Deadline For Abstracts: February 1, 2019 Submit an abstract and register at the conference website: https://www.asms.org/conferences/annual-conference/annual-conference-homepage Art, Archaeology and Paleontology has a session from 2:30-4:30 PM on Monday, June 3rd at the 67th Annual American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference, June 2-6, 2019 in Atlanta Georgia. Art, Archaeology and Paleontology Session Description Organic components are found in a wide variety of Cultural Heritage objects including artworks, books, manuscripts, archaeological artifacts or paleontological materials. Whether ancient biomolecules (proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, or organic colorants) originate from paint binders, glues, parchment, textiles, residues in pots, dyes, bones, or plant remains, their confident isolation and identification is equally challenging due to the very small amounts of degraded target molecules often bound in complex mineral and organic matrices. In the last decade the power of mass spectrometry has been established for the characterization of many classes of ancient biomolecules. Their intrinsic analytical challenges make them a target of particular interest to instrument developers and it is no surprise that much of the leading research on ancient biomolecules has been facilitated by advancements in instrumentation development and manufacturer support. The power of MS is not just the identification of the biomolecules and biological species, which undeniably can reveal much about the deliberate (or not) use of certain animals and plants to create objects. New research delves into what questions the mechanisms of degradation can answer about the age of biomolecules as well as their stability. These factors impact the preservation of objects in terms of their storage and handling as well as the interpretation of the visual appearance of an object, its preservation history, and may place an object in time. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
[Consdistlist] Call for Abstracts: Art, Archeology and Paleontology Session at the 67th Annual American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry 2019, Atlanta, USA, June 2-6
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