Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC)

2011 MaSC Workshop and Meeting
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA
9-13 May 2011

Workshop:

    Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA will host the Fifth MaSC
    Workshop on 9-11 May 2011, jointly organised by Harvard Art
    Museums and the MaSC committee. The workshop will be limited to
    10 participants.

    The workshop will focus on laser desorption ionisation mass
    spectrometry (LDMS) and matrix assisted laser desorption
    ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI) with emphasis on the
    identification and characterisation of synthetic organic
    pigments and proteins. The three days will consist of lectures,
    demonstrations, and hands-on training. Participants will be
    encouraged to bring appropriate samples of their own.

    Those wishing to attend are requested to submit a short
    paragraph describing their experience with mass spectrometry and
    what they anticipate learning from the workshop along with the
    registration form posted on the MaSC website
    <URL:http://www.mascgroup.org>

    The registration fee for the workshop is $300. Requests to
    attend the workshop must be received no later than 11 February
    2011. Notification of acceptance for the workshop will be given
    no later than 4 March 2011.

Meeting:

    The MaSC meeting will be held at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum,
    12-13 May 2011 and will include discussions and presentations on
    a variety of chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques
    and their application to the study of art and cultural
    artefacts. Contributions on mass spectrometric techniques, such
    as direct insertion probe MS, GCMS, LCMS, LDMS and MALDI, are
    encouraged. We also welcome presentations on a broader range of
    topics of interest to conservation science. The collegial
    atmosphere of the meeting provides an ideal venue for the
    exchange of ideas and the discussion of work in progress. Those
    interested in presenting a paper or poster should submit a 150
    word abstract using the registration form on the MaSC website.
    Abstracts must be received no later than 11 February 2011.
    Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be given no later
    than 4 March 2011.

Daniel P. Kirby
Andrew W. Mellon Associate in Conservation Science
Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
Harvard / Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
617-495-2392
Mobile: 857-234-6102


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