EUROPE 2018 Help Us Reach Our Educational Support Goal of $40,000 Educational Travel Grants supported in part by:

Description

MSACL 2018 EU 5th Annual European Congress & Exhibition Salzburg Congress Center Salzburg, AUSTRIA Short Courses : September 9-11, 2018 Congress & Exhibits : September 11-13, 2018

FULL PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MSACL provides a forum for discussing the clinical application of mass spectrometry by bringing together academic and industrial experts in the field with those driven to explore and understand more about the potential application and benefits. The mission of MSACL is to accelerate the implementation of mass spectrometry in the clinical laboratory with the goal of contributing to the improvement of patient standard-of-care as well as reducing health care costs.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

1. Plenary & Keynote Sessions

Distinguished Contribution Award Lecture
		Mass Spectrometry and the Elucidation of Steroid Metabolome Cedric Shackleton UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, and Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Plenary Lectures
		Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Glycomic Signatures of Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases: Towards Clinical Application Manfred Wuhrer LUMC
		Metabolomics Messages on Human Health and Disease Jurek Adamski Helmholtz Zentrum München
Keynote Lectures
		Clinical Proteomics: The Path Towards Implementation Harald Mischak mosaiques therapeutics GmbH & University of Glasgow
		Tackling Analytical Challenges in Sports Drug Testing by Mass Spectrometric Approaches Mario Thevis German Sport University, Cologne, Germany European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), Cologne/Bonn, Germany
		Mass Spectrometry Harmonisation: Paediatric Steroid Tales Ronda Greaves Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
		How Tandem Mass Spectrometry Revolutionized Newborn Screening David Millington Duke University - Retired
		Tandem MS-Proteotyping: Proteomics- and Genomics-Based Characterization and Typing of Infectious Bacteria Edward Moore University of Gothenburg, Sweden
		Combining Mass Spectrometry Imaging & Microproteomics to Investigate Intratumor Heterogeneity Liam McDonnell Fondazione Pisana per la Scienza ONLUS, Pisa, Italy
		Advances in Computational Methods for Tissue Imaging by Mass Spectrometry Raf Van De Plas Delft TU

2. Scientific Sessions :: Submit an Abstract
> > cutting edge science in areas of clinical chemistry and diagnostics

3. Scientific Posters :: Submit an Abstract
> > a chance for you to present your research & see the work of others

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

1. Short Courses
> > in-depth training in specific areas of expertise

2. Practical Training Sessions
> > lectures and interactive sessions on clinical mass spectrometry fundamentals and troubleshooting cases

3. Troubleshooting Poster Rounds :: Submit an Abstract
> > a chance to present your method problems and fixes, and learn from others

4. Vendor Workshops
> > an opportunity to learn about the latest offerings and great science being done by our industry colleagues

TRAVEL GRANTS

MSACL invests heavily in education via the MSACL Educational Travel Grants, which support conference attendance:

1. Young Investigator Grants: Young investigators, in the first four years of their academic position, who submit an abstract which is accepted for presentation (poster/podium) at the annual conference. Applicants must submit a short application.
2. Lab Director Grants: Lab Directors interested in learning more about what mass spectrometry is and how it could potentially improve results and reduce costs in their clinical laboratory are not required to submit an abstract, but must submit a short application.
3. Trainee Grants: Lab Directors-to-be interested in learning more about what mass spectrometry is and how it could potentially improve results and reduce costs in their clinical laboratory are not required to submit an abstract, but must submit a short application.

It's the abstracts that make the meeting. If you are working in clinical mass spectrometry and have compelling research, submit your abstract for presentation at the MSACL EU Conference.

MSACL focuses on topics including bioinformatics, metabolomics, microbiology, small molecule and proteomics. A comprehensive list is below.

Expected Topics for MSACL 2018 EU

*Note: Abstracts are solicited for the topics listed below, however, if no abstracts are submitted and accepted on any given topic then it will not be covered at the conference.

Abstract Topics

MSACL is soliciting abstracts for both oral and poster presentations under the topics of:

1. Endocrinology
2. Glycomics
3. Metabolomics
4. Microbiology
5. Practical Training
6. Proteomics
7. Small Molecules
8. Tissue Imaging
9. Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting Forum :: Abstract Example
• Troubleshooting Forum :: Poster Example
10. Various Other

Target Audience

The target audience for this program includes pathologists, clinical laboratory directors and scientists, mass spectrometry and automated sample processing providers as well as laboratory diagnostic providers. This program will be beneficial to healthcare administrators, laboratory quality control and standards scientists, as well as those responsible for implementation of clinical analyses for emergency response due to terrorism or accident.