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Nine top companies awarded Pittcon 2019 Excellence Awards for ingenuity and creativity in scientific advancement
Mar 27, 2019
Pittcon to Highlight Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) at Annual Symposium
Jan 29, 2019
Pittcon Announces 2018 Award Recipients for Outstanding Achievements in Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Oct 24, 2017
Pittcon Announces 2017 Award Recipients for Outstanding Achievements in Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Dec 31, 2016
Recipients of the 2016 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants are Announced
Jan 21, 2016
Pittcon Recognizes Outstanding Achievements in Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Oct 6, 2015
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will Present the Wallace H. Coulter Lecture at Pittcon 2016
Jul 27, 2015
Pittcon Announces Wide Variety of Short Courses to Enhance Skills for Laboratory Professionals
Feb 20, 2015
Third Annual Food Labs Conference to Co-locate with Pittcon 2015 March 9-10, New Orleans, Morial Convention Center
Jan 21, 2015
Recipients of the 2015 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants are Announced
Jan 12, 2015
Pittcon Program Committee Announces Naomi J. Halas as the 2015 Wallace H. Coulter Lecturer
Jul 2, 2014
Waters Marks Ten Years of ACQUITY UPLC; Looks to Future with ACQUITY QDa and ionKey/MS at Pittcon
Mar 25, 2014
FDA to Discuss Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) at Food Labs Conference in Conjunction with Pittcon 2013
Feb 16, 2013
Pittcon Announces the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant Awardees
Feb 28, 2012
The Pittsburgh Conference Announces the 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Award Program
Oct 19, 2010
ALMSCO International Unveils New BenchTOF-dx Mass Spectrometer Offering Up to 100x Improved Sensitivity
Jan 22, 2010
Unique Component of the Pittcon Technical Program The 21st James L. Waters Annual Symposium
Dec 8, 2009
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Pittcon, scheduled March 5-9, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, will not be held as an in-person event due to the continuous impact of COVID-19. This decision did not come lightly; however, in the face of health and safety risks resulting from the ever-increasing communicability of emerging COVID-19 strains, this was a decision we had to make. As much as we all hoped to carry forward with an in-person Pittcon, we value the wellness of you and all our participants infinitely more....
Abstracts are now being accepted for contributed oral and poster presentations at Pittcon 2020. Technical Presentations are being sought in all areas of analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy, including but not limited to:Novel Application of Measurement Science...
Pittcon, the world’s leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, is pleased to announce the selection of nine finalists in the annual Pittcon Today Excellence Awards conducted by CE Communications, the official publishers of Pittcon Today and the Pittcon Buzz. These awards recognize innovations at this year’s exposition and offer a channel for exhibitors to showcase their scientific advancements. From titrators, wireless temperature sensing, and chromatography columns....
Dr. France to present “Preserving and Revealing History – Challenges of a Cultural Heritage Scientist” The Pittcon Program Committee is extremely pleased to announce that Fenella France, Chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress, will deliver the 2019 Plenary Lecture. Dr. France researches non-destructive imaging techniques and prevention of environmental degradation to collections. Her current focus is the development of spectral imaging and image processing techniques...
Pittcon’s non-profit mission funds grants to colleges, high schools, elementary schools, researchers and more. Year after year, Pittcon distributes approximately $1 million towards its mission to sponsor and sustain educational and charitable activities for the advancement and benefit of scientific endeavor...
The Pittcon Exposition Committee has announced that booth space reservations have opened for Pittcon 2019, taking place in Philadelphia from March 17 to 21. Each 10x10 space is available for $3,050. Additionally, returning exhibitors are eligible for a $2,500 expansion rate towards additional 10x10 spaces.
The Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Pittcon Organizing Committee are pleased to announce Neal Dando as President of Pittcon 2021. Dr. Dando received his B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Biology from Shippensburg State University and then earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in analytical chemistry from the University of Delaware....
Pittcon partners again with ATIV Software to implement conference and exposition mobile app.
As of July 1, Adrian C. Michael, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry), took office as president along with his named Vice President Charles Gardner, ChemImage Corporation, and selected chairs. Other members of the Executive Board include Gregory Meisner, esq., Melinda Stephens, Ph.D., (Geneva College).....
The Program Committee is pleased to announce that the 2014 Nobel Laureate, Stefan Hell, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, will deliver the Plenary Lecture at Pittcon 2018....
Firstly, the company announces the release of its CompassCDS software platform v4.0, which features new capabilities that extend its applicability to a wider range of laboratories. CompassCDS brings more than 20 years of customer experience and development, and provides a user-friendly and application-rich GUI with unique integration and extended calculation and reporting capabilities.
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
As of July 1, Gregory Meisner, esq., took office as president along with his named Vice President Adrian Michael (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry) and selected chairs. Other members of the Executive Board include Bill Sharpe, Ph.D, (retired); Joseph J. Grabowski, Ph.D (University of Pittsburgh); Karen L. Johnson, (Bidwell Training Center); Elias S. Absey, (Waters Corporation); Melinda R. Stephens, Ph.D...
Chuck has been a volunteer member of Committee since 1987. Since then, he has served in a number of key leadership positions including secretary of the board of directors and treasurer and was chairman for both the program and exposition committees. In his professional career, Dr. Gardner is the director of product management at ChemImage Corporation where he leads the development of microscopic and standoff hyperspectral imaging systems for...
For complete requirements, guidelines and submission instructions for all the awards, please visit www.pittcon.org
Asher will accept this prestigious award at Pittcon 2016 which takes place March 6-10, in Atlanta, Georgia. His session, “Photonic Crystal Hydrogel and Organogel Sensors for Chemical and Biological Analytes,” will include a discussion of sensing motifs that utilize 2-D and 3-D arrays and monolayers of particles embedded onto a molecular recognition polymer hydrogel networks. The SACP Analytical Chemistry Award, established in 1957, is presented annually to recognize outstanding...
Pittcon is pleased to announce the 2016 Short Courses . (March 5-10). Courses, offered at beginner and intermediate levels, range from one-half day up to two-days. With more than 100 from which to choose, there are a wide variety of classes covering relevant analytical topics in food science, water/wastewater, environmental, life science, pharmaceutical to name a few. Courses for broad-based application and general lab functions include lab management...
Submit your idea to us by August 31, 2015. These 90-minute sessions provide a unique networking opportunity for attendees with similar interests to meet and resolve problems, discuss new techniques, or brainstorm new ideas in an informal setting. Wondering what the benefits are of hosting a Conferee Networking session? Increase awareness of a specific topic or issue. Find solutions to a problem or brainstorm for new ideas...
Dr. Moerner’s lecture will focus on his research in physical chemistry and chemical physics of single molecules, single-molecule biophysics, super-resolution imaging and tracking in cells, and trapping of single molecules in solution...
Abstracts are currently being accepted for contributed oral and poster presentations in all areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry, applied spectroscopy, life science, bioanalysis, food science, nanotechnology, environmental science and pharmaceutical. Additional details are available at www.pittcon.org. Pittcon 2016 will continue to strive to feature a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of analytical science and instrumental analysis. In addition to requesting papers in the...
Popp studied chemistry at the universities of Erlangen and Wuerzburg, Germany. Since 2002, he has been a chair for Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, and in 2006, became the Director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena.He has published more than 540 journal papers, has been named as an inventor on 12 patents in the field of spectroscopic instrumentation and is the founding editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biophotonics. In 2012, he...
This year there are more than 40 new courses added in subjects such as forensics, statistics, separations, LIMS, LC/GC, mass spectrometry, nanotechnology and lab management—to name a few.Pittcon is pleased to announce the 2015 Short Courses (March 7-12). With more than 100 from which to choose, there are a wide variety of classes covering relevant topics in food science, water/wastewater, environmental, life science...
The basic operating mode of the PDD can replace many of the detectors currently used by GC manufacturers. Pulsed discharge detector Model D-3-1-HP is designed for plug-and-play installation on Agilent GCs, with models available for the 6890 and 7890. The D-3-1-HP is optimized for trace level work in the helium photoionization mode, and utilizes the electronics and power supply of the host GC. The system includes detector cell, pulser, and...
The app, available for free download in the App Store for iOS and Android devices and the Kindle Fire, serves as a valuable resource tool before, during and after the event. It acts as an all-inclusive real-time show guide containing details on exhibiting companies, technical sessions, Conferee Networking sessions and short courses. The Pittcon mobile conference app was developed by ATIV Software and is built on the EventPilot meeting...
The lecture will take place during the Pittcon Opening Session on Sunday, March 8, 2015, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Halas is a professor at Rice University and the founding director of the Rice Laboratory for Nanophotonics. She is a pioneering researcher in the field of plasmonics, creating the concept of the “tunable plasmon” and inventing a family of nanoparticles with resonances spanning the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum. Halas pursues fundamental studies of...
Abstracts are currently being accepted for contributed oral and poster presentations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry, applied spectroscopy, life science, bioanalysis, food science, nanotechnology, environmental science and pharmaceutical. The 2015 committee is especially interested in topics relevant to energy and fuels. Program Chairman Hub MacDonald commented, “Since this year’s conference will be in New Orleans with Louisiana holding the...
This prestigious award, established in 1957, honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions in the field of spectroscopy. The award committee selected Redfield based on his many accomplishments in the advanced understanding, practical developments and applications in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance especially in nuclear-spin relaxation, as well as his leadership role in the scientific community and mentorship of young scientists...

The latest Multisizer 4e features a new 10-micron aperture that enables users to obtain accurate count, size and mass distribution for particles and cells ranging from 0.2 to 1,600 microns. Digital Pulse Processing provides high-resolution analysis in as many as 400 channels for unparalleled performance in pharmaceutical quality control, bioprocessing and industrial applications....
The µDAWN is the world’s first multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector that can be coupled to any UHPLC system in order to determine absolute molecular weights and sizes of polymers, peptides, and proteins or other biopolymers directly, without resorting to column calibration or reference standards. Wyatt Technology’s µDAWN connects to the Optilab® UT-rEX™, the first refractive index detector for UHPLC....
Dr. Carr is internationally recognized as a leader in the development of novel proteomics methods and in their application in biology and medicine. Dr. Carr and his group collaborate with scientists throughout the greater Broad community (Broad Institute, Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and the 17 Harvard affiliated hospitals) to apply state-of-the art proteomics technology to address compelling questions in biology, chemistry and clinical medicine. He has over 200 publications on development and use of proteomics and biological mass spectrometry....
New this year, was the partnership between Pittcon and Innovative Publishing, publishers of Food Safety Tech and organizers of Food Labs Conference. This strategic partnership led to the co-location of Food Labs Conference to be held in conjunction with Pittcon. The organizers of both events were pleased with their first-year success and are looking forward to expanding the relationship....
The Pittcon 2013 Exposition, which takes place March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will include 1,011 exhibitors (count as of March 1, 2013) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis....
The Pittcon 2013 app features include...
Father and son, Genzo Shimadzu, Sr. and Jr., who set up the company in the second half of the nineteenth century, helped to contribute towards the rapid modernization of Japan through the development of storage batteries and X-ray equipment...
The web site will continue to provide relevant, up-to-date information for Pittcon conferees, exhibitors, and media representatives while offering various new, exciting enhancements. New features include better integration with social networking, intuitive navigation, and select comment areas...
Autoscribe Informatics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Autoscribe Ltd, appeared at a conference for the first time at Pittcon 2012 in Orlando. It is pleasing to report that we had the busiest Pittcon for several years with an increase in enquiries for the new Matrix Gemini software solutions...
The Pittcon 2012 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that this year's conference and exposition for laboratory science attracted15,754 attendees (conferees and exhibitor personnel) to the annual event, which was held in Orlando, Florida, March 11-15. Twenty-nine percent of the conferees were from 89 countries outside the United States...
Edwards, a global leader of vacuum and abatement technology, will be giving a special preview of its new nXDS range of dry scroll vacuum pumps on Booth 2659 at Pittcon 2012, ahead of its official launch in April. Edwards will be performing a live demonstration of the new pump, which is expected to set new standards for dry pumping in laboratories...
The Pittcon 2012 Exposition, which takes place March 12-15, at the Orange County Convention Center, will include 943 exhibitors (count as of February 15) that provide products, services, and support for all facets of laboratory operations in the industrial, academic, and government sectors. The exposition will display the latest technologies and instrumentation used by scientists in areas such as analytical chemistry; pharmaceutical science and drug discovery; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental; and biotechnology- to name a few...
Pittcon are excited to announce the launch of our Pittcon 2012 mobile app! The Pittcon 2012 app serves as your all-in-one event guide by putting everything you need to know right onto your mobile device...
Pittcon 2011, the world's premier conference and exposition, reports that 17,098 attendees participated in the annual Conference and Exposition, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 13-18, 2011. Twenty-five percent of the conferees in attendance were from 87 countries outside the United States...
The Pittcon 2011 Marketing Committee is pleased to announce the launch of its official Conference and Exposition Smartphone App, "Pittcon 2011." The complimentary app will include complete event information such as the Technical Program, exhibitor listing, Short Courses, and local area and conference related maps. The Pittcon 2011 app will be available for use on Androids, Blackberrys, iPhones, and iPod Touches with access before, during, and after the Conference.
The Pittcon Networking Committee is pleased to announce the topics for the Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2011 from March 13 through March 18, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. These Sessions are a unique networking opportunity for registered conferees with similar interests to get together in an informal setting to brainstorm and share ideas
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce that the 2011 Technical Program is now available on the Pittcon website. The Technical Program held Sunday, March 13 -Thursday, March 16, will consist of symposia, organized contributed sessions, oral sessions, workshops, posters, and Conferee Networking Sessions covering a wide range of topics in areas of analytical chemistry, applied spectroscopy, life sciences, bioanalysis, food sciences, and related disciplines.