December 2021

The Column spoke to Nadin Boegelsack and Gwen O’Sullivan from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada, about their work creating a workflow for use in the two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) analysis of ignitable liquid residues in arson investigations.

Selected highlights of innovative chromatography products.

Since capacity is the maximum amount of sample on column before peak distortion occurs and is directly proportional to column dimensions, this instalment of “Practical GC” will expand our continuing evaluation to include narrow-bore and microbore columns with 0.25 mm, 0.18 mm, and 0.10 mm column internal diameters.

The International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC2022) will be held 27 August–2 September 2022 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Here is a sneak preview of what to look forward to.

A great chromatographer does more than simply follow the method.

With modern chromatography modelling software, is it time to hang up our laboratory coats? Is resistance to software solving separations futile?

Researchers used ZooMS methodology to analyze a selection of 2922 bone fragments identifying novel peptide markers for 24 extant marsupial and monotreme species.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the acquisition of Belgium-based PharmaFluidics, the developer of the μPAC range of micro-chip-based chromatography columns.

Sartorius has won the “Overall Best Bioprocessing Supplier” award at the Europe Bioprocessing Excellence Awards 2021.

Submissions for the 2022 Mülheim Water Award open on 1 December, kicking off a three month application period for the award and its €10,000 prize money.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced a sponsorship deal of My Green Lab, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the sustainability of scientific research.

Walsh University and Shimadzu Scientific Instruments have dedicated the Center for Analytical Excellence Laboratory, a collaborative project that includes the installation of nearly $1.2 million worth of new analytical equipment, at a recent event.

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