Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) today announced it will host a technical forum on mass spectrometry, kicking off its activities at the 2008 American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) annual conference. The technology forum will be held Saturday, May 31, 5-9:30 p.m. MT at the Hyatt Regency Denver.
Dr. Ruedi Aebersold will deliver the keynote address titled, "Quantitative Proteomics and Systems Biology." Dr. Aebersold is a professor of Systems Biology at the Institute for Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zrich, and on the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zrich. Immediately following the keynote address, Agilent will offer two breakout sessions with thought leaders and industry experts presenting on two tracks: 'Omics' and 'Small Molecules.'
Agilent will showcase several groundbreaking innovations at this year's ASMS conference, including a new LC/triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, Agilent's first GC/triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and Q-TOF hardware and software improvements. For more information and to register for the technology forum please visit www.chem.agilent.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
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