Announcement of 23rd JSBMS

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The 23rd annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry (JSBMS) is scheduled to be held as below:

Date: September 24 to 26, 1998

Place: Kanazawa City Bunka Hall, Kanazawa, Japan

President of 23rd JSBMS: Tomiko Kuhara, Ph.D.(Professor,Division of Human Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University)

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Symposia
Workshop
Final Program
Where to Contact

Invited Lectures


Robert C. Murphy (Professor, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, USA)

"Radical Thoughts About Phospholipid Oxidation: New Directions for Mass Spectrometry"


John R. Yates, Ph.D. (Professor, Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington, USA)

"Mass Spectrometry and the Proteome: New Approaches to Deciphering Protein Function"


Dominic M. Desiderio (Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, USA)

"Mass Spectrometry of Opioid Peptides, Proteins, and Receptors: New Techniques"

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Symposia

New Trends in the Mass Spectrometry of Biopolymers

Chairpersons : Yoshinao Wada (Head, Division of Molecular Medicine, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health)
Takekiyo Matsuo (Professor, Osaka University Graduate School)

1. An approach to the characterization of bioactive natural products using MS/MS
Hideo Naoki
(Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research)

2. Structural analysis of a protein by FT-ICRMS
- Advantages of 13C, 15N-doubly depleted protein in fragment identification -
Satoko Akashi
(The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)

3. Protein structure changed by genetic mutation and post-translational modification, 5 new findings
Masahiko Kishikawa
(Department of Clinical Pathology, Osaka Medical College)

4. Counting the number of disease-related triplet repeats by MS
Yoshinao Wada
(Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health)

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Mass Screening and Chemical Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders in Asian Countries

Chairpersons : Isamu Matsumoto (President, MILS Co., Ltd.; Prof. Emerit., Kanazawa Medical University)
Shoichi Sakamoto (Director, Aiiku Maternal, Child Health & Welfare Center)


1. Introduction: Study of metabolic disorders in Asian countries - The significance and role of collaboration
S. Sakamoto
(Aiiku Maternal, Child Health & Welfare Center)

2. Inborn errors of metabolism discovered at Centre for Research in Mental Retardation (CREMERE) in India
Usha P. Dave
(Centre for Research in Mental Retardation; CREMERE)

3. Inborn errors of metabolism in Bangkok, Thailand
Pornswan Wasant
(Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University)

4. Studies on inherited metabolic diseases in Shengyang, China
Guizhang Dong
(Department of Pediatrics, The First Hospital, China Medical University)

5. Pilot study report: Application of chemical diagnostic procedure by GC/MS to newborn mass screening
T. Kuhara
(Div. of Human Genetics, Med. Rese. Inst., Kanazawa Med. Univ.)

6. Conclusion
I. Matsumoto
(MILS Co., Ltd.)

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New Development in the Application of Mass-Spectrometry to Clinical Medicine

Chairpersons : Kenji Maeda (Professor, Nagoya University School of Medicine)
Makoto Yoshino (Professor, Kurume University School of Medicine)


1. Characterization of peptides bound to the class I MHC molecule using nano-LC/MS/MS
Kazuo Hirayama
(Central Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)

2. Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for neonatal screening using blood spots of Guthrie paper
Yosuke Shigematsu
(Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical University Hospital)

3. Mass spectrometric study on modification of protein and lipid in uremic patients
Hiroko Odani
(Internal Medicine, Daiko Medical Center, Nagoya University)

4. Pregnancy and abnormal carbohydrate metabolism
Masahiro Tetsuo
(Tetsuo Hospital)

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Workshop

Information on New Instruments

Chairpersons : Shigeki Daishima,Ph.D. (Yokogawa Analytical Systems)
Hidenori Ikezawa,Ph.D. (ThermoQuest)


1. The latest application using benchtop Shimadzu LCMS-QP8000
H. Kubo, H. Murata, S. Kawano, S. Yamaki, M. Hayashi
(HPLC Business Dept., Shimadzu Corporation)

2. Analysis of bile acid 3-glucronides by using benchtop high resolution LC/MS system "JMS-LCmate"
Y. Takahashi1, T. Morita1, T. Higuchi1, J. Goto2
(1Application and Res. Center, Analytical Instrument Div., JEOL Ltd., 2Faculty of Pharm., Tohoku Univ.)

3. Speciation of arsenic compounds in the urine of rats orally exposed to dimethylarsinic acid by LC-ICP-MS
Y. Inoue1, Y. Date1, T. Sakai1, N. Shimizu1, K. Yoshida2, H. Chen2, K. Kuroda2, G. Endo2
(1Div. of R&D, Yokogawa Analytical Systems Inc., 2Dept. of Preventive Med. and Environ. Health, Osaka City Univ. Med. Sch.)

4. New instruments of LC/MS/MS mass spectrometer, PE-SCIEX API2000 and API3000
Takashige Kanda
(Biomedical Sales Sec., Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.)

5. Identification of proteins using an ion trap mass spectrometer - LCQ
R. Kiyonami1, M. Kubota1, Y. Maeda1, H. Ikezawa1, A. land2
(1ThermoQuest K.K., 2Finnigan)

6. Introduction of platform LCZ system featuring Z-Spray API interface
N. Isobe, J. Yonekubo, M. Kanai
(Nihon Waters K.K.)

7. The application of automated exact mass measurement with the Micromass LCT ESI-TOF for combinatorial chemistry
M. Morris1, D.Daley2, J. Hoyes1, S. Jarvis1, J. Letcher1, D. Little1, R. Scammell2
(1Micromass UK Ltd., 2Rhone Poulenc Rorer)

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Where to Contact

Toshihiro Shinka, Ph.D. : General Secretary
c/o Division of Human Genetics, Medical Research Institute
Kanazawa Medical University
1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa 920-0293 Japan

TEL: +81-76-286-2211 (ext. 3601)
+81-76-286-2464 (direct)
FAX: +81-76-286-3358
E-mail: kuhara@kanazawa-med.ac.jp

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Last updated on August 11, 1998