Scientific Programme

1. EMS2006 – SFAI3rd National Meeting on Environmental Mass SpectrometryUniversity of ChesterApril 11 & 12, 2006 SFAI The Weir on the River Dee at Chester Scientific Programme SCICOMM

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3. Abstracts/Posters are viewable in full from April 11, 2006 GO TO THE EMS2006 PAGE @ http://www.conferencepostersonline.com/conference/1141745535 We are indebted to Phill Turner for facilitating the EMS2006 Page @ Conferencepostersonline.com Invitation via e-mail from Phill Turner The website is a personal project and free. Individual posters can currently be uploaded freely, deleted or replaced from our database by the user themselves. The site has been indexed by google/yahoo and gives good returns. Conference pages can be designed and links to your websites activated If you can encourage any other/previous poster submissions I would be grateful. E-mail for contact: phillturner@hotmail.comMobile: 07813 891554

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5. Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10.00 – 10.30 hRegistration & Coffee All Lectures will take place in Binks 1.07 Session I Chair- Dr Peter J Baugh 10.30 – 11.00 h Keynote K-01 ‘Multi component environmental analysis using MRM protocols’ Dr John Upton, Varian Ltd., Oxford Oral Presentations I A. Environmental Analysis 11.00 – 11.20 h L-01‘Applications of imaging matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation - mass spectrometry to the study of dermal absorption of isocyanates ‘ Brendan Prideaux, Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University (Postgraduate student presentation)

6. 11.20 – 11.40 h L-02‘How multi-purpose is multi-residue pesticide analysis for the busy testing laboratory?’ Mark Sykes, Central Science Laboratory, York 11.40 – 12.00 h L-03‘The supelco “dioxin prep system - florisil version”: a multi- layer silica gel column connected in series to an activated florisil micro- column for rapid determinations of pcdd/fs and pcbs in environmental samples’ Nicholas Ordsmith, Hall Analytical Ltd., Wythenshawe, Manchester 12.00 – 14.00 hLunch (main dining hall) Poster Session & Exhibition Display in Binks 0.05, 0.12 & 0.13. Advanstar, Anton Parr Ltd., Bruker Daltonics Ltd., Domnick Hunter Group, Grace (Alltech)Associates, Greyhound Chromatography & Allied Chemicals, Hiden Analytical Ltd., Kore Technology Ltd., Leco UK Ltd., LGC(Promochem), Presearch Ltd., Qmx Laboratories, SAI Ltd., SGE Europe Ltd., Thames Restec Ltd., Thermo Electron Corporation, Waters Corporation

7. Session II Chair- Mark Sykes  14.00 – 14.30 h Keynote K-02‘Large molecules in the environment detected by MALDI- MS and size exclusion chromatography ’ Dr Alan Herod, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College Oral Presentations II B. Environmental Analysis 14.30 – 14.50 hL-04‘Multi residue analysis of EU black list priority pollutants in drinking and surface water using solid phase extraction and GC Tandem Quadrupole MSMS’ Dr Jennifer Burgess, Waters Corporation, MS Technologies Centre, Wythenshawe, Manchester 14.50 – 15.10 h L-05 ‘Analysis of oxidised organic compounds in aerosol using GCXGC- TOF-MS and thermal desorption’ Paul Webb, Department of Chemistry, University of York (Postgraduate student presentation)

8. 15.10 – 15.30 h L-06‘Investigating sorption of PAHs to soil particles using thermal techniques coupled to MS' Dr Steve Smith, Department of Environmental Sciences, Kings College, London 15.30 – 16.00 h Tea (Binks 0.05) Session III Chair- Prof. Graham Bonwick 16.00 – 16.30 Keynote K-03‘Mass spectrometry and the chemical evaluation of foods’ Chris Wright, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever Oral Presentations III C. Food Analysis 16.30 – 16.50 h L-07‘Determination of brominated flame retardants in foods by high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection’ Dr Malcolm Driffield, Central Science Laboratory, York

9. 16.50 – 17.10 h L-08 ‘Toward Total Sample Screening and Retrospective Analysis’ Dr Anneke Lubben, Bruker Daltonics, Coventry 17.10 – 17.30 h L-09‘Dietary exposure estimates of PFOS and related perfluorochemicals from the 2004 UK total diet study’ Dr Don B Clarke, Central Science Laboratory, York 18.30 h Conference Dinner(main dining hall) Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Session IV Chair- Prof Chris Smith D. Food/Flavour Analysis 09.00 – 09.30 h Keynote K-04‘Novel Applications of MALDI-TOF: Recent advances on the profiling of microorganisms’ Vic Parr, SAI Ltd, Manchester

10. 09.30 – 09.50 h L-10‘ PTR-TOF-MS: A New Instrument For Real- Time Analysis Of Multi-Component Systems: Applications to food analysis Fraser Reich, Kore Technology Ltd., Cambridge 09.50 – 10.10 hL-11‘The use of hplc-ms/ms for detection of the presence of illegal dyes in a wide range of spices, colourants and finished food products’ Dr Simon Hird, Central Science Laboratory York 10.10 – 10.30 h L-12 ‘Determination of Contaminants in Sports Supplements by GC-MS’ Dr David Wevill, Horse Racing Forensic Laboratory, Fordham, Cambridge 10.30 – 11.00 hCoffee (Binks 0.05)

11. Session V Chair- Keith Hall E. Forum Delegates are invited to contribute to discussions on the following topic areas or other areas as suggested in the meeting. 11.00 – 11.20 h L-13‘UKAS accreditation’ Jon Murthy (UKAS) 11.20 – 11.45 h Contributions from Representatives of Accredited Laboratories 11.45 – 12.30 h1.‘Sample Preparation and Clean-up in Environmental and Food Matrix Analysis’ 2.‘Instrumentation: Introduction Techniques and Optimisation’ ·Input- users and providers • Lead group- Waters Corporation 12.30 – 12.35 h Closing Remarks Thanks to the local organising committee,, chairs of sessions, oral and poster presenters- especially postgraduate students, sponsors, exhibitors and all delegates for their participation and attendance 12.35 h Lunch (main dining hall)

12. 13.00 – 16.00 h Thermo Electron Corporation product launch and user discussion