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MS societies

• American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
• Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS)
• Belgian Society for Mass Spectrometry (BSMS)
• British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS)
• Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS)
• Czech Mass Spectrometry Expert Group
• Danish Society for Mass Spectrometry - Dansk Selskab for Massespektrometri (DSMS)
• Dutch Society for Mass Spectrometry
• European Society for Mass Spectrometry (ESMS)
• French Society for Mass Spectrometry - Société Française de Spectrométrie de Masse (SFMS)
• German Society for Mass Spectrometry - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Massenspektrometrie.(DGMS)
• Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS)
• Japanese Society for Mass Spectrometry - Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan (MSSJ)
• Norwegian Society for Mass Spectrometry - Norsk Selskap for Massespektrometri (NSMS)
• Polish Mass Spectrometry Society - Polskie Towarzystwo Spektrometrii Mas (PTSM))
• South African Association for Mass Spectrometry (SAAMS)
• Spanish Society for Mass Spectrometry - Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas (SEEM)
• Swedish Mass Spectrometry Society (SMSS)
• Swiss Group for MS

Meetings

• ASMS Conferences and workshops
• American Chemical Society Meetings
  • ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Meetings
• Analytica International Trade Fair and Analytica Conference
• Chemistry-Conferences.com Search engine and RSS feed
• FACSS Information The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• HEMS Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry Workshop
• IFPAC International Forum Process Analytical Chemistry
• IMSC 17th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, 2006 in Prague
• Pittcon Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.

Resources

• Mass Spectrometry Terms and Definitions Project Page, Get involved!
• Mass Spectrometry Blog Kermit Murray's new MS resources. Thanks!
• spectroscopynow.com - Mass Spectrometry Channel of Wiley's spectroscopy portal (formerBase-Peak, former Kermit Murray's).
• IonSource Mass Spectrometry and Biotechnology Resource. Is focussed on Protein LCMS and has many useful links, tutorials, tables,
• dmoz Open directory project Mass spectrometry
• Mass Spectrometry Links and more from Georgia Institute of Technology (Gatech).
• i-mass.com a web portal for mass spectrometry with lots of self praise ("we put the dot com in mass spectrometry", "i-mass.com is a comprehensive web site dedicated to (...) the concept of mass.")
• SIMS Secondary ion mass spectrometry. Tutorials, conferences, resources, ...
• sci.techniques.mass-spec
  • Sorted topics in sci.techniques.mass-spec

• NIST: Search for MS-spectra by: Name, Formula, Partial Formula, Molecular weight, CAS, ...
• Don't argue, look atAtomic Weights of the Elements and the Isotopic Compositions of the Elements direct from IUPAC
• Fragment Wizard

Education

• Mass spectrometry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• What is Mass Spectrometry ? Brief introduction from the ASMS
• What is Mass Spectrometry ? Ionization methods and mass analyzers. Copyright by Paul Gates & Paul Skelton (Cambridge University)
• The Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry is an easy to use and comprehensive resource from: Der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
• Mass Spectrometry Tutorial with many references and wonderful examples (applications) from Richard Caprioli and Marc Sutter, revised by Markus Stoeckli (Vanderbilt University)
• The characteristics of different mass analyzers from JEOL
• The Whys and Wherefores of Quadrupole Ion Trap MS by Karen R. Jonscher and John R. Yates, III University of Washington at Seattle
• Introduction to Mass Spectrometry EI-Quadrupoles with many examples of fragmentation mechanisms from University of Arizona
• FT-ICR Mass Spectrometer theory by EMSL Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Introduction to the use of a MS as a GC detector. Lecture slides can be viewed by selecting the appropriate chapter. James K. Hardy and The University of Akron
• Coupling GC to MS (including a movie). Nice introduction to many GC detectors: AED, ECD, FID... written by Thomas Chasteen at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.
• A History of MS by The Siuzdak Laboratory
• Deutsch: Massenspektrometrie Schulungsmaterial für Mitarbeiter des IVV Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung

Getting one

• MS & RGA Companies
  • ABB RGA, look under "Product > Instrumentation and Analytical" for Extrel Quads
  • Agilent (former Hewlett-Packard HP-MSD), GCMS, HPLC and MS equipment
  • AMD GmbH  magnetic sector mass spectrometers
  • AMETEK RGA, Dycor, Dymaxion
  • Analytica of Brandford Corsair ESI-TOF, API-TOF
  • Applied Biosystems MALDI-MS, LC-MS
  • Applied Instrument Technologies RGA, Process Mass Spectrometer
  • Bergmann (BME) TOF
  • Bear is since March 2, 2001 part of Varian
  • Bruker FTMS, TOF MS and Bruker-Daltonik
  • CAMECA magnetic sector, SIMS
  • Comstock TOF, ESA-TOF/MS
  • Extorr RGA with a built-in Pirani gauge and Ion gauge.
  • Ferran Scientific Micropole RGA, if you are looking for small quads check their publications
  • Hiden Analytical RGA, Gas Analysis Systems,SIMS brochure
  • Hitachi LC/MS
  • Inficon Residual Gas Analyzers, Transpector
  • InProcess RGA
  • IonSpec FTMS
  • JEOL magnetic sector, GCmate
  • Kratos MALDI-ToF
  • Leco Pegasus GC/TOFMS and Jaguar LC/TOFMS
  • Kurt J. Lesker RGA, AccuQuad
  • MATECH New (InProcess) and refurbished MS
  • Micromass magnetic sector, sector hybrid, single and triple Quads, MALDI-TOF
  • MKS: HPQ2 - High Pressure RGA.
  • Perkin Elmer GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS
  • R. M. Jordan Company TOF, Ion trap
  • Shimadzu GC-MS, LC-MS, and TOF systems
  • Stanford Research Systems (SRS) RGA 100, 200, and 300 Residual Gas Analyzers
  • Syagen Technology, Inc. Mass Spectrometry technology for high-speed molecular analysis
  • Thermo (including Finnigan and VG) LC/MS, GC/MS, HPLC, GC
  • Vacuumtechnology the only RGA magnetic sector analyzer RGA
  • Varian GC-MS, Ion trap
• Used MS
  • Alliance Analytical pre-owned scientific equipment
  • Analytical Instrument Recycle reconditioned instruments
  • GenTech Scientific recycled analytical equipment
  • Grizzly Analytical used, reconditioned, rebuilt biotech lab equipment
  • IET - International Equipment Trading Ltd certified, pre-owned lab instruments
  • Labx - Mass Spectrometry
• Compilation
  • Biocompare - Mass Spectrometry. Easy to navigate site has a substantial amount of instruments listed and provides enough information for a quick overview.

MS Jobs

• Sciencejobs.com
• Kelly Scientific Resources
• MSPeople.net a Mass Spec recruiting firm
• ChemsitryJobs
• American Chemical Society - Career Services
• Jobsmart
• jobs.com
• monster.com
• CollegeGrad.com

Related

• Parts
  • Scientific Instrument Services MS, GC, LC and breakthrough volumes (mirror). They have done a good job! Thanx, thanx, thanx!
• GC equipment
  • Alltech, J&W Scientific, Restek, Chrompack (now Varian)
• Micro and portable GC:
  • Agilent: 3000 micro GC
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: GC on a wafer
  • Photovac: PetroPRO a high speed portable GC
  • RVM Scientific: GC retrofit for fast and low power applications.
  • SRI Instruments: all kinds of cool portable GCs
  • Varian: CP-4900 Micro-GC
  
  
  • Micro machined: gas chromatograph with integrated detector, column heater and sample injection, Micro Systems Technology, TUHH
  • DARPA projects on miniature gas chromatographs as part of the Micro Gas Analyzers (MGA) programm. But there is a wealth on MEMS information to be found.