Spectroscopy | PITTCON 2010 Meeting Report
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Pittcon 2010 Preview
By: David Walsh
Welcome to this special Pittcon 2010 Preview, brought to you by the staff of Spectroscopy. Pittcon 2010, set to run from February 28 to March 5 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, promises to be one of the most anticipated events in the field of analytical chemistry and materials analysis — primarily because of its continuing position as the premier event in the industry, but also because of its added importance this year as a bellweather for the state of the conference industry as a whole.
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LCGC/Spectroscopy Pittcon Audio & Video Theater
Monday, March 1 (10:00am – 12:00pm): GC -
1) John Hinshaw, Serveron Corp. Fast GC
2) Daniel Armstrong, Univ. Texas, Arlington: 2D GC

Monday, March 1 (2:00pm – 5:00pm): HPLC/UHPLC -
1) Merlin Bicking, ACCTA, Inc.: 2D LC/Fast LC
2) Peter Carr, Univ. Minnesota: HPLC
3) Apryll Stalcup, Univ. Cincinnati: “HPLC methods: Beyond RP and normal phase”

Tuesday, March 2 (10:00am – 12:00pm): MS/Hyphenated -
* Annette Wilson, Pittcon President, 10 am
1) Leonard Sidisky, Sigma-Aldrich: “LC-MS reagents for trace level analysis of anions”
2) Mike Swartz, Synomics Pharma: LC-MS

Tuesday, March 2 (2:00pm – 5:00pm): Spectroscopy -
1) Skip Kingston, Duquesne Univ.: ICP-MS for petroleum and nutraceuticals
2) Matt Pamuku, Applied Isotope Technologies: MS/ICP-MS
3) Mizanur Rahman, Duquesne Univ.: MS/ICP-MS
4) John Reffner, John Jay College, CUNY: FT-IR for forensics

Lecture
Plenary Lecture
By: Steve Brown
Sunday afternoon’s plenary lecture at Pittcon 2010 will be presented by Alan G. Marshall, Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida), and Director of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
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Session Preview
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry- New Frontiers in Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Proteins
By: Megan Evans
Scientists, companies, and students in mass spectroscopy are always striving to reach new frontiers and breakthroughs in the industry and Sunday afternoon’s session by ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, “New Frontiers in Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Proteins,” will feature five such presentations.
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