Bruker

NORTHERN COLORADO
WINTER SYMPOSIUM ON KEY INSTRUMENTATION

NoCo WiSki

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are invited to learn about nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS) capabilities for metabolomics and synthetic macromolecule characterization.

2019 Schedule

 Monday, 25 March
12:30-1:00pmRegistration and pre-event mixer | Lory Student Center Rm 322/324
1:00 – 3:30pmSession I: Metabolomics Introduction
Lory Student Center Rm 322

1:00 – 1:05: Welcome Remarks

1:05 – 1:35: Introduction to metabolomics

1:35 – 2:05: Capabilities on campus

2:05 – 2:20: Break

2:20 – 3:30: Applications, Innovations & Challenges
Session II:Macromolecule Analysis Introduction
Lory Student Center Rm 324

1:00 – 1:05: Welcome Remarks

1:05 – 1:35: Intro to macromolecular/polymer analyses

1:35 – 2:05: Capabilities on campus

2:05 – 2:20: Break

2:20 – 3:30: Applications, Innovations & Challenges
4:00 – 5:00pmOpening Keynote Presentation  |  Chemistry A101

Dr. Lloyd Sumner – University of Missouri

Integrated Metabolomics for Triterpene Saponin Pathway Elucidation in Medicago truncatula
5:30pmHappy Hour at Cafe Vino

Informal mixer and Networking
 Tuesday, 26 March
 Research talks using CIF/PMF technology from 9:00am – 12:00pm   |  Lory Student Center Rm 324
9:00 – 10:20amSession I: Metabolomics

9:00 – 9:15: Corey Broeckling – Feature clustering makes life easier; using signal redundancy to improve annotation confidence

9:15 – 9:30: Claudia Boot – Metabolomics as a systems tool for understanding ecosystem responses to environmental drivers

9:30 – 9:45: Bryna Fitzgerald – Application of LC-MS based metabolomics for lyme disease diagnosis and prognosis

9:50 – 10:05: Amy Sheflin – Metabolic prediction of end of season biomass in bioenergy Sorghum

10:05 – 10:20: Harmonie Bettenhausen – Beeromics- the future of beer flavor
10:20-10:40amBreak
10:40am – 12:00pmSession II: Macromolecules

10:40 – 10:55: Bonnie Buss – Polymerization development through chain-end group analysis using MALDI mass spectrometry

10:55 – 11:10: Ravikumar Ramegowda – 1H DOSY as applied to polymers

11:10 – 11:25: Ian Anderson – Gold cluster analysis through MALDI mass spectrometry

11:25 – 11:40: Prithwiraj De – Structural determinants of mGLP from Mtb critical for inducing a subset of protective T cells

11:40 – 11:55: Nicole Kruh-Garcia – Multiple reaction monitoring MS for the detection of low abundance bacterial peptides during Tuberculosis
12:00 – 1:00pmCatered Lunch  |  Lory Student Center Rm 304-306  

Mark Dixon – MNova software capabilities
1:30 – 2:45pmSession I  |  LSC 376

Bruker Metaboscape – Heino Heyman
Session II  |  LSC 378

Bruker NMR – Amy Freund and Nicole Kruse
Session III  |  LSC 300

MNOVA work group – Mark Dixon
3:00 – 4:00pmKeynote Presentation  | Lory Student Center Rm 324

Dr. Kenji Kurita – Genentech

The Power of the Proton
6:00 – 8:30pmColorado Biological Mass Spectrometry Meeting | New Belgium Brewery

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lloyd Sumner, University of Missouri

Development of Integrated Computational and Empirical Tools to Address the Metabolomics Grand Challenges of Confident Metabolite Identification and Increased Depth-of-Coverage

*additional registration required at http://www.cbmss.org/
 Wednesday, 27 March
9:00 – 10:15amPanel Discussion and Small Group Breakouts  |  Lory Student Center Rm 324

CORE scientists and vendors (Bruker) mediated via sli.do

Barriers to research: what innovations are needed on campus?
10:30 – 11:30amTours of PMF and CIF CORES

Meet tour leader in LSC Rm 324 to walk over to respective CORE

PMF tour led by Corey Broeckling

CIF tour led by Chris Rithner
11:30 – 12:00NoCo-WiSKI Wrap up and business meeting | CIF Conference Room