CESONE CSSC

Capillary Electrophoresis Society of New England à Connecticut Separation Science Council

CESONE is MERGING with the CSSC

The Connecticut Separation Science Council

When

Formal acceptance by CSSC members is expected on January 25, 2000.

What

Only the CSSC name will be used, as Separation Science covers CE.

Your membership

All CESONE members are invited to be part of the "new and improved" CSSC. Membership is $16.00 for 2000. Membership. CESONE members who are in the greater Boston area may wish to join the CNECC (Central New England Chromatography Council) by contacting Dr. Steven Cohen at Waters Corp. (508-478-2000) or Steven_Cohen@waters.com. CNECC dues are $30.00.

Why you should join A CSSC membership will allow you to:

1. Pay reduced rates at regular group functions (payback = attending 3 meetings / yr.).
2. Stay current in your field interacting with local colleagues and technology experts.
3. Continue to enjoy the "science is fun" attitude that the CESONE philosophy contributes to meeting formats and group functions.
4. Monthly meeting announcements.
5. Support benevolence of students interested in scientific careers.
6. Annual Exclusive Vendors Exposition with your LOCAL sales representatives.
7. Enables Networking; provides Support Group; Exchange Information; Educational Opportunities.

Who to contact to join

Send your $16.00 dues payment to

Mr. Robert Dean
Treasurer - CSSC
69 Crossfield Road
North Branford, CT 06471

Internet Web Site General E-Mail (see individual e-mails too)

http://members.aol.com/cssc2/
cssc2@aol.com

CSSC Officers:

President: James Stuart, UCONN, 860-486-3068, stuart@uconnvm.uconn.edu

President Emeritus: Csaba Horvath, Yale, 203-432-4357

VP: Carlos Quimbaya

Secretary: Alan Potts, Bayer, 203-812-2689, alan.potts@prodigy.net

Treasurer: Robert Dean, CCSU, 203-481-5112

CESONE MERGING WITH THE CSSC

(future meeting announcements, CSSC history, and CESONE message from Al Nitowski, CESONE Chairman)

What is the CSSC?

The Connecticut Separation Science Council is a Subsidiary of the New England Chromatography Council

Which is an Organization to Foster The Art of Separation in Science and Technology

Brief History of the NECC

In 1982 the Connecticut Chromatography Council (CCC) was founded by Csaba Horvath of Yale University and Leslie Ettre, then with Perkin-Elmer Corp. It held its first symposium, CCC '83 at Yale Univ. and hosted 200 attendees. In the following year the CCC served as the sponsoring organization for HPLC '84 held in New York City, which was one of a series of international conferences that alternate between Europe and various locations in the U.S. In 1988, the organization was reincorporated as the New England Chromatography Council, NECC, and in 1992 held its third symposium Chromatography for the Nineties and Beyond in Danbury, CT about 200 attended. In 1998 it held its most recent Symposium CSSC '98 with 150 attendees. In 1998, while still keeping its name as the New England Chromatography Council, a Subsidiary- the Connecticut Separation Science (CSSC) was formed to distinguish itself from a newly organized group in the Boston Area, the Central New England Chromatography Council. And most recently, plans have been made for the Capillary Electrophoresis Society of New England (CESONE) to merge with the CSSC in January of 2000. Part of the charter of the CSSC is to reflect the interest in a broader spectrum of all forms of separation science, including capillary electrophoresis and mass spectroscopy. The CSSC typically holds seven to eight informal dinner meetings each year from Sept. to June. Our present organization includes separation scientists primarily in the Connecticut, Eastern Mid-New York State, Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts areas. CSSC maintains a mailing list of about 300 scientists and a separate list of about 120 separate commercial vendors. For more information on the organization, membership registration, list of our up-coming and past monthly meetings and important links, please check our web site at: http://members.aol.com/cssc2/

A CESONE Message

CESONE was started on April 8, 1994 at the Uniroyal Chemical Company in Middlebury, CT. CE Vendors and founders had agreed to form a scientific society which would be strictly informal, fun, educational, and would be focused on promoting the (then) new technology of Capillary Electrophoresis. In the following 6 years, we held 28 events, donated $11,000 to student grants and programs, and ran every dinner lecture free of charge to the members. As the interest in CE in the US has waxed then waned, so has vendor support, membership interest, and meeting attendance. CESONE has served a useful role in exposing many scientists to this powerful separation science. Many people still use CE, and many more will be getting involved in new and differently marketed CE technologies for DNA and other research. The merger with CSSC will benefit CESONE members by staying in the mainstream of separation science, but also still stay in touch with the latest and greatest in CE related areas. The greater involvement will expose our corporate sponsors to other markets, and we will bring new ways of managing a scientific society to a respectable group who has operated in more traditional way.

I would like to thank all past and current participants in CESONE, and strongly encourage each of you to stay with us with our new partner, the CSSC, as we move into the year 2000. If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me directly. On a last note, we wanted to have a final CESONE event this fall which would have been different in subject matter, venue, and even in participants. Circumstances beyond our control has moved this exciting event to March 24, 2000, and it will be the first merged CSSC event. I personally invite all of you to attend this first of many endeavors of the merged CSSC group, a "Friday night, bring your spouse or significant other, formal dinner lecture" featuring a slide talk on the Shroud of Turin. See the enclosed announcement. CESONE co-founders David Bairley, and Colin Moore and I will be participating in the operation of the CSSC and look forward to seeing you in March. Best wishes for the new year……