February 2022

After 14 years in print, Incognito’s last article takes a look at what has changed over a career in chromatography, but it predominantly focuses on what the future might hold in terms of theory, technology, and working practices.

Ensuring that volatile leachable impurities are at low levels in polymeric materials is very important for minimizing migration to food and pharmaceutical products.

After a pandemic-induced hiatus since the 2019 event in Milan, the HPLC conference is on schedule to return, June 18–23, 2022, in San Diego, California, as an in-person conference. Frantisek (Frank) Svec, the chair of HPLC 2022, shares news about the conference and his excitement about the coming event.

Michael Dong (唐纬中) looks back on his life as a China-born separation scientist coming to America as an international student, and his successful career in research and industry.

The 2nd European Sample Preparation e-Conference (EuSP2022) and the 1st Green and Sustainable Analytical Chemistry e-Conference (GSAC2022) will be held virtually 14–16 March 2022. Here is a sneak preview of what to look forward to.

The dynamic world of cannabis testing is examined in this instalment of the LCGC Blog.

Contract development and manufacturing organization Lonza and Agilent Technologies have agreed a collaboration deal to transform the manufacturing process for personalized cell therapies

Researchers from the University of Valencia have developed a GC–IMS method for the analysis of illicit and psychoactive substances in oral fluids.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has completed the acquisition of PeproTech, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of recombinant proteins, for a total of approximately $1.85 billion.

Markes International (Bridgend, UK) has sponsored a cross-Atlantic rowing expedition in support of Dementia UK Admiral Nurses.

Click the link above to open The Column February 2022 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 18, Number 2, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the link below to open The Column February 2022 North American issue, Volume 18, Number 2, in an interactive PDF format.