ASMS 2009

There are many exciting events that Thermo Scientific will showcase at ASMS 2009 :

Users' Meeting
Sheraton Philadelphia City Center
17th & Race Street
Liberty Ballroom & Foyer
Sunday, May 31st at 7:00am - 12pm

7:00 - 8:00  On-site Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15  Introduction
Dr. Iain Mylchreest, VP, Dept. Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry, Thermo Fisher Scientific   

8:15 - 9:15 Keynote Speaker:
Characterization of the LTQ Orbitrap Velos™ Capabilities for Proteomics
Jesper Olson, Ph.D., Dept. Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry

--Small Molecule Session:-- Liberty Ballroom D

9:30 - 9:45  Introduction
Dr. Lester Taylor, Director of Small Molecule Solutions, Thermo Fisher Scientific 

9:45 - 10:05  Direct Mass Spectrometry of Live Single-Cells using the LTQ Orbitrap™ Mass Spectrometer
Professor Tsutomu Masujima, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Bio-Med Science

10:05 - 10:25  Detection of Androgenic Anabolic Steroids in Plasma by LC-MS at part-per-trillion Sensitivity Employing Full Scan High Resolution Mass Spectrometry on the Exactive
Scott Stanley, Associate Professor , California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS), UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

10:25 - 10:45  An Integrated Approach To In Vitro And In Vivo Metabolite Quantitation Using A Dual-Pressure Linear Ion Trap
Dr. Jonathan Josephs, Principal Scientist, Discovery Biotransformation Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

10:45 - 11:00  Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20  Integrated Approach to Data Acquisition/Processing in a Regulated Pharmaceutical Environment
Dr. Jim Shen, Principal Scientist, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Schering-Plough Research Institute

11:20 - 11:40  Comparison of a Novel 25- hydroxyvitamin D2/D3 Analysis by TurboFlow Liquid Chromatography- Tandem Mass Spectrometry with a RIA and Other Analysis Techniques
Sihe Wang, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Head, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Cleveland Clinic

11:40 - 12:00  Quantitative Open Access LC- MS/MS using QuickQuan and QuickCalc Software
John Swales, Senior DMPK Scientist, AstraZeneca

--Large Molecule Session:-- Liberty Ballroom ABC
9:30 - 9:45  Introduction
Amy Zumwalt, Proteomics Marketing Program Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific 

9:45 - 10:05  First Impressions of New Ion Trap Technology: Implications and Impact for Proteomics
Dr. Michael MacCoss, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genome Sciences, University of Washington

10:05 - 10:25  New Frontiers in Proteomics: Application of the LTQ Orbitrap XL with ETD for Protein Analysis of Sequenced and Unsequenced Organisms
Dr. Meng-Qiu Dong, Assistant Investigator, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

10:25 - 10:45  Global SRM-Based Proteomics: Detection, Identification, and Quantification of Peptides in Complex Biological Samples
Dr. Bruno Domon, Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zürich, Switzerland

11:00 - 11:20  Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20  biomarkerexpress™:  A  Workflow for Rapid Development of Protein Biomarkers using LTQ Orbitrap XL and TSQ Quantum
Dr. Ruth VanBogelen, Director of Biomarkers and Proteomics, NextGen Sciences, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

11:20 - 11:40  A High-Throughput Proteomic Approach to Understanding Chromatin Structure
Dr. Benjamin Garcia, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

11:40 - 12:00  Integrative Network Analysis of Cell-Specific Eph/ephrin Phosphotyrosine Signaling
Dr. Claus Jorgensen, Post Doctoral Fellow, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Customer Event
Moshulu on the Waterfront
Penn's Landing
401 S. Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Sunday, May 31st at 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Following the Users' Meeting join our customer event at the Moshulu, the largest four-masted sailing ship in the world still afloat, for lunch with unparalleled views of the city and waterfront.

Entertainment includes: a live band, caricaturists and famous magician John Cassidy!  Transportation will be provided continuously between the Moshulu and the Philadelphia Convention Center.

Hospitality Suite
Marriott Philadelphia Downtown
Salon G&K
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
Monday - Wednesday, June 1^st - 3^rd at 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Visit us in the Marriott Hotel to see the new Thermo Scientific LTQ Velos and LTQ Orbitrap Velos, next-generation ion trap and orbitrap technologies.  View the latest software and instrumentation, meet with our sales, product and application specialists and enjoy refreshments and hors d'oeuvres.