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THE 12TH ASILOMAR CONFERENCE ON MASS SPECTROMETRY: “ELEMENTAL MASS SPECTROMETRY” SEPTEMBER 20-24, 1996, THE ASILOMAR CONFERENCE CENTER, PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA The topic of the 12th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry is “Elemental Mass Spectrometry.” The conference program is composed of invited lectures and posters. The conference features plasma source mass spectrometry, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging, accelerator mass spectrometry, isotope-ratio mass spectrometry, laser-mass spectrometry approaches to determining metals in aerosols, and gas-phase metal-ion reactions with organics and biomolecules. Gary Hieftje, Indiana University, is the program chair. The purpose of the Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry is to provide an international group of scientists a forum for in-depth and informal discussion of the most recent developments in an area of mass spectrometry, with the intent of stimulating creativity, critical thinking, and exchange of ideas. The conference is structured to encourage open discussion and extensive audience participation. Located on the scenic Monterey Peninsula as a unit of the California State Park System, the campus-style setting of Asilomar offers an ideal environment for informal meetings and recreational activities. For further information, please contact ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Telephone: (505) 989-4517. (http://www.asms.org>

ASMS FALL WORKSHOP: “LIMITS TO CONFIRMATION, QUANTITATION, AND DETECTION;’ NOVEMBER l-2, 1996, RADISSON HOTEL, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The ASMS Fall Workshop is being organized by Robert Bethem of ALTA Analytical Laboratory. Trace analysis can employ various ionization techniques and data manipulations to address the analytical issue of acceptable detection, confirmation, and quantitation. Consequently, a widely differing comprehension in the scientific literature of what constitutes confirmation has evolved. To clarify this situation, the workshop can develop a general consensus set of guidelines from practical experiences using a wide variety of MS techniques. For further information, please contact ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Telephone (505) 9894517.

45TH ASMS CONFERENCE ON MASS SPECTROMETRY AND ALLIED TOPICS JUNE l-5, 1997, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA The 45th ASMS Conference will take place in Palm Springs, California. Conference sessions will be held in the Palm Springs Convention Center and in the nearby Wyndham Hotel. Most of the hotels providing accommodations for the conference are within walking distance of the convention center. Learn more about Palm Springs and the surrounding area on the web page at (http://www.desert-resorts.com). If you would like to make suggestions for the conference program, specifically plenary speakers, oral session topics, and conference workshops, please contact Robert J. Cotter, Vice President for Programs, ([email protected]). The conference announcement and call for papers will be sent in October, 1996. The deadline for abstract submission will be mid-January, 1997. Watch the ASMS web page for details as they become available (http://www.asms.org). For further information, please contact ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Telephone (505) 989-4517.

THE 9TH SANIBEL CONFERENCE: “QUADRUPOLE ION TRAPS,” JANUARY 25-28, 1997, SUNDIAL RESORT, SANIBEL ISLAND, FLORIDA The conference program is being organized by Gary Glish, University of North Carolina, and Raymond March, Trent University, to focus on fundamental and applied developments in quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. Topics will include fundamental principles of operation, structural characterization using MS/MS, MS”, and ion-molecule reactions, use of ionization techniques such as electrospray and MALDI, and applications to biochemical and other types of systems. The format of the program will consist of invited speakers and contributed posters, with ample time for discussion. For further information, please contact ASMS, 120i Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Telephone (505) 989-4517.

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The ACS Short Course, “Interpretation of Mass Spectra,” offered at the Fall National ACS Meeting in Orlando, FL. For further information contact: Office of Continuing Education in Washington, DC. Phone: (800) 227-5558. Fax: (202) 872-6336. 22nd Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society, University of Wales, Swansea. For further information contact: Dr. Fred Mellon, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK. Telephone: 44-1603-255299. Fax: 441603-452578. E-mail: [email protected]. The meeting aims to provide a forum for mass spectrometrists from a wide range of scientific disciplines and to stimulate ideas and promote discussion. The form of the meeting is under continuous review in order to keep abreast of new developments and cater to the growing and diversifying interests of mass spectrometrists. Fuller details and registration forms will be available early in 1996. Desorption ‘96 to be held in Bomholm, Denmark. Desorption

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‘96 is a continuation of the IFOS Symposia, the meetings in Orsay, Wangerooge, and Spikerooge and Desorption ‘92 and ‘94 on mass spectrometry of large organic ions. The conference will be devoted to the most recent methods for producing, mass analyzing, and detecting large organic ions. Main topics are fundamental, instrumentation, applications, and new trends in the mass spectrometric methods with emphasis on MALDI, ESI, and cluster and macromolecular impact. Further details from Mrs. P. Almqvist, Div. Ion Physics, Uppsala University, Box 535, S-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden, Phone: 46 18183040. Fax: 46 18555736. Email: [email protected] 12th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry, “Elemental Mass Spectrometry,” organized by Gary M. Hieftje. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA. Contact: ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone (505) 989-4517. Fax: (505) 989-1073. The Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) will be held in Kansas City, MO at the H. Roe Bartle Convention Center. For further information, please contact: FACSS, 201B Broadway Street, Frederick, MD 21701-6501. Telephone: (301) 8464797. ASMS Fall Workshop: “Limits to Confirmation, Quantitation, and Detection,” organized by Robert Bethem, Radisson Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, VA. Contact: ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone (505) 9894517. Fax: (505) 989-1073. The ACS Short Course, “Interpretation of Mass Spectra,” offered at the Eastern Analytical Society meeting in Somerset, NJ. For further information contact: Office of Continuing Education in Washington, DC. Phone: (800) 227-5558. Fax: (202) 872-6336. Society for Glycobiology Annual Conference to be held in Boston,

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Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. For additional information contact: Professional Association Management, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Telephone: (505) 9894735. Fax: (505) 9891073. The 7th National Symposium on Mass Spectrometry, organized by the Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry, will be held in Gwalior, India. For additional information contact: Dr. Suresh Aggarwal, Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay 400 085, or Dr. G. Sudhakar Reddy, The University of Michigan, OSEH, 1655 Dean Road, AM Arbor, MI 48109. Phone: (313) 763-4615. Fax: (313) 763-4600. The 9th Sanibel Conference: “Quadrupole Ion Traps,” organized by Gary Glish and Raymond March. Sundial Resort, Sanibel Island, FL. Contact: ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Avenue,

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Santa Fe, NM 87505.Phone: (505) 989-4517. Fax: (505) 989-1073. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry 16th Conference (ANZSMS 16) will be held at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia. The conference topics will cover a broad range of areas in massspectrometry, including advances’ in instrument development, protein/peptide characterization, drug metabolism studies, fundamentals, elemental analysis, coupling with separation techniques, and environmental applications. The scientific program will consist of invited keynote lectures and oral and poster presentations. Further details can be obtained from Mures Convention Management, Victoria Dock, Hobart TAS 7000; phone (002) 312121; fax: (002) 344464; e-mail: [email protected]. com.au; web page: http://www. csl.utas.edu.au/ANZSMS/ anzsmsl6.html

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The 12th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry, September 20 - 24,1996 “Elemental Mass Spectrometry,” Gary M. Hieftje, Program Chair The Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California Conference Presentations Speaker

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Ramon Barnes Univ. of Massachusetts Bruce Bushaw Pacljic NW Nat ‘I Lab. JosephCaruso Univ. of Cincinnati Don Douglas Univ. of British Columbia Douglas Duckworth Oak RidgeNat ‘1Lab. Chris Enke Univ. of New Mexico John Eyler Univ. of Florida Conrad Gregoire Geological Survey Canada Alex Halliday Univ. of Michigan Willard Harrison Univ. of Florida Gary M. Hieftje Indiana Univ. Gary Horlick Univ. of Alberta R. Sam Houk Iowa State Univ. David Koppenaal

Capillary Electrophoresis with ICP Mass Spectrometry Resonance Ionization-Mass Spectrometry New Approaches to Elemental Speciation with Plasma Mass Spectrometric Detection ICP - Mass Spectrometry with Quadrupoles Operated in Alternate Stability Regions Developments in Glow Discharge Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry Fundamental Studies in ESI-Mass Spectrometry Recent Developments in Elemental Analysis with FTICR Detection Electrothermal Vaporization Sample Introduction for ICP Mass Spectrometry: Current Status and Future Prospects Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry The Microsecond Glow Discharge as an Ion Source for Atomic Mass Spectrometry New Directions in Atomic Mass Spectrometry Inorganic Speciation by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry: Fact or Fiction? Improving Precision and Accuracy for the Direct Analysis of Solids by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry New Directions in Atomic Mass Spectrometry: The Ion Trap Way

Pacific NW Nat’1 Lab. Ted Litherland Univ. of Toronto Ken Marcus ClemsonUniv. Akbar Montaser George WashingtonUniv. David Myers Leco Corporation John Olesik Ohio State Univ. Kimberly Prather Univ. of California, Riverside Richard Russo LawrenceBerkeley Lab. Robert Shaw Oak RidgeNat ‘1Lab. Scott Tanner PE Sciex

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry GDMS - Beyond Direct Solids Elemental Analysis Helium ICP Mass Spectrometry On-Axis ICP Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Time-Resolved Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Measurements and the Fate of Individual Sample Droplets Aerosol Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Laser Ablation ICP Mass Spectrometry Isotopic Analysis of Inorganic Compounds by High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy Using Diode Lasers Interface Design in ICP Mass Spectrometry

For additional information, contact ASMS, I20 I Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone: (505) 989 45 17. The deadline for registration is August 16, 1996.

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To submit a nomination, photocopy and complete this form and enclose the following: 1. Short description of achievement (l-2 paragraphs) outlining the unique contribution and an indication of the impact of the contribution; key publications pertaining to this award and a list of no more than two of the nominee’s subsequent publications relevant to the subject.

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1986 Gregory I. Gellene, Univ. of Notre Dame

1986 Joseph J. Grabowski, Harvard Univ.

1987 Philip J. Brucat, Univ. of Florida

1987 Susan V. Olesik, Ohio State Univ.

1988 Mark A. Smith, Univ. o/Arizona

1988 Denley B. Jacobson, N. Dakota St. Univ.

1989 Jon Amster, Univ. of Georgia

1989 Steven Kass, Univ. of Minnesota

1990 Doreen G. Leopold,

Univ. of Minnesota

1990 Jennifer Brodbelt,

1991 Chrys Wesdemiotis,

Univ. ofAkron

1991 Hilkka

1992 Kevin L. Schey, Med. Univ. ofSouth Carolina

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Univ. of Texas

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1992 Vicki Wysocki,

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1993 Susan T. Graul, CarnegieMellon Univ.

1993 Robert J. Levis, WayneState Univ.

1994 Evan R. Williams,

1994 Kimberly

1995 Kermit

Univ. of Calif at Berkeley

K. Murray, Emory Univ.

1996 John R. Yates, Univ. of Washington

Prather, Univ. of Cal$ Riverside

1995 Lee Sunderlin, Northern Illinois Univ. 1996 Xue-jun Tang, Albert Einstein Coll. of Med.