Agilent Technologies to Host Technical Forum on Mass Spectrometry with Dr. Ruedi Aebersold at American Society for Mass Spectrometry.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced it will host a technical forum on mass spectrometry, kicking off its activities at the 2008 American Society for Mass Spectrometry The American Society for Mass Spectrometry is a professional association based in the United States that supports the scientific field of mass spectrometry. As of 2007, the society had approximately 7000 members primarily from the US, but also from around the world. (ASMS ASMS American Society for Mass Spectrometry ASMS Association of Salaried Medical Specialists ASMS Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems ASMS Alabama School of Mathematics and Science ASMS American Society for Mohs Surgery ASMS Arkansas School for Math and Science ) annual conference. The technology forum will be held Saturday, May 31, 5-9:30 p.m. MT at the Hyatt Regency Denver. Dr. Ruedi Aebersold will deliver the keynote address titled, "Quantitative Proteomics and Systems Biology." Dr. Aebersold is a professor of Systems Biology at the Institute for Molecular Systems Biology Molecular Systems Biology is a scientific journal which covers systems biology at the molecular level with research in the fields of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, microbial systems, and the integration of cell signaling and regulatory networks. , ETH Zurich, and on the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zurich History The University of Zurich was founded in 1833 with existing colleges of theology (founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1525), law and medicine merged together with a new faculty of Philosophy. . Immediately following the keynote address, Agilent will offer two breakout sessions with thought leaders and industry experts presenting on two tracks: 'Omics' and 'Small Molecules.' Agilent will showcase several groundbreaking innovations at this year's ASMS conference, including a new LC/triple quadrupole A quadrupole is one of a sequence of configurations of electric charge or gravitational mass that can exist in ideal form, but it is usually just part of a multipole expansion of a more complex structure reflecting various orders of complexity. mass spectrometer, Agilent's first GC/triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and Q-TOF hardware and software improvements. For more information and to register for the technology forum please visit www.chem.agilent.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Press releases, photography and other information can be accessed on the Agilent Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis newsroom at www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/lsca. Further technology, corporate citizenship and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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