The Column-01-16-2018

A new year means a fresh start. Incognito suggests some resolutions to help chromatographers succeed in 2018.

Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Warwick have conducted a pilot study to assess the viability of a GC–IMS for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath for the diagnosis of bacterial respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in hospital patients.

Biotage AB (Uppsala, Sweden) has agreed a deal to purchase all outstanding shares in Horizon Technology Inc. for $18.4 million.

Researchers have developed a proteomics‑based approach, using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS), to identify the food sources of the Chagas disease vector Triatominae insects.

The benefits of an analytical quality by design (AQbD) approach to method development cannot be underestimated. The Column spoke to Changqin Hu and Xia Zhang from the National Institutes for Food Drug Control, in Beijing, China, about their work developing a dual-gradient elution stability-indicating method for cloxacillin within an AQbD framework.

Five top tips for improving your gas chromatography (GC) methods.

This study describes the analysis of fragranced washing detergent and washing powder using probe-based headspace and immersive sorptive extraction, in conjunction with analysis by thermal desorption–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (TD–GC–MS). As well as discussing the differences between the two samples, the analyte ranges covered by headspace and immersive sampling are compared.

Evaluating the ability of gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet detection (GC–VUV) to distinguish and correctly identify various isomer and isotopologue forms of an analyte through the lens of spectral similarity.

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