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This article describes the evolution of traditional solid-phase extraction (SPE) into new techniques that are customized to the characteristics of specific matrices, including the removal of β-glucuronidase from urine samples and the removal of phospholipids and proteins from plasma samples.

The 41st International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography (ISCC) and the 14th GC×GC Symposium will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, on the 14–19 May 2017. This preview offers a flavour of what to expect.

Click the title above to open The Column April 11, 2017 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 13, Number 5, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open The Column April 11, 2017 North American issue, Volume 13, Number 5, in an interactive PDF format.

Ellutia Chromatography Solutions has opened a new state‑of‑the-art facility in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, consolidating Ellutia’s offices, laboratories, production, and warehouse on one 15,000 sq. ft. site.

As I’ve written previously, our Nirvana in HPLC column selection would be to enter the structures of our analytes and have a database tell us the column and mobile phase conditions that we should use to carry out the separation successfully. Although I know of several groups who are working on this, in practice we are still a long way from realizing this goal.

Our annual review of new liquid chromatography (LC) columns and accessories introduced at Pittcon and throughout the previous year.

The approach described here will help chromatographers produce highly efficient method development strategies for reversed-phase LC separations in a relatively short time frame.

We will discover how to find the “sweet spot” in terms of retention for a liquid chromatographic separation as well as how much retention change can be expected for a selected change in organic mobile-phase percentage or column temperature.

The 30th International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization (ISPAC) will take place in Linz, Austria, on 11–14 June 2017.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe April 2017 regular issue, Vol 30, No 4, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America April 2017 regular issue, Vol 35 No 4, in an interactive PDF format.

I have written previously about occupying the middle ground in the debate over the environmental implications of unconventional oil and gas extraction operations. It seems we are just in the right place, when we are criticized and praised at separate times by proponents of both extreme views-namely those who think UOG is perfectly safe and those who think it cannot be done without ruining the environment.

This is the first in a series of articles exploring current topics in separation science that will be addressed at the HPLC 2017 conference in Prague, Czech Republic, from 18–22 June.

Shuang (Jake) Yang was presented with the Chinese American Chromatography Association (CACA) 2017 Young Investigator Award on Tuesday, March 7, at a networking dinner event in Chicago, Illinois.

Researchers from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, have developed a saffron authentication process based on ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–HRMS/MS) and multivariate data analysis.

PharmaFluidics has announced an additional 2.7 million Euros worth of funding to support its commercial launch and expand its analytical applications portfolio to biomarkers, diagnostics, and drug development.

Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have used liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to understand changes in licit and illicit drug consumption patterns following the major socioeconomic changes Greece has experienced.

Incognito suggests that chromatographers are not exploring the full potential of their “state-of-the-art” instruments.

Ultrafast gas chromatography (UFGC) offers analysis times 5–20 times faster than conventional GC, with comparable sample capacity and resolution. These factors along with greatly reduced energy consumption make UFGC a valuable approach to explore in many application areas. This article describes the principles and practical uses of ultrafast GC and the key considerations in method development using this technique.

The International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization (ISPAC) will be held in Linz, Austria, on the 11–14 June 2017. This preview offers a flavour of what to expect.

Click the title above to open The Column March 07, 2017 North American issue, Volume 13, Number 4, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open The Column March 07, 2017 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 13, Number 4, in an interactive PDF format.