Wm. Craig Byrdwell, PhD - The Father of The Unit Simulacrum

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Welcome To</h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="byrdwl1.gif" alt="Dr. William Craig Byrdwell" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <h1> Home Page</h1> </td> </tr> </table></center> <hr width="90%" size="3" /> <center><b><i><font size="+2">"The Father of <a href="http://www.TheUnitSimulacrum.com">The Unit Simulacrum</a>"</font></i></b></center> <hr width="90%" size="3" /> <center><table cellpadding="8" width="100%" > <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="mailto:byrdwell@byrdwell.com"><img src="byrdpic3.jpg" alt="Click here to email Dr. Byrdwell" border="2" height="263" width="206" /></a> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="">Dr. Byrdwell</a></font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2">is a Research Chemist at the</font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="http://www.foodcompositionlab.org">Food Composition and Methods Laboratory,</a></font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2">part of the</font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-35-00-00">Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center,</a></font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2">part of the</font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm">Agricultural Research Service,</a></font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2">the research branch of the</font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="http://www.usda.gov">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a></font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2">in</font></font> <br /><font color="#008000"><font size="+2"><a href="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=beltsville">Beltsville, Maryland</a></font></font> <p></p> <hr /></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><font size="+1">My research focuses on applying the latest technology in Liquid Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry to questions of biological and agricultural importance. The primary focus of my research is analysis of fats and the fat soluble Vitamin D in foods and in agricultural products using high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=HPLC%2dMS">HPLC-MS</a>).</font> <p><font size="+1">Dr. Byrdwell utilizes three mass spectrometers interfaced to liquid chromatographic systems via atmospheric pressure ionization interfaces. We have Three techniqes in use: Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (<a href="http://www.APCI-MS.com">APCI-MS</a>), Atmospheric Pressure Photo Ionization MS, <a href="http://www.APPI-MS.com">APPI-MS</a>, and Electrospray Ionization MS, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=ESI%2dMS">ESI-MS</a>. Dr. Byrdwell was the first author to report simultaneous use of two mass spectrometers employing <a href="http://www.APCI-MS.com">APCI-MS</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ESI-MS">ESI-MS</a> in a "Dual Parallel Mass Spectrometer" arrangement for analysis of lipids. Studies are underway to expand this initial work.</font></p><br /><br /> <hr /> <center> <a name="book"> <img src="new2a.gif" alt="NEW BOOK!" /></a> </center> <br /><strong><font size="+1">It's Here! It's Here! Dr. Byrdwell's NEW book</font> </strong><br /><br /> <center><a href="http://www.MendingTheSacredHoop.com"><font size="+3">Mending The Sacred Hoop</font> </a></center><br /> <center><a href="http://www.MendingTheSacredHoop.com"><font size="+2">The Meaning of Whole PI</font></a></center> <br /> <font size="+1"> is now available <a href="http://www.MendingTheSacredHoop.com">ONLINE</a> !!! </font><br /> <br /> <center> <font size="+1">See the almost complete book at: <br /> <br /> </font><font size="+2"><a href="http://www.MendingTheSacredHoop.com">www.MendingTheSacredHoop.com</a>!</font></center> <br /> <hr /> <center><img src="new_025.gif" width="66" height="39" alt="NEW BOOK!" /></center> <center> <font size="+2">Still New!</font><font size="+1"> Dr. Byrdwell's First NEW book</font></center><br /><br /> <center><b><a href="http://www.HPLC-MS.com"><font size="+2"> Modern Methods for Lipid Analysis by Liquid Chromatography/ <br /> Mass Spectrometry and Related Techniques</font></a></b></center> <br /> <font size="+1"> is available from AOCS Press (<a href="http://www.aocs.org/catalog/product.asp?ID=W201&dept=40">http://www.aocs.org/catalog/</a>) </font><br /> <br /> <center> <font size="+1">See excerpts from the book at </font>:<br /> <br /> <font size="+2"><a href="http://www.hplc-ms.com"><b>www.HPLC-MS.com</b></a>!</font></center> <br /> <hr /> <br /><center><b><font size="+1">This will be an exciting year for Dr. Byrdwell!<br /> <br /> Preparation of the first report of the <a href="http://www.TheUnitSimulacrum.com">Unit Simulacrum </a> <br /> as a construct for Mass Spectrometry is underway!<br /> <br />Keep an eye out at Byrdwell.com <br /> to continue to follow developments <br /> regarding this exciting discovery!</font></b></center> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle"><font size="+2">Dr. Byrdwell is the subject of biographical record in:</font> <br /> <hr width="65%" align="left" /><b>  <font size="+2">Who's Who in America,</font><br /> <font size="+2">57th Ed., 2003</font><br /><br /> <font size="+2">Who's Who in America,</font><br /> <font size="+2">56th Ed., 2002</font><br /><br /> <font size="+2">Who's Who in the World,</font><br /> <font size="+2">18th Ed., 2001</font><br /><br /> </b></td> </tr> </table></center> <hr width="100%" size="3" /> <a name="lab"></a><p></p> <center> <table border="4" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2"> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td colspan="2"><b><font size="+2">Have a Look Inside Dr. Byrdwell's New Lab -- It's Finally Up and Running</font></b></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td colspan="2"><font size="+1">Lab News! We got a Hot NEW Agilent 1200 HPLC with DAD and a TSQ 7000 tandem sector quadrupole mass spectrometer! Pictures to come!</font></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td colspan="2"><font size="+1">Click on pictures to enlarge them.</font></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td><font size="+2"><b>I now have a ThermoElectron Corp. LCQ Deca XP! This came from <a href="http://www.GenTechScientific.com"><img src="GenTechlogo.gif" alt="GenTech Logo" /></a></b></font></td> <td><font size="+1"><b>This is Command Central, from where <br />I operate the Dual Parallel Mass Spectrometers</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="Byrdwell_Lab1.jpg"><img src="Byrdwell_Lab1.jpg" alt="Thermo Electron LCQ Deca XP with HPLC" height="600" width="800" /></a></td> <td rowspan="3"><font size="+1">From this data station, I control the TSQ 700 Tandem Mass Spectrometer, the HP 1050 Liquid Chromatograph with Autosampler, Photodiode Array Detector, Fluorescence Detector, and Evaporative Light Scattering Detector, and I control the LCQ Deca XP ion trap mass spectrometer and the Thermo Separation Products Liquid Chromatograph with Autosampler, Photodiode Array Detector, and Fluorescence Detector, which are pictured at left.<br /><br /> <br /></font><a href="Byrdwell_Lab4.jpg"><img src="Byrdwell_Lab4.jpg" alt="Command Central" height="800" width="600" /></a><hr /></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td><font size="+1">Here is the good old TSQ700 Liquid Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer that I've had for so long! <br />Still running like a Champ!</font></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td><a href="Byrdwell_Lab2.jpg"><img src="Byrdwell_Lab2.jpg" alt="Finnigan MAT TSQ 700 LC-MS" height="600" width="800" /></a></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td colspan="2"><font size="+1">Here is the TSQ700 Gas Chromatograph/ Mass Spectrometer</font></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="middle"> <td colspan="2"><a href="Byrdwell_Lab3.jpg"><img src="Byrdwell_Lab3.jpg" alt="Finnigan MAT TSQ 700 GC-MS" height="600" width="800" /></a></td> </tr> </table></center> <br /> <p> </p> <hr width="100%" size="3" /> <p><a name="pubs"> </a></p> <center> <table border="2" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" colspan="10" width="100%" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+2">Selected Recent Publications</font></font></b></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="LC1MS2_4_p1.pdf"><img src="jchrom4.gif" alt="LC1/MS2 of BMS Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="LC1MS2_3_p1.pdf"><img src="jchrom3.gif" alt="LC1/MS2 of BBS Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="BUSp1.pdf"><img src="BUSp1.gif" alt="Bottom Up Solution Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="JAOCSp1.pdf"><img src="JAOCSp1.gif" alt="ESI-MS of HMW TAGOX paper Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="JLCRT26p1.pdf"><img src="jlcrt26_1.gif" alt="LC2/MS2 paper Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="RCMp1.pdf"><img src="RCMcover.gif" alt="Dual Parallel paper Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="JChromA_1146_164_2007_Byrdwell.pdf">LC1/MS2 of Sphingolipids II. Milk</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="JChromA_2006.pdf">LC1/MS2 of Sphingolipids I. Bovine Brain</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="http://www.aocs.org/press/jabs.asp?abs_id=3674&issue=4&yr=2005">The Bottom Up Solution to the TAG Lipidome</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="JAOCS_81_13_2004.pdf">Electrospray Ionization MS of High M.W. TAG Oligomers</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1082-6076&volume=26&issue=19&spage=3147">Dual Parallel Liquid Chromatography /<br /> with Dual Parallel Mass Spectrometry (LC2/MS2)</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="RCM16_300_2002.pdf">Dual Parallel Mass Spectrometers II</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />from AOCS</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">You will need an institutional subscribtion <br />to retrieve this article</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="reviewp1.pdf"><img src="lipidsp1.gif" alt="Review Article Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="jagfoodchemp1.pdf"><img src="jagfoodchem1.gif" alt="J. Agr. Food Chem. Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="rapcommmsp1.pdf"><img src="rapcomm1.gif" alt="Dual Parallel MS Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="jchromp1.pdf"><img src="jchrom1.gif" alt="Journal of Chromatography 1 Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <center><a href="jchrom2p1.pdf"><img src="jchrom2.gif" alt="Journal of Chromatography 2 Abstract/Title Page" height="450" width="350" /></a></center> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="http://www.aocs.org/press/jabs.asp?abs_id=139&issue=4&yr=2001">Review Article</a></font></font></b> </center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1"><a href="JAgFoodChem49_446_2001.pdf">J. Agr. Food Chem. Article</a></font></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><a href="RCM12_256_1998.pdf">Dual Parallel Mass Spectrometers Paper</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><a href="JChro852_417_1999.pdf">Non-Volatile Lipid Oxidation Products Paper</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><a href="JChro818_169_1998.pdf">Autoxidized Lipid Oxidation Products Paper</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />from AOCS</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" height="20"> <center><b><font color="#CC0000"><font size="+1">The above article is available <br />by clicking on the title*</font></font></b></center> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table></center> <b>*NOTE: Work performed during duty as a federal employee (myself or William Neff) is not copyrighted, and can be disseminated for research and educational purposes.</b> <p><a name="pubs2"> </a></p> <center><hr width="100%" size="3" /><p> </p> <table width="1010" align="center" border="4" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td valign="middle" align="center"> <font size="+2">For a Complete List of Publications, See: <a href="http://www.byrdwell.com/publications.html">http://www.byrdwell.com/publications</a></font> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p><a name="students"> </a></p> <hr width="90%" size="3" /><p></p> <center><table border="3" cellspacing="2" width="25%" > <tr> <th align="center">Get the Adobe Acrobat <br />Reader 8.0 Here:</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html#reader"><img src="getacro.gif" alt="Acrobat Reader 8.0" /></a></td> </tr> </table> <p></p> </center> <p></p> <hr width="90%" size="3" /><p> </p> <a name="transfer"> </a> <center> <table border="4" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2">These Links are Used for File Transfer:</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="10">File May Be Downloaded by <br />Right-Clicking Mouse, and "Save Target As...":</td> <td align="left"><a href="mwt6_22s.zip">1. 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