Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC)

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

The workshop is now full, but registration is still open for the
meeting on 12-13 May 2011. A list of topics to be presented at the
meeting is given below.

For details and registration form see

    <URL:http://www.mascgroup.org>

With best wishes from the MaSC committee and the 5th MaSC Workshop
and Meeting local organising committee: Dan Kirby, Erin Mysak,
Narayan Khandekar and Kathleen Kennelly, Christopher Maines, Klaas
Jan van den Berg, Ester Ferreira, Catherine Higgitt and Ken
Sutherland

confirmed presentations:

    Characterization of free and total fatty acids in oil paint

    Two analytical procedures for the GCMS analyses of saccharide
    binding media in paintings

    The source for the natural resin used by the Inka to decorate
    qero cups

    Identification of natural organic dyes by mass spectrometry

    Study of 15th and 16th century applied brocades of the Southern
    Netherlands

    Characterisation of synthetic varnishes and paint binders by
    DEMS and Py-GCMS

    Analytical challenge and conservation: the case of the early
    restoration of a medieval tapestry

    GCMS investigations of natural resins from a 300 year old
    material collection (Vigani Cabinet, Cambridge)

    Mixtures of egg and oil: fat tempera or oil paint?

    Application of REMPI laser mass spectrometry to art

    Identification of the binders and varnishes of Ethiopian icons
    (15th-17th centuries) by chromatographic techniques

    Analysis of 20th C tube oil paint media and additives - recent
    highlights

    Towards a dedicated peptide LC-MS/MS library for conservation
    science

    Novel efflorescence on museum objects in relation to off-gassing
    of polyester polyurethane foams

    Quality assurance in archaeometry: a round robin test of a XVII
    century pharmaceutical formulation replica

    The influence of different processing methods on the TAG profile
    of Oils by MALDI-FT-ICR-MS

    Organic off-gas analysis in the Oddy test vessel with SPME-GCMS

    Peptide mass fingerprinting for protein identification in
    artificially aged egg films

    Development of a pyrolysis- GCMS procedure for characterizing
    Asian and European furniture lacquers

    Application of capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry to
    the analysis and dating of museum biological specimens

Narayan Khandekar PhD FIIC
Senior Conservation Scientist
Senior Lecturer on the History of Art and Architecture
Straus Centre for Conservation and Technical Studies
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4591
Fax: 617-495-0322


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