Koen Vanhoutte of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine concludes his four-part interview with his opinions on what the shift from routine testing to model‑based analytical science means in in practical terms for today’s analytical laboratories.
In‑silico tools like retention‑time prediction are gaining attention. Koen Vanhoutte of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine discusses how chromatographers should use these tools effectively without losing confidence in experimental data.
As NIR and chemometric models rely heavily on chromatographic reference data, Koen Vanhoutte discusses the implications for the future role and expectations of chromatography in analytical science.
In the first of a four-part interview conducted at analytica 2026, Koen Vanhoutte of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine discusses how self‑optimizing LC workflows are changing the way chromatographic methods are developed compared with traditional trial‑and‑error approaches.
Jef Focant on whether workflows transfer between biological matrices, and which holds the most promise for minimally invasive disease monitoring.
Jef Focant considers how far we are from fully automated, standardized GC×GC data processing pipelines accessible to labs without specialist chromatography knowledge.
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Thomas Läubli, CSO of CTC Analytics, demonstrates how automated sample preparation workflows and AI-driven software address the significant time and error rates associated with manual laboratory processes.
Jef Focant on what methodological and study design changes will drive volatolomics from promising biomarker discovery results to clinically actionable tests.
Jef Focant discusses where comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography fits in a clinical setting increasingly demanding rapid, low-cost diagnostic solutions.
Sébastien Rolle outlines how the environmental footprint of analytical instruments and methods can be quantified across the full product life cycle.
Sébastien Rolle explores the practical barriers preventing wider adoption of SFE and SFC, and what instrument manufacturers can do to lower them.
Sébastien Rolle discusses the trade-offs between greener instrument design and analytical performance, addressing sensitivity, throughput, and method robustness for laboratory scientists.
With open access to GreenSOL, Elia Psillakis describes how laboratories are adopting it in practice.
The first assessment of deuterated solvents reveals significant, often overlooked environmental burdens tied to essential analytical reagents.
Elia Psillakis challenges the assumption that bio-based solvents are always greener, urging labs to adopt evidence based choices over simple origin claims.
Elia Psillakis discusses how a life cycle view of solvents exposes unexpected impacts in chemicals long considered safe, challenging entrenched ideas of greenness in analytical labs.
Sébastien Rolle examines four levels of manufacturer sustainability impact and questions whether the analytical chemistry industry is moving fast enough across all fronts.
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Daiki Fukushima presents the Nexis GC-2060 and discusses how the high-end, expandable system provides a versatile and flexible solution for modern laboratory analysis.
Gauthier Eppe discusses the vast data complexity that arises when ion mobility is layered on top of HRMS in non-targeted contaminant screening workflows.
Gauthier Eppe discusses how applicable the SWIM approach is beyond halogenated POPs.
The sliding windows in ion mobility (SWIM) approach leverages predictable correlations between retention time and collision cross-section values to improve confidence in identifying semi-volatile contaminants by GC-IMS-HRMS.
At analytica 2026, Gauthier Eppe described adding ion mobility–HRMS to GC–HRMS workflows to support analysis of environmental pollutant mixtures.
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Thomas Albinus, Product Manager Odour Analysis at GERSTEL, introduces the GERSTEL V-ITEX, an advanced headspace sampling technique for gas chromatography (GC) that enhances the detection of trace VOCs in complex matrices.
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Paul Morris, Head of Product Management and Applications at Markes International, introduces the TC-30 tube conditioner, highlighting its ability to protect sample integrity and streamline laboratory workflows through automated sorbent tube cleaning.
Kevin Schug identifies the key challenges preventing wider uptake of molecular encoding and machine learning tools in everyday analytical laboratory settings.
Kevin Schug examines how models trained on known compounds perform when applied to unseen molecules or transferred to new experimental setups.
Kevin Schug outlines the criteria used to select machine learning methods for analytical problems and how success is defined and evaluated.
Peter Tranchida on the robustness of enantiomeric ratio profiling across food types.
Kevin Schug explores how molecular encoding bridges chemistry and data science to enhance precision and intelligence in analytical measurements.
Peter Tranchida on how cryogenic band compression boosts sensitivity across analytes.
