About the IMSS

What is the IMSS?

The Irish Mass Spectrometry Society, IMSS, is a voluntary society with the aim of providing a forum for practitioners of Mass Spectrometry in Ireland. The Society is run by a committee elected every two years and aims to hold one full-day scientific meeting in May each year.

The first meeting of Irish mass spectrometry users was in 1987 when a very successful meeting was held on May 28th in UCD, Belfield. In September 1993, an MS users group was set up. An inaugural meeting was held in May 1994, a Society was formed and a committee put in place. The name "The Irish Mass Spectrometry Society" was adopted at the 1996 AGM.

The Society was re-activated in 2007 following a few years of dormancy after the AGM of 2003. The Society is an Institutional Affiliate of the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF), organisers of the biennial IMSSc meeting.

About

IMSS 2025

One Day of Mass Spectrometry Talks

UCD O'Brien Science Centre

Date: 21.05.2025
08:30am - 17:00

The Irish Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS) is a voluntary society with the aim of providing a forum for practitioners of Mass Spectrometry in Ireland. The Society is run by a diverse committee with backgrounds in industry, academia, forensics and food testing. The 2025 conference is a face-to-face meeting. We look forward to meeting you all in person.

Important Dates:

Registration deadline: 16.05.25
Student/Post-doc poster submissions: 16.05.25

Annual Conference

Wednesday 21st May 2025

Agenda

08:30 - 09:20 Registration and Tea/Coffee

09:20 - 09:30 Opening of the conference

09:30 - 10.20 Keynote Speaker – Dr. Magnus Palmblad, Leiden University - AI in Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics: Fascinating Past, Exciting Present and Promising Future.

10:20 - 10:40 Break, networking with sponsors/stands and posters

10:40 - 11:10 Waters Sponsored Talk – Dr. Elizabeth Want, Imperial College London. Exploring Lipid Metabolism in Traumatic Brain Injury – Extending coverage with the Waters Xevo MRT.

11:10 - 11:25 Student Talk - Aleksandra Dudzik, UCD. "Development of a novel targeted HDL mass spectrometry-based proteomics platform to guide precision health in patients with obesity”

11:25 - 11:55 Prof. Robert Graham, Queens University Belfast - Chemoproteomic tools in drug discovery.

11:55 - 12:10 Student Talk – Maikel Gaitoski, NIBRT. “On-line and At-line MS-based Approaches for Process Parameters & Quality Attributes Monitoring in Biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing”.

12:10 - 12:40 Prof. Joanna McGouran, Trinity College Dublin. Selective Lysine Labelling.

12:40 - 13:10 Sciex Sponsored Talk Dr. Thomas Miller Brunel University London. Chemical profiling of surface water and biota in protected marine harbours impacted by combined sewer overflows.

13:10 - 14:10 Lunch and networking with sponsors/stands and posters

14:10 - 14:25 Student Talk - Anna Mulligan, NIBRT “Nanoelectrospray Emitters for Native Mass Spectrometry of Therapeutic Proteins”.

14:25 - 14:55 Dr. Dilip Rai, Teagasc. Identification of antioxidant polyphenols and their role in food and health using HPLC-QTOF for untargeted analysis.

14:55 - 15:25 Dr. Karl Smith, Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund, Germany. Technology development and application of spatially resolved multi omics.

15:25 - 15:55 Thermo Sponsored Talk Dr. Corentin Beaumal, NIBRT. Proteoform Specific Microheterogeneity Assessment of Biopharmaceuticals Using a Modified Orbitrap Tribrid Mass spectrometer.

15:55 - 16:25 Agilent Sponsored Talk - Sinéad McDonald, Scientific Officer, Fitz Scientific. The analysis of endocrine disruptors and other environmental contaminants in our water supply.

16:25 – 16:50 Bursary Winners/ Presentation of Certificates/Closing Comments from the Chair

17:00 - 20:00 Meeting Close – Networking and wine reception at the Cedar/Cypress Suite, UCD Presidents Club.

The Conference