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In this month’s blog, we provide information about the Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry (SCSC) of the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), sharing our main goals and introducing our newly appointed executive board members.

Markes International moved its entire Welsh operations in March this year to relocate from Llantrisant to a newly refurbished site in Bridgend, which is twice as large as its former premises.

This ASMS Wednesday morning session, entitled, “Food Safety & Chemistry: Foodomics, Allergens, Bacteria, Foods, and Supplements,” will be chaired by David Schroeder (Kraft Heinz) It covers multiple techniques associated with the analytical science of food safety.

This Monday morning oral session on top-down protein analysis will be held 8:30-10:30 am in Ballroom B. The session, chaired by Caroline DeHart of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer, and presided by Joe Cannon of Bristol Myers Squibb, includes six talks addressing a variety of approaches and applications.

Mark Kushnir and Arapad Somogyi will each be presented with the Al Yergey Mass Spectrometry Scientist Award at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference taking place from October 31–November 4 in Philadelphia.

Tosoh Bioscience LLC (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania), a supplier of separation and purification products and technologies to the life sciences industry, has acquired Semba Biosciences, a privately held company located in Madison, Wisconsin. Semba is a developer in the field of multicolumn chromatography instrumentation and technology for downstream purification of biologics.

The ASTM International top annual award, the Award of Merit, was presented to Larry M. Tucker, the director of norms and standards for Metrohm USA (Riverview Florida), for his contributions to the petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants committee (D02).

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Award for Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry will be presented to Peter B. Armentrout at the ASMS 69th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Philadelphia.