Washington Chromatography Discussion Group

• Speaker: Andrew Alpert, PolyLC
• Topic: Advantages of HILIC and ERLIC for Proteomics
• Location: U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), Building 3, 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852
• Time: Thursday, February 20, 2013 - social hour at 6:00 PM - lecture at 7:00 PM
• Info: e-mail Melissa Phillips (Secretary of the WCDG) at melissa.phillips@nist.gov

Greater Washington-Baltimore Area Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group

• Speaker: Plamen A. Demirev, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
• Topic: Mass Spectrometry in Biodefense
• Location: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. Training Center, 7100 Riverwood Drive, Columbia, MC 21046
• Time: Monday, March 25, 2013 - 7:30 PM
• Info: visit http://www.wbmsdg.org or call John Callahan at 301-436-2039 or e-mail john.callahan@cfsan.fda.gov

61st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics

• Speaker:
• Topic: Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
• Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Time: June 9 - 13, 2013
• Info: call the American Society for Mass Spectrometry at 505-989-4517 or e-mail at office@asms.org

The 26th Annual Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop

• Speaker:
• Topic: The focus of this meeting is on the scientific exchange and dissemination of the technical aspects of tandem mass spectrometry, including methodology and applications
• Location: The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
• Time: December 4 - 7, 2013
• Info: e-mail: Margaret Northcott at mnlouise@telusplanet.net