June 09, 2009

VisWiki

A Wikipedia mashup.

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June 07, 2009

FT-ICR-MS Magnet Quench



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

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May 22, 2009

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.

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May 06, 2009

PerkinElmer Acquires Analytica

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

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April 29, 2009

18th IMSC Abstract Deadline

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

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April 03, 2009

Slideshare

Slideshare is like Youtube for Powerpoint presentations. For example:

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April 02, 2009

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.

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March 26, 2009

Mass Spectrometry Hits on Wikipedia



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

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March 20, 2009

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).

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January 27, 2009

Mass Spectrometry Twitter Feed

Mass spectrometry has a Twitter feed.

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December 17, 2008

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).

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November 13, 2008

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Biology and Health Care


Lecture from UCTV.

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Electrospray Videos

On Youtube.




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Nanospray : Sweet

Electrospray Ionization with Syringe Pump

Electrospray Taylor Cone

Initiating Nanospray

Tickling the Inlet

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August 22, 2008

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).

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August 01, 2008

Mass Spectrometer Confirms Mars Water

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

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July 31, 2008

QTOF Lecture


Raising the bar on scientific presentation production values.

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July 30, 2008

LHC Rap


(via)

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July 10, 2008

Video Archive: The Mass Spectrometer



A 1988 video from the University of Hertfordshire Science Centre.

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ACS Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions Podcast

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

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April 16, 2008

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).

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