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onthecalendar d Microplates and MS hydrogen rearrangement in the gas-phase s ion chemistry of carbonyl compounds, now Find out what’s new in microplates and mass spectrometry. known as the “McLafferty rearrangement”. The Biemann Medal, which recognizes a sig- MipTec 2004 focus on drug discovery strategies for small nificant achievement in basic or applied Microplate Technology (MipTec) 2004 is molecules, antibodies, biologically active mass spectrometry made by an individual dedicated to enabling technolo- proteins, and vaccination strategies. The early in his or her career and is presented gies in the drug discovery second part will cover strategic issues. in honor of Klaus Biemann, will go to Carol process. The conference Speakers from the most successful V. Robinson of Cambridge University for her is in its seventh year and and innovative companies will pre- achievements and contributions to the areas will be held May 3–6 sent their views on how to build of protein mass spectrometry and structural in Basel, Switzerland. a winning R&D organization. biology. This award will be given at a lec- MipTec 2004 will offer For more information on the ture on Wednesday morning, May 26. diverse session topics that meeting, please visit www.miptec.com. Short courses will be held prior to the reflect the continually chang- actual meeting on May 22 and 23. Topics ing landscape in the search for ASMS 2004 include interpretation of mass spectra; mass new medicines. Academic, pharmaceutical, The 52nd American Society for Mass spectrometry in drug discovery; funda- and biotechnology scientists from the United Spectrometry (ASMS) conference will be mentals and applications of MS/MS, FTMS, States and Europe will present new concepts held May 23–27 at the Opryland Hotel in and MALDI-TOF/MS; practical LC/MS; and approaches in biology, chemistry, and Nashville, TN. The ASMS promotes and and quantitative mass spectrometry. drug discovery technologies. MipTec 2004 disseminates knowledge of mass spec- Oral and poster sessions will be held will also offer an exhibition featuring more trometry and allied topics that include beginning Monday, May 24, covering a than 70 companies exhibiting the newest advancement of techniques and instru- range of topics, including stable isotope products for automation, readout and stor- mentation in mass spectrometry, as labeling for biochemical quanti- age, chip technologies, plasticware and con- well as fundamental research in tation, introduction to sys- sumables, proteomics, combinatorial chemistry, geology, biological sci- tems biology and the role of chemistry, and bioinformatics. ences, and physics. This year’s mass spectrometry, recent Technical session topics for MipTec 2004 meeting will feature short advances in lipidomics, include target identification and validation; courses, workshops, tutorial lec- mass spectrometry con- biomolecular screening strategies and the tures, plenary lectures, award tributions to immunology, hit-to-lead process; structure-based drug lectures, oral and poster sessions, protein conformation and discovery and chemical genomics; novel and exhibits. binding, environmental mass assay technologies and orphan target There will be two plenary lectures spectrometry, metabonomics, pho- approaches; chips, arrays, and microflu- entitled “Overview of the Bioterrorism todissociation, ion mobility spectrometry, idics; leveraging the power of informatics Threat and What We Can Do To Prepare and and glycomics. For information on the in drug discovery; maximizing value from Respond”, presented on Monday morning, meeting, please visit www.asms.org. o compound collections; biomarkers discov- May 24, and “Communicating Technological ery, proteomics, and pharmacodynamics; Concepts to Lay Jurors—Genentech vs. jupcomingmeetings and ADME-tox: preclinical profiling. Burroughs-Wellcome et al.—Telling the A preconference session will be held on tPA Story”, held on Thursday morning, BIO 2004 May 3 entitled “Innovations in Anti-Cancer May 27. San Francisco, June 6–9 Drug Discovery”. This conference is for all There will be two awards presented at www.bio.org companies interested in anticancer drug dis- ASMS 2004. The Distinguished Contribution covery and development. The event is struc- in Mass Spectrometry Award recognizes a ALA Lab Fusion tured to represent key drivers for success focused, singular achievement in, or con- Boston, June 12–16 in this rapidly expanding but also highly tribution to, fundamental or applied mass http://labautomation.org/LF/LF04 competitive field. Presentations will cover spectrometry. The award will be given at a breakthrough technologies, product con- lecture on Tuesday morning, May 25. This ChemSpec Europe 2004 cepts, and R&D management. The confer- year’s recipient is Fred McLafferty of Cornell Amsterdam, June 23–24 ence will be divided into two sessions: The University for his contribution to the mech- www.ibc-lifesci.com/chemspec PHOTOS: PHOTODISC first is a more technical session that will anistic definition of the six-membered ring 2004 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY APRIL 2004 MODERN DRUG DISCOVERY 61.