ASMS on Tour
On June 15, the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics sails into Baltimore
ASMS does not fill its program with “invited” sessions, but instead uses program chairs to select the very best abstracts from over 3,500 submissions to “showcase interesting and novel science” – but that’s still a lot of presentations.
The sessions are arranged to minimize overlap with similar or complementary topics, but it can be tough to decide.
To show the breadth of topics at ASMS – and to start you off with your planning – we present two “Must-see” presentations for each day:
Monday
> Environmental Petroleomics: Characterization of 105 Biotic and Abiotic Petroleum Transformation Products 4-Years after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster (Ryan P. Rodgers, Exhibit Hall AB, 8:30am)
> Mobile Autonomous Underwater Mass Spec and Sampler System – Opening up the Entire Underwater Chemical Space (David Fries, Room 307-308, 3:50pm)
Tuesday
> Progress in the Development of Structures for Extended and Lossless Ion Separations and Manipulations (Richard D. Smith, Room 309-310, 8:30am)
> Coupling Atomic Force Microscopy with Biological Mass Spectrometry for High Spatial Resolution Imaging (Suman Ghorai, Ballroom IV, 3:30pm)
Wednesday
> Surprising New Ionization Methods for Mass Spectrometry, Mechanistic Insights and Potential Practical Utility (Sarah Trimpin, Room 307-308, 9:50am)
> Living Without Our Daily Bread – Towards Solutions for Sufferers of Gluten Intolerance (Michelle Colgrave, Ballroom I, 2:30pm)
Thursday
> Lifeline-S.O.S: “Crowd Curation” of Unidentified GC-(EI)MS spectra through Social Online Spectrometry (Manor Askenazi, Ballroom III, 10:10am)
> Transient Sample Introduction with Laser Ablation Coupled to an ICP Distance-of-Flight MS (Elise A. Dennis, Room 307-308, 4:10pm).
For more information, visit: www.asms.org.
Rich Whitworth completed his studies in medical biochemistry at the University of Leicester, UK, in 1998. To cut a long story short, he escaped to Tokyo to spend five years working for the largest English language publisher in Japan. "Carving out a career in the megalopolis that is Tokyo changed my outlook forever. When seeing life through such a kaleidoscopic lens, it's hard not to get truly caught up in the moment." On returning to the UK, after a few false starts with grey, corporate publishers, Rich was snapped up by Texere Publishing, where he spearheaded the editorial development of The Analytical Scientist. "I feel honored to be part of the close-knit team that forged The Analytical Scientist – we've created a very fresh and forward-thinking publication." Rich is now also Content Director of Texere Publishing, the company behind The Analytical Scientist.
