AKOS VERTES
 PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR
W. M. KECK INSTITUTE FOR PROTEOMICS TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

The Vertes Research Group at the George Washington University focuses on soft ionization methods, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption and electrospray ionization, for the analysis of synthetic and biopolymers. Applications, fundamental, and theoretical studies related to these methods are pursued.
NEWS
· Open Positions
· Analytical Chemistry reports on LAESI imaging
Peter Nemes wins the Chorafas prize
· Biophotonics reports on AP IR-MALDI
· Bioscience Technology reports on AP IR-MALDI
· Mumbai Mirror reports on LAESI
· Reuters reports on LAESI
· Our AP IR-MALDI imaging work on the cover
· Base Peak article on LAESI
· Medical Applications of MS published
· Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship
· Our ES images on the cover
· Hatchet reports on molecular microscope
· Media breakfast features proteomics at GW
· Our new paper in PRL: Electrified Dripping Faucet
· Cyber-enabled mass spectrometers
· Meeting the Prime Minister of Hungary
· Featured in NSF Broader Impact Showcase
· Construction of new laboratory completed
· Interview in VLAC Annual Report 2004
· Elsevier/Spectrochimica Acta Award
· $1.5 million grant from W.M. Keck Foundation
· At the 225-th ACS Meeting in New Orleans
· Meeting the 2002 Nobel Prize winners
ON THE COVER