John Chasse | Authors

Rebecca Gowland and her colleagues in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University in the United Kingdom have tested, for the first time, the applicability of a new method of sex estimation utilizing enamel peptides from a sample of permanent and deciduous teeth at different stages of mineralization, from nonadults of unknown sex, including perinates, and using a minimally destructive acid etching procedure and subsequent nano liquid chromatography– tandem mass spectrometry. She spoke to us about her efforts.

A preview of this year’s ASMS conference, in its new online format.

This Wednesday morning session begins at 9:00 am with Leonard Sidisky, Jamie Desorcle, Greg Baney, and Kathy Kiefer of MilliporeSigma presenting “Latest Developments in Ionic Liquid Stationary Phase Technology.”

This afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. with a keynote lecture titled “In-vivo SPME with Matrix Compatible Coatings Coupled to LC–MS and Directly to MS,” presented by Janusz Pawliszyn of the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Canada).