Message from Our President

If chemistry is the central science, then mass spectrometry is the enabling technology in chemistry and by extension to all sciences.  Mass spectrometry has played key and defining roles in the advancement of science.  To use the Nobel Prizes as the yardstick, mass spectrometry contributed towards the understanding of nature (1922 Chemistry to Francis W. Aston “for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes….”), to technology and instrumentation (1939 Physics to Ernest O. Lawrence “for the invention and development of the cyclotron….”, and 1989 Physics to Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul “for the development of the ion trap technique), and to novel chemistry and applications (2002 Chemistry to John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka “for their development of soft desoption / ionization methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules”.

The Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS) aims to promote the understanding, development, and application of mass spectrometry in all science disciplines.  It boasts an international membership from academic institutions to industries and to government laboratories.  We administer awards to honour colleagues who have made significant contributions in mass spectrometry as well as to enable young investigators (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) to attend the Lake Louise Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop and the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference.

CSMS is your society.  Please ensure that your membership is current.  Support CSMS so that it can more effectively support mass spectrometry and what you do.

I look forward to welcoming you personally in the next CSMS event.

Sincerely,

K.W. Michael Siu