December 2025

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In the final part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about the future of chromatography and what excites them most about the field.

A confident young female scientist in a lab coat and goggles stands with arms crossed in a modern laboratory, representing the bright future of women in STEM careers and research. | Image Credit: © ultramansk - stock.adobe.com.

In the sixth part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about the practical skills needed to lead a lab.

A confident young female scientist in a lab coat and goggles stands with arms crossed in a modern laboratory, representing the bright future of women in STEM careers and research. | Image Credit: © ultramansk - stock.adobe.com.

In the fourth part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about how best to navigate challenges in chromatography.

In the third part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about how to position yourself for leadership.

An illustration for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science | Image Credit: © Rama - stock.adobe.com.

In the second part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about the best strategies to advance your career in chromatography.

In the first part of this roundtable discussion focused on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women in chromatography, LCGC International spoke to Susanne Boye, Daniela Held, and Claudia Zielke about their route into separation science.

A global team led by Michal Holčapek, professor of analytical chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, UPCE, Pardubice (Czech Republic), and Jakub Idkowiak, a research associate from KU Leuven (Belgium), has unveiled a powerful R and Python-based toolkit for tackling the complexities of lipidomics and metabolomics data, offering researchers a new approach for “omics” analysis.

LCGC International spoke to Dave Abramowitz, from the unified product management and product ownership team for chromatography and mass spectrometry software at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about the advantages, challenges, and future potential of AI in chromatography, highlighting how scientists can begin adopting AI-driven tools to improve accuracy, efficiency, and discovery.