Pittcon

At Pittcon 2024, LCGC International editor Patrick Lavery sat down with Omowunmi Sadik of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to talk about the importance of sustainability in future scientific research.

What analytical chemists in both industry and academia can do to make their experiments greener was a common thread throughout this milestone run of the annual conference.

The founder of Wyatt Technology was presented with the 2024 Heritage Award at Pittcon in San Diego, California.

These lectures focused on method development and applications of mass spectrometry for bioanalytical, natural product, and agricultural studies.

Patrick Quinlan, CEO of the lab information management systems provider, spoke about the new company’s strategy during a press conference at Pittcon in San Diego, California.

Professor Omowunmi Sadik’s address officially opening the conference ran the gamut from pain to PFAS.

The instrument manufacturer announced the expansion of the partnership during a press conference at Pittcon in San Diego, California.

A session focusing on important developments in high-throughput analysis in the pharmaceutical sector using LC–MS kicked off Monday morning at Pittcon 2024.

The Dal Nogare Award is presented yearly to an outstanding scientist in the field of chromatography.

At Pittcon 2024, Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award winner John Yates headlined a symposium focusing on perfecting proteome research down to the single-cell level.

Alyssa Sanchez of Florida International University presented her research on profiling the decomposition of heroin from South America, Mexico, Southwest and Southeast Asia.

The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of separation science by a young chemist or chemical engineer from academia, industry, or national laboratories.

On February 25, a Pittcon oral session, titled “Detection of PFAS and other Polyfluorinated Analytes,” took place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. This session included six talks that covered a variety of analytical techniques currently being used in per- and polyfluoralkyl (PFAS) analysis.

At Pittcon 2024, He Nan of AbbVie gave a lecture on how to monitor N-nitrosamines via gas chromatography–electron capture detection.

Many new HPLC and MS products were launched in 2022–2023. This conference coverage article discusses several of these new products, including their salient features, benefits, and technical specifications.

A general discussion of the megatrends of separation science equipment (both high performance liquid chromatography [HPLC] and mass spectrometry [MS]) and their applications in recent years is presented.

This article provides a look at the new GC products that entered the market in 2022–2023.

Pittcon 2023 revealed that gas chromatography (GC) still has a strong presence at in-person conferences and in literature.

On March 21, 2023, Peter Schoenmakers and Emanuela Gionfriddo received the LCGC Lifetime Achievement and the LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards, respectively, in a symposium at Pittcon 2023 in Philadelphia. Talks in the session highlighted the awardees’ achievements, discussed recent advances in the development of analytical techniques, and addressed current challenges.

At Pittcon 2023, LCGC spoke with Peter Schoenmakers of the University of Amsterdam, who is the winner of our 2023 Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award. This segment previews one of three Pittcon interviews that were conducted at the conference.

At Pittcon 2023, LCGC spoke with Emanuela Gionfriddo of the University of Toledo, who is the winner of our 2023 Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award. This segment previews one of three Pittcon interviews that were conducted at the conference.

At Pittcon 2023, LCGC spoke with Jim Grinias of Rowan University. This segment previews one of three Pittcon interviews that were conducted at the conference.

Because the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020–2023 disrupted yearly face-to-face events, the Dal Nogare Award Symposium at Pittcon 2023 included both the 2021 and 2022 winners. Read more about the symposium here.

Prof. Emanuela Gionfriddo of the University of Toledo, in Ohio, is the recipient of the ACS Analytical Division 2023 Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, which was presented to her at Pittcon 2023. The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to the fields of analytical chemistry by a young analytical scientist based on or more of the following criteria: conceptualization and development of unique instrumentation for separations; development of novel and important separation methods or methodologies; elucidation of theory or fundamental processes involved in separations; and other significant contributions to the furtherance of separation science role in the use of chemical instrumentation. Read more about this award session here.

On March 21st, Pittcon 2023 had two afternoon sessions that may pique your interest.

On Tuesday, March 21, at Pittcon 2023, a featured session titled, "JAIMA - Analytical Solutions for Research, Development & CMC of Novel Modalities of Drugs: Comprehensive Understanding of Molecular Structure, Dynamics and Function," took place.

At Pittcon 2023, a Monday afternoon symposium focused on opportunities to utilize compact capillary liquid chromatography (LC) techniques in the exploration of drug development.

A number of networking sessions are offered at Pittcon this year, which will take place March 18–22. Here’s our top picks.

Joanna Aizenberg of Harvard University delivered the 2023 Wallace H. Coulter Lecture at Pittcon. The title of her talk was “Venturing into Analytical Chemistry Using Photonic Crystals.”

Luis A. Colón is 2023's recipient of the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley Dal Nogare Award, which recognizes contributions to chromatographic science. The symposium took place at Pittcon 2023, which was held from March 18–22.