As the previous editions, IMSC 2018 will cover all aspects of mass spectrometry, from fundamentals to instrumentation and applications. In particular:
A) LIFE SCIENCES (14)
- Clinical proteomics
- Quantitative proteomics
- Post Translational Modifications
- Nucleic acids
- Native MS and structural proteomics
- Mass spectrometric analysis of forensic science evidence
- Therapeutic drug monitoring and drug discovery
- Metabolomics
- Lipidomics
- Glycomics, saccharides and glycoconjugates
- MS tools in doping & toxicology
- Clinical chemistry
- Single cell
- MS imaging: applications
B) INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS (9)
- Hyphenated techniques
- FTMS and innovative methods for (bio)analyses
- High resolution MS: instrumentation, methods & applications
- Developments and applications in ion mobility MS
- Petroleomics, hydrocarbons and biofuels
- Ion activation and dissociations
- Ambient and new ionization methods
- MS imaging: instrumentation
- Informatic tools and data analysis
C) FOOD AND BEVERAGE (5)
- Novel food; nanoparticles in food and beverage; future applications
- Food additives and contaminants
- Food integrity, authenticity & traceability
- Safe & valuable food
- Nutraceutics directions
D) FUNDAMENTAL MASS SPECTROMETRY (8)
- Ion spectroscopy & Photodissociation
- Chiral discrimination
- Gas phase ion chemistry & thermochemistry
- Astrochemistry
- Noncovalent interactions
- Metal and non-metal clusters: gas phase structures and reactivity
- Reaction mechanisms and elusive intermediates
- Hydrogen-deuterium exchange, ion-molecule and ion-ion reactions
E) ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MS: CHALLENGES & APPLICATIONS (8)
- Environmental MS
- Natural substances and their complexes
- Materials & nanomaterials
- Cultural heritage and archaeology
- Polymers
- Pharmaceuticals
- Atomic mass spectrometry: metallomics and isotope ratio mass spectrometry
- Volatile molecules & nose-space analysis