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Well-known LCGC Columnists John Dolan and John Hinshaw provide their list of recommended sessions.

J. Michael Ramsey received the prestigious Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) on Tuesday morning for his various contributions to the analytical chemistry culture.

Well-known LCGC Columnists John Dolan and John Hinshaw provide their list of recommended sessions.

Good morning, fellow Pittcon conferees, and welcome to Day 2 of LCGC North America's ongoing coverage from Pittcon 2006. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like the first few days of the conference have gone by like a blur, but there is still a great deal more to come this week.

Victoria L. McGuffin accepted the 2006 Dal Nogare Award on Monday morning. She was honored for contributions to the understanding of the chromatographic process.

Four presentations were given Monday afternoon as part of an ongoing New Product Forum Series at Pittcon 2006. The session, entitled, "Innovations in Ion and Liquid Chromatography" was presided over by David S. Cifrulak. Cifrulak pointed out the importance of the new products and those who develop them. "They answer questions and satisfy needs of those who work at the bench," Cifrulak said.

In the "Smaller Cheaper, Faster, and Smarter Analytical Instrumentation" symposium at Pittcon 2006, arranged and presided over by Vassili Karanassios of the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), the speakers described...

Well-known LCGC Columnists John Dolan and John Hinshaw provide their list of recommended sessions.

Paul S. Cremer will be presented with the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award. He is being recognized for contributions to the fields of analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.

Dr. Annette Wilson of the Pittsburgh Conference 2006 Organizing Committee introduced today's plenary speaker, Roger Y. Tsien, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. Tsien's research has involved designing and building molecules that either report or perturb signal transduction inside living cells.

With 88 oral sessions, 54 poster sessions, 101 short courses, 50 symposia, and 9 workshops to choose from, it is impossible to do it all at Pittcon 2006 - that is, unless one of the brilliant scientific minds here has found a way to be in two different places at once.

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The Chemical Heritage Foundation presented the fifth annual Pittcon Heritage Award to Masao Horiba, the founder of HORIBA, Ltd., on Sunday afternoon at the opening ceremony of Pittcon 2006.

News All the news from March 2006 Opinion Zosimus stumbles into a trial on whether 2D separations are actuallt necessary. Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat looks at the importance of life science technologies. Under pressure Gerard Catchpole Meeting Focus This month we preview details on Forum LABO & Forum BIOTECH followed by a look at Analytica 2006 Supplies & services Q&A Professor Hywel Morgan from the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton talks to The Column about dielectrophoresis.

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Two LC workshops will be held between 8?10 May at The Rubens at The Palace Hotel, London, UK. The courses are aimed at improving method development and providing solutions to common problems that occur with LC methods. The courses are brought by LC Resources and LCGC Europe, and sponsored by Hichrom.

William Goodman and Heidi Grecsek, PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences

Pepper Computer Inc. has announced a new version of software for its Pepper Pad handheld media computer that brings users major new capabilities, such as integration with Yahoo's industry-leading Flickr photo-sharing community, while giving the Pad quicker performance.

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