2016 Toronto Spring Mass Spectrometry Group Meeting
Free-to-Attend Mass Spectrometry Users' Meeting
May 19, 2016 (Thursday), from 4pm to 9pm, Toronto
Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport - New Location!!!
Confirmed Speaker List
  • Prof. David Wishart, Departments of Biological Sciences & Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

  • Prof. Richard Oleschuk, Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON

  • Prof. Pedro Segura, Department of Chemistry, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC

  • Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON

  • Dr. Milton Furtado, Method Development Group, Algorithme Pharma, Laval, QC

  • Dr. Richard Smith, Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

  • Prof. Christoph Borchers, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC / McGill University, Montreal, QC

  • Dr. Eric Reiner, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Laboratory Services Branch, Toronto, ON

Program Agenda
04:00pm-04:50pm: Registration and Welcome Refreshment
Oral Session 1 - Chair: Dr. Eric Reiner

04:50pm-05:10pm: Prof. Pedro Segura, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
"Towards a mass spectrometry-based metabolic toxicity bioassay using Daphnia magna"
05:10pm-05:30pm: Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
"Data independent analysis of interaction proteomics data"
05:30pm-06:30pm: Networking Hot Buffet Dinner Dinner Good Food & Good Science!
Oral Session 2 - Chair: Prof. Derek Wilson

06:30pm-06:50pm: Prof. David Wishart, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
"Deciphering the Dark Matter of Metabolism"
06:50pm-07:10pm: Prof. Richard Oleschuk, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
"Making, Moving and Manipulating Droplets for Mass Spectrometry”"
07:10pm-07:30pm: Dr. Richard Smith, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
"Lipidomic discrimination of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid status in whole blood and dried blood spots"
07:30pm-08:00pm: Networking Dessert Break Desserts Time for something sweet!
Oral Session 3 - Chair: Dr. Mehran Alaee

08:00pm-08:20pm: Prof. Christoph Borchers, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC / McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Translation Proteomics for Precision Medicine: If Genomics is a Photograph, Proteomics is a Movie"
08:20pm-08:40pm: Dr. Eric Reiner, Ministry of the Environment, Toronto, ON
"Analysis of Target and Non-Target Environmental Contaminants Using a Universal Mass Spectrometer System (UMSS)"
08:40pm-09:00pm: Dr. Milton Furtado, Algorithme Pharma, Laval, QC
"Dried Blood Spot Applications and Challenges in Bioanalytical Assays"
 
 
09:00pm-09:05pm:
And Finale of the Evening - Raffle TimeGiftCard3 Winners will be Drawn, and Each Winner will Receive a Best Buy Gift Card of $100
Please make sure you drop your business card in the box at the registration desk. If you don't have a business card, we will have the name card available for you to write your name.