SCIX 2012 (FACSS 2012): The Great Scientific Exchange

Special Focal Area: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) co-programmed with NASLIBS (North American Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

• Fundamental Aspects of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
• Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Remote Sensing in Security and Forensics Applications
• Combining LIBS and other Techniques for Multidimensional Spectroscopy

Atomic Spectroscopy

• Isoscapes: Redefining the Landscape in the Archeological and Geological Sciences with High Fidelity Isotope Ratio Analysis
• Fundamental Aspects of Plasma Spectrochemistry: Using What We Learn to Improve Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy
• New Plasmas, New Instrumentation, and New Approaches at the Frontier of Atomic Spectrometry

Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

• A Special 2-part RSC/ACS Co-organized Symposium
• Current Status of the Analytical Sciences: Focus on Human Health
• Metallomics: The Vibrant Role of BioMetals in Biology, Disease, and Treatment

BioAnalytical Analysis

• Nanotechnology, Microsensors, Microchip Separations and Medicine
• Discovery Proteomics: Evolving a Critical Tool for Biological Prospectding
• In Vitro and in vivo Modifications of Biomolecules Assessed by Mass Spectrometry
• Microbes and Mass Spectrometry

Industrial and Pharmaceutical Analysis

• Process Analytical Technology in the Pharmaceutical and BioPharmaceutical Industries

Sampling and Sample Manipulation

• Novel Sample Introduction Techniques and Tools for Atomic Spectroscopy

Mass Spectrometry

• Almost CSI-Ambient Ionization in Forensics and Security Applications
• Chemical Imaging and Mass Spectrometry
• Topics in Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• Instrument and Method Development in Mass Spectrometry

Process Analytical Chemistry

• Recent Innovations in Industrial Process Analytical Chemistry

Nanomaterials

• Toxicology and Nanomaterials-Analytical Challenges
• Atomic Spectrometry and the Analysis for Nanomaterials

Arts and Archaeology

• Chemical Analysis in History and the Arts

Spectroscopy and Astronomy

• Analytical Chemistry and Exploration: Spectroscopy in Extreme Environments

Chromatography

• Hyphenated Techniqeus-Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
• Single Cells and Chromatography

Analytical Chemistry in Security and Forensics Applicaitons

• Nuclear Forensics
• Case Studies/New Technologies/Contributed
• On the Scent: Vapor and Aroma Analysis for Forensic and Security Applications
• Elemental Signatures

Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy

• No Tags Attached: Bioanalytical Analysis with Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy

Chemometrics

• Unraveling Complex Biological Processes with Chemometrics and Spectroscopy
• Diverse Applications of Multi-Way Methods in Spectroscopy
• Multivariate Methods in Vibrational  Spectroscopy

Molecular Spectroscopy

• Handheld Spectroscopy - doing more with less
• NIR Spectroscopy and Imaging - agriculture and beyond
• Applications for Quantum Cascade Lasers in the Analytical Lab
• Solving Problems in the Pharmaceutical World with Vibrational Spectroscopy

Raman Spectroscopy

• Raman Optical Activity
• Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
• Standoff Raman Spectroscopy
• Advances in Raman Microscopy and Imaging
• Emerging Areas
• Industrial Implementation of Raman Spectroscopy

Electrophoresis (Micro/Nanofluids)

• Single Cells and Bioparticles
• Micro/nano Scale Analytics
• Electric Fields and Fluids

Plenary Lecture: Astrospectroscopy and Astrobiology by Dr. Chris McKay of the NASA Ames Research Laboratory.