Articles by Alasdair Matheson

A series of lectures focusing on emerging analytical techniques used to analyse food contamination took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic. The session included new approaches for analysing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAS), Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH), and short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs and MCCPs).

The RIC group has evolved from its humble origins in a garage to a new state-of-the-art research site. LCGC International spoke to Koen Sandra, CEO of RIC group, at the official opening of the new site.

Saer Samanipour from the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) at the University of Amsterdam spoke to LCGC International about the benefits of a data-driven reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) approach his team developed.

Fabrice Gritti of Waters spoke with LCGC International about his career in chromatography.

Peng Che fom Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands discusses the benefits of hyphenating liquid chromatography (LC) with electron activated dissociation mass spectrometry (EAD-MS) to analyze cathinone positional isomers.

Informative panel discussions featuring key opinion leaders from the separation science sector discussing the latest technology trends and developments in liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, sample preparation, and data handling.

LCGC International spoke to Phil Marriott and Humberto Bizzo about a recent paper they published identifying the incorrect use of retention indices in gas chromatography and how this problem can be rectified in practice.

LCGC International spoke to Doug Raynie about a novel gas chromatography (GC) method incorporating a consumer vape to investigate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using GC with solid phase microextraction (SPME).

An illuminating session at the International Symposium on Chromatography focused on currents trends and misconceptions surrounding oligonucleotide analysis.

ISC 2024 in Liverpool, U.K. included an illuminating session on contemporary omics applications.

As part of our ISC 2024 coverage, we recently interviewed Anneli Kruve of Stockholm University about her scientific background and her presentation about eludicating toxic chemicals' structures using LC/HRMS.

As part of our ISC 2024 coverage, we recently interviewed Caitlin Cain of the University of Michigan about her scientific background and her thoughts on winning our Rising Stars of Separation Science Award for Gas Chromatography.

As part of our ISC 2024 coverage, we recently interviewed Bram Huygens of Vrije Universiteit Brussel about his scientific background and his thoughts on receiving our Rising Stars of Separation Science Award for Liquid Chromatography.

As part of our ISC 2024 coverage, we recently interviewed Alexandre Goyon of Genentech about his research and his being awarded our Rising Stars of Separation Science Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pharmaceutical Analysis.

As part of our ISC 2024 coverage, we recently interviewed Amarande Murisier of the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland (CHUV) about her winning the Rising Stars of Separation Science Award for Biopharmaceutcal Analysis and her scientific background.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, LCGC International spoke to Claudio Brunelli about the evolution of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) techniques in the pharmaceutical industry.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to Brett Paull from the University of Tasmania and HyTECH about his talk entitled: “Analytical Performance and Disruptive Potential of Fully Portable Portable and Field Deployable LC–MS Technology.”

The 28th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2024) will be held in Messina, Italy, on September 22–25, 2024.

Steven Ray Wilson and Hanne Røberg-Larsen of the University of Oslo recently discussed the practical application and advantages of their FDA-validated research to analyse small molecule drugs and their metabolites in organoid/organ-on-chip systems that serve as alternatives to animal models.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to Jef Focant from the University of Liege about his talk entitled, “Targeted Blood Lipidomics of Colorectal Cancer."

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to this year’s winner of the 2024 HTC-18 Innovation Award, Bob Pirok from the University of Amsterdam, about his innovative research on automated LC method development.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to Leon Barron from Imperial College London about his innovative research focusing on modern chromatographic techniques for analyzing contaminants of emerging concern in drinking water.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to Chiara Cordero from the University of Turin about the evolving role of AI and its effect on GCxGC in foodomics.

Jan H. Christensen is a Professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. At HTC-18, we interviewed him about his presentation about non-targeted screening of environmental samples.

At HTC-18 in Leuven, Executive Editor of LCGC International, Alasdair Matheson, spoke to Martina Catani from the University of Ferrara about her recent research focusing on novel green preparative methods used for biopharmaceutical purification.

LCGC International spoke to Jeffrey Zonderman, Senior Vice President of Bruker Applied MS, about current trends in mass spectometry and moving to a “chromatography-free” world.

Experts from around the world presented lectures on strategies to improve the greenness of chromatography at the International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology (HTC-18).

A session at the HTC-18 conference in Belgium featured speakers from around the world detailing the latest advances in biopharmaceutical analysis.

Tony Edge, Stephane Moreau, Carsten Paul, and Fraser McLeod discuss the latest trends and developments in LC.

We interview Serge Rudaz of the University of Geneva about the upcoming 34th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.