醫檢碩謝中浩

會議名稱	(中文) 第62屆美國質譜學會國際學術研討會 (英文) 62nd American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics
發表論文題目	(中文) 利用電噴灑雷射脫附游離質譜儀在大氣下偵測從固態樣品脫附的螯合物 (英文) Ambient Detection of Chelation Complexes from Solids Using Electrospray Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry

This year, the annual conference hosted by the American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) was held in Baltimore, Maryland, where at least 7,000 scientists, academicians, doctors, corporate employees, and graduate students from around the world attended the five-day conference to present their research in mass spectrometry. At least 2,800 poster and 280 oral presentations were hosted after a careful selection process, with plenary lectures from distinguished academicians such as Drs. Jason Kalirai and Erez Lieberman Aiden. Poster and oral presentations were categorized in topics ranging from inorganic mass spectrometric analysis of trace elements in geological samples to organic and biological mass spectrometric analysis of protein and lipid biomarkers in clinical samples. Vendors from large scientific companies such as Bruker Daltonics, Shimadzu Corporation, AB Sciex, Perkin Elmer, Waters, Thermo, and Agilent Technologies had booths where they each introduced state-of-the-art mass spectrometers and mass spectrometry- related technologies. Various workshops and hospitality suites were held during the week from Monday to Wednesday for more discussion on specific mass spectrometry topics and the showcasing of new scientific products from different companies, respectively. There were several presentations from scientists in Asia, including Taiwanese scientists from universities such as National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, Academia Sinica, National Cheng-Kung University, National Sun Yat-Sen University, and Kaohsiung Medical University. 

This was the second year I attended the ASMS conference, where I authored two poster presentations. My presentations focused on the detection of metal chelation complexes using mass spectrometry in various samples. I am very grateful that my abstracts were accepted due to the competitiveness of the selection process, in which many high-quality talks and posters were presented. I found the posters and presentations very interesting because of the thought and effort put into the research by many top scientists around the world. However, since the ASMS conference is the biggest mass spectrometry conference in the world, there were many presentations and posters which I did not well understand because of their different research interests; this made me realize that I need to learn more about mass spectrometry, and to further strive for excellence in my studies as well as in other fields of research.