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Palmer Nominees Wanted

Ward Swanson

The MCF Palmer Award Committee is now taking nominations to be considered for this year’s Palmer 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 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.

If you know someone who is deserving of such an award fill out the nomination form and email it to wswanson@barr.com or mail it to the address on the form.  Nominations must be received by May 1, 2003.

MCF Spring Symposium Update

The following are the featured speakers at the 24th MCF Spring Symposium.

Keynote Speaker

John Dolan, BASi Northwest Labs, “HPLC Technology: Past, Present, and Future”

Focus Speakers

David Muddiman, Mayo Clinic , “Comprehensive Proteomics in a Single Cell using HPLC - FT Ion Cyclotron Resonance MS”

Leo Bonilla, ThermoFinnigan, Harvard/Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics, “Strategies for Protein Quantification Using Multidimensional Chromatography Coupled With Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Staffan Nilsson, Lund University , Lund , Sweden , “3 Formats in Molecular Imprinted Phase-Capillary Electrochromatography (MIP-CEC) for Chiral Drug Separation”

Stuart Cram, Agilent Technologies, “Analysis of Pesticides and Herbicides by HPLC-MS”

Do You Have Any Vintage HPLC Equipment???

The Keynote Speaker for the 2003 Spring Symposium, John Dolan, will address the topic of “HPLC Technology: Past, Present, and Future.”  As he reflects on the history of HPLC, he will share some photos of vintage HPLC equipment.  If you have access to any vintage HPLC equipment, John would appreciate a digital photo for possible inclusion in his presentation.  You may send digital photos to him at john.dolan@bioanalytical.com Thanks for your help.

Petrochemical Applications of Ion Chromatography 

Speaker: Robert Freeman, Ph.D

Date April 22, 2003  

Sheraton Four Points at I-94 and Hamline

Refreshments: 6:30 PM and Presentation at 7:00 PM

Utilization of ion chromatography has steadily grown over the years.  Presently, there are many respectable applications throughout the chemical industry.  This talk will include some history of ion chromatography, basic principles of operation, function of common detectors, and description of several petrochemical applications.

Dr. Freeman is presently the Laboratory Manager at the Pine Bend Refinery for Flint Hills Resources, a Koch Industries subsidiary.  The Pine Bend Refinery is one of the largest refining complexes in the country, supplying motor fuels to the Twin Cities area, jet fuel to the MSP airport, and environmentally formulated fuels to the overall Great Lakes area, including BLUE PLANET gasoline.

From the Editor's Desk

Ravi Ravichandran

The beautiful weather we had for the past few days along with the American Cancer Society sponsored daffodil sale reminded me that Spring is already here! Of course, the best part of the spring season is the opportunity for all of us to get together again at the MCF Spring Symposium. Please take some time to peruse the symposium information found through out this newsletter.

One of the annual activities at the Symposium is the election of some of our Board members.  The MCF Board is the group of people who chart the course of MCF- a well recognized professional organization working towards the advancement separation science in the upper Midwest .  If you would like to get involved, now is your chance!  Or, if you know of someone to recommend, nominate them!  We will be electing a 1st year Director, President-elect and Secretary-elect.  If you would like to find out what people in these positions actually do, feel free to contact us.  You can find out who and how at www.minnchrom.org/board_members.htm.  (Or, if you would like to get involved with one of the committees, contact the chairperson.) All of the contact names and numbers can be found on the MCF website.  Please give thoughtful consideration to whether you might volunteer or know of someone to nominate. This is your chance to have an impact on how MCF is run and what we do. You can volunteer or forward nominations to our current President-elect, Brenda Tjelta, at brenda.tjelta@ecolab.com or at (651)306-4236.

I want to take this opportunity to solicit a volunteer to take over the newsletter editor position. I have been doing it for the past 3 years. MCF Retention Times is the primary mode of communication for the members. I am sure there are quite a few of you out there who may be interested in editing the newsletter. The process of bringing a newsletter has been streamlined well. The only task of the editor is to compose the newsletter content  and send it to the printer via email. The rest of it is very transparent. Please call at 651-575-1407 or send an email to rravichandran@mmm.com if you are interested.  

See you all at the Spring Symposium!

Big Anniversary!

Peter R. Johnson

Did you know that March 21, 1903 is a special date in the history of chromatography. On that day, at a Meeting of the Warsaw Society of Natural Scientists, Mikhail Semenovich Tswett presented a lecture entitled "On a New Category of Adsorption Phenomena and its Application in Biochemical Analysis". Thus, chromatography was introduced by a 30-year-old Russian specialist in botany, biochemistry, and physiology, and it went on to become the premier separation technique of the 20th century.

MCF Spring Symposium Courses

There is still space available in the courses offered at the 24^th Annual Symposium

Chromatographic Analysis of Foods and Flavors – Becky Wittrig (Restek)

Mass Spectral Interpretation – Phil Lyon and Stacy Hanson (3M)

Practical Advice for developing better GC Methods – Cameron George and Darren Decker  (Agilent)

Troubleshooting HPLC Systems – John Dolan (LC Resources)

Each course has limited number of spaces.

Registration Deadline for all courses is April 21, 2003 .

Visit the MCF website for registration details and watch your mail for special mailings with course details!

Minn Mass Spring Meeting

Wednesday, April 30

Time and Place To Be Determined

Speaker:  Dr. James A. McCloskey , Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Utah

For information on Dr. McCloskey’s research, please see the following website:

http://www.bioscience.utah.edu/bc/bcFaculty/mccloskey/mccloskey.html

Mark you calendars and plan to attend!  For more information please call Stacy Hanson by phone at  651-736-2500 or through email at shanson@mmm.com

24^th Annual Spring Symposium Call for Papers

About the Symposium

The Minnesota Chromatography Forum invites you to participate in its 24^th Annual Spring Symposium and Short Courses at the Earl Brown Heritage Center in Minneapolis, MN.  This year's program will interest people from all areas of separation science.

This Call for Papers solicits contributions for oral and poster presentations from all areas of separation science.  This is an excellent opportunity to share your work with your peers.  General interest topics are very popular sessions.

The work must be presented by a person who was directly involved in the research.  Plan your presentation to be no longer than fifteen minutes followed by a five minute question and answer period

Abstract Submissions

Complete information for abstract submission is available online by clicking here.  Complete the Abstract Information Fields and the Author Information Fields on this page.

Abstracts may be sent by the above method or can be sent via email to: 

Peter Johnson at prjohnson1@mmm.com

All of the information which is requested on the Abstract Information Form must be included.

Deadline for abstract submission is April 11, 2003.