December 2022

An article from The Robot Report contrasted the performance of robots in industry against those of humans. The takeaways from the report are as follows.

This month we interview Raviraj Chandrakant Shinde from India, about his work on the analysis of various food contaminants using chromatography and mass spectrometry, and the challenges involved in analyzing polar and ionic pesticides.

Small leaks may compromise column lifetime, increase maintenance, cause retention time shifts, and decrease sensitivity at elevated temperatures, but do they matter?

Quantifying the content of coumarin and cinnamaldehyde in cinnamon products

As we move back into a world of face‑to‑face meetings, we take a look at upcoming conferences—the Third Australian Symposium on Advances in Separation Science (ASASS III) will take place 15–17 February 2023 in Hobart, Tasmania. Here’s a glimpse of what you can look forward to.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) has become a member of How2Recycle, a standardized labelling system that advises the public on recycling. Owned by the Green Blue Institute, Inc., the programme is comprised of brands who want their packaging to be recycled and are empowering consumers to do it through smart packaging labels.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), along with Society for Science (Washington, D.C., USA), has announced the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a middle school science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competition in the USA.

Shimadzu (Duisburg, Germany) has announced a collaboration with the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) (Germany). The collaboration will focus on the development of new clinical laboratory methods using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) analysis.

LCGC, the leading resource for separation scientists, is proud to announce that Peter J. Schoenmakers and Emanuela Gionfriddo are the winners of the 16th annual LCGC Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards, respectively. Schoenmakers and Gionfriddo will be honoured in a symposium as part of the technical programme at the Pittcon 2023 conference in March 2023.

As HPLC 2023 approaches, The Column spoke with the organizers, Oliver Schmitz and Michael Lämmerhofer, to find out what attendees can expect from the conference, which is a highlight in the chromatography calendar.

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