LCGC North America-04-01-2008

In the last decade, research on the detection of all groups of doping agents has been investigated by LC-MS, and routine LC-MS screening applications are now available for almost all classes of doping agents.

This month's installment of "Column Watch" is the second part of a two-part series in which columnist Ron Majors examines the trends and highlights in columns and consumables at Pittcon 2008.

After nearly 10 years of writing "Milestones in Chromatography," resident historian Leslie Ettre will step down from his position as an LCGC columnist.

This month, "GC Connections" presents a few of the best and worse laboratory habits.

After taking a course on learning that stated most people only remember three main points from an eight-hour training class, John Dolan decided to use three points to form the core of a preventive maintenance program for your LC system.

Scientists Arlin Gyberg, Clayton McNeff, and Ben Yan developed the Mcgyan process for manufacturing biodiesel.

Mass spectrometry (MS) is one of the most versatile and powerful instrument techniques available today. The market for MS runs the gamut of applications from pharmaceutical research and discovery labs, to military armament, to semiconductor processing, to environmental testing.

Father Joseph Michael Levy, Ph.D, passed away suddenly on March 6, 2008.