Group Coordinator: Xing-Fang Li, (University of Alberta)

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2011 ASMS workshop

ASMS Environmental Interest Group Workshop topic: LC/MS library/libraries for advancing environmental chemistry and health sciences

Organizers: Enrico Davoli and Xing-Fang Li

Research in environmental and health sciences has greatly benefited from the NIST GC/MS library. Many compounds are not volatile or thermally stable to allow for GC/MS detection. This problem can be overcome by advanced LC/MS technologies. However, recent research has shown that identification of unknowns in a sample is a challenge. It has been shown that LC/MS library (or libraries) is a very useful tool to confront this challenge. Industrial partners have made tremendous effort in developing LC/MS libraries with their specific instrumentation, but it is difficult to perform inter-laboratory validation because of lack of a common library. How can both academic and industry work together to build a unified LC-MS from the available libraries to advance environmental and health sciences? Join the Environmental MS Group to discuss the advances and challenges in establishing LC/MS library (or libraries) and research in environmental and health sciences.

2010 Environmental Workshop Report (PDF)