The Column-08-06-2019

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The Column spoke to Richard Shannon from AstraZeneca about his work characterizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), why ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) is his technique of choice for analyzing mAbs, and offers his advice for anyone wanting to use the technique.

Incognito is thinking long-term. Is there scope for hope in the future?

Organized by The Chromatographic Society and the Separation Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) analytical division, the Emerging Separation Technologies meeting was held on the 28 March 2019 at the RSC’s central London headquarters in Burlington House.

Gel permeation chromatography/size-exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) is the standard technique to determine the molar mass distribution of synthetic macromolecules. However, some kinds of polymers (for example, polyolefins) are often only soluble in special solvents and require high temperatures to be used during the analysis to keep the sample completely dissolved. Therefore, for the analysis of these polymers, dedicated high temperature GPC systems are used. This article will discuss the pros and cons of both high temperature GPC/SEC and ambient GPC/SEC.

An excerpt from LCGC’s professional development platform, CHROMacademy.com, on the importance of tuning and calibration in liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS).

The Community for the Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS) was officially launched on 27 June at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, UK.

A new method for the accurate molecular weight determination of the complex polysaccharides chitosans has been developed using asymmetric AF4 coupled with MALS and differential RI detectors.

Shimadzu has received two Red Dot Design Awards in the product design category for its new Nexera UHPLC series LC-40 and UV-1900 UV–vis spectrophotometer.

Researchers from the University of Huddersfield present new data and announce further studies which show great potential for the development of a for a noninvasive multiple sclerosis diagnostic tool which uses GC–MS.