5^th Vancouver Post-ASMS Mass Spec Symposium

Free-to-Attend Mass Spectrometry Users' Meeting

October 29, 2015 (Thursday), from 3:30pm to 9:30pm
Holiday Inn Vancouver-Centre (Broadway)

Oral Sessions, Poster Presentations, and Exhibition

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Oral Session 1 - Chair: Prof. Lars Konermann

04:00pm-04:20pm:	Prof. Juergen Kast, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC "Development and application of a modified biotin switch assay to quantify sulfenic acid modification of proteins"
04:20pm-04:40pm:	Prof. Derek Wilson, York University, Toronto, ON "Mass Spectrometry of Proteins Gone Rogue: Conformational Disorder in Cancer and Neurodegenerative Disease"
04:40pm-05:00pm:	Dr. Mehran Alaee, Environment Canada, Birlington, ON "Determination of Phthalates in Environmental Matrices"
05:00pm-05:20pm:	Prof. John Klassen, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB "Protein-Glycolipid Interactions Studied in vitro using ESI-MS and Nanodiscs. Insights into the Mechanisms and Energetics of Binding"
05:20pm-06:20pm:	Networking Hot Buffet Dinner     Good Food & Good Science!

Oral Session 2 - Chair: Dr. Gregg Morin

06:20pm-06:40pm:	Prof. Leonard Foster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC "Exploring rearrangements in the interactome following apoptosis - segregation of caspase activity and complex disassembly"
06:40pm-07:00pm:	Dr. Luis Sojo, Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Burnaby, BC "Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in mice in drug development"
07:00pm-07:20pm:	Prof. Bingyun Sun, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC "Proteomic analysis of membrane protein glycosylation and its relationship to transmembrane (TM) domains"
07:20pm-07:35pm:	Poster Presentations Session Nichollas Scott: "Quantitative measurement of the protein complex landscape of murine tissues using PCP-SILAC" Nicholas Brodie: "Structural proteomics study of native α-synuclein in solution" Oluwafemi Akintola: "Studies of N-acetylglucosamine as a Regulant for Cell-surface Glycosylation"
07:35pm-08:05pm:	Networking Dessert Break Enjoy Sweets before your Sweet Dreams!

Oral Session 3 - Chair: Prof. Evgeniy Petrotchenko

08:05pm-08:25pm:	Prof. Lars Konermann, University of Western Ontario, London, ON "Molecular Dynamics Simulations Yield Atomistic Insights Into Electrospray Mechanisms: From Salt Clusters to Protein Ions"
08:25pm-08:45pm:	Prof. Chris Gill, Vancouver Island University/Applied Environmental Research Laboratories, Nanaimo, BC "Direct On-Line Measurement of PAHs in Complex Aqueous Samples: Condensed Phase Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry - Direct Electron Ionization (CP-MIMS-DEI)"
08:45pm-09:05pm:	Dr. Jingxi Pan, University of Victoria-Genome BC Proteomics Centre, Victoria, BC ">95% sequence coverage within 10 minutes for structural elucidation of antibodies by middle down HDX/MS"
09:05pm-09:25pm:	Dr. Fabio Garofolo, Angelini Pharma, Rome, Italy "Challenges and Solutions in Quantification of Small Molecules by HRMS in a Regulated Environment"
09:25pm-09:30pm:	And Finale of the Evening - Raffle Time3 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.