International Mass Spectrometry Foundation#Conferences

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| name = International Mass Spectrometry Foundation

| image = IMSF logo.png

| formation = 1998

| type = Nonprofit

| headquarters = Montanalaan 8

7313 CJ Apeldoorn

| location = The Netherlands

| membership =

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = G. John Langley

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| website = http://www.imss.nl/

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The International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF) is a non-profit scientific organization in the field of mass spectrometry.{{cite journal|title=International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS) |journal=J. Mass Spectrom. |year=2001 |first1=R. G. |last1=Cooks |author-link1= R. Graham Cooks|author2=E. Gelpi |author3=N. M. M. Nibbering |author-link3=Nico M. M. Nibbering |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=119–123 |pmid=11288193 |doi=10.1002/jms.131 |bibcode=2001JMSp...36..119C }} It operates the International Mass Spectrometry Society, which consists of 37 member societies and sponsors the International Mass Spectrometry Conference that is held once every two years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imss.nl/affiliates.html|title=International Mass Spectronomy Foundation|website=www.imss.nl|accessdate=26 April 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029232614/https://www.imss.nl/affiliates.html|url-status=dead}}

Aims

The foundation has four aims:{{cite web |title=International Mass Spectronomy Foundation |url=https://www.imss.nl/history.html |website=www.imss.nl |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029232821/https://www.imss.nl/history.html |url-status=dead }}

organizing international conferences and workshops in mass spectrometry
improving mass spectrometry education
standardizing terminology in the field
aiding in the dissemination of mass spectrometry through publications

Conferences

Before the formation of the IMSF, the first International Mass Spectrometry Conference was held in London in 1958 and 41 papers were presented. Since then, conferences were held every three years until 2012, and every two years since. Conference proceedings are published in a book series, Advances in Mass Spectrometry, which is the oldest continuous series of publications in mass spectrometry. The International Mass Spectrometry Society evolved from this series of International Mass Spectrometry Conferences. The IMSF was officially registered in the Netherlands in 1998 following an agreement at the 1994 conference.

Past meetings were held in these locations:{{Cite web|url=https://www.imss.nl/past-imsc-meetings.html|title=International Mass Spectronomy Foundation|website=www.imss.nl|accessdate=26 April 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029233052/https://www.imss.nl/past-imsc-meetings.html|url-status=dead}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|* Melbourne (2024)

Maastricht (2022)
Florence (2018)
Toronto (2016)
Geneva (2014)
Kyoto (2012)
Bremen (2009)
Prague (2006)
Edinburgh (2003)
Barcelona (2000)
Tampere (1997)
Budapest (1994)
Amsterdam (1991)
Bordeaux (1988)
Swansea (1985)
Vienna (1982)
Oslo (1979)
Florence (1976)
Edinburgh (1973)
Brussels (1970)
Berlin (1967)
Paris (1964)
Oxford (1961)
London (1958)

}}

Awards

The society sponsors several awards including the Curt Brunnée Award for achievements in instrumentation by a scientist under 45 years of age, the Thomson Medal Award for achievements in mass spectrometry,{{cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.imss.nl/awards.html |website=IMSF |access-date=10 July 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513131140/https://www.imss.nl/awards.html |url-status=dead }} as well as travel awards and student paper awards:

Curt Brunnée Award winners:

{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|* 2024: Jens Soltwisch (University of Münster)