MSACL 2024 14th Annual Conference & Exhibits
MSACL: MSACL 2024 14th Annual Conference & Exhibits
MSACL 2024 14th Annual Conference & Exhibits
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Description
Mission
MSACL's mission is to support the community in overcoming the challenges of implementing high value tests in the clinical lab.
Meeting Focus
MSACL is focused on providing a forum of interaction for participants in all stages of the development, advancement and use of analytical tools, including data analytics, in the clinic to improve patient care. Although the group primarily focuses on mass spectrometry, presentations and discussion on other platforms are welcome.
Location Overview
The Monterey Conference Center (MCC) is flanked by two hotels, the Marriott, and the Portola. Each has meeting space and their own restaurant. Local sourcing is a priority. Portola also has a brewpub (Peter B’s).
We will be using the Monterey Conference Center’s Serra Ballroom as the MSACL Exhibit Hall (19,150 square feet). There will be space for at ~34 booths interspersed with up to 172 posters.
We had 530 attendees for MSACL 2023. We are expecting about 580-650 for MSACL 2024.
COVID-19 Information
MSACL is committed to holding a successful in-person MSACL 2024 meeting. MSACL's priority is always the health and well-being of our community. We will be working closely with the the Monterey Conference Center, vendor partners, and hotels to implement any COVID-19 safety protocols. Please note that these protocols are subject to change on a daily, or even hourly, basis.
Personal Accountability Commitment
By attending the MSACL 2024 you agree to abide by and engage in conduct that is beneficial to health and safety while at the event.
Health Recommendations
MSACL strongly recommends all meeting attendees do the following:
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 and other recommended adult vaccinations.
- Take a rapid COVID-19 test prior to attending the meeting and do not attend if you test positive.
- Do not attend the meeting if you have symptoms that could be consistent with a cold or other respiratory infection.
- Leave the meeting if you develop such symptoms.
- Wear a mask in crowded indoor settings in the convention center, hotels, and aboard the hotel shuttles.
Educational Grants
MSACL invests heavily in education via the MSACL Educational Grants, which support conference attendance:
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Young Investigator Grants: Young investigators, in the first four years of their academic position, who submit an abstract which is accepted for presentation (poster/podium) at the annual conference. Applicants must submit a short application.
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Lab Director Grants: Lab Directors interested in learning more about what mass spectrometry is and how it could potentially improve results and reduce costs in their clinical laboratory are not required to submit an abstract, but must submit a short application.
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Trainee Grants: Lab Directors-to-be interested in learning more about what mass spectrometry is and how it could potentially improve results and reduce costs in their clinical laboratory are not required to submit an abstract, but must submit a short application.
Scientific Program
In the past we have had specific tracks for each -omic topic area. For 2024, we are planning to focus on plenary sessions with panel discussions that bring the community together, in addition to parallel sessions on focused topics.
VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM
A list of the topics being solicited for the current conference is below.
Abstract Submission Categories for MSACL 2024
- Artificial Intelligence
- Assays Leveraging Technology
- Breath Analysis and VOC
- Cases in Clinical Analysis
- Cases of Unmet Clinical Needs
- Data Analytics
- Emerging Technologies
- Environmental Sustainability
- Glycomics
- Identifying High Value Tests
- Imaging
- Lipidomics
- Metabolomics
- Microbiology
- Multi-omics
- Practical Training
- Pre-Analytics
- Precision Medicine
- Proteomics
- Small Molecules
- Tox / TDM / Endocrine
- Troubleshooting
- Various OTHER
Target Audience
The target audience for this program includes pathologists, clinical laboratory directors and scientists, mass spectrometry and automated sample processing providers as well as laboratory diagnostic providers. This program will be beneficial to healthcare administrators, laboratory quality control and standards scientists, as well as those responsible for implementation of clinical analyses for emergency response due to terrorism or accident.
Needs Assessment
With the advancement of technologies for clinical analysis, there exists a gap between those who understand the technology and those who do not. Without continual education, this gap will grow and these advancements are unlikely to be effectively incorporated into the clinical analysis workflow, resulting in lost opportunities to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.
MSACL provides an environment through which participants will be able to identify opportunities to develop the capacity to provide higher quality results, more rapidly and for lower overall cost, for patients within the healthcare system.
Registration
Conference Pass (Tue - Fri)
See rates below. Full access, except Short Courses and Pub-Style Trivia Dinner (Thu) with Tim are not included.
EarlyBird By Jan 17, 2024
- Industry / Commercial: $1500
- Acad / Govt / Non-Profit: $830
- Student / Post-Doc / Fellow: $405
- Accompanying Individual: $405
Regular By Feb 23, 2024
- Industry / Commercial: $1605
- Acad / Govt / Non-Profit: $880
- Student / Post-Doc / Fellow: $430
- Accompanying Individual: $430
After Feb 23, 2024
- Industry / Commercial: $1708
- Acad / Govt / Non-Profit: $930
- Student / Post-Doc / Fellow: $455
- Accompanying Individual: $455
Last Day Pass (Thu/Fri)
The LAST day pass (Thu/Fri only) is offered at Industry $854, Academic $465, Student $228. This registration type does NOT allow a short course add-on registration. It does allow Closing British-style Trivia Dinner add-on registration. It does allow participation in the Fri AM Monterey Sunrise Challenge Walk-Run.
What's Included
Access to:
- Exhibit Hall
- All Program sessions, except Short Courses and the Pub-Style Trivia Networking Dinner
Payment Method Service Fees added on by MSACL
Credit Card: $0
*Check: $40
*Bank/Wire Transfer: $70
*If you are paying by check or wire transfer, payment must be received by Feb 28 or the associated registration may be cancelled.
Invited Speakers
Michael S Bereman Award Lecture
Melissa Budelier (TriCore Reference Laboratories)
Mon March 18 @ 16:45 (04:45 PM) in Steinbeck
Lecture Title Pending
Distinguished Contribution Award Lecture
Russell Grant (Labcorp)
Mon March 18 @ 17:40 (05:40 PM) in Steinbeck
Lecture Title Pending
Plenary Lectures
Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Tue March 19 @ 09:00 (09:00 AM) in Steinbeck
Biomarker & Therapeutic Target Discovery by Mass Spectrometry-Driven Proteomes
Wiebke Arlt (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Sciences)
Tue March 19 @ 10:00 (10:00 AM) in Steinbeck
Lecture Title Pending
R. Graham Cooks (Purdue University)
Wed March 20 @ 11:00 (11:00 AM) in Steinbeck
Lecture Title Pending
Short Courses
All times are PACIFIC TIME.
February 23 is the deadline to register if you wish to receive printed course material on-site.
The Short Courses for MSACL 2024 will be held only In-Person.
Short courses will be from 8-16 hrs.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) and CE credit will be offered.
You MUST be registered for the conference in order to attend a Short Course. Short Courses have an additional fee.
Click Here to Start Your Conference and Short Course Registration
Short Course Pricing (per HOUR):
EarlyBird by Jan 17, 2024
- Industry: $41/h
- Academic: $33/h
- Student: $12/h
Regular by Feb 23, 2024
- Industry: $47/h
- Academic: $36/h
- Student: $16/h
After Feb 23, 2024
- Industry: $57/h
- Academic: $39/h
- Student: $19/h
Course Offering
1. Clinical Proteomics 201 : Clinical Proteomics
March 18 Monday 08:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (12 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
2. Clinical Proteomics 202 : MS-based Precision Diagnostics by Molecular Protein Analysis
March 18 Monday 08:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (12 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (16 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 4 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
4. Data Science 201 : Flexing with R : Databases to Dashboards
March 18 Monday 14:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (8 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
5. Data Science 203 : Machine Learning : A Gentle Introduction
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (16 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 4 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
6. GlycoProteomics 101 : Clinical Glyco(proteo)mics by Mass Spectrometry
March 18 Monday 08:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (12 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
7. LC-MSMS 101 : Getting Started with Quantitative LC-MSMS in the Diagnostic Laboratory
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (16 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 4 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (16 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 4 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
9. LC-MSMS 203 : Validation of Quantitative LC-MS/MS Assays for Clinical and Academic Use
March 18 Monday 08:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (12 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (16 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 4 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
11. Lipidomics 101 : Mass Spectrometry-based Lipidomics and Clinical Applications
March 18 Monday 14:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (8 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
March 17 Sunday 14:30 - March 18 Monday 12:00 (8 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Sunday 14:30 - 18:30 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
13. Metabolomics 203 : Practical Bioinformatics and Statistics in Metabolomics
March 18 Monday 14:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (8 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
14. Sample Preparation 201 : Sample Preparation and Alternative Matrices for LC-MS Assays
March 18 Monday 08:00 - March 19 Tuesday 12:00 (12 contact hours)
- Segment 1 : Monday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
- Segment 2 : Monday 14:00 - 18:00 (4 h)
- Segment 3 : Tuesday 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h)
Trainee Poster Contest
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible you must be a current TRAINEE (e.g., students, post-docs, residents fellows and similar), or your training program must have ended after April 1, 2023. Reasonable exceptions may apply. Troubleshooting posters are not eligible.
AWARDS: There will be up to three financial awards*, depending on the number of participants and quality of the posters. These awards will be of 500 USD for the top three finishers.
LOGISTICS: Participants must indicate interest via Abstract Management through their Network Directory Profiles (if not already indicated during abstract submission) and upload a PDF of their poster by March 1.
POSTER UPLOAD: Participants will need to upload a PDF of their poster via their Network Directory Profile by March 1, so that it may be reviewed by the judges to select the Finalists who will be interviewed by the Poster judges during their poster presentation period.
ROUND ONE: Review of PDF Posters : The Judging Committee will review the Candidate Posters via the Uploaded PDFs between March 2-10. Each judge will select their 4 top posters, in order of preference. From these selections the Judging Committee will identify the finalists (~6-8). Finalists will be notified by email by March 11.
ROUND TWO: Oral Presentation & Defense: [during each finalist's poster attendance period]. Each judge will spend 3-5 minutes at each finalist's poster to collect information by which to determine the poster award winners . The judges may perform the finalist interviews as a group, in smaller groups, or individually, with each judge selecting their top 4 posters from which the winners will be determined. There will be up to 3 winners of up to $500 each, depending on number of participants and quality of the posters.
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT: Awardees will be announced on Thursday at the Pub-style Trivia Dinner.
Vendor Exhibits
Apply for Exhibit Booth Space
Exhibit Schedule Overview
Set-Up
- Tuesday, March 19, 8:00 - 16:00
SHOW
- Tuesday, March 19, 18:30 - 21:30
Flow Schedule
-Wednesday, March 20, 11:30 - 17:45
- Thursday, March 21, 8:30 - 13:30
Breakdown
-Thursday, March 21, 14:00 - 18:30
Exhibit Hall Schematic
MSACL 2024: Exhibit Hall Schematic
Registered Exhibitors
Company / Booth #
- 3P BioSolutions / 13
- Agilent Technologies / 9,10 (2 booths)
- Aglie Bio LTD / 20
- AmberGen / 06
- Anchor Molecular / mini-Table 3 (mini-table)
- ASI Chemicals / 35
- Biognosys / mini-Table 2 (mini-table)
- Bruker Scientific / 34
- Cambridge Isotope Labs / 17
- Chromsystems / 26
- DPX Technologies / 18
- Evosep Biosystems / 25
- Golden West Diagnostics / 40
- Immundiagnostik / mini-Table 5 (mini-table)
- Indigo BioAutomation / 29,30 (2 booths)
- Ionpath / 36
- Kura Biotech / 19
- LGC / CDN Isotopes / 37
- Peeke Scientific / 39
- Phenomenex / 22
- PreOmics / mini-Table 4 (mini-table)
- Restek / 27
- Roche / 14,15 (2 booths)
- SCIEX / 21
- Shimadzu / 16
- Thermo Fisher Scientific / 31,32 (2 booths)
- Waters Corporation / 1,2,11,12 (4 booths)
- YYZ Pharmatech / mini-Table 6 (mini-table)
- Zef Scientific / 24
Industry Workshops
Apply to Host an Industry Workshop
Industry Workshops provide an opportunity for MSACL conference attendees to learn more about specific applications or products of interest as presented by sponsoring vendors.
Sponsoring vendors may request that attendees pre-register, but it is NOT REQUIRED (if there are issues regarding this on-site please contact any MSACL employee). Vendors may, however, provide priority seating to pre-registered workshop attendees if there are space limitation issues.
A listing of Industry Workshops will appear below as they are booked.
Workshop Assignments
*Please note that any workshop slot that appears taken may be preferentially selected based on sponsorship level up through the end of the Early Bird date. Pre-registration available, but not required to attend any of the workshops shown below. Attendees may also indicate their workshop interest during on-site registration and badge pick-up, or by simply turning up for any of the Breakfast workshops listed below.
Industry Workshop Summaries
Tuesday, March 19 @ 12:15 - 13:45 in San Carlos 3 (Marriott > Mezzanine | Stairs from Lobby or SkyBridge from Conference Ctr) with Agilent Technologies
Christoph Borchers, PhD (Jewish General Hospital, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada)
- A Novel Strategy utilizing SIL mouse reference material from different tissues and body fluids enabling Absolute Quantitation Of Proteins in human tissues
James Prell, PhD (University of Oregon)
- Intact Protein Quantitation – using iFAMS Quant+: Gabor-Transform Software for Automated Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Signal Deconvolution and Quantitation
Nicolai Bache, PhD (Evosep)
- An efficient and fully automated end-to-end sample preparation strategy using the AssayMAP Bravo for Evosep-MRM
**Tuesday, March 19 @ 12:15 - 13:45 in San Carlos 4 (Marriott > Mezzanine | Stairs from Lobby or SkyBridge from Conference Ctr) with Ionpath
Mate Nagy, PhD (Ionpath) and Jay Tarolli, PhD (Ionpath)
- Unveiling Cellular Interactions: A Mass Spectrometry Approach to Spatial Proteomics
Wednesday, March 20 @ 7:30 - 8:25 iin Steinbeck 1 (Conference Ctr > 2nd Floor) with Thermo Fisher Scientific
Stefani Thomas, PhD, DABCC, NRCC (University of Minnesota)
- An optimized, simplified workflow for the targeted proteomic analysis of fibrinogen in 4,200 plasma samples
Anthony Maus, B.S., Ph. D. (Mayo Clinic)
- FAIMS: The perfect complement to established LC-MS/MS techniques
Wednesday, March 20 @ 7:30 - 8:25 in Steinbeck 2 (Conference Ctr > 2nd Floor) with Indigo BioAutomation
Jim Edwards (Indigo BioAutomation)
- Elevating Laboratory Analysis
Wednesday, March 20 @ 7:30 - 8:25 in Steinbeck 3 (Conference Ctr > 2nd Floor) with Waters Corporation
Anna Wynn, MS, MBA (Waters)
- Simpler, Smarter Solutions: The Waters Total LC-MS/MS Workflow
Dominic Foley, BSc (Waters Corporation)
- Simpler, Smarter Analysis: Quantification of Serum Thyroglobulin for Clinical Research
Julius Aguila, BS Chemistry (Waters Corporation)
- Simpler, Smarter Services: Waters Professional Services and Customer Education Platform
Thursday, March 21 @ 7:30 - 8:25 in Steinbeck 1 (Conference Ctr > 2nd Floor) with Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD (Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute)
- Paradigm shift in biomarker translation: an innovative and automated pipeline to generate and select clinical-grade signature peptides during DIA discovery
Yue Xuan, PhD, MBA (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
- Introducing the Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometer
Venues
Marriott Monterey
350 Calle Principal, Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: (831) 649-4234
Breakouts (San Carlos Ballroom, San Diego, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara)
Monterey Conference Center
1 Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: (760) 327-8311
Exhibit Hall (Serra) and Plenary and Scientific Sessions (Steinbeck & Colton)
Portola Hotel
2 Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: (888) 222-5851
Breakouts (De Anza, Banzai)
Venue plan: Marriott Hotel, Conference Center, and Portola Hotel
MSACL 2024: Venue Plan