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 The San Francisco Bay Area Mass Spectrometry (BAMS) discussion group


 Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Foster City, CA

Dinner reservations required by 6:00 PM on Friday, August 21st, 2009 (reservations ARE active)


****Speaker: Prof. Dr. Albert J. R. Heck
Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group
Utrecht University, The Netherlands****
 
Title: "Viruses in Your Mass Spectrometer"
 
Abstract: Native mass spectrometry is an emerging technology which allows the topological investigation of intact protein complexes with high sensitivity and a theoretically unrestricted mass range. This unique tool provides complementary information to established technologies in structural biology. Using such MS based technologies we have begun to study the biophysical properties of virus structure and assembly, focusing on the important HBV and norovirus human pathogens. The mass of the norovirus, over 10 million DA, creates a significant challenge to any structural method to characterize these particles with considerable resolution as these are one of the largest particles ever analyzed by high resolution macromolecular mass spectrometry. Such particles may now be mass analyzed by ESI-MS and ion mobility MS, which can be used to investigate the structure, shape, stoichiometry and nature of assembly intermediates.


SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Albert Heck (Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 1989: PhD, Mass Spectrometry, University of Amsterdam, 1993) has been a professor at Utrecht University since 1998. After graduation Heck completed a postdoc at Stanford University (Zare lab) and Sandia National Lab (with Chandler) where his research focused on ion imaging and chemical reaction dynamics. Subsequently, he moved to the University of Warwick, UK, where he became a lecturer in Physical Chemistry. Since 1998, he has been the head of the Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics group, organizationally embedded in the Bijvoet Research School and the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences. The general research theme is to develop and implement innovative MS methods for the more efficient and detailed characterization of proteins in relation to their biological function. As scientific director, he and his group play a pivotal role in the Netherlands Proteomics Centre, which focuses on developing proteomics technologies, focused on protein expression quantification, membrane protein proteomics, post-translational modifications, protein networks, high-throughput protein analysis and biomarkers.  
 
We look forward to seeing you there!
 
Your BAMS Executive Team



Meeting details
Date: Tuesday  August 25th, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm Social hour, registration (no-host cocktails)

7:00 pm Dinner

8:00 pm Presentation
Dinner:  
featuring:    
Dinner selections are A)  Sliced Flank Steak with Anise Marinde.   B) Crispy-Skin Black Sea Bass with Lemon Dill Butter Sauce.   C) Mediterranean Farfalle Pasta (Vegetraian)






Cost:
$35
 BAMS members*

$45
 Non-members

$65
 BAMS membership plus dinner cost

$20
 Students only

$300
 2009 Corporate Sponsors


Dinner reservations required by 6:00 PM, Friday the 21st of August, 2009

*Note:  BAMS memberships are for the calendar year and should be renewed with the first event you attend in 2009.  Dues ($30.00) may be paid while registering for dinner.  If you are unsure of your Membership status, please email Tom Slyker.

Crowne Plaza Hotel
1221 Chess Drive
Foster City, CA 94404 

Google Map to Crowne Plasa Hotel
Hotel Phone: 1-800-972-3124  


 

Did you see or hear about the BAMS talk by Professor Murayama entitled "What is Mass?"  What is it we are measuring after all?  Check it out!  Go to ctp.berkeley.edu and click on "Popular Talks & Articles" for a QuickTime file.

As a service to our members, we post Employment postings UPDATING August 14th, 2009.

Job Market is picking ... and California Analytical Chemists Organization (CACO- used to be called Bay Area Analytical Chemists (BAAC)) has some Great Position listings. Click here for the ASP (active server pages) CACO JOB LISTINGS.

The San Francisco Bay Area Mass Spectrometry discussion group was formed in 1980 to provide a regular gathering for people interested in mass spectrometry and allied topics. BAMS currently has a membership of about 270 individual and 20 corporate members, and meets 7-10 times per year for a midweek dinner and lecture.  Meetings attract between 30 and 90 people, and are held at a restaurant or hotel in the bay area convenient for our speaker.  We usually convene at 6:00 pm for cocktails, dinner at 6:30 to 7:00 pm, and lecture at 7:30 to 8:00 pm.

If you have suggestions for a meeting topic, or know of a prominent mass spectrometrist who will be visiting the bay area, please contact our program chair, Maryann Shen.

To become a member, please fill out and mail in a membership form.
BAMS has been fortunate to have had many excellent speakers in our history.
If you have suggestions for a meeting topic please contact our program chair Maryann Shen.
If you have questions or comments about BAMS, please contact one of the Current BAMS Officers.
Please thank our Corporate Sponsors who help keep BAMS membership and dinner costs low.
Here are some internet links that may be of interest to BAMS members.

Here is a link to The RAS Memorial Fund will provide four $750 travel awards to help students go to either the 2009 Gaseous Ion GRC or future ASMS Meetings.  Richard A. Schaeffer Memorial Fund.  Deadline to apply is 9 of February, 2009. Even though the dealine has past for 2009, they do offer other awards. E-mail contact to Joseph J. Grabowski   Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Director of Undergraduate Research, Arts & Sciences University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Contact the Webmaster directly if you desire the application in PDF format.
 

If you have comments or suggestions for this web site, please email Arthur Henrick, BAMS Webmaster starting in 2009 BAMS.Webmaster@gmail.com


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