• 44th Nat ional Meet ing of the American Assoc iat ion for Clini­cal Chemistry (AACC). July 1 9 -23. Chicago, IL. Contact: Carmella Bac-cari, AACC Meetings Department, 2029 Κ St., N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006 (202-857-0717 or 800-892-1400) • S i x t h B i e n n i a l N a t i o n a l Atomic Spectroscopy Sympos ium (BNASS). Ju ly 2 2 - 2 4 . Plymouth, Devon, U.K. Contact: S. J. Hill, Depart­ment of Environmental Sciences, Poly­technic South West, Drake Circus, Ply­mouth, Devon PL4 8AA, U.K. (0752-233012) • 32nd A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e o n P h a r m a c e u t i c a l A n a l y s i s . Ju ly 2 7 - 3 1 . Merrimac, WI. Contact: Melvin H. Weinswig, Extension Services in Phar­macy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 425 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53706 (608-262-3130; fax 608-262-3397) • In ternat iona l Conference o n Energy, Environment, and Elec­t r o c h e m i s t r y . S e p t . 9 - 1 1 . K a r a i k u d i , I n d i a . Contact: K. C. Narasimham, Division of Electrochemi-cals, CECRI, Karaikudi 623 006, India (04565-3161; fax 04565-2088) M P h a r m Tech Conference '92. Sept. 21 -23 . East Brunswick, NJ. Contact: Pharm Tech Conference Regis­trar, Aster Publishing Corporation, 859 Willamette St., P.O. Box 10460, Eugene, OR (503-343-1200; fax 503-343-7024) • 4 th B iennia l E u r o p e a n Poly­me r Federat ion European Sym­p o s i u m o n Polymeric Materials (epf 92). Sept. 27-Oct. 2. Baden-Baden, Germany. Contact: Geselhchaft Deutscker Chemiker, Makromolekulare Chemie Division, Abteilung Tagungen, Postfach 90 04 40, W-6000 Frankfurt (Main) 90, Germany. (069-7917-365; fax 069-7917-475) • Meet ing of the Atomic Spec­troscopy Group of The Royal So­c i e t y o f C h e m i s t r y a n d t h e Geochemistry and Applied Min­eralogy Groups of the Mineralog-ical Society of Great Britain. Oct. 1-2. Milton Keynes, U.K. Contact: Analytical Division, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V0BN, U.K. (01-437-8656) • 3rd International Sympos ium i n Chira l D i s c r i m i n a t i o n . Oct. 5 - 8 . Tubingen, Germany. Contact: Geselhchaft Deutscher Chemiker, Abt.

Tagungen, P.O. Box 90 04 40, D-6000 Frankfurt 90, Germany • 5th Annual International Bio­technology Expo and Scient i f ic C o n f e r e n c e (IBEX). Oct 12 -14 . San Francisco, CA. Contact: Cartlidge and Associates, IBEX, 1070 Sixth Ave., No. 307, Belmont, CA 94002 (415-508-0118; fax 415-595-4864) • C a p i l l a r y E l e c t r o p h o r e s i s . Oct. 19. Frederick, MD. Contact: Mar­garet L. Fanning, Conference Coordina­tor, PRI/DynCorp, NCI-FCRDC, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD 21702-1201 (301-846-1089; fax 301-846-5866) • 10th I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m p o ­s i u m o n L a b o r a t o r y R o b o t i c s . Oct. 2 5 - 2 8 . Boston, MA. Contact: Christine O'Neil, Zymark Corp., Zymark Center, Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508-435-9500; fax 508-435-3439) • ALEX '92: Analytical Labora­tory Equipment Expos i t ion and Conference. Nov. 4 - 6 . San Fran­cisco, CA. Contact: ALEX'92, The Inter­face Group, 300 First Ave., Needham, MA 02194-2722 (617-449-8938; fax 617-449-2674)

Short Courses and Workshops • Fundamentals of Chemical De­tect ion, Measurement, and Moni­t o r i n g : A n a l y t i c a l T e c h n i q u e s and Biosensors . June 16-18. Mad­ison, WI. Contact: Elaine M. Bower, En­gineering Registration, The Wisconsin Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706 (800-462-0876; fax 608-263-3160) • Trace Elemental and Surface A n a l y s i s . Sept. 2 2 - 2 3 , Research Triangle Park, NC; Oct. 14-15, Red­wood City, CA. Contact: Fritzi Lareau, Charles Evans and Associates, 301 Ches­apeake Dr:, Redwood City, CA 94063 (415-369-4567; fax 415-369-7921)

For information on the following courses, contact Carol Rouse, Meetings Dept., AOAC, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Ar­lington, VA 22201-3301 (703-522-3032; fax 703-522-5468)

• Quality Assurance for Analyti­cal Labs. June 15-20, San Fran­cisco, CA; Aug. 29-30 and Sept. 3-4 , Cincinnati, OH. • Stat ist ics for Methodology De­velopment. June 15-20, San Fran­

cisco, CA; Aug. 29-30 and Sept. 3-4 , Cincinnati, OH.

For information on the following courses, contact Office of Continuing Professional Education, Rutgers University-Cook Col­lege, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231 (908-932-9271; fax 908-932-8726)

• Isolation, Analysis , and Char­a c t e r i z a t i o n of P r o t e i n s . J u n e 7-12 and Aug. 2 - 7 . New Brunswick, NJ. • Process ing for Biotechnology Products . July 8-9 . New Bruns­wick, NJ. • P r o t e i n E l e c t r o p h o r e s i s a n d Western Blotting. July 29-30 . New Brunswick, NJ. • R e c o m b i n a n t D N A T e c h ­niques. Aug. 11-14. New Bruns­wick, NJ. • C a p i l l a r y E l e c t r o p h o r e s i s . Sept. 16. New Brunswick, NJ.

For information on the following courses to be held in Tempe, AZ, contact Jacob Fuchs, Dept. of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 (602-965-3461; fax 602-965-2747)

• Appl ied Molecular S p e c t r o s ­copy: Infrared. July 20-24 • Modern Industr ia l Spec tros ­copy. Aug. 3-14

Call for Papers • 1992 Fall Meeting of the Mate­r i a l s R e s e a r c h S o c i e t y (MRS). Nov. 30-Dec . 4. Boston, MA. Ab­stracts are being sought on ceramics, polymers, nuclear waste manage­ment, superconductors, biomolecular materials, and textiles in composites. Abstracts should be prepared accord­ing to the example presented in the MRS call for papers booklet. The deadline for submitting abstracts of contributed papers is July 1. For more informat ion , contact MRS, Meetings Dept., 9800 McKnight Rd., P i t t s b u r g h , PA 15237 (412-367-3003; fax 412-367-4373).

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

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