18th Montreal Post-ASMS Symposium
Free-to-Attend Mass Spectrometry Users' Meeting
October 28, 2025 (Tuesday), from 3:00pm to 9:30pm
Hilton Garden Inn Montreal Midtown
Parallel Oral Sessions and Exhibition
Program Agenda
03:00 pm -
04:00 pm:
Registration & Welcome Refreshment Dinner Coffee and Tea and Cookies and Fruits
Parallel Session Before Dinner

Session 1A
(Westbury 2)
Session 1B
(Westbury 1)
04:00 pm -
04:20 pm:
Prof. Stephane Bayen, McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Bridging non-targeted studies across LC-MS platforms using machine learning: food authentication as a case study"
Prof. Lekha Sleno, University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC
"Multi-omics for biomarker discovery in Hirschsprung’s disease models"
04:20 pm -
04:40 pm:
Prof. David Goodlett , University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
"Targeted Metabolite Quantification in Trace Cancer Cell Samples"
Prof. Leonard Foster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
"Single-cell proteomics and lipidomics to understand sex dimorphism in astrocyte responses to viral infection"
04:40 pm -
05:00 pm:
Prof. Chris Thibodeaux, McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Uncovering the mechanisms of peptide natural product biosynthesis with structural mass spectrometry approaches"
Prof. Jeff Smith, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
"Enhancing our understanding of viroceuticals using an optimized mass spectrometry-based lipidomics approach"
05:00 pm -
05:20 pm:
Dr. Jennifer Hill, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
"Pregnancy-associated protein isoforms identified through peptide-level quantification of serum: a tractable model system for cancer biomarker discovery?"
Dr. Jianjun Li, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
"Development of LC-FAIMS-MS and its application to lipidomics study of bacterial infection"
05:20 pm -
06:20 pm:
Networking Buffet DinnerDinner Good Food & Good Science!
Parallel Session After Dinner

Session 2A (Westbury 2) Session 2B (Westbury 1)
06:20 pm -
06:40 pm:
Prof. Michael Moran, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
"Cancer metabolism insights through mass spectrometry"
Prof. John Klassen, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
"Integrating Charge Detection with Slow Mixing Mode (SLOMO) Native Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Biomolecular Interactions"
06:40 pm -
07:00 pm:
Prof. Renelle Myers, VCH Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
"Breathomics - the study of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) for the early detection of lung cancer"
Dr. Joey Sheff, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
"What makes a good CAR? Probing the functional significance of clinically relevant CAR-T epitopes using structural MS"
07:00 pm -
07:20 pm:
Prof. Scott Hopkins, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
"From RP to HILIC: Graph Transformers Power Method-Independent Prediction of Retention Times for Metabolomics Annotation"
07:20 pm -
07:40 pm:
Prof. J. Rafael Montenegro Burke, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
"Expediting metabolomics-based discovery with the Human Metabolome Atlas"
Prof. Pierre Chaurand, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC
"Mass spectrometry imaging of the gut microbiome"
07:40 pm -
08:10 pm:
Networking Dessert Break Desserts Time for something sweet...
Plenary Session Finale

Session 3 (Westbury 2)
08:10 pm -
08:30 pm:
Prof. Derek Wilson, York University, Toronto, ON
"Site specific HDX-MS for characterization of drug-target interactions reveals divergent binding modes for same-site binders"
08:30 pm -
08:50 pm:
Dr. Benjamin Charron, Altasciences, Laval, QC
"Strategy for Addressing Specificity Challenges in Quantitation of Etonogestrel in Human Plasma by LC-MS/MS"
08:50 pm -
09:10 pm:
Prof. Richard Oleschuk, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
"Coaxial Conductance Probe for Uneven Clinical/Biological Sample Investigation with Mass Spectrometry"
09:10 pm -
09:30 pm:
Dr. Timon Geib, McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Stable Isotope-Labeled Mice Unlock SysQuan: An Affordable Solution for Absolute Quantification of the Human Proteome"
 
09:30 pm:
Raffle TimeGiftCard3 Winners will be Drawn - Each Winner will Receive a VISA Gift Card of $100
Please make sure you drop your name card in the bowl at the registration desk.