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Volume XII, Issue 4, Winter, 2003
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The Newsletter of Separation Science
Volume XII, Issue 4, Winter 2003
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear colleagues and
friends:
  he year 2003 is slowly approaching
its end. This may be the right time to look at what we did this year.
First of all, let’s remember that we celebrated the anniversaries of two
major milestones that have had an enormous impact on current separation
science. March 2003 marked 100 years since M. S. Tswett first presented
the new method he termed “chromatography” in Warsaw. Then, in April
2003, we remembered Watson and Crick's 1953 discovery of the double
helical structure of DNA.
Now let’s zoom down a little bit to
what is closer to our hearts, to our own microcosm. About one year ago,
CASSS transformed to a society that has not a single but two presidents
reigning simultaneously. Yes, the time flies. It’s now one full year
since Bill Hancock relocated to the East Coast and he is doing extremely
well there. Meanwhile CASSS organized several symposia such as the 7th
Symposium on the Interface of Regulatory and Analytical Sciences for
Biotechnology Health Products (WCBP 2003) in San Francisco, the 16th
International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analysis (HPCE
2003) in San Diego, several Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls of Well
Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals meetings (WCBP CMC) Strategy
Forums, and the 5th Symposium on the Practical Applications of Capillary
Electrophoresis for the Analysis of Proteins, Nucleotides and Small
Molecules (CE in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries 2003)
in San Francisco. All of them were very successful with both spectacular
scientific content and social programs. We have also held two Evening
Discussion Group Meetings this year: the traditional “Bob & Ron Show”
reviewing the news from Pittcon 2003 in May, and
Professor Barry Karger
in September. Bill Hancock presented Professor Karger with this year’s
CASSS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Separation Science at
this meeting. Both meetings boasted strong attendance and excellent
scientific content. During 2003, we have also extended our reach further
south to the San Diego area, where Eric Peters has begun organizing
Discussion Group Meetings, the first of which featured Professor Karger.
Obviously, all this success would be impossible without the help and
loyalty of our CASSS members. We greatly appreciate your assistance and
your involvement in CASSS functions and meetings.
In the months to come, our activity
will remain vibrant with a number of meetings and other functions
already in preparation. We are also finalizing some exciting changes for
the near future. For example, we plan to move the Discussion Group
Meetings from evenings to the afternoons in response to the requests of
those who attend regularly. This will help our participants to beat the
traffic and enable you to attend more often. Another bit of good news is
that the RetentionTimes will be published six times in the next
year, four via on-line editions and two via the traditional printed
format. And there will be more changes to come…
Since this is the last RetentionTimes
this year, allow me to wish you all Happy Holidays and a very successful
New Year 2004. I am looking forward to seeing you again soon at our
meetings.
Your Co-President,
Frantisek Svec
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