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This is the final instalment in a series of four articles exploring topics that will be addressed at the HPLC 2016 conference in San Francisco, USA, from 19–24 June 2016.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has extended a technology collaboration with the University of Birmingham in the UK. Thermo Fisher will supply a range of mass spectrometry instruments to be used at the University’s new Phenome Centre.

Waters Corporation has announced the addition of Richard Chang and Xiao Ran Yu to its Asia Pacific leadership team. Chang has been appointed as Vice President of Waters’ Asia Pacific Operations and Yu has been appointed as General Manager of Waters China.

Food and beverage manufacturers who perform simple sugar analysis require methods that provide sensitive, selective, and direct determination of carbohydrates. Minimizing errors associated with sample preparation is of key importance, because samples often require large dilutions that can impact the downstream accuracy of results. In this summary, the benefits of using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography coupled with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD), which does not require sample derivatization, will be discussed. We will also cover recent technological advances, including high pressure ion chromatography, which have enabled manufacturers to analyze more samples in less time.

Leap Technologies Inc. and Antec have announced a joint venture in the field of sample preparation for HDX–MS.

Click the title above to open The Column June 06, 2016 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 12, Number 10, in an interactive PDF format.

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While conventional calibration for gel permeation (GPC) or size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) is useful, there are inherent disadvantages in this type of analysis that introduce experimental error. This uncertainty may cast serious aspersions on the rigour and utility of the results. Multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detection is quite simple to add to an existing chromatography system and can help overcome the challenges faced with single detector chromatography and conventional calibration-based methods. An alternative separation technique called asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) offers tunable, column-free fractionation.

J.J. Kirkland and J.J. DeStefano spoke to LCGC about the important contributions Dr. Klaus Unger has made to chromatography as Dr. Unger celebrates his 80th birthday.

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Different techniques of liquid chromatography (LC) mobile-phase mixing can give different results and have different problems.

In the world of data integrity, the focus is typically on the data and the numbers. How can technology, such as a laboratory information management system (LIMS), help to ensure data integrity?

The third instalment in this series provides an overview of modern practices of separation science in small-molecule drug development. It highlights approaches in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method development and physical or chemical characterization to support process chemistry and formulation development, and for assessment or control of clinical trial materials. The roles of separation scientists in analytical development and salient chromatographic methodology trends are also discussed.

The 18th International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies (ExTech’2016) and the 22nd International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS’2016) will be held at the Cultural and Congress Centre “Jordanki”, Torunˊ, Poland, from 3–6 July 2016.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Asia Pacific June 2016 regular issue, Vol 19, No 2, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe June 2016 regular issue, Vol 29, No 6, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America June 2016 regular issue, Vol 34 No 6, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America June 2016 regular issue, Vol 34 No 6, in an interactive PDF format.

Following a successful launch last year, Shimadzu’s Lab4You program is once again accepting applications from young and enthusiastic researchers hoping to advance their research.

This is the third in a series of articles exploring topics that will be addressed at the HPLC 2016 conference in San Francisco, USA, from 19 to 24 June.

LGC Standards has been awarded a Responsible Sourcing status by Sedex for its Standards division in Germany. A non-profit membership organization, Sedex is dedicated to improving responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains.

Researchers from the USA have developed a simple and derivatization-free gas chromatography (GC) method for the quantitative analysis of oleic acid and related fatty acids.

Researchers from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, have used multiple analytical techniques including IEC and ATR‑FTIR spectroscopy to investigate bovine meat adulteration.

Incognito’s search for the Holy Grail(s) of chromatography continues.