VisWiki

A Wikipedia mashup.

FT-ICR-MS Magnet Quench

Video of a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer magnet quenching with resulting cryogen boil off.

ASMS on Twitter

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference is being "tweeted" on #ASMS. There is even an RSS feed RSS feed. Also see #massspec or search for mass spectrometry.

PerkinElmer Acquires Analytica

PerkinElmer has acquired the electrospray ionization and mass spectrometry technology company Analytica of Branford.

18th IMSC Abstract Deadline

April 30^th is the deadline for abstract submission for the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Bremen, Germany, August 30 – September 4, 2009.

Slideshare

Slideshare is like Youtube for Powerpoint presentations. For example:

Tandem Mass Spectroscopy Basics

View more presentations from cwebster.

Mass Spectrometry on Linkedin

The social networking site Linkedin has a group for mass spectrometry. Linkedin is similar to FaceBook, but focuses on professional networking.

Mass Spectrometry Hits on Wikipedia

Mass spectrometry on Wikirank

A graphical representation of the popularity of the Wikipedia page on mass spectrometry.

MIT Mandates Open Access to Research Publications

The MIT faculty has a adopted a policy that mandates open access to their scholarly publications. This follows similar moves by Harvard and Stanford (via).

Mass Spectrometry Twitter Feed

Mass spectrometry has a Twitter feed.

RNA Biology to Require Wikipedia Publication

Starting in 2009, the journal RNA Biology will require that authors submitting to their RNA Families section also submit a Wikipedia page summarizing the work. Both will be peer reviewed. For example, Jones, et al. RNA Biology 6, 1-4 (2009) has a corresponding Wikipedia page SmY RNA (via).

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Biology and Health Care

Lecture from UCTV.

Electrospray Videos

On Youtube.

Also:

Nanospray : Sweet

Electrospray Ionization with Syringe Pump

Electrospray Taylor Cone

Initiating Nanospray

Tickling the Inlet

MALDI of a Copper Age Mummy

MALDI TOF mass spectrometry has been used to identify the clothing of Ötzi the Iceman (in RCM; hat tip to MW).

Mass Spectrometer Confirms Mars Water

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander thermal and evolved-gas analyzer ( TEGA) has identified water in a mars soil sample.

QTOF Lecture

Raising the bar on scientific presentation production values.

LHC Rap

(via)

Video Archive: The Mass Spectrometer

A 1988 video from the University of Hertfordshire Science Centre.

ACS Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions Podcast

The American Chemical Society has a podcast on the use of chemistry to solve far-reaching global problems.

A Conversation with Fred W. McLafferty

The Oral History Project of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University has a 90 minute streaming video interview of mass spectrometry pioneer Fred McLafferty (Apple Quicktime required).