Seminars

Seminars for the The Mass Spectrometry Interest Group of the NCI at Frederick will generally be scheduled for the 2nd Tuesday of each month for 2009. A seminar is usually a 45-50 minute presentation on a topic of general interest followed by open discussion.

Meetings

Separate from the seminars, there will also be smaller meetings which will consist of a 20-30 minute presentation on a topic of specific interest followed by open discussion. Meetings will not have a regular schedule.

Seminar

Speaker: Kelsey Cook, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va 22230

Topic: "Mass Spectrometry of Complex Systems - Doing It and Funding It"

Place: Building 549, Conference Room A, NCI at Frederick, Frederick, MD - Need Directions?

Time: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 2:00 PM

Abstract: Synthetic polymers were targeted by John Fenn (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2002) at the "dawn" of electrospray mass spectrometry, then quite rationally set aside in favor of more tractable analytes. The challenge of their analysis remains enticing, given (inter alia) the use of materials like poly(ethylene glycol) to affect the biological assimilation of drugs. The topic will be revisited both to illustrate the virtue of revisiting old problems with new insites, and the "mysteries" of the funding system.

Donna Zwirner, Waters, Milford, MA 01757
"A Systematic Approach to Reducing Matrix Effects in LC/MS/MS Analyses"
January 20, 2009

Alfred Yergey, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
"Spectral Variability - What Might We Do with Better Mass Spectra?"
February 24, 2009

Jeffrey Miller, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA 94404
"Current Strategies for Metabolite Profiling Using Mass Spectrometry: Increasing Throughput Methods for Metabolite Screening and Identification on a Rapid Scanning Linear Ion Trap"
March 24, 2009

Robert Classon, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, MD
"How to Improve Your Separations by Exponentially Increasing Peak Capacity!"
May 19, 2009

Members of the Mass Spectrometry Interest Group of the NCI-Frederick
"Highlights of the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) "
June 30, 2009

Seve Fischer, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA
"Developing Software Solutions for Un-Targeted Metabolomic Research"
September 24, 2009

Kelsey Cook, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230
"Mass Spectrometry of Complex Systems - Doing It and Funding It"
November 24, 2009

Speaker: To be determined
Topic: To be determined