunch, at the Star of India restaraunt on S. Craig St., at 11:30 AM. RSVP to Joe.

The fifth meeting of the SSP-MSDG has been called by Chair Ken Rosnack for 10 December 1999, over lunch, at the Star of India restaraunt on S. Craig St., at 11:30 AM. RSVP to Ken. (posted 12/2/99).

The fourth meeting of the SSP-MSDG has been called by Chair Ken Rosnack for 16 November 1999, over lunch, time and location, to be annouced. RSVP to Ken. (posted 10/30/99).

The third meeting of the SSP-MSDG has been called by Chair Ken Rosnack for 29 October 1999, over lunch (11:30pm), at the Star of India Restaurant on Craig Street in Oakland. RSVP to Ken. (posted 10/21/99).

The first event of the 1999-2000 Fiscal year is on! See the Events section for all the short description and once there, click on the title to get all the details.(posted 10/14/99).

See the Links section to find out how to subscribe to the On-Line Mass Spec Discussion Group "remailer" maintained by Prof. John Bartmess.(posted 10/14/99).

The first meeting of the SSP-MSDG has been called by Chair Mark Bier for __ September 1998, over lunch (12:30pm), at the Star of India Restaurant on Craig Street in Oakland. RSVP to Mark. (posted 9/18/98).

The 28 Feb-Mar 5, 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry Web Site includes the full speaker and session chair schedule. (posted 8/23/98).

The first draft of these pages for the Spectroscopic Society of Pittsburgh's Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group are first posted on the Web (posted 8/17/98).