17th Toronto Post-ASMS Mass Spec Symposium
Free-to-Attend Mass Spectrometry Users' Meeting
October 16, 2017 (Monday), from 3:30pm to 9:10pm
Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport
Oral Sessions, Poster Presentations, and Exhibition

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Program Agenda
03:30pm-04:20pm: Registration and Welcome Refreshment
Opening Plenary Session: Chaired by Dr. Eric Reiner

04:20pm-04:40pm: Prof. Rebecca Jockusch, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
"Making ions shine with mass spectrometry and UV/vis spectroscopy: powerful potential and potential pitfalls"
Parallel Session I Before Dinner: Chaired by Dr. Eric Reiner

04:40pm-05:00pm: Dr. Bradley Stocks, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON
"Quantitation of Low-Level Peptide Impurities in Certified Reference Materials and Incorporation of Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry for Conformational Isomer Characterization"
05:00pm-05:20pm: Mr. Sébastien Gagné, Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en Sécurité du travail, Montreal, QC
"Evaluation of a Novel Combination Sampler/Reagent with Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry Detection to Measure 4,4'-Methylenediphenyldiisocyanate Atmospheres"
05:20pm-05:40pm: Prof. Demian Ifa, York University, Toronto, ON
"Applications of desorption electrospray ionisation imaging mass spectrometry (DESI-IMS) to forensics and natural products"
Parallel Session II Before Dinner: Chaired by Prof. Christoph Borchers

04:40pm-05:00pm: Dr. Michael Moran, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
"Integration of proteome, genome, and clinical data towards precision medicine"
05:00pm-05:20pm: Prof. Leonard Foster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
"Project Julienne: Extreme GeLC-MS for improved proteome coverage and identification of alternative spliceoforms"
05:20pm-05:40pm: Prof. Thomas Kislinger, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, ON
"Detection of ovarian cancer recurrence using a novel integrated proteomics approach"
05:40pm-06:40pm: Networking Hot Buffet Dinner Dinner Good Food & Good Science!
Parallel Session I After Dinner: Chaired by Dr. Laura Coppola

06:40pm-07:00pm: Prof. Philip Britz-McKibbin, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
"High Throughput and Nontargeted Screening by Multisegment Injection-Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry: A Method for Systematic Surveillance of Drugs of Abuse"
07:00pm-07:20pm: Dr. Mehran Alaee, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, ON
"Determination of Nitro-Musks in Wastewater Using QuECheRS Method Combined with Electron Capture Negative Ion GC/Tandem Mass Spectrometry"
07:20pm-07:40pm: Dr. Luca Genovesi, Biotrial Bioanalytical Services, Montreal, QC
"All the things you need to know before quantitainting pegylated proteins"
Parallel Session II After Dinner: Chaired by Prof. Derek Wilson

06:40pm-07:00pm: Prof. Christoph Borchers, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC / McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Multiplex MRM-assays to quantify 500 plasma proteins for molecular phenotyping of mouse strains”"
07:00pm-07:20pm: Prof. Ken Stark, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
"Using Lipidomic Analyses to Understand Metabolic Changes in Rats During Pregnancy"
07:20pm-07:40pm: Prof. Lars Konermann, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
"Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Electrospray Process: Why Do Crown Ethers Suppress Protein Supercharging?"
07:40pm-08:10pm: Networking Dessert Break Desserts Time for something sweet!
Plenary Session Finale: Chaired by Dr. Mehran Alaee

08:10pm-08:30pm: Dr. Denina Simmons, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
"Molecular and behavioural responses of caged goldfish exposed to pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Cootes’ Paradise Marsh"
08:30pm-08:50pm: Prof. John Marshall, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
"The endogenous tryptic peptides of EDTA plasma from Alzheimer’s Dementia, Heart Attack, Sepsis, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Multiple Sclerosis alongside institution/study matched normal controls"
08:50pm-09:10pm: Dr. Shaolong Zhu, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, ON
"Epitope Mapping of Diphtheria Toxin by Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDXMS)"
 
 
09:10pm:
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.