Kate Jones

Articles by Kate Jones

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We explore a core analytical question that every chromatographer faces: How many injections are really enough to achieve both scientific reliability and practical efficiency?

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning have the potential to reshape the scientific landscape. Yet, as the International Women in Chromatography founders stress, these advances must be grounded in uncompromising data quality and rigorous quality control to ensure reliable, transformative science.

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The International Women in Chromatography group was founded to combat gender disparity in the field, creating a supportive global community that fosters belonging, advocacy, and recognition for women at all career stages. LCGC International spoke with the founders to find out more about the initiative.

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In the fifth part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of Women in Chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders, and Mimi den Uijl—co-founders of the Sisters in Science initiative—about how industry and academia can offer better support for women in STEM.

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In the fourth part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of Women in Chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders, and Mimi den Uijl—co-founders of the Sisters in Science initiative—about how popular chromatography is as a subject.

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In the third part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of Women in Chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders, and Mimi den Uijl—co-founders of the Sisters in Science initiative—to ask what advice they would offer to young women aspiring to enter a STEM career.

Portrait of a Female Lab Scientist at Work in a Modern Medical Research Facility. Bioengineer in a White Coat Handling Test Tubes and Putting Them Inside an Advanced Machine for Analysis | Image Credit: © Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com.

In the second part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of Women in Chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders, and Mimi den Uijl—co-founders of the Sisters in Science initiative—about how the group has evolved over the last four years.

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In the first part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of Women in Chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders, and Mimi den Uijl—co-founders of the Sisters in Science initiative—about their movement, which was started in 2021.

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LCGC International spoke with Ira Lurie, a professional lecturer at George Washington University in the USA, about his research using innovative chromatographic strategies to improve the specificity and efficiency of forensic drug analysis. He details the application of “flip-flop” chromatography using silica hydride stationary phases to alternate between reversed-phase and aqueous normal-phase separations without changing solvents. Lurie also highlights the use of derivative gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC–VUV) to differentiate challenging synthetic cannabinoid isomers, emphasizing the critical legal and scientific importance of accurate isomer identification in forensic casework.