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EMS2006 – SFAI 3rd National Meeting on Environmental Mass Spectrometry

University of Chester

April 11 & 12, 2006

Scientific Programme

The Weir on the River Dee at Chester

SFAI

SCICOMM

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Supported and sponsored by

The BMSS

http://www.chromatographynetwork.com/default.asp 534 Hits @ April 10, 2006

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Abstracts/Posters are viewable in full from April 11, 2006

GO TO THE EMS2006 PAGE @

http://www.conferencepostersonline.com/conference/1141745535

We are indebted to Phill Turner for facilitating the EMS2006 Page @ Conferencepostersonline.com

Invitation via e-mail from Phill TurnerThe website is a personal project and free. Individual posters can currently be uploaded freely, deleted or replaced from our database by the user themselves.

The site has been indexed by google/yahoo and gives good returns.Conference pages can be designed and links to your websites activated

If you can encourage any other/previous poster submissions I would be grateful. E-mail for contact: phillturner@hotmail.com

Mobile: 07813 891554

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

10.00 – 10.30 h Registration & Coffee

All Lectures will take place in Binks 1.07

Session I

Chair- Dr Peter J Baugh

10.30 – 11.00 h Keynote K-01 ‘Multi component environmental analysis using MRM protocols’

Dr John Upton, Varian Ltd., Oxford

Oral Presentations I

A. Environmental Analysis

11.00 – 11.20 h L-01 ‘Applications of imaging matrix assisted laser desorption

ionisation - mass spectrometry to the study of dermal absorption

of isocyanates ‘

Brendan Prideaux, Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University

(Postgraduate student presentation)

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11.20 – 11.40 h L-02 ‘How multi-purpose is multi-residue pesticide analysis for the

busy testing laboratory?’

Mark Sykes, Central Science Laboratory, York

11.40 – 12.00 h L-03 ‘The supelco “dioxin prep system - florisil version”: a multi-

layer silica gel column connected in series to an activated

florisil micro- column for rapid determinations of pcdd/fs and

pcbs in environmental samples’

Nicholas Ordsmith, Hall Analytical Ltd., Wythenshawe,

Manchester

12.00 – 14.00 h Lunch (main dining hall)

Poster Session & Exhibition Display in Binks 0.05, 0.12 & 0.13.

Advanstar, Anton Parr Ltd., Bruker Daltonics Ltd., Domnick Hunter Group, Grace (Alltech)Associates, Greyhound Chromatography & Allied Chemicals, Hiden Analytical Ltd., Kore Technology Ltd.,

Leco UK Ltd., LGC(Promochem), Presearch Ltd., Qmx Laboratories, SAI Ltd., SGE Europe Ltd., Thames Restec Ltd.,

Thermo Electron Corporation, Waters Corporation

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Session II

Chair- Mark Sykes 

14.00 – 14.30 h Keynote K-02 ‘Large molecules in the environment detected by

MALDI- MS and size exclusion chromatography ’

Dr Alan Herod, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Imperial College

Oral Presentations II

B. Environmental Analysis

14.30 – 14.50 h L-04‘Multi residue analysis of EU black list priority pollutants in

drinking and surface water using solid phase extraction and GC

Tandem Quadrupole MSMS’

Dr Jennifer Burgess, Waters Corporation, MS Technologies Centre,

Wythenshawe, Manchester

14.50 – 15.10 h L-05 ‘Analysis of oxidised organic compounds in aerosol using

GCXGC- TOF-MS and thermal desorption’

Paul Webb, Department of Chemistry, University of York

(Postgraduate student presentation)

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15.10 – 15.30 h L-06‘Investigating sorption of PAHs to soil particles using thermal techniques coupled to MS' Dr Steve Smith, Department of Environmental Sciences, Kings College, London 15.30 – 16.00 h Tea (Binks 0.05)

 Session III

Chair- Prof. Graham Bonwick 

16.00 – 16.30 Keynote K-03 ‘Mass spectrometry and the chemical evaluation of foods’ Chris Wright, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever

Oral Presentations IIIC. Food Analysis 16.30 – 16.50 h L-07 ‘Determination of brominated flame retardants in foods by high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection’ Dr Malcolm Driffield, Central Science Laboratory, York

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16.50 – 17.10 h L-08 ‘Toward Total Sample Screening and Retrospective Analysis’ Dr Anneke Lubben, Bruker Daltonics, Coventry

17.10 – 17.30 h L-09 ‘Dietary exposure estimates of PFOS and related perfluorochemicals from the 2004 UK total diet study’ Dr Don B Clarke, Central Science Laboratory, York 18.30 h Conference Dinner (main dining hall)

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 

Session IVChair- Prof Chris Smith

D. Food/Flavour Analysis 09.00 – 09.30 h Keynote K-04 ‘Novel Applications of MALDI-TOF: Recent advances on the profiling of microorganisms’ Vic Parr, SAI Ltd, Manchester

 

 

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09.30 – 09.50 h L-10‘ PTR-TOF-MS: A New Instrument For Real-

Time Analysis Of Multi-Component Systems:

Applications to food analysis

Fraser Reich, Kore Technology Ltd., Cambridge

09.50 – 10.10 h L-11‘The use of hplc-ms/ms for detection of the presence

of illegal dyes in a wide range of spices, colourants

and finished food products’

Dr Simon Hird, Central Science Laboratory York

10.10 – 10.30 h L-12 ‘Determination of Contaminants in Sports

Supplements by GC-MS’

Dr David Wevill, Horse Racing Forensic

Laboratory, Fordham, Cambridge

 

10.30 – 11.00 h Coffee (Binks 0.05)

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Session V Chair- Keith Hall

E. Forum Delegates are invited to contribute to discussions on the following topic areas or other areas as suggested in the meeting.

11.00 – 11.20 h L-13 ‘UKAS accreditation’ Jon Murthy (UKAS)11.20 – 11.45 h Contributions from Representatives of Accredited Laboratories

 11.45 – 12.30 h 1.‘Sample Preparation and Clean-up in Environmental and Food Matrix Analysis’ 2.‘Instrumentation: Introduction Techniques and Optimisation’

        Input- users and providers• Lead group- Waters Corporation

12.30 – 12.35 h Closing Remarks

Thanks to the local organising committee,, chairs of sessions, oral and poster presenters- especially postgraduate students, sponsors, exhibitors and all delegates for their

participation and attendance 12.35 h Lunch (main dining hall)

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13.00 – 16.00 h 

Thermo Electron Corporation product launch and user discussion