Mass Spec on the Streets of London
Our short guide to the 2016 Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Congress
This November sees the inaugural Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Congress in London, UK. Aiming to unite colleagues from across the field of mass spec and health sciences for the improvement of medical research, the event focuses on three major subject areas:
- Mass Spectrometry: Strategies and Technologies
- Mass Spectrometry-Related Methodologies
- Healthcare Studies and Applications
The sessions will cover the gamut of related topics, from MALDI-TOF to bioinformatics, from peptide mapping to personalized medicine, as well as poster presentations, a networking forum and interactive Q&A discussions with a number of experts including friends of The Analytical Scientist: Ian Wilson, Ron Heeren, Georgios Theodoridis, and Filip Cuyckens. We’ve bookmarked the key sessions below.
Monday am
09.00-09.35
Translational molecular imaging mass spectrometry: from instrumentation to clinical research (Keynote Presentation) – Ron Heeren, Limburg Chair, Professor of Molecular Imaging and Director of M4I, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
11.55-12.20
High-throughput analysis of serum (glyco)proteins by various mass spectrometry-based proteomics strategies – Yuri van der Burgt, Associate Professor, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Monday pm
14.15-14.40
Clinical applications of breast cancer proteomics – Peter James, Professor of Protein Technology, Lund University, Sweden.
17.15-17.40
Where next for mass spectrometry instrumentation: Mass analysers and ionisation techniques – Gareth Brenton, Professor of Mass Spectrometry, University of Swansea and Director, EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Facility, UK.
Tuesday am
09.45-10.10
The Perseus computational platform for comprehensive analysis of (prote)omics data – Juergen Cox, Professor and Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany.
11.55-12.20
Mass spectrometry imaging standardisation in the Mannheim Molecular Intervention Environment (M²OLIE) – Carsten Hopf, Professor and Head of the Research Center for Applied Biomedical Mass Spectrometry (ABIMAS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Tuesday pm
14.40-15.05
The Bottom to Top of Signaling using Mass Spectrometry - Claire Eyers, Professor of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Co-Director of the Centre for Proteome Research, University of Liverpool, UK.
16.35-17.00
The use of metabolomics in the study of embryo growth and neonatology – Georgios Theodoridis, Professor of Chemistry, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
The Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Congress will be held November 14-15 at London’s Heathrow Marriott.
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