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Spring 1999 Quarterly Meeting The Spring Quarterly meeting will be held on April 7, 1999 in the Blacksmith Shop at the Earle Brown Heritage Center. Professor Richard Baldwin from the chemistry department of University of Louisville, KY will speak. Dr. Baldwin will be discussing new applications in the emerging and exciting topic of miniature labs on a chip. Dr. Baldwin received BS degree from Thomas Moore College and Ph.D. from Purdue University. He joined the Chemistry department at University of Louisville, Louisville, KY in 1976 where he presently holds the rank of Professor. His current research interests focus is on applications of electrochemical detection in Capillary Electrophoresis. MEETING ABSTRACT Labs-on a-Chip – New Applications and Detection Schemes Within the past few years, the idea of constructing miniaturized "analytical laboratories" incorporating a full range of sample processing and analysis operations onto a single small chip has progressed from a research curiosity to a commercial reality. In particular, the current generation of microchip instruments is already successfully performing very complex tasks such as high speed DNA sequencing and PCR analysis. However, with the present detection methodologies – principally, laser-induced fluorescence - it is unlikely that the goal of producing self-contained, fully miniaturized analysis devices will soon be achieved. An alternative detection technology much more compatible with microfabrication is provided by electrochemistry. In particular, microelectrodes of different shape, size, and composition can be patterned onto glass and silica substrates by standard photolithographic and etching techniques similar to those used to fabricate the chip’s electrophoresis channels; and the detection system can be incorporated directly onto the microchip. In this presentation the present status of lab-on-a-chip analysis devices and some of their impressive applications will be discussed. In addition, new possibilities offered by on-board electrochemical detection will also be considered. Meeting Date: April 7, 1999 Location: Earle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center Social Hour: 6:30-7:30 PM Meeting: 7:30-9:00 PM Directions to the Earle Brown Heritage Center: From the West:Take I-94 East and I-694 East to Shingle Creek Parkway exit, follow cloverleaf around, turn left onto Shingle Creek Parkway, left at stoplight (Summit Drive North), left again one block at Earle Brown Drive (first turn), follow around to the main entrance on your right. From the East: Take I-94 West and I-694 West to Shingle Creek Parkway exit, follow cloverleaf around, turn right onto Shingle Creek Parkway, left at second stoplight (Summit Drive North), left again one block at Earle Brown Drive, follow around to the main entrance on your right. From the South: Take I-494 West to Hwy. 100 North, exit at John Martin Drive, at top of exit, cross through intersection 57th Avenue North to John Martin Drive, turn left, continue to first stop sign, turn right onto Earle Brown Drive, continue through next stop sign, watch for main entrance on your left. From the North: Take I-35 South to I-694 West, then to Shingle Creek Parkway exit, follow cloverleaf around, turn right onto Shingle Creek Parkway, left at second stoplight (Summit Drive North), left again one block at Earle Brown Drive, follow around to the main entrance on your right.
Course registration deadline: May 7, 1999 Short course registration includes luncheon for 2 days and a 1 year MCF membership. Symposium registration deadline: May 7, 1999 (On-site registration is also available) Invited Speakers: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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Call for Papers!!! This call for papers solicits contributions for general poster presentations from all areas of separation science. See the MCF website! Deadline is April 15, 1999. Rooms available: Hilton Hotel North Tel: (612) 566-8000 Fax:(612) 566-9386 Rates: Singles/Doubles are $89.00 for MCF 1999 Spring Symposium Courses!!! Three courses offered! 1) "Effective Technical Presentations"
2) "Chromatographic FT-IR and Raman Spectrometric Methods"
3) "Troubleshooting HPLC Systems" with Hands On" Participation*
* With participating vendors, including Beckman, Shimadzu and Waters. Education Committee Members: Kimberly Grandprey, Chair Minutes of the 17 March Board Meeting Present: B Cai, L Charpentier, D Eikens, J Jopke, J Li, R Ravichandran, P Sackett Treasurer’s Report: The bank has cleaned up its act and will be conditionally allowed to continue as our savings institution. Money is flying in and out of the treasury as a result of the ever-approaching Symposium. Education Committee: Courses are lined up and we already have 1 paid registrant. Catering decisions remain to be made. Symposium Committee: Five abstracts have been received, about 30 are needed. Twenty booths have been sold to date, 38-40 are expected. Jan reported that the new caterers for EBHC will maintain the quality standards set by D’Amico and Sons. The gift has been selected, and registrants will be allowed their choice of the 1999 gift or the tool sets from 1998. Newsletter: We’re experiencing some shakedown problems moving to the new printer, but should have matters under control shortly. Old Business: The counter was reset on 1 Feb and we’ve gotten 284 visits since then from as far away as England and South Africa. The discussion page isn’t being used to its fullest extent, and Ravi and David E. are still working on including links to vendor web sites. New Business: Ravi is assembling a slate for elections, and hopes to have at least 2 names for each position. Replacements are being sought for Symposium and Education committee chairs. Next Meeting: A short meeting will be held at EBHC in conjunction with the quarterly meeting, open to all of the membership. 7 April, 6:30pm. L.S. Palmer Award The History: LeRoy Sheldon Palmer (1887-1944) published his thesis work entitled "Carotin - The Principal Yellow Pigment in Milk Fat" in 1914 at the University of Missouri. It was one of the first papers to apply a chromatographic separation to a real-life problem and it closely followed Tswetts controversial pioneering work. He moved to the University of Minnesota in 1919 in the field of dairy science. In 1922 Palmer's monograph was the first such volume published by the American Chemical Society and is generally credited with popularizing chromatography and providing specific applications which sparked interest in the area.The Nomination: In order to encourage nominations, we include a single page nomination form. This is meant to serve as a completed form, if desired, or as an outline for those who wish to add a full vitae. We will try to contact the nominators to verify receipt of the nomination and also to secure additional information if required. Nominations must be received on or before April 15. The Committee: The Palmer Award Committee consists of three MCF members and the past-president who chairs the Palmer Committee. The committee chair circulates the nominations among the committee members. The Palmer Award winner for the year is selected by committee consensus via blind balloting. The Award: The Palmer Award was created to recognize and to encourage the art and science of chromatography, in particular as it is related to the membership of the MCF. It is given to those individuals whose professional as well as scientific accomplishments have fostered progress in chromatography. The award consists of a plaque, suitably inscribed, which is presented at the MCF Spring Symposium. The first Palmer Award was received by Leslie Ettre in 1980 (appropriately, since Dr. Ettre was primarily responsible for calling Palmer's career achievements to our attention). MCF Palmer Award Winners
POSITION OPEN: Analytical Scientist This challenging position has responsibility for development, validation and transfer of analytical methods for raw materials, in process and release testing. This individual will prepare development reports, summarizing experiments, protocols and test methods. Our ideal candidate will have a BS or MS in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Minimum of 4 years experience in analytical development or an advanced degree with research in a related area. Minimum 2 years pharmaceutical or medical device experience (preferred). HPLC experience required. Demonstrated ability to independently research and troubleshoot assays, summarize work with clear concise reports and ability to write procedures based upon development work. Send your resume to Lifecore Biomedical, Inc., 3515 Lyman Blvd., Chaska, MN 55318-3051, (612) 368-3411 (fax) or careers@lifecore.com. |
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