IMSS 2013
1st International Mass Spectrometry School
Siena (Italy), September 15-20, 20131

Table of Contents
Invitation..................................................................
Committees.............................................................
School outline .........................................................
School venue ..........................................................
General Information ................................................
Registration.............................................................
Fellowships ............................................................
Accommodation .....................................................
Travel Information....................................................
Tourist information....................................................
VISA.........................................................................
Contact us................................................................
Registration Form....................................................
Fellowship Request Form .......................................
School program........................................................

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Invitation
The International Mass Spectrometry Foundation and the Division of Mass
Spectrometry of the Italian Chemical Society are glad to announce the 1st
International Mass Spectrometry School (IMSS) that will be held in Siena(Italy) from 15 to 20 September 2013.
This School inaugurates a new important activity of IMSF in the field of higher
education in mass spectrometry, nowadays one of the major needs requestedby the wide diffusion of mass spectrometry in different fields.
IMSS 2013 is a six day full immersion school aimed to give advanced
education in mass spectrometry to graduate, PhD, post-doc students, andyoung working in the areas of chemistry, biosciences, food, environment, andmedicine.
The school should also be useful for allowing meeting of young scientists
coming from different countries and for creating new links among young
generation of mass spectrometrists.

Important Dates
Registration Start: January, 2013
Fellowship Request Deadline: April 30, 2013
Notification of Fellowship: May 31, 2013
Registration End: June 15, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2013
Receiving Payment Deadline: July 31, 2013
Cancellation and Refund Deadline: August 15, 2013

from http://www.imss2013.it/index.html

3Committees
International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF)
Executive Committee
President
Past President
Vice President (Society)
Vice President (Conference)
Treasurer
Secretary
Region A Representative
Region B Representative
Region C Representative
Chairman

Marcos N. Eberlin (Brazil)
John C. Traeger (Australia)
Catherine E. Costello (USA)
Yoshinao Wada (Japan)
Ron Heeren (Netherlands)
G. John Langley (UK)
Einar Uggerud (Norway)
Jentaie Shiea (Taiwan)
Scott A. McLuckey (USA) Gianluca Giorgi, University of Siena, Vice-President DSM

Local Organizing Committee
 Silvia Catinella, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Parma, President DSM
 Leopoldo Ceraulo, University of Palermo Francesco De Angelis, University of L’Aquila
 Salvatore Foti, University of Catania
 Giorgio Mellerio, University of Pavia
 Gloriano Moneti, University of Florence Lorenza Operti, University of Turin Andrea Raffaelli, CNR, Pisa
 Giovanni Sindona, University of Calabria
 Pietro Traldi, CNR, Padova

from http://www.imss2013.it/committees.html

4School outline
In the last decade, mass spectrometry has had an impressive development
and diffusion in many branches of science.
The number of installed instruments grew a lot and, as a consequence, many
people manage mass spectrometry: they design experiments, carry out themand interpret the data.
Among them, the number of young people approaching mass spectrometry is
growing year by year.
Unfortunately, the widespread use of mass spectrometry is not accompanied
by a corresponding spreading and reinforcing of its culture. Teaching of MS in
the Universities is generally quite poor.
Owing to this lack of institutional formation, many national MS societies
organize MS courses inside their countries, most of them are of
introductory/basic level.
Given this background, IMSF decided to extend and reinforce its action toeducation through the organization of the International Mass Spectrometry
School, originally proposed by the Division of Mass Spectrometry of the Italian
Chemical Society.
The 1st International Mass Spectrometry School (IMSS 2013) will be heldin Siena (Italy) from 15 to 20 September 2013.
IMSS 2013 is a six day full immersion school aimed to give advanced
education in mass spectrometry to graduate, PhD, post-doc students, andyoung working in the areas of chemistry, biosciences, food, environment, andmedicine.
The school should also be useful for allowing meeting of young scientists
coming from different countries and for creating new links among young
generation of mass spectrometrists.

from http://www.imss2013.it/school.html

5School venue
The IMSS 2013 will be held at Collegio Santa Chiara, a Graduate College
within the University of Siena, located in the heart of Siena downtown, openedin 2004.
All the school activities will be held inside this college, so to ensure an usefuland fruitful interaction among lecturers and students.
Being the college in downtown, it offers the participants the opportunity to visit
the town in their free time.
SANTA CHIARA GRADUATE SCHOOL
University of Siena
Via del Refugio, 4 - 53100 Siena (Italy)
tel +39-0577-280376 fax +39-0577-223895
http://www3.unisi.it/santachiara/homeEn.html

from http://www.imss2013.it/school_venue.html

6General Information
The 1st International Mass Spectrometry School is aimed to give advanced
education in mass spectrometry to graduate and PhD students, post-docs andscientists in the areas of chemistry, biosciences, food, environment, andmedicine.
The school has a duration of six days, starting on Sunday afternoon andfinishing with the lunch of Friday. It is a full immersion school with participants
and lecturers living together for all the period, so to have many occasions ofmeeting and discussion.
The school consists of:a) tutorial lectures (40-60 mins) aimed at presenting theory, instrumentation
and applications of mass spectrometry given by an international team of
lecturers;b) selected short orals (10-15 mins each) by students on their own research
activity.
Fellowships for students will be granted

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7Registration Registration End: June 15, 2013
Students have to submit their registration form.
Admission to the 1st IMSS will be done evaluating candidate CV and otherparameters requested in the registration form.
For a profitable and fruitful learning, the number of students will be limited to100.
Registration fees
Registration fees cover participation to the school activities, a digital copy ofthe slides presented at the school, final diploma, coffee breaks, lunches, social
dinner.
A number of fellowships are available.
The registration fees are:
PhD., PostDoc Students € 300,00
Others€ 650,00

Accommodation fees
Accommodation at the “Collegio Santa Chiara” or the University Residence “Il
Refugio”.
The accommodation fees are:Double room 5 nights, breakfast, 5 dinners € 250,00 per person
Cancellations and Refunds
All cancellations made in writing and received by the Organizing Secretariat byAugust 15, 2013 (CEST) will be eligible for a full refund minus a € 150
administration fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received on orafter August 15, 2013 or for no-show.

from http://www.imss2013.it/registration.html

8Fellowships Fellowship Request Deadline: April 30, 2013
A number of fellowships are granted by IMSF (n. 10) and DSM (n. 10) andpossibly by other institutions to students for attending the IMSS 2013.
1.

Students must be a member of one of the affiliated IMSF societies.

2.

Applications must include evidence of student status, motivation for
fellowship from the research supervisor, details of any other financial
support.

3.

Each fellowship covers registration, accommodation fees and include a
travel grant.

4.

The maximum travel grant will be€ 250.00 for students coming from Europe€ 450.00 for students coming from out of Europe
In any case, the overall amount of the fellowship plus travel grant cannot
exceed € 1000,00.

5.

Fellowship selection will be made by an international commission.

6.

Payment of the travel grant will be made at the IMSS following
presentation of the original receipts for travel expenses incurred.

7.

The institutions which awarded the fellowship will not correspond on
their decisions.

8.

All recipients of fellowships must produce a one page report highlighting
the scientific and educational benefits of attendance at the IMSS 2013.

9.

The institution awarded the fellowship withholds the right to use thesereports for publicity and host whole or edited versions on their websites.

10.

The provision of the fellowship must be acknowledged in the short oralpresentation if it will selected by using the logo of the funding institution.
This logo must only be used for this presentation and must be deleted fromthe recipient’s computer following the presentation.

Please see the Fellowship Request Form on page 18-19

Important Dates
Fellowship Request Deadline: April 30, 2013
Notification of Fellowship: May 31 201
from http://www.imss2013.it/fellowships.html

9Accommodation
The “Collegio Santa Chiara” has single, double and some triple bedrooms for
hosting, together with the other University Residence “Il Refugio”, 200 meters
away, about 150 people.
Students and lecturers will be accommodated in the same residence, so tohave many occasions of meeting and fruitful discussion.

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Travel Information

Siena is located in Central Italy and it is easily reachable from every part ofEurope and Italy.

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11Tourist information
Siena is a pretty town with about 57,000 inhabitants located in the centre of
Italy, in the heart of Tuscany.
It is a lovely hilltop town founded by the Etruscans, where old buildings andprecious works of art bear witness the magnificence and prosperity of Siena in
the past centuries.
The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage
Site. It preserves a remarkable degree of its medieval character with beautiful
Gothic buildings, such as the Cathedral and Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall).
The highest grandeur of Siena can undoubtedly be found in the field of plastic
and figurative arts, with sculptors such as Jacopo della Quercia and Giovanni
Duprè, painters such as Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Pietro andAmbrogio Lorenzetti, just to mention some the greatest!

Useful WEBsites for tourist information are:Terre di Siena : http://www.terresiena.it/index.php?lang=en
Comune di Siena : http://www.comune.siena.it/Il-Turista/Turismo
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VISA
VISA REQUIREMENTS
Depending on their citizenship, country of long-term residence, and theduration and reasons for their staying, participants can need a visa to enter
Italy.
Please visit the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy at
http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp
It is each participant's responsibility to obtain a Visa to enter Italy. However,
School Secretariat can send documentation that may be included in visa
application by the participants. The documentation may include Letter ofAcceptance to participate to the IMSS.

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Contact us
IMSS2013 informatione-mail: info@imss2013.it
IMSS2013 registratione-mail: registr@imss2013.it
IMSS2013 chairman
Prof. Gianluca Giorgi
Dept. of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
via Aldo MoroI-53100 Siena (Italy)
tel. +39-0577-234241 fax +39-0577-234233
e-mail: gianluca.giorgi@unisi.it

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1st International Mass Spectrometry School:
Advances in identification and structural characterization of bioactive molecules
Siena (Italy), September, 15-20, 2013

REGISTRATION FORM
Deadline: June 15, 2013

Complete all details and forward to: registr@imss2013.it

Family name ............................................... First name ...................................................................
Institution ...........................................................................................................................................
Address ...............................................................................................................................................
City ......................................................................................................................................................
Postcode ......................................... Country .................................................................................
E-mail ..................................................................... Tel .......................................................................
Student

YES  (attach a student declaration)NO Statement of support from relevant supervisor:..............................................................................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................................
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Supervisor Name (please print): ............................................ Signature:.........................................
Position: .................................................................................... Date: ..............................................
Fellowship request

YES 
NO 
If yes, complete and attach the fellowship request form
15 Short CV (15000 characters max) is attached. If not, this application will be discarded.
My short oral presentation proposed for the school is entitled:..............................................................................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................................
 Its abstract (1 page, see template) follows. If not, this application will be discarded.
The undersigned .................................................................. declares that if her/his short oralpresentation will be selected, she/he accepts to present it.
Signature .............................................................................................................................................
Registration fees (check your selection)
 PhD., PostDoc Students
 Others€€

300.00650.00Registration fee cover:• participation to the school activities• a digital copy of the slides presented at the school• coffee breaks• lunches (Sept. 16-20)• social dinner• final diploma
Accommodation fee (check if required)
Accommodation at the “Collegio Santa Chiara” or the University Residence “Il Refugio”.
Price per person.
 Double room 5 nights, breakfast, 4 dinners€

250.00If the present registration will be accepted, the undersigned .............................................................
commits him/herself to pay the total amount of the participation fee € ..................... according to
the indications given in the letter of acceptance.
Date .........................................

Signature …………………….…………………………………………………..

Information concerning the protection of privacy and the processing and utilization of personal data
In accordance with law 675, passed on Dec. 31, 1996, we wish to inform you that the personal data you furnished in filling out the registration form forenrollment in the IMSS 2013 school will be used exclusively for enrollment purposes. In processing this information we guarantee that your privacy will
not be violated and that this data will not be given or communicated to third parties. Failure to furnish information will entail no consequences, as you
are not required to provide in. With regards to the utilization of this data, your rights are protected by art. 13 of law 675/96.

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Template for short oral presentation
TITLE OF THE PAPER (TIMES NEW ROMAN, CAPITAL,
BOLD, 12 pt, SINGLE SPACE)
Name of Authors(Times New Roman, italic, 12 pt, exact spacing 14 pt)
Affiliation(Times New Roman, 10 pt, exact spacing 12 pt)(2 lines spacing)

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Reference Times New Roman 10 pts. Paper title not requested.
T. Surname1, P. Surname2, Journal, vol, pages (year)

PLEASE, DO NOT EXCEED ONE PAGE

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1st International Mass Spectrometry School:
Advances in identification and structural characterization of bioactive molecules
Siena (Italy), September, 15-20, 2013

FELLOWSHIP REQUEST
Deadline: April 30, 2013

Complete all details and forward to: registr@imss2013.it

Your Name: ...........................................................................................................................................
Your Address: ........................................................................................................................................
City: .......................................................................................................................................................
Postcode: .............................................................. Country: .............................................................
E-mail: .................................................................... Telephone: .........................................................
Motivation for fellowship request from relevant supervisor:................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................................
Supervisor Name (please print): ............................................ Signature:.........................................
Position: .................................................................................... Date: ..............................................
Actual (or estimated) cost of your travel to the School (specify amount and currency):................................................................................................................................................................
Other financial support (please specify amount, source and currency):................................................................................................................................................................
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I am a member of the following affiliated mass spectrometry society (specify name of IMSF
affiliated society):................................................................................................................................................................

I confirm that I am a student applying for a fellowship to attend the IMSS 2013 School and I
certify that all of the information above is correct. (False representations will invalidate thisapplication.)

Student Name (please print): .............................................. Signature: ............................................

Date: .....................................................................................

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ITALIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYDIVISION OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

http://www.soc.chim.it/divisioni/spettrometria_di_massa

1st International Mass Spectrometry
School:Advances in identification and structuralcharacterization of bioactive molecules

Siena (Italy), September 15-20, 2013

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School program
Sunday, September 15
16:30

Registration

18:00

Opening session

18:30

History of mass spectrometry

19:15

The future of mass spectrometry

20:30

Welcome & music cocktail

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Monday, September 16

Ionization techniques: soft methods and new developments
8:30

Soft ionization techniques: ESI, DESI, APCI.
Mechanisms of ion production

10:00

Coffee break

10:30

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization

12:00

Ambient mass spectrometry

13:00

Lunch

Ionization techniques for volatile molecules.
Analyzers (I): beam instruments
14:30

Ionization of volatile molecules: electron
ionization (EI), chemical ionization (CI).
Fragmentation processes, energetics

16:00

Coffee break

16:30

Fundamentals of decomposition mechanisms of
odd-electron ions

17:45

Analyzers (I). Beam instruments: sectors,
quadrupole, time-of-flight

19:00

End of session

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Tuesday, September 17

Analyzers (II). Resolution, accurate mass measurements
8:30

Analyzers (II). Ion traps: multipole ion traps,
FT-ICR, Orbitrap

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Resolution, accurate mass measurements.
Examples and applications

13:00

Lunch

Coupling MS with separation techniques. Tandem mass spectrometry (I)
14:30

Coupling MS with GC, GC×GC

16:00

Coffee break

16:30

Coupling MS with HPLC, UPLC, UHPLC, CE

18:00

Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) andMSn: instrumentation and methodologies (I)

19:00

End of session

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Wednesday, September 18

Tandem mass spectrometry (II). Fundamentals.
Interactions of ions with electrons and surfaces
8:30

Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) andMSn: instrumentation and methodologies (II)

9:30

Fundamentals of decomposition mechanismsof even-electron ions: ion-dipole
intermediates; ion-neutral complexes

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Stereochemistry and chiral recognition

12:00

ECD, ETD, interactions of ions with surfaces

13:00

Lunch

Peptides. MS Imaging
14:30

Prompt/metastable, CID, SID, ExD
fragmentations of peptides and ion structures

16:00

MS Imaging

17:30

End of session

17:45

Urban trekking in Siena: discover the

20:30

Social dinner !

Gothic magnificence and sneaking cornersof the town ......

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Thursday, September 19

Ion mobility. Proteins
8:30

Ion mobility

9:45

MS and tandem MS in the characterization ofproteins and their post-translational modifications

11:00

Coffee break

Do it by yourself !
11:30

Exercises on MS and MS/MS interpretation,mechanisms, ......
Award for the best MS solver!

13:00

Lunch

Short orals. Ion spectroscopy
14:30

Short orals by students

16:00

Coffee break

16:30

Ion spectroscopy

18:00

Short orals by studentsAward for the best short oral!

19:00

End of session

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Friday, September 20

Session 1: MS and life sciences
8:30

MS and pharma: an overview

9:30

MS in diagnosis and clinical biochemistry

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Biomarkers and drug discovery

12:00

Metabolomics

Session 2: MS and food
8:30

MS in food science, technology andnutrition

9:30

Food authentication and traceability

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Multiresidue analysis in food

12:00

MS and food packaging

13:00

Arrivederci!

13:15

Lunch