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A retention index tool called iMatch that aims to reduce the number of false positive results when using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS ) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC×GC-MS) has been developed by a team of researchers from the University of Louisville. Alasdair Matheson, editor of LCGC Europe, spoke to Xiang Zhang to find out more.

Good news for users analyzing complex sample mixtures: Shimadzu offers an extra dimension in peak separations for all hyphenation technologies in chromatography.

Shimadzu has announced that they will establish the Shimadzu Centre for Advanced Analytical Chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

GE Healthcare has announced the acquisition of SeqWright, a provider of nucleic acid sequencing and other genomic services.

Kevin Schug, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas (UT) at Arlington, has been named the university's new Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry.

Thermo Fisher (Waltham, Massachusetts) has launched a seminar series, ?New Frontiers in Water Analysis,? which is scheduled for major European cities now through December 2012.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Indianapolis, Indiana) has acquired Blue Ocean Biomedical, LLC, a Pembroke Pines, Florida-based manufacturer of automated flow cytometry systems and reagents.

Novasep (Pompey, France) has announced the opening of a new facility in Shanghai, China. This new site will complement Novasep?s existing 12 global synthesis and process sites in France, the US, Germany, Belgium and the Bahamas.

AB SCIEX (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) has announced the AB SCIEX Academic Partnership Programme to increase the number of scientists who benefit from the company?s assistance and resources for advancing research in proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California) and FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation and principal funding agency for academic research in the city of São Paulo, Brazil are jointly funding two research projects.

How Sick Is Your Building?

Researchers from the University of Basque, Spain, have conducted an experiment into different cooking oils and discovered that compounds known as aldehydes released from the oils increase the risk of neurologic degenerative diseases and several different cancers.

Two scientists from Uludag University in Turkey have examined the potential transfer of harmful phthalates from toys onto the skin of children via sweat.

A stable baseline is a prerequisite for precise, accurate and reproducible GPC/SEC analysis, especially for samples with a broad molar mass distribution. Baseline problems can include drift, wander (long-term noise), noise/spikes (short-term noise), as well as positive or negative system peaks.

A recent study into the beneficial qualities of porcine haemoglobin has revealed some interesting results.

The majority of the human brain is not yet fully understood and we still have a lot to learn about its workings. A group of scientists have performed a comprehensive first characterization of the human occipital lobe (primary visual cortex) and cerebellum proteomes from 12 post-mortem samples.

Recent Developments in LC Column Technology.

Trace-Level GC-MS Analysis of Pesticides

A review of a gas chromatographic procedure developed for the direct measurement of trace levels of lindane, aldrin, heptachlor epoxide, dieldrin, o,p-DDD, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)

A look at the process of forming radical cations for analysis in GC–MS and the role of various ion source components

The use of dynamic coating systems/approaches in CE can result in improved routine performance and/or selectivity.

A review of columns unveiled at Pittcon this year, including all modes of HPLC, UHPLC, and liquid-phase separations.

Mistakes or fat finger moments are part of human nature but where is the dividing line between this and falsification and fraud?

Highlights of some of the new HPLC and related technology showcased both before and at this year's conference

A pioneer in high performance liquid chromatography reflects on his career and how "enlightened trial-and-error" can reduce the effort involved in method development.

Event news summary

The use of in vivo SPME offers important advantages over conventional methods according to the authors, including simplified sample clean-up, fast stabilization of unstable analytes, elimination of enzymatic degradation after extraction and reduced ion suppression for mass spectrometry analyses.

A brief review of the physicochemical properties of core–shell particles and their chromatographic efficiencies compared with those of sub-2-µm fully porous particles