Calendar
Calendar
16–20 August 2009
238th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Website: portal.acs.org
24–29 August 2009
Density Functional Methods for Experimental Spectroscopy
Oxford, England.
Contact: Dr. Keith Refson, Building R3, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX;
Email: Keith.Refson@stfc.ac.uk
Website: www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/castep/workshop09_ad.html
30 August–3 September 2009
36th Coloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale
Budapest, Hungary.
Contact: Email: zaray@judens.edte.hu
Website: www.csixxxvi.org
30 August–4 September 2009
18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC)
Bremen, Germany.
Contact: Email: office@imsc-bremen-2009.de
Website: www.imsc-bremen-2009.de
31 August–2 September 2009
9th International Conference on Vitamins, Nutrition, and Diagnostics
Brno, Czech Republic.
Contact: Email: matouskova@radanal.cz
Website: www.vitamins.cz/en/
6–10 September 2009
Euroanalysis
Innsbruck, Austria.
Contact: Email: euroanalysis2009@come-innsbruck.at
Website: www.euroanalysis2009.at/
15–17 September 2009
Sixth Symposium on the Practical Applications of Mass Spectrometry in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
Philadelphia, PA.
Contact: CASSS - An International Separation Science Society, 5900 Hollis Street, Suite R3, Emeryville, CA 94608; tel: 510-428-0740, fax: 510-428-0741,
Website: www.casss.org/cde.cfm?event=217176
15–17 September 2009
IICS 2009- 21st International Ion Chromatography Symposium
Dublin, Ireland.
Contact: CASSS - An International Separation Science Society, 5900 Hollis Street, Suite R3, Emeryville, CA 94608;
Website: www.casss.org
21–22 September 2009
PharmSep: LCGC's Symposium for Separation Scientists in Pharmaceuticals
Philadelphia, PA.
Contact: Website: www.lcgcevent.com/lcgcevent/v42/index.cvn?id=10000
26–30 September 2009
HUPO 8th Annual World Congress
Toronto, Canada.
Contact: Website: www.hupo2009.org/default.htm
6–7 October 2009
24th International Activated Carbon Conference
Pittsburgh, PA.
Contact: Barbara Sherman, PACS, Inc., 409 Meade Drive, Coraopolis, PA 15108; tel. (724) 457-6576; (800) 367-2587, fax: (724) 457-1214, Email: Barb@pacslabs.com,
Website: pacslabs.com/conferences/iacc/iacc22.php
7–10 October 2009
36th ACS Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM)
Hartford, CT.
Contact: Website: www.acs.org
9–16 October 2009
CE in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Industries 11th Symposium on the Practical Applications for the Analysis of Proteins, Nucleotides, and Small Molecules
Boston, MA.
Contact: CASSS - An International Separation Science Society, 5900 Hollis Street, Suite R3, Emeryville, CA 94608; tel: 510-428-0740, fax: 510-428-0741,
Website: www.casss.org
21–24 October 2009
44th ACS Midwest Regional Meeting (MWRM)
Iowa City, IA.
Contact: Website: www.acs.org
21–24 October 2009
61st Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS)
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Contact: Website: www.sermacs2009.org/
4–7 November 2009
65th Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM)
El Paso, TX.
Contact: http://portal.acs.org
3–9 January 2010
2010 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Fort Myers, FL.
Contact: Website: icpinformation.org/2008_Winter_Conference.html
28 February–5 March 2010
Pittcon 2010: Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Orlando, FL.
Contact: Website: www.pittcon.org
AI and GenAI Applications to Help Optimize Purification and Yield of Antibodies From Plasma
October 31st 2024Deriving antibodies from plasma products involves several steps, typically starting from the collection of plasma and ending with the purification of the desired antibodies. These are: plasma collection; plasma pooling; fractionation; antibody purification; concentration and formulation; quality control; and packaging and storage. This process results in a purified antibody product that can be used for therapeutic purposes, diagnostic tests, or research. Each step is critical to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of the final product. Applications of AI/GenAI in many of these steps can significantly help in the optimization of purification and yield of the desired antibodies. Some specific use-cases are: selecting and optimizing plasma units for optimized plasma pooling; GenAI solution for enterprise search on internal knowledge portal; analysing and optimizing production batch profitability, inventory, yields; monitoring production batch key performance indicators for outlier identification; monitoring production equipment to predict maintenance events; and reducing quality control laboratory testing turnaround time.
Profiling Volatile Organic Compounds in Whisky with GC×GC–MS
November 1st 2024Researchers from Austria, Greece, and Italy conducted a study to analyze volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in Irish and Scotch whiskys using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) Arrow with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC×GC–MS) to examine the organoleptic characteristics that influence the taste of spirits.
GC–TOF-MS Finds 250 Volatile Compounds in E-Cigarette Liquids
November 1st 2024A study has used gas chromatography coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to build an electron ionization mass spectra database of more than 250 chemicals classified as either volatile or semi-volatile compounds. An additional, confirmatory layer of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis was subsequently performed.
