Abstract
Electrospray ionization and MALDI are the two most widely used ionization techniques for obtaining mass spectra of peptides and proteins. It will be discussed how these techniques can be employed for high volume protein identification, de novo peptide sequencing, and protein mass determination.  In addition, the importance of software tools for automation and the use of a central database for workflow management and data archiving will be addressed.

Background
Dr. Hans-Werner Lahm is a Senior Research Specialist at F. Hoffmann-La Roche's Roche Center for Medical Genomics in Basel, Switzerland. He received his Ph.D. in Macromolecular Chemistry & Protein Chemistry with Helmut Zahn at Aachen University, Germany. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, NJ., Visiting Scientist at the Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden, Senior Scientist at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Nutley, NJ, and Staff Scientist at the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Natl. Medical Center, Duarte, CA. His current research interests center around protein analysis. These include protein and peptide sequencing techniques based on chemical methods and mass spectrometry, cLC/MS, protein-protein interaction analysis and analysis of posttranslational modifications.

Meeting details

Date:	Monday	March 18, 2002
Time:	6:00 pm	Social hour, registration (no-host cocktails)
	7:00 pm	Dinner
	8:00 pm	Lecture
Dinner:	Choice of:	Marinated Chicken Breast
		Vegetarian
	includes	various side dishes & dessert
Cost:	$25.00	BAMS members.  Reservations required by noon Wed. March 13, 2002
	$35.00	Non-members.  Reservations required by noon Wed. March 13, 2002
	$15.00	Students only.  Reservations required by noon Wed. March 13, 2002

Note: 2002 dues need to be paid to obtain member price.  Dues ($20) may be paid while registering for dinner.

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