{"id":519,"date":"2015-03-28T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:26:53","slug":"meeting-directions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/?page_id=519","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>See announcement for location<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#Shimadzu\">Shimadzu Training Center<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#UMD\">University of Maryland College Park<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#USP\">USP<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#gerstel\">Gerstel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#UMBC\">University of Maryland-Baltimore County<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#JHU\">Johns Hopkins\/MAMS<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#Berthas\">Bertha&#8217;s<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"#hampton\">Hampton Inn &#038; Suites Columbia\/South<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"Shimadzu\"><\/a>Shimadzu Training Center: 7100 Riverwood Drive Columbia, MD 21046<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. Training Center<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7100 Riverwood Drive Columbia, MD 21046<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom I-95 North and South: Take 32 west (Columbia) exit. Take 32 west to the Shaker Drive\/Eden Brook exit. Bear right onto Eden Brook Dr. Proceed to stop light and turn right onto Old Columbia Road; continue on for 1 mile (through the Rivers Industrial Park). Make a left on Riverwood Drive. The customer training and Education Center is the first building on the right. From U.S. 29 north and south: Take 32 east (toward Ft. Meade) to Shaker Drive\/Old Columbia Rd. exit (first exit you will come to). Exit route 32 onto Old Columbia Road. Proceed through stop light and continue on for 1 mile(through the Rivers Industrial Park). Make a left on Riverwood Drive. The customer training and Education Center is the first building on the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1178\" height=\"814\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map.png 1178w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map-1024x708.png 1024w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shimadzu_map-434x300.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"UMD\"><\/a>University of Maryland, 8051 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742<\/h3>\n<p>Meeting: Chemistry Great Hall, Chemistry and Biochemistry, 8051 Regents Drive<br \/>\nParking: Lower levels of Regents Drive Parking Garage (8056 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742)  <a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.umd.edu\/parking\">Signs<\/a> with black text are unrestricted after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays and weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Directions to Lot B\/Regents drive parking deck<br \/>\nFrom I-495, take exit 25 for US-1\/Baltimore Ave toward Laurel\/College Park. Go 2.2 miles and turn right onto Campus Dr. The Chemistry building is on Regents Dri, the first exit on the traffic circle. See the map below for parking options. Walk to the Chemistry building, Lecture Hall CHM 1402.<br \/>\nFrom points south, take US-1 north through College Park. Past the Chapel field and soccer field on the left and Maryland Hotel on the right, turn left onto Campus Dr. The Chemistry building is on Regents Dri, the first exit on the traffic circle. See the map below for parking options. Walk to the Chemistry building, Lecture Hall CHM 1402.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2470\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-1024x988.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-1536x1482.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-2048x1976.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WBMSDG-Parking-Map-v6-311x300.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"USP\"><\/a>USP, 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852<\/h3>\n<p>Address: 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852<\/p>\n<p><strong>From I-270:<\/strong> Take Exit 6, east on 28; turn left onto 28. Continue on 355\/Rockville Pike, turn left onto Twinbrook Parkway, right onto Fishers Lane. USP will be on the immediate left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From I-495: <\/strong> Take Exit 34 for 355\/Rockville Pike, north on 355, turn right onto Twinbrook Parkway, right onto Fishers Lane. USP will be on the immediate left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Metro:<\/strong> Exit at Twinbrook station on the RED line. Exit to the east and cross parking lot to Fishers Lane. Cross Twinbrook Parkway, and USP will be on the immediate left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking:<\/strong> There is street parking on Fishers Lane. Parking meters are in effect 7 am until 7 pm Monday &#8211; Friday. There is a visitor parking in the lot behind the USP (north on Twinbrook Parkway) that is free for USP visitors. Parking is also available at the Twinbrook Metro Station, subject to Metro fees.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"height: 400px; width: 700px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/embed?hk=1Np67FM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"height: 400px; width: 700px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/embed?hk=1bEZFwZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"gerstel\"><\/a>Gerstel<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2350\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2350\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gerstel_map-e1473869264931.png\" alt=\"gerstel_map\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/\/701+Digital+Drive,+Linthicum+Heights,+MD+21090\/@39.2196509,-76.7090483,13z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c81d64ecb5f3e5:0x679b5e8e424bd17!2m2!1d-76.6740288!2d39.2195896\">701 Digital Drive #J, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the Baltimore-Washington Parkway\/295: Take the W. Nursery Road exit. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for West Nursery Road\/Hammonds Ferry Road. Continue for 2 miles and turn right onto Digital Drive. The building is on the left.<\/p>\n<p>From I-95 and points south: Take exit 43A from I-95 to merge onto MD-100 E toward Glen Burnie. In 3 miles, take exit 9B for MD-295 N\/Balt\/Wash Pkwy toward Baltimore. In 4 miles, take the W. Nursery Road exit. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for West Nursery Road\/Hammonds Ferry Road. Continue for 2 miles and turn right onto Digital Drive. The building is on the left.<\/p>\n<p>From Baltimore and 695: Take exit 8B froom 695 for Hammonds Ferry Rd toward MD-168\/Nursery Rd. Turn left onto N Hammonds Ferry Rd. Take the first right onto W Nursery Rd. In 0.7 miles, turn left onto Digital Dr. The building is on the left.<br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"UMBC\"><\/a>University of Maryland-Baltimore County<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/umbc97.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-256\" title=\"umbc97\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/umbc97-300x225.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/umbc97-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/umbc97.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSeminar Room, Chemistry Building (#9 on map) 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Campus map available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umbc.edu\/aboutumbc\/campusmap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.umbc.edu\/aboutumbc\/campusmap<\/a> Chemistry Building is bldg. #9 on the map. <strong>From Washington and all points south<\/strong>: Proceed north on I-95 to exit 47B, Route 166. Follow Route 166 toward Catonsville and follow the signs to UMBC. Keep right on Hilltop Circle (the loop around campus). Take the first road on the left to get to the Administration Garage. Park on the metered lot located on the roof of the garage. Parking anywhere else may cost you a ticket!!! Walk on Campus Main Street (pedestrians only) toward the Albin O. Kuhn Library. The Chemistry Department (Meyerhoff Bldg.) is on the left side before the pond. Don\u2019t enter the building from the ground level. Instead, take the steps on the left, outside the building, and enter from the first floor door on your right. Signs for the MSDG meeting will be posted. The talk will be held in the seminar room on the first floor of the Meyerhoff Bldg. <strong>From Baltimore<\/strong>: Proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B, Route 166. Follow Route 166 toward Catonsville and follow the signs to UMBC. <strong>From I-695 (Baltimore Beltway)<\/strong>: Take exit 12C &#8211; Wilkens Ave. and continue 0.5 mile to the entrance of UMBC on the left, onto Hilltop Road. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umbc.edu\/AboutUMBC\/directions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General Map of Region (opens new browser page)<\/a> <a href=\"\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Karen\/My%20Documents\/www.wbmsdg.org\/public\/umbc97.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detailed Roadmap of region around UMBC (opens new browser page)<\/a> UMBC sits on a hill surrounded by Loop Road. Use parking lot 10 or parking lot 16 (50 cents). Signs to the parking lots are posted on Loop Road.<br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"JHU\"><\/a>Johns Hopkins\/MAMS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapa.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-251 alignnone\" title=\"jhumapa\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapa-300x225.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapa-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapa.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapb.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-250 alignnone\" title=\"jhumapb\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapb-300x225.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapb-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/jhumapb.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <strong><br \/>\nMiddle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory<\/strong> Johns Hopkins University Medical School Woods Basic Science Building West Lecture Hall 725 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD From I-95 north or south: Take I-395 exit to downtown. Turn right on Pratt St. and follow Pratt east until reaching Washington St (2 miles). Turn left on Washington St. and proceed north to Madison (or park in the garage at the corner of Washington and Monument, one block south of Madison). Turn left on Madison and left again on Wolfe. The visitor entrance is on the northeast corner of Monument and Wolfe Sts. <a href=\"\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Karen\/My%20Documents\/www.wbmsdg.org\/public\/jhumapa.gif\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wide area map of JHU meeting site<\/a> <a href=\"\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/Karen\/My%20Documents\/www.wbmsdg.org\/public\/jhumapb.gif\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map of immediate area around JHU meeting site<\/a><br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"Berthas\"><\/a>Bertha&#8217;s<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/berthas.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-290 alignnone\" title=\"berthas\" src=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/berthas-300x225.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/berthas-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/berthas.gif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <strong><br \/>\nDirections to Bertha&#8217;s:<\/strong> From I-95 North or South, exit for I-395 North in Baltimore. Continue straight after I-395 ends and turn right onto Pratt Street. Follow Pratt Street past the Inner harbor, the Aquarium, and Little Italy. Turn right on Broadway, continue south on Broadway to 734 S. Broadway.<br \/>\n_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"hampton\"><\/a>Hampton Inn &#038; Suites Columbia\/South<\/h3>\n<p>From Shimadzu in Columbia to Hampton Inn &#038; Suites Columbia\/South, 7045 Minstrel Way, Columbia, MD 21046<br \/>\nTake Riverwood Dr to Old Columbia Rd<br \/>\n0.2 mi<br \/>\nHead southeast toward Riverwood Dr<br \/>\n240 ft<br \/>\nTurn left onto Riverwood Dr<br \/>\n0.1 mi<br \/>\nContinue on Old Columbia Rd. Take MD-32 E and Broken Land Pkwy to Minstrel Way<br \/>\n2.1 mi<br \/>\nTurn right onto Old Columbia Rd<br \/>\n0.6 mi<br \/>\nTurn left to merge onto MD-32 E<br \/>\n0.7 mi<br \/>\nTake exit 14A for Broken Land Pkwy N<br \/>\n0.2 mi<br \/>\nMerge onto Broken Land Pkwy<br \/>\n0.4 mi<br \/>\nTurn right onto Snowden River Pkwy<br \/>\n0.2 mi<br \/>\nContinue on Minstrel Way to your destination<br \/>\n0.1 mi<br \/>\nTurn right at the 1st cross street onto Minstrel Way<br \/>\n249 ft<br \/>\nTurn right<br \/>\n92 ft<br \/>\nTurn left<br \/>\n154 ft<br \/>\nTurn right<br \/>\nHampton will be on the left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See announcement for location Shimadzu Training Center University of Maryland College Park USP Gerstel University of Maryland-Baltimore County Johns Hopkins\/MAMS Bertha&#8217;s Hampton Inn &#038; Suites Columbia\/South &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Shimadzu Training Center: 7100 Riverwood Drive Columbia, MD 21046 Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/?page_id=519\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":900,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4210,"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions\/4210"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbmsdg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}