Seventh MaSC Workshop and Meeting
The Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern
University, the Field Museum, and Agilent Technologies
Chicago, USA
17-22 May 2015
Announcement and Call for Papers
The 7th Workshop and Meeting of the Users’ Group for Mass
Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC) will take place in Chicago from Sunday
17th – Friday 22nd May 2015. The workshop, hosted jointly by the Art Institute
of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Field Museum, and Agilent Technologies,
will take place on 17-20 May. The meeting will be held at the Art Institute of
Chicago on 21-22 May.
Workshop, 17-20 May 2015:
The theme of the workshop will be applications of inorganic
and isotope ratio (IR) MS techniques for the study of art and archaeology. It
will provide a unique and valuable opportunity for participants to compare and
assess the relative advantages of several MS techniques – ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS and
related IR-MS methods – for the characterisation of diverse materials including
metals, glass, ceramics, minerals and pigments. IR-MS analysis of organic
materials will not be the focus of the workshop but applications will be
discussed.
The Workshop will begin with a welcome/orientation session
the afternoon of 17 May at the Art Institute of Chicago. Practical workshop
sessions, including lectures, demonstrations and hands-on training, will take
place on 18-20 May at Northwestern University, the Field Museum and Agilent
Technologies (the Northwestern and Agilent laboratories are a short drive from
downtown Chicago; transportation between workshop locations will be arranged).
Workshop instructors include Marc Walton and Monica Ganio (Northwestern), Laure
Dussubieux and Mark Golitko (Field Museum), Patrick Degryse (Leuven University),
Andrew Shortland (Cranfield University), and Jon Talbott (Agilent
Technologies).
The workshop will be limited to 15 participants. Those
wishing to attend are requested to submit a short paragraph describing their
experience with mass spectrometry and how they would benefit from the workshop,
which should be included in the registration form (see below) and sent to MASC2015AIC@artic.edu
before 15 December 2014.
The registration fee for the workshop is USD 350.
Meeting, 21-22 May 2015:
The meeting will be held at the Art Institute of Chicago and
will comprise discussions and presentations on novel applications of
chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques to the study of art and
cultural artefacts. The meeting will include a session on inorganic and isotope
ratio MS, but contributions on a broad range of topics are encouraged. We hope
to create an informal atmosphere for the exchange of ideas, and so discussions
of work in progress are welcomed. A reception will be held at the Art Institute
the evening of Thursday 21st May.
Those interested in presenting a paper or poster should
submit an abstract of up to 200 words to MASC2015AIC@artic.edu before 15
December 2014.
The registration fee for the meeting is USD 150 for those
who register before 15 February 2015, or USD 200 after this deadline. The
registration fee for students is USD 75.
Details of the workshop and meeting and a registration form
can be found on the MaSC website, www.mascgroup.org. Questions can be addressed
to the local organisers and MaSC committee, c/o Ken Sutherland and Marc Walton,
at MASC2015AIC@artic.edu.
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