Although the covid pandemic mitigations have been challenging, they have resulted in a perspective adjustment at MSACL that has revealed an exciting opportunity to extend the
knowledge base of the MSACL community even further into the research and clinical space ... consistent online content.
Under this new paradigm of operation, we are offering a platform of engagement to provide not only classical SCIENTIFIC CONTENT, but also to extend
the best of the MSACL NETWORKING effects -- such as those found during Booth and Poster Tours, and the Meet-a-Mentor program -- into the virtual space. SHORT COURSES are also a part of the Connect ecosystem.
If you receive a grant we will send you a discount code to register. Notification by August 14, 2024.
If you are applying for a grant DO NOT REGISTER until you have received your grant notification. The EarlyBird (EB) deadline is August 31, so you will still have time to register at the EB rates once you receive notice.
*pending vendor support.
Online Short Course : LC-MSMS 101 : EurAsia : Getting Started with Quantitative LC-MS/MS in the Diagnostic Laboratory
Laura Owen
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust & University of Manchester
Laura Owen is a Consultant Clinical Scientist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester where she teaches chromatography and mass spectrometry at Master’s level. Laura is also proud to be the chair of the practical training committee of MSACL EU and a past member of the endocrinology committee. While working at Wythenshawe hospital and in collaboration with the Christie hospital she became interested in the limitations of immunoassay measurement especially when using it in the breast cancer population. Laura developed and implemented the UK’s first LC-MS/MS assay for oestradiol in an NHS UKAS accredited laboratory which was made available for patient care and clinical trials.
Coral Munday, BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical and Forensic Analysis
Pharmaron
I'm an Associate Principal Scientist in Bioanalysis with almost 10 years experience in the development, validation and sample analysis of exogenous drugs, endogenous molecules and biomarkers with LC-MS/MS assays. I work primarily with small molecules, with some experience in peptide LC-MS/MS.
Michael Wright
GSK
Mike Wright is a Director in the Bioanalysis, Immunogenicity & Biomarker group within GSK. His team work on the development of assays for the monitoring of drugs and biomarkers, as drug development tools, in a wide variety of matrices. Prior to working at GSK, Mike worked in clinical diagnostics developing LC-MS/MS services for health trusts in the UK and Australia. Mike teaches on LC-MS/MS applications, considerations and troubleshooting and has contributed to a number of online training programs.
Is your laboratory under pressure to purchase an LC-tandem MS or have the instruments arrived and your team are beginning on their mass spectrometry journey? This short course is designed for attendees implementing quantitative LC-tandem MS for patient testing who have laboratory medicine experience but no mass spectrometry training - clinical bench analysts, supervisors, R&D scientists, and laboratory directors.
After starting out with a basic chemistry refresher, theoretical concepts necessary for a robust implementation of clinical mass spectrometry will be presented, however, the main focus of the course will be on practical recommendations for:
- Starting with MSMS, LC and sample extraction parameters
- Choosing internal standards, solvents, and water, making reagents and calibrators
- How to fine tune sample preparation, LC and MSMS parameters to achieve the desired assay performance
- Pre-validation stress testing and method validation
- Preventative maintenance and troubleshooting
- Maintaining quality once your new LC-MS/MS assay has gone live
Using real-world examples, recommendations will also be given on:
- LC-MS/MS system purchasing
- site preparation and installation (dos and don'ts)
- establishing data analysis & review criteria and an interface to the LIS
The course will be a steady mixture of lectures, tutorials and problem solving sessions with our goal being to present just enough theory so you can report high quality results, while opening a window to the depth and complexity of clinical mass spectrometry such that your appetite is whetted to learn more. Previous exposure to the principles of clinical method validation, either theoretical or practical, is assumed.
AGENDA
Day 1
Chemistry - Back to Basics
Sample Extraction
Essentials of Chromatography
Tutorial 1
Day 2
Mass Spectrometry
Tutorial 2
Day 3
Internal Standards
Reagents and Calibrators
Validation
Day 4
Vendor presentations*
Processing data and checking procedures
Maintenance, SST and Troubleshooting
Procurement and Infrastructure
Thu
Oct
10, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Oct 10 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Oct 10 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Oct 10 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Oct 10 • 09:30 PM - 11:00 PM
CHINA:
Oct 11 • 12:00 AM - 01:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Oct 11 • 03:00 AM - 04:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
How to achieve lower quantification limits, Part 1
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
Thu
Oct
17, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Oct 17 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Oct 17 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Oct 17 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Oct 17 • 09:30 PM - 11:00 PM
CHINA:
Oct 18 • 12:00 AM - 01:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Oct 18 • 03:00 AM - 04:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
How to achieve lower quantification limits, Part 2
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
Thu
Nov
07, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Nov 07 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Nov 07 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Nov 07 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Nov 07 • 10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
CHINA:
Nov 08 • 01:00 AM - 02:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Nov 08 • 04:00 AM - 05:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
Everything you wanted to know about Internal standards but were too afraid to ask, Part 1
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
Thu
Nov
14, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Nov 14 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Nov 14 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Nov 14 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Nov 14 • 10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
CHINA:
Nov 15 • 01:00 AM - 02:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Nov 15 • 04:00 AM - 05:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
Everything you wanted to know about Internal standards but were too afraid to ask, Part 2
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
Thu
Dec
05, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Dec 05 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Dec 05 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Dec 05 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Dec 05 • 10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
CHINA:
Dec 06 • 01:00 AM - 02:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Dec 06 • 04:00 AM - 05:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
Transition ratio’s for the masses, Part 1
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
Thu
Dec
12, 2024
Los Angeles : 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
NEW YORK:
Dec 12 • 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
LONDON:
Dec 12 • 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
PARIS:
Dec 12 • 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
INDIA:
Dec 12 • 10:30 PM - 12:00 AM
CHINA:
Dec 13 • 01:00 AM - 02:30 AM
SYDNEY:
Dec 13 • 04:00 AM - 05:30 AM
Practical Training
There is no cost to register for this activity.
Registration Opening Soon
Transition ratio’s for the masses, Part 2
Russell Grant, PhD
Labcorp
Dr. Grant earned a first class honors degree in Industrial Chemistry from Cardiff University and a PhD in Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric technologies from the University of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He continued his scientific training in various industrial settings, which have included senior scientist at GSK, Principal scientist at Cohesive Technologies, Technical director at Eli Lilly, and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Esoterix Endocrinology. Dr Grant is currently the Vice President of Research and Development and co-discipline director for Mass spectrometry at Labcorp.
Dr Grant has pioneered the use of direct injection technologies, chromatographic systems multiplexing, microsampling, utility of automation, and other new analytical platforms for application in bioanalytical applications. His research goals are focused upon improvements in speed, sensitivity, and quality of liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) analytical systems and assays.
Dr Grant received the MSACL Distinguished contribution award and ASMS AL Yergey “Unsung Hero” Award in 2024 for his contributions to Clinical Diagnostics using Mass Spectrometry.
