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FACSS welcomes three new member Societies!

14 Aug 2012

The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) is pleased to announce that at their recent Governing Board meeting in March three new member organizations, namely the AES Electrophoresis Society, the Spectroscopical Society of Japan (SpSJ), and the North American Society for Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NASLIBS), have been accepted to the federation as full member organizations.

The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) is an organization designed to further the interests of analytical chemistry and spectroscopy on behalf of its member organizations.

In 1973, FACSS was founded as a federation of member organizations for the exchange of ideas at the forefront of analytical sciences. Over the last thirty nine years FACSS has pursued five critical objectives to realize the Federation’s goals:

A. Education and Training
B. Advancement of Knowledge
C. Advancement of Technology
D. Social and Professional Peer Networking
E. Promotion / Enabling of Interests of Member Organizations

With the addition of the AES Electrophoresis Society, the Spectroscopical Society of Japan (SpSJ), and the North American Society for Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NASLIBS), to the federation’s existing member organizations [Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), ANACHEM, the Coblentz Society, the International Society for Automation (ISA) – Analysis Division, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Analytical Division, and the
Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS)], FACSS is now 10-member societies strong. This expansion reflects a unique element of FACSS and its annual North American meeting, SciX, in that all areas and aspects of analytical chemistry and spectroscopy are welcome, bringing together leading scientists from among many disciplines for scientific exchange.

FACSS believes that the addition of these three member organizations will enhance its ability to serve the analytical chemistry and spectroscopy community.

Future North American conferences presented by FACSS will carry the name SciX – the Great Scientific eXchange. Additional information on SciX and the 2012 SciX conference is available at www.scixconference.org.

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Inside Raman – UK Seminar

16 Sep 2011

If you are interested in the diverse applications of Raman spectorscopy, ‘inside Raman’ is an event being held by Renishaw on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th September, at the Natural History Museum in London.

Fitting with the fantastic venue, the Monday sessions will focus on conservation and life sciences, with a great list of speakers including Robin Clark, from University College London and Howell Edwards, University of Bradford.

The speakers on Tuesday focus more on the chemistry, materials science, and physics aspects of Raman spectroscopy including David King from Kings College, London and Analyst author, Sergei Kazarian from Imperial College London.

Read some of the presenters work here:

Broadband terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of drugs-of-abuse and the use of principal component analysis
Andrew D. Burnett, Wenhui Fan, Prashanth C. Upadhya, John E. Cunningham, Michael D. Hargreaves, Tasnim Munshi, Howell G. M. Edwards, Edmund H. Linfield and A. Giles Davies
Analyst, 2009, 134, 1658-1668

Probing history with Raman spectroscopy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Analyst, 2004, 129, 870-879

Ultrafast infrared chemical imaging of live cells
Hemmel Amrania, Andrew P. McCrow, Mary R. Matthews, Sergei G. Kazarian, Marina K. Kuimova and Chris C. Phillips
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 107-111

Micro ATR-FTIRspectroscopic imaging of atherosclerosis: an investigation of the contribution of inducible nitric oxide synthase to lesion composition in ApoE-null mice
Francesca Palombo, Hao Shen, Lea Esther S. Benguigui, Sergei G. Kazarian and Rita K. Upmacis
Analyst, 2009, 134, 1107-1118

Tours of the Natural History Museum are also available, so do go along!

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International Symposium on Enabling Technologies – Atlantic Conference

25 Jul 2011

6th International Symposium on Enabling Technologies (ETP Boston)
October 7, 2011, Boston MA, U.S.

The 6th International Symposium on Enabling Technologies – Atlantic Conference will be held in Boston later this year on October 7th. JAAS Editorial Board member, Dr Scott Tanner from University of Toronto and Metallomics author Jane Thomas-Oates, University of York are amongst the impressive line-up of speakers. Read a selection of some of the speakers latest research below.

For further details, visit the conference website. Abstract submission and registration now open!

Don’t forget to pick up a complimentary copy of our analytical journals, if you are planning to attend!

Development of analytical methods for multiplex bio-assay with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Olga I. Ornatsky, Robert Kinach, Dmitry R. Bandura, Xudong Lou, Scott D. Tanner, Vladimir I. Baranov, Mark Nitz and Mitchell A. Winnik
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2008, 23, 463-469, DOI: 10.1039/B710510J

Denaturing and non-denaturing microsolution isoelectric focussing to mine the metalloproteome
Barbara Pioselli, Caroline Munro, Andrea Raab, Christian L. Deitrich, Kriangsak Songsrirote, Jörg Feldmann and Jane Thomas-Oates
Metallomics, 2009, 1, 501-510, DOI: 10.1039/B903607E

Characterizing the connectivity of poly-ubiquitin chains by selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry
Hamid Mirzaei, Richard S. Rogers, Barbara Grimes, Jimmy Eng, Alan Aderem and Ruedi Aebersold
Mol. BioSyst., 2010, 6, 2004-2014, DOI: 10.1039/C005242F

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Introducing a new Analyst Associate Editor for Asia!

13 Jul 2011

We are delighted to announce that Takehiko Kitamori from the University of Tokyo is the latest leading scientist to join the Analyst team, as Associate Editor for Asia.

He joins Xinrong Zhang (Associate Editor for Asia), Boris Mizaikoff (Associate Editor for Europe), Steve Soper (Associate Editor for the Americas) and Duncan Graham (Associate Editor for Reviews) as members of the Editorial Board who handle the peer-review of articles submitted to Analyst. Professor Kitamori welcomes submissions from Japan and South-East Asia.

Takehiko Kitamori is a full professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, and also he is Dean of both Faculty and Graduate School of Engineering. His research activity covers laser spectro-analytical chemistry, and micro and extended-nano chemistry. Read his latest review article in Analyst!

Critical Review: Extended nanospace chemical systems on a chip for new analytical technology
Kazuma Mawatari, Takehiko Tsukahara and Takehiko Kitamori
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3051-3059
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00840K

Submit your next article to Analyst here!

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Canadian and Chinese analytical chemists meeting for a joint conference

07 Jul 2011

Leading analytical scientists from Canada and China will be meeting up in Toronto at the end of August for the 3rd Canada-China Analytical Chemistry Conference (CCACC). This is going to be held as a joint conference with the 57^th ICASS (International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy).

The speaker list is pretty impressive, and demonstrates the strength of analytical science in these two countries!

The conference will be held in Toronto from the 29th-31st August. For further details, please visit the conference website.

Pick up a complimentary copy of our analytical journals, if you are planning to attend!

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Looking for a travel grant….?

20 Jun 2011

Applications are now invited for the 2012 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary Award

The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that enables a promising student/non-tenured young scientist of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning.

The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general. Although the fund is administered by the Association of British Spectroscopists (ABS) Trust, the award is not restricted to spectroscopists.

For further information contact John Chalmers at vibspecconsult@aol.com

The closing date for entries is 31 December 2011

Please also visit our website for further details about travel grants available to RSC journal authors and RSC members

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Biosensors and the non-specific binding problem…

04 May 2011

Want to find out more?

The Applied Materials Chemistry Group from the RSC are hosting a one day workshop on Surface chemistry and the non-specific binding problem in biosensor technology.

Date: May 9^th, 2011 (9:15 AM – 5:00 PM)

Location: Burlington House, Royal Society of Chemistry, Piccadilly, London, UK

For more information and how to register, visit the website.

Considering that this phenomenon will ultimately dictate whether a biosensor can be commercialized or not, it is clear that a dedicated symposium on this subject is both timely and warranted. The subject matter is relevant to the fields of drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and environmental analysis, including homeland security and defense sectors.

PROGRAM

8:45 – 9:15 Registration

9:15-10:00 Professor Lisa Hall University of Cambridge, “Interfacial communication: a key requisite for Biosensor function”

10:00 – 10:45 Dr Helge Schnerr, TTP LabTech Ltd, Melbourn “Biosensors and the non-specific adsorption dilemma – Is there a way out?”

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45 Professor Jean-Francois Masson, University of Montreal, “Detection of biomolecules in crude serum using peptide monolayers and microhole arrays”

11:45 – 12:30 Dr Christophe Blaszykowski, University of Toronto, “Antibiofouling behaviour of self-assembled monolayer-based biosensing platforms characterized by an ultra-high frequency acoustic wave sensor”

12:30 – 1:30 Buffet lunch

1: 30 – 2:15 Dr Sub Reddy, University of Surrey, “Towards protein-specific polymers and hydrogels and their use in sensors”

2: 15 – 3: 00 Dr Neil Hopkins, Dstl, UK “Engineering biofouling resistant surfaces: Topography and functionality”

3:00 – 3:15 Coffee break

3:15 – 4:00 Professor Mike Thompson, University of Toronto, “Selectivity of biological receptors: Relevance to biosensor development”.

4:00 – 5:00 Discussion

Registration fee; 75 pounds for academic delegates; 100 pounds industry delegate. Fee includes a lunch and all proceedings.

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CSI Call for Papers deadline approaching!

19 Apr 2011

Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXVII
Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

August 28 – September 2, 2011

Since the first meeting in France in 1949, the CSI conference has been a forum where scientists involved in all aspects of spectroscopy and spectrometry meet to share experiences, discuss results and applications and present new ideas.

This year the meeting will be hosted in South America for the first time in its 60 years of history. Visit http://www.csixxxvii.org/ for more details.

Abstract submission deadline April 30^th 2011

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Register now for ARF11!

15 Apr 2011

The Analytical Research Forum (ARF11) is a major event for researchers in analytical science, and will be held in Manchester, 25 – 27 July 2011.

Poster abstracts and early bird registration deadline: 27 May 2011

Aimed at early stage analytical science students, the invited lectures have been selected to reflect a broad range of research interests. And if you’ve ever wondered what analytical science can do for research in the life sciences, then the additional optional workshop is for you:

Analytical Science in the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB)

Generously supported by the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (ACTF) of the Analytical Division, there are a number of discretionary travel bursaries on offer – apply by the 27 May deadline.

Find full details at www.rsc.org/ARF11

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Paul Bohn awarded the Theophilus Redwood Award

05 Apr 2011

We are delighted to congratulate Paul Bohn, Chair of the Analyst Editorial Board on being awarded the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award. This award given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator. Paul was chosen as the award winner for the breadth and impact of his contribution to analytical science in the areas of microfluidics and nanoscale chemical sensing.

Paul gave his award lecture at the University of Strathclyde last Wednesday (30th March) and those present can confirm not only the excellence of his science, but also his ability to communicate this to his audience. He was presented with his medal by the President Elect of the Analytical Division, Alan Handley.

For more information about Paul’s work on nanoscale chemical sensing, please visit his website at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

The Awards Symposium also included the winner of the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science given to Gary Hieftje of Indiana University, and the Harrison Meldola Memorial Prize which was awarded to Nathan Lawrence from Schlumberger Cambridge Research (shown below).

Congratulations to all three winners!

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