Megan L'Heureux

Brandy Young, PhD, an analytical chemist with more than 15 years of experience, entered the cannabis industry in response to a recognized need for laboratory testing, aligning her expertise with the emerging demand in New York's active medical and adult-use cannabis programs. Here, she shares some background information on her Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) talk, which delves into the characterization of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) isomers in cannabis products.

At EAS 2023, Brandy Young, PhD, the CEO and Founder of Certainty Analytical Labs in New York, discussed her work in compliance testing for cannabis products.

With expert speakers coming in from around the country for Cannabis Science Conference Fall, we thought it was a great opportunity to introduce some of them and get a sneak peek into their presentations. Here, we meet Jini Glaros, Chief Scientific Officer at Modern Canna Labs.

The cannabis industry has been taking a hard look at the science behind their products and the various contaminants that can inadvertently be added to consumer goods. As testing laboratories begin to implement new state-mandated regulations and other consensus methods for best practices, there is a need to review the analytical instruments and methods that can deliver the most accurate results in a timely fashion. Anthony Macherone, senior scientist at Agilent Technologies and visiting scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, recently spoke to us about his research in this area and the chromatographic techniques he has found to be most effective for profiling cannabinoids and terpenes, detecting pesticides, and residual solvents testing.

We explore the careers and achievements of the winners of LCGC’s 11th annual awards: Ronald E. Majors and Zachary S. Breitbach.

This Tuesday morning symposium, organized by Dwight Stoll of Gustavus Adolphus College, brings together experts in liquid chromatography (LC) to discuss recent advances in two dimensional (2D)-LC separations of small and large molecules. Different perspectives from instrument manufacturers, users in the pharmaceutical industry, and academic laboratories will be presented as well as a discussion on some samples related to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications.

This Wednesday afternoon organized contributed session, organized by Erik L. Regalado and Christopher J. Welch, will provide an overview of recent developments in fast chromatography from theory to applications including high throughput analysis, second dimension of two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC), MISER (multiple injections in a single experimental run) techniques, ultrafast LC autosamplers, hyphenation with mass spectrometry, and microfluidic devices.

This Thursday afternoon symposium, organized by Ryan P. Rodgers and Kevin Schug, will address recent analytical advances in the environmental monitoring of petroleum production activities and impact assessment of oil spills. The session will focus on advances in produced water, production chemicals, and oil spill characterization.

We explore the careers and achievements of the winners of LCGC’s 11th annual awards: Ronald E. Majors and Zachary S. Breitbach.

On Wednesday, January 17, Jamie Schenk, a PhD candidate at The University of Texas at Arlington, will present a talk titled “Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing Additives by Gas Chromatography and Liquid Chromatography.” The presentation is scheduled to take place at 9:00 a.m. in Room 381 B.

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is routinely used for chemical and biochemical analysis methods, and recently the technique has been implemented on microchips. R. Scott Martin, a professor and chair of chemistry at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, has been investigating ways to improve these techniques for years. He recently spoke to us about his research coupling microchip electrophoresis with electrochemical detection, coupling continuous flow with microchip electrophoresis with valving, coupling microchip CE with microdialysis sampling and electrochemistry, and more.

The 2016 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award will be presented to Jared L. Anderson, who is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University, on Monday morning at Pittcon 2016. The award will be presented by Elias S. Absey, the chair of the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). The Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award is presented annually by the SACP at Pittcon to recognize individuals for outstanding achievements in the fields of analytical chemistry or applied spectroscopy within 10 years after completion of their PhD work.

The winner’s of LCGC’s 9th annual awards are highlighted

This organized contributed session was arranged by Andy Miles and Paul Wrezel of Regis Technologies, Inc. Miles will preside over the session, which will start at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.

The 2014 Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award was presented to Andrè de Villiers. Here we chart his career and accomplishments so far.

The 2014 Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award is granted to Fred E. Regnier. Here we chart his career and accomplishments.

The winners of LCGC's seventh annual awards are highlighted.