January 2024

The Column interviewed Tony Edge, President of ChromSoc and Chair of the ISC Permanent Scientific Committee, to find out what participants can expect from the world’s oldest dedicated chromatography conference, being held this year in Liverpool, UK.

This month we interview Shijia Tang, principal scientist at Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA, about her innovative research focusing on the analysis of polymers and nanomaterials used in pharmaceutical analysis. Shijia decribes the benefits of an innovative in-line mixing modulation method for 2D-LC she developed for polymer and oligonucleotide analysis. The advantages of SEC–MALS to explore aggregation mechanisms for therapeutic constrained peptides and mRNA-lipid nanoparticles and their aggregates are also discussed.

Non-alcoholic beers are becoming more popular and need to reflect the sophisticated flavourings of beers that are brewed containing alcohol. Sophisticated analytical techniques can help to achieve this.

A review of advances in mRNA analysis using LC and LC–MS.

Rolduc 2024 takes place from 28–30 April 2024 in Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, The Netherlands.

Scientists in Xi’an, China have created a novel system for the analysis of cell membranes, based around haloalkane dehalogenase protein tag (HALO)-tag technology. Their research was published in Talanta.

You’re invited to publicize your 2023–2024 new product introductions in LCGC International, open to products launched between May 2023 and March 2024.

Technological limitations have made it difficult for scientists to identify oligonucleotide aggregates. This can pose challenges when finding techniques to reliably analyze size variants for large nucleic acids and lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).

The UK-based Chromatographic Society (ChromSoc) has announced its two 2024 recipients of its most prestigious honor, the Martin Medal, in addition to three professors who have been chosen for the organization’s Silver Jubilee Medal.

André Striegel offers some sage advice to newcomers to the separation science community who are attending their first scientific conference.

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