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THIS YEAR’S PITTSBURGH Conference & Exposition on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2008) will be held from Sunday, March 2, through Thursday, March 6, at the Ernest N. Mo-rial Convention Center in New Orleans. The meeting brings together scientific and technical professionals to share the latest information about analytical science and instrumentation.

Pittcon 2008 will open the technical pro-gram on Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 PM.

The afternoon will feature symposia, poster presentations, and contributed technical sessions, followed by an award presenta-tion, plenary lecture, and a poster mixer.

The American Chemical Society Divi-sion of Analytical Chemistry (ANYL) will once again cosponsor a portion of the Pittcon 2008 technical program. ANYL will host seven invited symposia, six contrib-uted sessions, and a poster session.

Conferee networking sessions are back for Pittcon 2008. Each two-hour session

will provide an opportunity for conferees to meet and discuss topics of mutual inter-est. There is no extra charge to the registra-tion fee to participate in these sessions; however, space is limited. Visit the Con-feree Networking section of the meeting website, www.pittcon.org, to learn more.

The exposition is open from Monday, March 3, through Thursday, March 6. For up-to-date information about the meeting, visit the Pittcon 2008 website.

TECHNICAL PROGRAM. The Pittcon 2008 technical program will feature work-shops, invited symposia, featured contrib-uted sessions, new product forums, and contributed oral and poster sessions. The major focus areas of this year’s technical program include bioanalytical chemistry, biomedicine, neurochemistry, polymer sci-ence, informatics, pharmaceutical science, nanotechnology, environmental chemistry, forensic analysis, food analysis, applied molecular spectroscopy, mass spectrom-

MEETINGS

PITTCON’S RETURN TO THE CRESCENT CITYAfter a long absence, the annual PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Invited Symposia

Sunday Afternoon

Environmental Impact of Hurricane

Katrina on New Orleans & the

Surrounding Area*

Astrochemistry: It’s Out of This World

Detection of Chemical & Biological

Hazards in Food

HIV/AIDS-Related Diagnostics for

Resource-Limited Countries

HPLC on the Edge

New Strategies in Designing Fuel-Cell

Catalysts

Archeology of the French Explorer La

Salle’s 1684 Wrecked Ship La Belle:

Artifact Preservation Using Polymers

Monday Morning

Interdisciplinary Analytical Chemistry*

Chemical Cytometry: The Chemical

Analysis of Single Cells

From Bench to the Bedside: Novel Ana-

lytical Techniques that Will Impact

Health Care in the 21st Century

High-Throughput Analysis in the Phar-

maceutical Industry

Separation of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Monday Afternoon

New Perspectives in Optical Sensing:

From Ions to Molecules & Beyond*

Best Practices for HPLC Method Devel-

opment in Pharmaceutical Analysis

Mobile Micro- & Nano-Instruments

Novel Biospectroscopy for Amyloid

Diseases

Science for Art

19th James L. Waters Annual Symposium

Tuesday Morning

Analytical Chemistry for Crime Scene

Investigation Part I*

Advances in Analytical Methods for

Characterization of Complex Petro-

leum & Biofuel Molecules

Art, Cosmetics & Medicine in Ancient

Eras: The Analytical Chemist’s View

Cellular Assays in Microfluidic Systems

Current Status & Trends of LC/MS(n)

Application in Trace-Level Impurity

Identification in Pharmaceuticals

Miniature/Micro Gas Sensors for Biologi-

cal & Biomedical Applications

Tuesday Afternoon

50 Years of SAS: Looking to the Future

with Atomic Spectroscopy

50 Years of SAS: Looking to the Future

with Vibrational Spectroscopy

Achievements & Unusual Challenges in

Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry for Crime Scene

Investigation Part II*

Electrochemical Detection

Fluidics at the Nanoscale: Pores,

Pipettes & Channels

Lab 2015

Wednesday Morning

Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy

in Biomedical Research

Biofuels

Cancer Biomarkers: Proteomics, Glycopro-

teomics, Glycomics & Metabolomics

Mass Spectrometric Approaches for

Structural Analysis of Nucleic Acids &

Their Complexes

Next-Generation Genome Sequencing

Technologies

Wednesday Afternoon

Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography

(HILIC)*

Analytical Micro-Instrumentation for

Sustainable Natural Resources

Chemical Sensors for Cellular Messen-

gers Come of Age

Mass Spectrometry of Synthetic Poly-

mers: Use of MS/MS

Progress in Molecular Targeting: From

Bioanalytical to Biomedical

Thursday Morning

“Quant”: A New Look at Introductory

Quantitative Analysis Courses*

Bioanalytical Applications & Near-IR

Fluorescence

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etry, chemical separations, and more.Program highlights include a plenary

lecture on Sunday afternoon by Leroy Hood, cofounder and president of the In-stitute for Systems Biology in Seattle, on “Systems Biology and Systems Medicine.”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). As part of the celebration, SAS has planned two special symposia at Pittcon 2008 with the theme “50 Years of SAS: Looking to the Future.” One symposium will focus on atomic spectroscopy and the other on vibrational spectroscopy. SAS will have a reception after the symposia to com-memorate the occasion.

SHORT COURSES. More than 100 courses will be offered from Saturday, March 1, through Friday, March 7. Individual courses are designed for beginner, intermediate, or advanced students and cover such subjects as atomic force microscopy, biomedical engineering, electrochemistry, inductively

coupled plasma, proteomics, Raman spectroscopy, and surface analysis. These courses provide continu-ing education op-portunities led by experts in the field. The general meet-ing registration fee is waived for those who take three or more courses. The meeting website has the complete list of course topics, instructors, sched-ules, and costs.

AWARDS. A number of prestigious awards will be presented at Pittcon 2008. The 2008 Pittcon Heritage Award will be pre-sented to Leroy Hood immediately before

his plenary lecture. This award recognizes outstanding individuals whose entrepre-neurial careers have shaped the instrumen-tation community, inspired achievement, promoted public understanding of the modern instrumentation sciences, and

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Label-Free Bioanalytical Detection

Using Plasmon Resonance Spectros-

copy: New Capabilities Inspire New

Applications

Nanoparticle Biosensors

Neurochemical Monitoring: New Elec-

trode Materials & Measurement

Methodologies

Panel Discussion on Global Warming

Mysterious Mechanisms of Abused

Substances

Truly Portable Mass Spectrometry

Thursday Afternoon

Advances in Ion Exchange

Chromatography*

Integrated Sensing & Processing

Metallomics: The New Melding of Atomic

Spectrometry & Bioscience

New Reagents for Biologic Imagery

Placement, Patterning & Applications of

Single Molecules in Controlled Chemi-

cal Environments

Sample Preparation Approaches for

Microseparation Techniques

Contributed Sessions

Sunday Afternoon

New Directions in Analytical Instrumen-

tation & Techniques*

Nanotechnology Applications to Chemi-

cal & Biological Defense

Pharmaceutical Outsourcing/Insourcing

Monday Morning

Analytical Methodologies Applied as En-

vironmental Remediation Strategies

Ionophore-Based Chemical Sensors I

SEAC Organized Session on

Electrochemistry

Monday Afternoon

Environmental Characterization & Man-

agement of High-Level Radioactive

Waste

Ionophore-Based Chemical Sensors II

Tuesday Morning

Aptamers in Separation Science*

Analytical Challenges in the Food

Industry

Applications of Novel Chromatography

Coupled to Mass Spectrometric

Methods

Tuesday Afternoon

Theory & Practice of Fast LC*

Current Status & Trends in the Applica-

tion of Liquid Chromatography (LC

& UHPLC) Hyphenated with Tandem

Mass Spectrometry for Pharmaceuti-

cal Analysis

Pharmaceutical Analysis: Latest Trends

in Taste & Flavor Assessment in Drug

Product Formulations (half session)

Wednesday Morning

Mass Spectrometry Meets the World*

Analytical Chemistry Applied to the

Study & Preservation of Art & Cultural

Works

Fluidics at the Nanoscale: Pores,

Pipettes & Channels

Spectroscopy in the Field: Miniature

Spectrometers at Work

Wednesday Afternoon

Achievements & Unusual Challenges in

Mass Spectrometry

New Concepts & Instruments for

Biosensors*

Comprehensive Multidimensional

Separations

Green Analytical Chemistry

Thursday Morning

A New Era of Liquid Chromatography

Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy in

Honor of James D. Winefordner

Young Scientist Session: Proteomics &

Glycomics in Biomarker Discovery

Thursday Afternoon

Small Instrumentation for a Small World*

Integrated Approaches for Impurity &

Degradant Identification

*ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry

session

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highlighted the role of analytical chemistry in world economies. Awardees also join the Pittcon Hall of Fame, which recognizes pioneers in the analytical instrumentation world.

The Bomem-Michelson Award, spon-sored by ABB, honors scientists who have advanced the techniques of vibrational, molecular, Raman, or electronic spectros-copy. Geraldine Richmond, Richard M. & Patricia H. Noyes Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon, is this year’s awardee.

The Charles N. Reilley Award, spon-sored by the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC), will be given to Hector D. Abruña, Emile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. This award recognizes outstanding research contributions in electroanalytical chem-istry. Shelley D. Minteer, Saint Louis Uni-versity, is this year’s recipient of the SEAC Young Investigator Award, which is spon-sored by Cypress Systems.

The Dal Nogare Award, sponsored by the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley (CFDV), will be presented to John G. Dors-ey, Katherine Blood Hoffman Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University. This award was established to honor Stephen Dal Nogare, who died in 1968 after serv-ing six months as president of CFDV. The recipient is chosen on the basis of his or her contributions to the fundamental under-standing of the chromatographic process.

The Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award, sponsored by the Society for Ana-lytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, will be pre-sented to Milton L. Lee, H. Tracy Hall Pro-fessor of Analytical Chemistry at Brigham Young University. This award recognizes significant contributions by a scientist to analytical chemistry.

Neil L. Kelleher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will receive the Pitts-burgh Conference Achievement Award. This award, sponsored jointly by the Pitts-burgh Conference and the Society for Ana-lytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, recognizes outstanding achievements of an individual during the early stages of his or her inde-pendent scientific career.

The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, awarded by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, will be given to Sanford A. Ash-er, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. The award recognizes an individual who has an estab-lished and outstanding record of contribu-tions to the field of applied spectroscopy.

Milos V. Novotny, Distinguished Pro-fessor of Chemistry and Lilly Chemistry Alumni Chair at Indiana University, Bloomington, will receive the Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry. This award, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Conference and friends of Ralph Adams, the late professor from the University of Kansas, recognizes an outstanding scien-tist who has advanced the field of bioana-lytical chemistry through research, innova-tion, or education.

The Williams Wright Award, sponsored by the Coblentz Society, is presented annu-ally to an industrial spectroscopist who has made significant contributions to vibra-tional spectroscopy. This year’s award will be presented to Rina K. Dukor, president of Jupiter, Fla.-based BioTools.

The Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, sponsored by Agilent Technologies and presented by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, will be given to Adam T. Woolley, Brigham Young University. This award recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to the field of separation science by a young chemist or chemical engineer.

EXPOSITION. The Pittcon 2008 Exposi-tion will be open from Monday, March 3, through Thursday, March 6. Exhibit hours will be from 9 AM to 5 PM on Monday through Wednesday and from 9 AM to 3 PM on Thursday. Exhibitors will showcase their latest analytical laboratory instrumenta-tion, equipment, supplies, and services.

NEW PRODUCT FORUM. The New Prod-uct Forum is an opportunity for Pittcon 2008 exhibitors to highlight new products, techniques, and equipment. The forum will be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings and will consist of four 20-min-ute presentations organized according to specific topics. The sessions are intended to be informal to encourage audience par-ticipation and discussion. ■

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PITTCON AT A GLANCE

Dates: March 2–6

Location: New Orleans

Website: www.pittcon.org

Information Contacts: Program,

program@pittcon.org; Exposition,

expo@pittcon.org; and General In-

formation, info@pittcon.org