Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC)--addendum

Update

Seventh Workshop and Meeting of the Users' Group for Mass
    Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC)
The Art Institute of Chicago
Northwestern University, the Field Museum, and Agilent Technologies
Chicago, Illinois
17-22 May 2015

Please note that registration for the workshop (17-20 May, 2015) is
now closed

Registration to attend the meeting at the Art Institute of Chicago
on 21-22 May is still open.  The deadline to receive a reduced
registration fee is 15 February, 2015

The meeting will include a session on inorganic and isotope ratio
mass spectrometry, the topic of the 2015 workshop, but will also
cover a broad range of applications of diverse chromatographic and
mass spectrometric techniques to study art and cultural artefacts.
Topics will include:

    Stable isotope analysis as a provenancing tool for marble
    artefacts

    ICP-MS and lead isotope analysis of Roman silver

    The characterisation of proteins and gums by MALDI-TOF and
    related MS techniques

    Py-GCMS analysis of Asian and European lacquers

    GCMS and VOC analysis of degradation markers in modern materials

    GCMS and LCMS characterisation of aqueous and oleoresinous paint
    media

Full details of the workshop and meeting, a registration form, and
practical information on accommodation, payment, etc. can be found
at

    <URL:http://mascgroup.org/workshops-and-meetings/workshops-and-meetings/>

Questions can be addressed to the local organizers and MaSC
committee, c/o Ken Sutherland and Marc Walton
<masc2015aic<-at->artic<.>edu>


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