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At EAS 2023, Brandy Young, PhD, the CEO and Founder of Certainty Analytical Labs in New York, discussed her work in compliance testing for cannabis products.

At the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) in Plainsboro, NJ, Sam Heckle, an analytical chemist from CEM Corporation, presented “The Importance of Digestion Temperature on Trace Metals Analysis”, where he discussed the do’s and don’ts of heavy metal analysis meant to get optimal digestion.

At the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) in Plainsboro, New Jersey, LCGC sat down with Robert Kennedy to discuss his research and career in analytical chemistry.

Gionfriddo’s lab focuses on developing advanced analytical separation tools for the analysis of complex biological and environmental samples using green extraction methodologies.

Mary Ellen McNally and Doug Raynie covered green chemistry and sustainable separations, from sample preparation through analysis with chromatographic techniques, at EAS 2023.

At the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, LCGC magazine sat down with John McLean of Vanderbilt University to discuss his research and career in mass spectrometry.

The Prestegard laboratory specializes in the development and application of NMR methods for the study of systems of biological interest.

At EAS 2023, Michael Dong and Szabolcs Fekete reviewed certain innovations in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and in what ways scientists can continue to improve the quality of their experiments.

Vasilis Vasiliou, chair of the department of Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University, spoke about the impact of exposure on human disease and biology.

Changchun Liu, a professor in the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Connecticut, highlighted his team’s research into CRISPR-powered microfluidics devices for point of care (POC) treatment and detection of infectious diseases.

Getting your finances in order ensures you can be prepared for the unexpected, said Tarshae Drummond, a lab manager and research technician at Fayetteville State University.

Kennedy is a professor at the University of Michigan.

Mi-Ling Li, assistant professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology at the University of Delaware, presented her research on testing PFAS in the water in the state.

Rainer Lohmann of the University of Rhode Island presented his research on passive sampling of PFAS at the Eastern Analytical Symposium in Princeton, NJ.

Professor Mary J. Wirth, W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emerita at Purdue University, has been named the winner of the 2023 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science.

The Green Analytical Chemistry Workshop (1st TGAC) will be held 5–6 February 2024, at Novotel Paris-Charenton, Paris, France. Here's a glimpse at what attendees can look forward to.

At the 2023 Gulf Coast Conference, LCGC spoke with Jean-Francois Borny of Lummus Technology, who discussed recent developments that will shape how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are analyzed. This interview was one of four conducted live at GCC 2023.

At the 2023 Gulf Coast Conference, LCGC spoke with John Wasson of Wasson-ECE Instrumentation, who discussed the process of retrieving high-quality, real-time data from chemical processing plant streams. This interview was one of four conducted live at GCC 2023.

At the 2023 Gulf Coast Conference, LCGC spoke with Kevin Schug of the University of Texas at Arlington, about predicting gas phase vacuum ultraviolet spectra using machine learning. This interview was one of four conducted live at GCC 2023.

Dan Wispinski, the Standard Methods Development Manager for VUV Analytics, held a lecture at the Gulf Coast Convention in Galveston, Texas, which focused on the adoption of gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC-VUV) technology.

Daniel Wolbrecht, senior technical sales consultant at Anton Paar, held a workshop at the Gulf Coast Conference in Galveston, Texas, focusing on how heated autosampler units can help analyze difficult samples.

ExTech is the largest conference dedicated to extraction technology, a field within separation chemistry that has seen remarkable growth over the past three decades.

Scientists at NACRW discussed using CE–MS to analyze highly polar agrochemicals.

During the North American Chemical Residue Workshop, scientists discussed predicting liquid chromatographic retention times to identify contaminants.

During a presentation at the North America Chemical Residue Workshop, scientists described a method for pesticide analysis using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

In a presentation at NACRW 2023, Yelena Sapozhnikova of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) explained that even though levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found in everything from tomato packaging to cake paper in global samples, values were below the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)’s maximum tolerable weekly intake (TWI).

Bjorn Berendsen of Wageningen University & Research said at NACRW 2023 that among more than 6,000 suspected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), detailed information is known about relatively few.

Scientists studied the device for QuEChERSER sample preparation and both GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS analysis of pesticides in grapes, watermelon, and green beans.

During a session at the North American Chemical Residue Workshop, researchers discussed a method for detecting small amounts of pesticides in infant food.

At HPLC 2023, LCGC spoke with John Langley of the University of Southampton in the UK. These clips comprise one of several HPLC interviews that were conducted at the conference.