MEETINGS

Conferences • BioPharm Conference. June 11-12. San Francisco, CA. Contact: Β. Κ. Krewson, P.O. Box 10460, Eugene, OR 97440 (503-343-1200) • 2nd Scientific Computing and Automation Conference and Exhi­bition. June 12-15. Maastricht, The Netherlands. Contact: Reunion Inter­national, WG Plein 475,1054 SH Am­sterdam, The Netherlands U 21st Ohio Valley Chromatogra­phy Symposium. June 20-22. Oxford, OH. Contact: Neil Danielson, Dept. of Chemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 (513-529-2813) • 22nd Conference of the European Group for Atomic Spectroscopy. July 10-13. Uppsala, Sweden. Contact: Dept. of Physics, Uppsala University, Box 530, S-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden • 30th Annual Conference on Pharmaceutical Analysis. July 30-Aug. 3. Merrimac, WI. Contact: Exten­sion Services in Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 425 N. Charter St., Madison, WI53706 (608-262-3130) • 36th Canadian Spectroscopy Conference. Aug. 1-3. St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Ian Bun­dle, Chemistry Dept., Brock Universi­ty, St. Catherines, Ontario LSI 3A1, Canada (416-688-5544, ext. 3545) m 12th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy. Aug. 13-17. Columbia, SC. Contact: James Durig, College of Science and Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Colum­bia, SC 29208 (803-777-2505) m Budapest Chromatography Con­ference. Aug. 14-17. Budapest, Hun­gary. Contact: H. Kalàsz, Dept. of Pharmacology, H-1089 Budapest, Nagyvârad ter 4, Hungary

Short Courses and Workshops • Workshop on Recombinant DNA: Techniques and Applications. June 4-8 and June 11-15. Rockville, MD. Contact: Douglas Drabkowski, Ameri­can Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, MD 20852 (301-231-5566)

m Paper Fiber Analysis. June 4-13. Appleton, WI. Contact: H. S. Dugal, Integrated Paper Services, P.O. Box 446, Appleton, WI 54912 (414-749-3040) • Professional Practice in Clinical Chemistry: A Review. June 25-29. Washington, DC. Contact: Penny Goodman, AACC, 2029 Κ St., N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006 (800-892-1400) m Control of Biohazards in the Re­search Laboratory. July 16-20. Balti­more, MD. Contact: Jacqueline Corn, Dept. of Environmental Health Sci­ences, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St., Room 1003, Baltimore, MD 21205 (301-955-2609) • Experimental Design for Pro­ductivity and Quality in Research, Development, and Manufacturing. Dec. 6-14. Houston, TX. Contact: Sta­tistical Designs, 9941 Rowlett, Suite 6, Houston, TX 77075 (713-947-1551)

For information on the following courses, contact Joe Robles, Office of Continuing Professional Education, Cook College, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (201-932-9271) • Introduction to Laboratory Techniques: Biochemical Separa­tions. June 5-6. New Brunswick, NJ • Recombinant DNA Techniques. June 12-15. New Brunswick, Ν J

For information on the following courses, contact University of North Carolina, OSHERC, 109 Conner Dr., Suite 1101, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919-962-2101) m Asbestos Air Monitoring. June 20-22. Chapel Hill, NC • 13th Annual Occupational Safety and Health Summer Institute. July 30-Aug. 3. Williamsburg, VA • Asbestos Identification by Polar­ized Light Microscopy. Aug. 27-31. Chapel Hill, NC

For information on the following courses, contact Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biolo­gy, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064 (202-635-6161) • Protein Sequencing and Peptide Synthesis: Principles, Methods, and

Applications. July 2-7. Washington, DC • Protein and Nucleic Acid Sepa­ration Techniques. July 9-13. Wash­ington, DC • DNA Sequencing. July 23-24. Washington, DC

Call for Papers • Advanced Technology for the Clinical Laboratory and Biotech­nology. Milan, Italy. Nov. 28-30. The conference will consist of workshops, invited lectures, and oral and poster contributions that describe analytical concepts and systems related to the clinical laboratory. Prospective au­thors should request appropriate forms and further information from ATB '90 Conference, Via Farini 70, 20159 Mi­lan, Italy. Deadline for receipt of ab­stracts is Sept. 15. • 2nd International Conference on Methods and Applications of Ra-dioanalytical Chemistry. Kona, Ha­waii. April 21-27, 1991. The meeting will feature oral and poster presenta­tions that focus on recent develop­ments in radioanalytical chemistry, in­cluding instrumental and radiochemi­cal activation analysis; nuclear track techniques; radiochemical separation techniques; radioisotopic tracer meth­odology; uranium and plutonium anal­ysis; in-line and automated nonde­structive analysis; gamma-ray and X-ray spectroscopy; applications of ra­dioanalytical techniques to environ­mental, biomedical, geochemical, and materials science; and energy-related problems. Prospective authors should submit summaries by Oct. 1 to James T. Tanner, FDA, 200 C St., S.W., Mail Stop HFF-266, Washington, DC 20204 (202-472-5364).

These events are newly listed In the JOURNAL. See back issues for other events of interest.

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