Analytical Methodology Centre

Dear members and persons interested in registering,

                                                                         The re-constructed website is designed to operate totally dynamically allowing extremely rapid amendments to the content and uploading of news, articles and documents. The forum categories are being redesigned and members are encouraged to submit suggestions.  It is the intention also to introduce an analytical journal type category such that scientific manuscripts not necessarily for publication can be brought to the attention of members for comment and discussion purposes.  Educationally-related manuscripts will also be featured, and in particular, the submission of analytical practical manuals, technical notes, protocols and procedures will be encouraged.  Files for these documents can uploaded by members on to the documents page in either the general or member only categories. 

It is hoped that members will demonstrate a proactive involvement in the future and find the site more useful.

Yours sincerely,

Peter J Baugh for the Administrator

The EMS2008 meeting was held on March 26, 2008 at the University of Chester with 70 delegates and exhibitors attending, strongly representative of academia, the mass spectrometry instrument & related service/accessory industries, environmental chemical, facilities & services, regulatory bodies, water companies & laboratories.

The abstracts booklet for the EMS2008 Meeting and the report to the BMSS, are now available for viewing and downloading (click on documents to access). Please contact  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   if you require details about this series of meetings for future reference.

The key lectures were as follows:

Plenary: Prof. Damia Barcelo, an internationally renowned environmental chemist, the Department of Environmental Chemistry,  IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Novel strategies for the identification and   determination of pharmaceuticals , illicit drugs and their degradation products in the environment by LC hybrid tandem MS  systems (Q TRAP and Q TOF)

Keynote I: Dr Rakesh Kanda, Severn Trent Laboratories, Recent Advances in Analysis in the Water Industry www.stl-ltd.com

Keynote II: Mrs Deborah Hudson, UKAS, UKAS Accreditation in Environmental Analysis - MCERTS and Beyond 

Many thanks to all those members who attended the meeting for their strong support.

Peter Baugh, EMSSIG coordinator