Lewis Botcherby

The Column spoke to Brett Paull from the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, about the development of truly portable LC systems for use in the pharmaceutical industry and in environmental analysis. Why are they necessary, and where can improvements still be made?

A snapshot of key trends and developments in data handling according to selected panellists from the chromatography sector.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has opened a new biomanufacturing facility in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Researchers from “The Peppermint Initiative” have published their first results using GC–IMS supporting its use in breath analysis and beginning the process of standardization of breath analysis methods.

Scitara (Massachusetts, USA) has announced a partnership with Agilent towards the integration of Scitara’s Scientific Integration Platform (SIP) with Agilent’s Software and Informatics Division portfolio of products.

Agilent Technologies has announced the acquisition of Polymer Standards Service GmbH (PSS).

Chiron AS has announced new North American distribution partnerships with Ibis Scientific, LLC and Chromatographic Specialties Inc.

Researchers have developed a novel microfluidic chip for the study of extracellular vesicles using miniaturized size-exclusion chromatography.

Oliver Jones has been awarded the 2022 Barry Inglis Medal for his extended and careful development of analytical measurement techniques at the recent National Measurement Institute’s (NMI) 2022 Metrology Awards.

A snapshot of key trends and developments in liquid chromatography/liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC/LC–MS) according to selected panellists from the chromatography sec-tor.

Agilent Technologies Inc., has announced that the company’s customer demonstration laboratory in Waldbronn, Germany, has received the highest level of Green Lab Certification, the gold standard in laboratory sustainability best practices.

Researchers from Hannover, Germany, have developed a LC–MS/MS multi-target screening strategy for use in ante-mortem and post-mortem rodenticide analysis in forensic toxicology.

Knauer Wissenschaftliche Geräte has announced the acquisition of ModuVision BV, an automation focused company based in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

Peter Schoenmakers has been named “Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion” in a ceremony on 28 June 2022.

The Column spoke to Philipp Weller from the Institute of Instrumental Analytics and Bioanalytics at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany, about the benefits of nontargeted screening approaches in food safety and environmental analysis using GC–IMS, and the best way to approach data processing and model building with the generated data.

Researchers have developed and validated a sensitive analytical method for the determination of 16 PFAS in fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) using online SPE coupled with LC–ESI-HRMS.

LCGC Europe spoke to Wouter Knol from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, about co‑polymers, the difficulties surrounding their analysis, and what pyrolysis-gas chromatography (Py‑GC) offers in comparison to other techniques when analyzing co-polymers and their sequence.

The Column interviewed Valentina D’Atri about her work to couple CEC to MS, and the challenges of analyzing complex biopharmaceuticals.

Thermo Fisher Scientific celebrated the opening of its new single-use technology manufacturing site in Ogden, Utah, USA, and announced a $97 million expansion to its bioanalytical laboratory operations across three new locations in Virginia’s Greater Richmond region.

PharmaZell and Novasep have announced the completion of their merger, following exclusive negotiations initiated in September 2021.

Researchers from Japan have used LC–MS/MS to investigate the ciguatoxins (CTXs) responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), commonly known as ciguatera.

Researchers have presented a new methodology utilizing Py-GC–MS, which aims to improve the analysis of tyre and road wear particles.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that it has become a member of the Advanced Mammalian Biomanufacturing Innovation Center (AMBIC).

Rudolf Krska and Michael Sulyok from the University of Natural Resources and Life Science in Vienna, Austria, discuss their recent work developing a multi‑analyte approach using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS), and the issues surrounding agrocontaminants in animal feeds.

Federica Fiorini from the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, France, has been awarded the 2022 Darlene Solomon Award by Agilent Technologies and FeMS (Females in Mass Spectrometry)

UHPSFC systems now offer stable and reproducible results, but can the technique be utilized effectively across the ‘omics' fields?

Researchers searched for inhibitors of the Ebola virus from over 500 medicinal plant extracts, utilizing SEC and HPLC alongside cell-based assays with replication-incompetent pseudotyped viral particles to identify antiviral lead compounds.

LCGC Europe spoke to Selina Tisler and Jan H. Christensen about recent research projects focusing on nontargeted screening (NTS) approaches for important environmental monitoring applications.

The Chromatographic Society (ChromSoc) have announced the winners of their 2022 Martin Medal and Jubilee Medals as Luigi Mondello, Sebastiaan Eeltink, and Martin Gilar.

Researchers have performed a VOC analysis of coffee beans using a ppGC–TMS, and then compared it to a benchtop GC system.