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To the Memory of the late Dr. John Bennett Fenn, Honorary Member of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

To the Memory of the late Dr. John Bennett Fenn, Honorary Member of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

To the Memory of the late Dr. John Bennett Fenn, Honorary Member of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

To the Memory of the late Dr. John Bennett Fenn, Honorary Member of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

Young Investigator: Stephen William Holman

Supervisor’s supporting comments Stephen has shown himself to be an exceptional advocate for bioanalysis and an outstanding researcher. He quickly adapted his skills to the requirements of his PhD project, acquiring an understanding of mass spectrometry to which even more experienced practitioners would aspire. Within 18 months, he published his first paper, with a second being recently accepted for publication, and he has presented his work at a number of meetings. In September 2008, he received the Michael Barber award for the best student oral presentation at the British Mass Spectrometry Society conference in York, which attests to his enthusiastic delivery as well as the high standard of his science. His outstanding work and position in his peer group was further recognized when he won the poster prize competition, held at the end of the second year of PhD study at the School of Chemistry, University of Southampton. Stephen has expanded his project to a self-initiated and exciting area that is not only of extreme relevance to metabolite identification, but also increases fundamental knowledge of gas-phase ion chemistry within the collision cell of a mass spectrometer.

Brief history of mass spectrometry in Greece and the establishment of the Hellenic Mass Spectrometry Society

Brief history of mass spectrometry in Greece and the establishment of the Hellenic Mass Spectrometry Society

Japan HUPO for Promotion of Global Collaborations in Human Proteomics

The foundation of Japan Human Proteome Organisation (JHUPO) was announced on May 14, 2002 by the late Dr. Akira Tsugita (Proteomics Research Center) and Dr. Kazuyuki Nakamura (Yamaguchi University) with 18 distinguished Japanese scientists in the field of proteomics. Drs. Tsugita and Nakamura were inaugural members of HUPO, which was created on February 8, 2001, with 19 distinguished scientists including Dr. Ian-Humphery Smith (Utrecht University in Holland) who proposed the establishment of HUPO and Dr. Samir Hanash (University of Michigan in USA) who was nominated to be the first President of HUPO. JHUPO aimed to promote HUPO activities by 1) organizing a non-profit organization for consulting human proteome research; 2) education and training of proteomics for human and model organisms; and 3) supporting the coordination of innovative research in the field of proteomics in Japan. Dr. Tsugita was nominated to be the first President of JHUPO to promote JHUPO activities. He was active for Human Liver Proteomics and also joined HUPO Human Plasma Proteome Initiative. Dr. Nakamura was nominated to be the Vice President. He is active for Human Liver Cancer Proteomics and also for the promotion of Education and Training (ET ET AIST, Center of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; HGPI, Human Disease Glycomics/Proteome Initiative; HKUPP, Human Kidney & Urine Proteome Project; AOHUPO, Asia and Oceania HUPO; MPI, Membrane Proteomics Initiative. HUPO Views

The 6th East Midlands Proteomics Workshop supported by the BSPR and BMSS 14 November 2007, Nottingham, UK

Now in its 6(th) year, the East Midlands Proteomics workshop held in November 2007 brought together over 200 scientists with a common interest in proteomic techniques and their application to complex biological and biomedical problems. For the first time, this meeting was jointly supported by the British Society for Proteome Research (BSPR) and British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS).

Report by the Retiring President of the International Mass Spectrometry Society to the IMSS Governing Committee (Meeting of Affiliates)

Report by the Retiring President of the International Mass Spectrometry Society to the IMSS Governing Committee (Meeting of Affiliates)

Wandering through the Woods of Glyco-Mass Spectrometry

The onset of my glyco-mass spectrometry was a coincidental observation of mass spectral differences between positional isomers of phospholipids. I have been led for the last 26 years by fortunate sequences of events unfolding one after another, most times in the shape of structural determination of partially unknown samples. Struggling to rationalize fragmentation features, I have been elucidating sphingoid structures, positional isomers of sugar chains, linkage isomers of branched sugars, and finally trying to distinguish stereoisomers of sugars which is still only halfway through. With the most grateful appreciation for the award given by the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan, my slow progress in isomer distinctions of sugars and conjugated lipids, in addition to some of the other projects I worked on along the way, are integrated in this paper.

International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS).

This paper gives a brief description of the recently formalized International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS). It is presented here in order to increase awareness of the opportunities for collaboration in mass spectrometry in an international context. It also describes the recent 15th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, held August/September 2000, in Barcelona. Each of the authors is associated with the IMSS. The 15th Conference, which covers all of mass spectrometry on a triennial basis, was chaired by Professor Emilio Gelpi of the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Barcelona. The outgoing and founding President of the IMSS is Professor Graham Cooks, Purdue University, and the incoming President is Professor Nico Nibbering, University of Amsterdam. Similar material has been provided to the Editors of other journals that cover mass spectrometry.

Papers presented at the 24th annual meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society. 12-15 September 1999.

The 24th Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society was held at the University of Reading and attracted over three hundred delegates from all fields of mass spectrometry and related disciplines. The vibrant programme consisted of eight oral sessions, wide- ranging poster sessions and workshops; the final day of the meeting focused on Biomacromolecules, encompassing non-covalent interactions, oligosaccharides, oligonucleotides and proteomics. The previous days' topics covered Instrumental Developments, Separations, Fundamentals, Combinatorial Chemistry, Synthetic Polymers, Environmental and Inorganic mass spectrometry. The meeting was opened by Professor John Monaghan (Chair) and followed by an address from Professor Keith Jennings who gave a brief eulogy for the late Professor Allan Maccoll. Keith gave an overview of the contributions Allan made to mass spectrometry, in particular noting that he was one of the Founders of our Society. Professor Nico Nibbering then delivered the Maccoll Lecture entitled “Recent Chemical Research with the Use of Mass Spectrometry” in which he stressed the importance, to those of the community involved in the study of large biomolecules, of having a good understanding of the fundamentals of the subject. Professor Graham Cooks had the unenviable task of following this splendid lecture but in his usual enthusiastic style delivered a far reaching talk illustrating the potential of ion trap technology. Opening the Environmental session Dr Susan Richardson (U.S. EPA) showed how mass spectrometry played a key role in maintaining the quality of drinking water when so many alternative water disinfectant systems are being introduced that can give rise to Disinfection By-Products. The longest question and answer session of the meeting followed and the delegates were left with no illusions about the need for monitoring and treatment of their water supplies. Two of the keynote/plenary presentations were given by non-mass spectrometrists, Professor Peter Myers and Dr John Reader. Peter opened the Separations session with an in depth and revealing talk on different packing materials and HPLC columns while John covered the need for mass spectrometry from the viewpoint of the combinatorial chemist. The Michael Barber Award for best presentation by young scientists (under 27 years) went to Jennie Lill of Nottingham Trent University for her poster entitled “Metal complexation studies of MHC associated peptides by electrospray mass spectrometry”. From a personal viewpoint one of the most informative and useful presentations was given by Professor Jim Scrivens where he presented a detailed description of synthetic polymer analysis. The workshop sessions were also well attended, covering MS–MS, MALDI and in the New Users workshop Dr Bob Boyd discussed the art of paper writing. The social programme was well attended and included a Firework display to mark our final meeting of the Millennium. Most delegates gave favourable feedback on the content of the meeting and especially liked the expanded and dedicated Manufacturers' Exhibition. We look forward to out 25th Annual Three Day Meeting on 8–12 September 2001 at the University of Southampton with renewed vigour for the future of our Society and its members. The delegates were invited to submit full papers of their presentations and the following are representative of the work presented at the Reading Meeting G. J. Langley University of Southampton, UK January 2000

Professor K.R. Jennings—Aston Medallist 1998

The British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS) have awarded the Aston Medal for 1998 to Keith to mark his many contributions to mass spectrometry. Keith worked with Professor J.W. Linnett in his post graduate days in Oxford on the reactions of atoms and small molecules using spectroscopic methods. Having completed his D.Phil. he was awarded a National Research Council Fellowship to work with Dr R.J. Cvetanovic on the mercury sensitisation of butane and on the addition of hydrogen atoms to olefins. He returned to England in 1960 to a lectureship at the University of Sheffield and became interested in mass spectrometry. His background in the kinetics of the reactions of small molecules was to form an admirable basis for the mass spectroscopic studies he was to undertake. He was appointed Reader in 1969. Keith’s first mass spectrometer was a modest one—an AEI MS10. However, it sufficed to interest him in metastable ions—a study which was to occupy him for many years. His first achievement in this area was to show that the [CH3] + ions produced from doubly charged benzene ions involved a release of 2.7 eV. Beynon, Saunders and Williams had shown how by measuring the peak width with an MS9, the energy release could be estimated. In 1964 Keith acquired an MS9 and using a modification of their method was able to show that his interpretation of the decomposition of doubly charged benzene ions was correct. His interest in ion–molecule reactions led to a thorough investigation of collision induced decomposition (CID). Keith came to the important conclusion that “structural inferences normally drawn from electron ionisation spectra could also be drawn from CID spectra”. Keith was appointed to the Chair of Physical Chemistry in the University of Warwick in 1972. In the early seventies he became the first person to operate an ion cyclotron spectrometer (ICR), which he used to very good effect in his investigations of ion–molecule reactions. In 1995 he was one of the recipients of a grant to acquire a high field Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance mass spectrometer. Other interests included negative ion mass spectrometry and the location of double bonds in unsaturated compounds. In the early 1980s, Keith became interested in large biological molecules. In 1987 a grant was awarded to a number of investigators for the purchase of the first four sector instrument which was installed in 1989 and enabled the study of peptides of RMM 2500 and above. It was used among other things to study the effect of collision gas upon the CID of ions. In 1994 a grant for the purchase of a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer was obtained, and used with good effect in the study of polymers and biomolecules.

British Mass Spectrometry Society: Aston Medal Award to Brian Green

British Mass Spectrometry Society: Aston Medal Award to Brian Green

British Mass Spectrometry Society: Aston Medal Award to Brian Green

British Mass Spectrometry Society: Aston Medal Award to Brian Green

22nd Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society

22nd Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society

Papers from the 21st British Mass Spectrometry Society three‐day meeting

Rapid Communications in Mass SpectrometryVolume 9, Issue 14 p. 1402-1402 Article Papers from the 21st British Mass Spectrometry Society three-day meeting A. I. Mallet, A. I. Mallet Chairman BMSSSearch for more papers by this author A. I. Mallet, A. I. Mallet Chairman BMSSSearch for more papers by this author First published: 1995 https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290091416AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Volume9, Issue141995Pages 1402-1402 RelatedInformation

Papers from the 12th Annual Meeting of the French Mass Spectrometry Society

Papers from the 12th Annual Meeting of the French Mass Spectrometry Society

21st Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK

Rapid Communications in Mass SpectrometryVolume 9, Issue 13 p. 1329-1329 MiscellaneousFree Access 21st Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK Paul Cooper, Paul Cooper Zeneca Agrochemicals, Bracknell, UKSearch for more papers by this author Paul Cooper, Paul Cooper Zeneca Agrochemicals, Bracknell, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 1995 https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290091322AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume9, Issue131995Pages 1329-1329 RelatedInformation

British Mass Spectrometry Society one‐day meeting on environmental mass spectrometry. Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Rapid Communications in Mass SpectrometryVolume 9, Issue 13 p. 1328-1328 MiscellaneousFree Access British Mass Spectrometry Society one-day meeting on environmental mass spectrometry. Sheffield Hallam University, UK First published: 1995 https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290091321AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume9, Issue131995Pages 1328-1328 RelatedInformation

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Computers in mass spectrometry, the British mass spectrometry society (BMSS), University of Warwick, 25 March 1988

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