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I remember my first time. I was the newest member of my dissertation research group. The others had been to one before and seemed to be laser focused getting ready for the event. I was going to be a co-author on a poster and I felt like I was moving in slow motion compared to…
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Kim Huynh-Ba, a long-time member of the EAS Governing Board and 2013 EAS President, has been named a AAPS Fellow by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in recognition of her outstanding contributions to pharmaceutical stability and regulatory sciences and her commitment to education. Kim and the other 2020 Fellows will be honored at a…
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Viral testing has been in the spotlight since the very beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic. I cannot remember any other time in the past when so much attention has been given to analytical sciences, not just in general science journals but in the local, national and international press and media. As the pandemic progressed, we…
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All of us at EAS are grieving the loss of our friend and colleague Alvin Bober, who passed away last year at the age of 97 (Alvin Bober obituary). Alvin was a member of the EAS board for 30 years, a former secretary, and a former delegate of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy. A gifted…
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The 2019 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition will be held on November 18-20th at the Crowne Plaza Princeton Conference Center in Plainsboro, NJ. Registration is now open so make sure you take advantage of our early registration rate and register before October 15th. The preliminary technical program is included in this publication so please take…
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There were 204 responses to our annual post-show survey. The distribution was 72% full conferees, 13% expo-only and 15% exhibitors. The location of the symposium in Princeton was rated highest 4/5, with the conference venue rated 3.7/5 and the hotels 2.9/5. Once again a majority of attendees drove to the symposium venue (82%), with the…
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The EAS Abstract Book is now available! Click here for the 2018 Abstract Book (it’s a large file, so please be patient while it loads) Join us next year Nov. 18-20, 2019 Crowne Plaza Conference Center Plainsboro, NJ
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I stated writing this post after reading two stories in my news feed that made me think about the false sense of security that I have when buying food or drugs. The first was about Australians finding sewing needles hidden in strawberries; the other was recalling a deadly episode in 1982 that prompted the FDA…
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As I visit Panama for a different conference than EAS where over 30 separate countries are represented, and I wear headphones to hear a translation of some of the Spanish speakers, I am struck by just how pertinent the theme of EAS 2018, Analytical Solutions to the World’s Problems, is. Eastern Analytical uses English as…
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Attendees traveling with a large poster carrier tube will soon be a thing of the past. Technology is coming to poster presentations. EAS will be switching to electronic posters (ePosters) for the 2018 symposium. What’s an ePoster? Our colleague Justin Pennington gave us a demo the other day. The poster is displayed on a large…
