Scientific Programme

11^th BMSS SIG Mass Spectrometry Imaging Symposium

9:00 – 17:30, Tuesday 6th May 2025

 Hallam Hall, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University, S1 1WB

Sheffield Hallam University and the British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS) is pleased to announce the Eleventh Mass Spectrometry Imaging Symposium, BMSS SIG 2025.

Hosted by the Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre (BMRC) and the Centre for Mass Spectrometry Imaging (CMSI), which forms part of the world leading Sheffield Multimodal Imaging Centre (SMIC), this event attracts over 150 delegates from academia and industry.

BMSS SIG showcases the latest research and technical advances in MS Imaging, featuring presentations from internationally renowned scientists and forefront researchers. This year we would like to introduce key talks from Professor Isabelle Fournier from the University of Lille and Associate Professor Andrew Smith from the University of Milano-Bicocca.

Event Programme:

09:00 - 09.30   Registration and Refreshments

09.30 - 09.35   Introduction by Professor Simona Francese

09.35 - 10:20   Professor Isabelle Fournier, (University of Lille), Towards in situ SpiderMass MS Imaging for Oncology Surgery

10:20 - 10.40   Rory Steven, (NPL), Ion suppression and quantitation in MALDI and DESI MSI

10:40 - 11.10   Refreshments

11:10 - 11:40   Dr George Poulogiannis, (Institute of Cancer Research), "3D cartography of the metabolome expands the scope for precision medicine in breast cancer"

11:40 - 12:00   Georgia Millard (Sheffield Hallam University), Metabolomic and Glycomic Distribution in Uveal Melanoma Multi-Cellular Tumour Spheroids using Mass Spectrometry Imaging

12:00 - 12:20   Catia Costa (KR Analytical) Single-Cell Sample Preparation for Multimodal Imaging Using MALDI and Ion Beam Analysis

12:20 - 13:40   Lunch and Poster Session

13:40 - 14:00   Career Spotlight by Dr Phillipa Hart, (Medicines Discovery Catapult)

14:00 - 14:20   Rohith Krishna, (Sheffield Hallam University) Tracing the Unseen: Drug Mapping in Fingermarks with MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging

14:20 - 14:40   Cameron Bains, (University of Birmingham) Nano-DESI MS Imaging Reveals Metal-Deficient hSOD1^G37R Localisation to Hindbrain Motor Nuclei in Transgenic ALS Mouse Models

14:40 -15:00   Dr. Ann-Christin Niehoff, (Shimadzu), 360° view on MS Imaging Solutions by Shimadzu

15:00 - 15:20   Alex Dexter, (National Physics Laboratory, University of Cambridge), Evaluation of batch effects and correction approaches for mass spectrometry imaging (MSI)

15:20 -15:30    IMSS Opportunities

15:30 - 15:35   S. Vickers, (University of Birmingham), Mass spectrometry imaging of antibody-drug conjugates and free payload in xenograft tissue from dosed mice

15:35 – 15:40  Mariya A. Shamraeva, (Maastricht University), Enhancing Biomarker Discovery with SHAP-Based Interpretation of Multimodal Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data

15:40 – 15:45 Hugo Delattre, (NPL), Evaluation of PEN membrane as a substrate for MALDI MSI in the context of multi-modal workflows

15:45 - 16:30   Associate Professor Andrew Smith – (University of Milano-Bicocca), Title TBC

16:30 - 17:30   Refreshments and Wine Reception