Exhibitors for SERMACS 2008
Agilent Technologies – Booth #10Agilent Technologies
2850 Centervill Road
Wilmington, Deleware 19808
http://www.agilent.com/chem/
 Agilent Technologies, a leading supplier of life science and chemical analysis instrumentation and services, provides solutions to many industries including the pharmaceutical  and biopharmaceutical industries, making possible the identification, quantification and analysis of atomic, molecular, physical and biological applications. With a comprehensive industry leading, product portfolios including: HPLC; QTOF, QQQ, TOF, ion trap, single quad LC/MS and HPLC-Chip/MS; GC and GC/MS; ICP-MS;  AFM and PCR, and software solutions including MetaboliteID and MassHunter Workstation, Agilent addresses the needs of the pharmaceutical value chain with solutions in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, drug development, QA/QC, and ranked #1 in regulatory compliance.
Anasazi Instruments, Inc. – Booth #4Anasazi Instruments
83 Westside Drive
Exeter, New Hampshire 03833
http://www.aiinmr.com/
Since 1995 Anasazi Instruments, Inc. has provided high quality, rugged, and easy to used 60 and 90 MHz walk up Ft NMR spectrometers to the education and industrial markets.  These instruments have been used at institutions ranging from top-tier research universities to community colleges.  The Eft has given thousands of undergraduates at over 500 locations hands-on NMR experience.  The major appeals of Anasazi’s NMRs are the ease of obtaining high quality NMR data and the lack of cryogens and maintenance requirements.
Anton Paar USA – Booth #27
10215 Timper Ridge Drive
Ashland, Virginia 23005
http://www.anton-paar.com/
Anton Paar USA is the world leader in several areas of scientific instrumentation. Among others, sample preparation and microwave synthesis are the main areas of our business.
CAS – Chemical Abstracts Service – Booth #25
2540 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Ohio 43202
http://www.cas.org/
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, produces the most comprehensive databases of chemical information from publicly disclosed research worldwide, including the CAS REGISTRYSM database, the world’s most authoritative collection of substance information.  CAS products and services such as the SciFinder® and STN® research tools make this content accessible with both easy to use and advanced search, retrieval, and analytical tools.  CAS customers include chemical and pharmaceutical companies, university science departments, and government agencies around the world.  CAS has been connecting scientists with the work of their colleagues for more than 100 years.
CEM Corporation – Booth #5CEM Corporation
3100 Smith Farm Road
Matthews, North Carolina 28104
http://www.cem.com/
CEM Corporation is the leading provider of innovative, reliable microwave laboratory systems for chemical synthesis and sample preparation. Our award-winning systems provide fast, reproducible results in rugged, flexible platforms and are available with a variety of vessels and accessories. The MARS™ is ideal for parallel reactions and scale up. The compact, modular Discover® System offers unmatched versatility with options for automation, peptide synthesis, and more. CEM also offers books, teaching materials, academic awards, and grants.
Cengage Learning – Booth #35
PO Box 6904
Florence, Kentucky 41022
http://www.cengage.com/
Cengage Learning delivers highly-customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, instructors, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations and professionals around the world. These solutions are delivered through specialized content, applications and services that foster academic excellence and professional development, as well as provide measurable learning outcomes to its customers.
Dionex Corporation – Booth #19
5552 Hedge Brook Drive NW
Acworth, Georgia 30101
http://www.dionex.com/
Visit Dionex to learn about performance improvements with Rapid Separation LC, Eluent Regeneration, new columns of HPLC and IC, Chromeleon® chromatography software, IC/MS and LC/MS systems and more, including a full range of IC, HPLC, and extraction systems for colleges and universities. The new UltiMate 3000 RSLC system operates at elevated pressures and high flow rates to provide ultimate speed and resolution. The ICS-3000 Reagent-Free™ Ion Chromatography (RFIC™) system delivers unparalleled capabilities, productivity, and performance with multiple detectors, dual pump configurations, and automatic generation of eluent and regenerant. See the all-new ASE® 350 with pH-hardened Dionium™ flowpaths.
Division of Small Chemical Businesses – Booth #12
Lauterbach and Associates, LLC
211 Old Club Court
Macon, Georgia 31210
http://membership.acs.org/s/schb/
The primary objective of the Division of Small Chemical Businesses is to help self-employed chemists and chemists working in small enterprises with the legal, social, educational, legislative, regulatory, and economic aspects of their unique professional status. By serving as a clearinghouse of information, a forum for discussion among colleagues, and a liaison between small chemical businesses and chemistry students seeking employment, the Division works on a number of fronts to encourage and promote the development of free enterprise and entrepreneurship in chemistry-related industries.
EMD Chemicals – Booth #40EMD Chemicals
480 S. Democrat Road
Gibbstown, New Jersey 08027
http://www.emdchemicals.com/
The Analytics & Reagents Division of EMD Chemicals Inc. offers you an extensive range of traditional and innovative products and services to meet your laboratory and chemical production needs.  The EMD Analytics & Reagents Division, is one of the global industry leaders for analytical reagents. In addition to an ever expanding range of traditional chemicals and reagents, we develop, manufacture and supply a line of rapid tests for food, beverage and environmental analysis as well as culture media for microbiology and hygiene monitoring. Whether in Quality Control, R&D or Production, you'll be amazed at what we have to offer you.
Griffin Analytical – Booth #11
300 Kent Avenue
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
http://www.griffinanalytical.com/
Tired of bringing your samples back to the lab? Wish you could take your GC/MS outside for rapid, on-site chemical analysis? Educate on the move with the GRIFFIN 400™ GC/MS/MS. Suitable for both benchtop and field use, the GRIFFIN 400 is ideal for teaching emerging real-world applications such as forensics investigation, environmental monitoring, and hazardous incident mitigation. Griffin MS products are distinguished as the first fieldable mass spectrometer systems capable of providing MS/MS analysis, enabling users to receive more comprehensive and accurate chemical information through multiple levels of analysis.
Matrix Scientific – Booth #36
PO Box 25067
Columbia, South Carolina 77034
http://www.matrixscientific.com/
New research chemical intermediates and building blocks catalog available for 2008 featuring over 24,000 items; many novel to Matrix. Book catalog is also available with SDF file and ISIS db file. Featured are boronic acids, fluorine compounds, sulfonyl chlorides, pyrimidines, indoles, (trifluoromethyl)pyridines, etc.  Products find application in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, polymer, coatings and academic research.  Principals have over 43 years of experience in the manufacture and supply of quality products for research and development.
MeasureNet Technology – Booth #37
4240 Airport Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
http://www.measurenet-tech.com/
MeasureNet brings Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) functionality to the university teaching laboratory. MeasureNet's network design provides high-quality data acquisition without the cost and maintenance of bench-cluttering, stand-alone PCs, while enabling live data monitoring and remote storage for collaborative exercises between multiple labs and multiple institutions. Each network supports up to 24 students for experiments that include temperature, pressure, pH, voltage, and mass measurements. A shared UV-vis spectrometer delivers 1-nm resolution spectroscopy to student workstations. Additional acquisition tools include a dual-beam colorimeter, ion-selective electrodes, and electrochemistry probeware. MeasureNet users can integrate GCs, HPLCs, and calorimeters for advanced laboratory applications.
Metrohm-Peak – Booth #23
12521 Gulf Freeway
Houston, Texas 77034
http://www.mp-ic.com/
Intelligent Ion Chromatography (IC) systems and related hyphenated systems with Mass Spec (IC-MS) for isocratic and gradient applications set the industry mark for use in chromatography analyses, sample preparation and laboratory automation. Intelligent system components found in the newly developed hardware, MagIC Net software, and iColumns, guarantees excellent results, gapless system monitoring, complete traceability, simple system operation, with low cost of ownership. Metrohm Ion Chromatography (IC), Intelligent IC, IC-MS (Mass Spec), Columns, Software, Autosampler, Reagents.
micrOptix – Booth #22
284 Main St
Wilton, Maine 04294
http://www.microspectralsensors.com/
Microptix is developing and commercializing low cost, hand-held spectrometers and analysis methods based on its patented integrated sensor technology. Microptix's first product is the i-LAB, a hand-held, visible spectrometer capable of analyzing both liquids and solid surfaces. We are currently developing products for real-time process monitoring and expanding our hand-held product offering into the UV and NIR regions. In addition to developing its own instruments, Microptix engages in custom instrument design and development.
Millipore Corporation – Booth #24
1300 Vista Verde
Denton, Texas, 76210
http://www.millipore.com/
Millipore lab water provides pure and ultrapure water systems for research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and industrial laboratories.
Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law – Booth #26
3100 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 1400
Altanta, Georgia 30339
http://www.mkiplaw.com/
Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, LLC is an intellectual property and technology law firm, practicing exclusively in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and technology law, and related matters. Their attorneys are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and have experience in mechanical, electrical, and chemical arts, manufacturing technologies, computers, business method technologies, forensics, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnologies. Experienced, highly-skilled attorneys provide clients with legally-sound and business-prudent advice throughout the intellectual property registration, licensing, and enforcement cycle, which enables clients to reap significant competitive advantages in the courtroom, at the negotiating table and in the marketplace.
Nano And More USA, Inc – Booth #16Nano And More USA
9 James F. Byrnes Street
Lady’s Island, South Carolina 29907
http://www.nanoandmore.com/
Nano And More USA is The Nanotech Facilitator.  We provide atomic force microscope probes from NanoSensors, NanoWorld, and Budget Sensors.  We also have the Nanosight LM10 nanoparticle size analyzer and digital holographic microscopes by Lyncée Tec.
OLIS, Inc – Booth #33
130 Conway Drive
Bogart, Georgia 30622
http://www.olisweb.com/
Graduate to an OLIS!  Our ‘Endlessly Upgradeable Spectrophotometers’ embody all that is good in innovation, modularity, and upgradeability.  Do protein fold studies using 1000 excitation, emission, or CD scans per second.  Follow chemical or thermal denaturations with one scan/ second.  Just as your computer is faster today than years ago, so can your spectrometer be.  Graduate from large, slow, sample-hungry, and laborious to the tiny, precise, and fabulously modern absorbance, fluorescence, and circular dichroism models.  Single and multiple-purpose instruments are available for steady-state, equilibrium, and kinetic studies.   Customization, accessories, personal attention, and fair pricing: all made and supported in America.
Pearson Education – Booth #21
Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.pearson.com/
Pearson Education is the world’s leading publisher of educational materials and services for elementary, high school, college, and university students.  We are pleased to welcome you to SERMACS and invite you to visit our booth to see a demonstration of MasteringChemistry, the most technologically advanced and effective tutorial, homework, and assessment system.
Pine Research Instrumentation – Booth #17
5908 Triangle Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27617
http://www.pineinst.com/echem/
Pine Research Instrumentation manufactures a full line of affordable, durable and reliable rotating electrode products.  Our rotating ring-disk and rotating cylinder electrodes are available in gold, glassy carbon and platinum as well as custom materials.  Our patterned electrodes are a convenient way to set up a three-electrode cell to teach cyclic voltammetry to your students.
Princeton Applied Research – Booth #18
801 S. Illinois Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
http://www.princetonappliedresearch.com/
Princeton Applied Research is the leading manufacturer of electrochemistry, materials, and corrosion laboratory equipment. We offer our customers the benefit of knowledge, expertise, products, and solutions necessary for research of corrosion, impedance, trace element analysis, electroplating, fuel cell, and battery development.
Q-sense – Booth #28
808 Landmark Drive
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
http://www.q-sense.com/
Q-sense is a Swedish company that develops and markets research instruments that specialize in quantifying (analyzing) changes at interfaces.  We use a technology called QCM-D which enables us to be able to take real-time measurements of not ONLY mass or thickness, but also to analyze structural properties like elasticity and viscosity of various surfaces and materials.  Examples of applications include in situ, real time monitoring of DNA hybridization, several aspects of protein/lipid/cell/bacterial adsorption/adhesion, protein-protein interactions, cross-linking and phage display.  Our instruments are found in over 25 countries and cited in over 350 publications.
Quantum Analytics – Booth #14
363 Vintage Partk Drive
Foster City, California 94404
http://www.lqa.com/
Rent, lease or purchase from out multi-million dollar inventory of new and reconditioned instruments – ready for immediate delivery. Instruments available include: GC, GC/MS, HPLC, LC/MS, pyrolysis systems, thermal desorption systems, universal injection systems, AED, post-column systems, SimDis software, gas generators, miropipetting systems, sample preparation and handling, deconvolution software, data systems and software, ICP/MS, UV/Vis, TOC and XRF; manufacturers include: Agilent Technologies, Diablo, Frontier Laboratories, GeSIM, IST, JAS, LEAP Technologies, Markes International, Matheson Tri-Gas, Pickering Laboratories, Teledyne Tekmar, and more.
Sapling Learning – Booth #15
4315 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78751
http://www.saplinglearning.com/
Sapling Learning provides a community-based online homework solution for general and organic chemistry. Sapling’s powerful assessment/tutorial software has been used by more than 70,000 students in higher education. The hallmark of Sapling Learning is its rich instructional modules that assess students’ ability to write chemical formulas and equations, draw chemical structures, write mathematical expressions, answer numeric questions, construct orbital diagrams, and create graphs. The WYSIWYG authoring environment enables instructors to create their own content. Sapling Learning’s community model of lets instructors share their content with colleagues. Content for other STEM disciplines will be forthcoming in 2009.
SERMACS 2009 – Booth #30
San Juan, Puerto Rico
http://www.SERMACS2009.org/
THINK POSITIVE, THINK GLOBAL, THINK CHEMISTRY
The Puerto Rico Section of the American Chemical Society is hosting the 61st Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (SERMACS 2009) on October 21-24, 2009 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We are currently developing the general program, and related activities associated with the event. The symposia being organized include: Current Trends in Nanotechnology, Current Interdisciplinary Trends in Organic Chemistry, Process Technologies in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry, Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistryl Education, Chemical Modification in Gene Regulation, Protein Structure and Function, Analytical Chemistry Symposia.
SERMACS 2010 – Booth #38
New Orleans, Louisiana
http://www.swrm.org/
The 2010 Joint Southeast and Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS will be held in New Orleans from November 30 through December 4, 2010. The event will be held at the Hilton Riverside Hotel between Harrah’s Casino and Aquarium of the Americas. More information on the event can be found at www.swrm.org in the coming months. Make plans to join us as all roads lead to New Orleans.
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc – Booth #1Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc
7102 Riverwood Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
http://www.shimadzu.com/
Shimadzu offers a full line of analytical instrumentation, including UV vsible and fluorescence spectrophotometers, FTIR spectrometers, automated FTIR microscopes, HPLC systems and components, LC/MS, gas chromatography, data stations for spectroscopy and chromatography, thermal analyzers, TOC, atomic absorption spectrometers, ICP, EDX, particle size analyzers, balances, capillary rheometers, Mooney viscometers, universal testing equipment, and more.
SpectrEcology – Booth #31
551 Baywood Dr South
Dunedin, Florida 34698
http://www.spectrecology.com/
SpectrEcology sells spectrometers for absorbance, fluorescence, and emission, fiber optic accessories, and fiber optic chemical sensors for oxygen and pH. We will be exhibiting our new line of UV LEDS for fluorescence excitation. These are narrow band solid state devices with wavelengths as low as 250nm. Also featured will be our new SIR low-cost near and mid-infrared spectrometers. The SIR spectrometers use an addressable grating and fixed detector to offer low cost solutions for the 1-12 micron range.
Spectrum Chemicals & Lab Products – Booth #9
14422 S. San Pedro Street
Gardena, California  90248
http://www.spectrumchemical.com/
Spectrum Chemicals & Lab Products offers laboratory equipment and supplies, including balances, pH meters, water baths, dispensers, hot plates, stirrers, and chemicals.
Synthonix Corporation – Booth #34
2713 Connector Drive
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
http://www.synthonix.com/
Synthonix specializes in the synthesis of small molecule heterocyclic building blocks, monomers, and scaffolds. Our team of scientists have spent many years developing our product range and have extensive experience in the chemistries in which they are used. Please do not hesitate to call to speak with one of our researchers. We are here to help you in your efforts.
TA Instruments – Booth #7
109 Lukens Drive
New Castle, Delaware 19720
http://www.tainstruments.com/
More worldwide customers choose TA Instruments as their preferred thermal analysis, rehology, and microcalorimetry supplier. With direct offices around the world TA Instruments is uniquely qualified to meet customer needs for high technology thermal analysis, rheology, and microcalorimetry products, excellent training and customer support.
TCI America – Booth #13
9211 N. Harborgate Street
Portland, Oregon 97203
http://www.tciamerica.com/
TCI America manufactures laboratory chemicals, provides custom synthesis, and offers contract research services for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, electronic, chemical, and biotechnology researchers.  The new 2008-2009 Laboratory Chemicals Catalog is available with over 1,800 new items – including more fluorinated heterocyclics, asymmetric synthesis reagents, oligosaccharides, boronic acids, etc.  The Reagent Guide and Glyco-Chemistry & Biology Catalog are also available.  Manufacturing facilities offer kilo to ton lot production utilizing many reaction capabilities.  Modern facilities can provide cGMP manufacturing and are registered with the FDA.  Visit our website and try our substructure searching tool and our online ordering system.
Tennessee Government Affairs Committee – Booth #39
Nashville, Tennessee
The Purpose of the Tennessee Government Affairs Committee of the ACS is to provide unified leadership to engage the ACS membership within the state in an effort to drive support of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education. Members of the committee will be on hand to talk with business, educators, and students about the committee’s mission.
Thermo Scientific – Booth #8
81 Wyman Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
http://www.thermofisher.com/
Learn more about our exciting new vibrational spectroscopy products at the Thermo Scientific booth.  We will display the new Nicolet iS10 FTIR spectrometer with the new iTR ATR Smart Accessory.  The Nicolet iS10 FTIR spectrometer is a highly useful instrument in the testing of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products for consistency, purity, and concentration and delivers the highest confidence in the verification of identification of materials.  ATR is the most common FTIR sampling technique due to its ease of use and general applicability.  Also find out about our Raman, IR micrsocopy, and near infrared solutions.
Thermo Scientific – Booth #20
5225 Verona Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
http://www.thermofisher.com/
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. We offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike.
US EPA Green Chemistry Program – Booth #6
Abt Associates, Inc.
4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 800
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/
The U.S. EPA Green Chemistry Program is a voluntary, partnership program whose mission is to promote innovative chemical technologies that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture, and use of chemical products and processes. The Program accomplishes these goals through multiple activities including: The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, designing tools, databases, and educational materials; and supporting research through grants and fellowships.
UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratroy – Booth #29
1 Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
http://www.ornl.gov/
UT-Battelle, a not-for-profit company, was created for the sole purpose of managing and operating the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. With funding in excess of $1 billion and a staff of four thousand, we are one of the world's foremost research centers and one of the United States' largest national laboratories. UT-Battelle is recognized by our employees and the community as an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and individuals and teams are inspired to contribute fully to the organization's success.
Vernier Software & Technology – Booth #2
13979 S.W. Millikan Way
Beaverton, Oregon 97005
http://www.vernier.com/
Stop by the Vernier Software and Technology booth to see our exciting LabQuest interface. LabQuest can be used either as a computer interface or a stand-alone device with a vivid color screen and built-in data acquisition and analysis. You can also learn more about our Logger Pro software support for Ocean Optics spectrometers and our Ocean Optics powered Vernier Spectrometer. We will be demonstrating our complete line of auto-ID sensors for chemistry, as well as our Advanced Chemistry with Vernier lab book.
VWR International – Booth #32
1310 Goshen Parkway
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
http://www.vwr.com/
Does your lab spin around your supplier?  It shouldn’t.  You should be the center of your laboratory products supplier’s efforts.  VWR offers end-to-end solutions that deliver quality product choices and supporting services.  Need help with an application or technical issue?  One call to our team of specialists gets you support in all laboratory research and testing areas.  Are services central to your business needs?  We offer a host of services including calibration, desktop delivery, procurements analysis, preventive maintenance, lab start-up support, and much more.  Don’t spin your wheels.  With VWR you get the “Power of 1” – one source with a singular focus on your needs.
Waters Corporation – Booth #3Waters Corporation
34 Maple Street
Milford, Massachusetts 01757
http://www.waters.com/
Waters helps laboratory-dependent organizations by providing breakthrough technologies and solutions.  Pioneering a connected portfolio of separation and analytical science, laboratory informatics and mass spectrometry, Waters provides the tools to improve the quality of today’s science and explore the infinite possibilities of tomorrow’s.  Waters, The Science of What’s Possible.
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