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The advantages and limitations of several recently introduced mathematical procedures for enhancing peak resolution in liquid chromatography (LC) are described. Despite advanced separation technologies and extensive knowledge in method development, peak overlap is still commonly observed. This article gives a brief overview of the advantages and limitations of recently introduced mathematical procedures for enhancing resolution.

Nominate a colleague or yourself for the LCGC Europe/HTC-16 Innovation AwardSubmission Deadline: 15 October 2019The LCGC Europe/HTC-16 Innovation Award was launched to celebrate the work of scientists who are innovatively evolving the field of hyphenated techniques.The winner will be selected by the HTC scientific committee who will choose based on the following criteria:

The Biemann Medal will be awarded to Sarah Trimpin at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference on Tuesday, June 4, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jefferey Shabanowitz, a principal scientist at the Hunt Laboratory at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia), will receive the Al Yergey Mass Spectrometry Scientist Award at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference on Monday, June 3, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2019 Ron Hites Award, to be presented on Wednesday, June 5, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, will honor Julia Laskin of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) and her coauthors for their paper, “Towards High-Resolution Tissue Imaging Using Nanospray Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Coupled to Shear Force Microscopy.”

The winners of the 2019 Research awards from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) are James F. Davies of the University of California, Riverside; Nicolas L. Young of Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas); and Eleanor Browne, of the University of Colorado, Boulder.

John R. Yates III, a professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California), will receive the John B. Fenn Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference on Monday, June 3, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are routinely detected in a variety of aquatic environments and these compounds encompass a wide range of chemical and physical properties that contribute to their combined analytical screening challenges. Further examination of their accumulation throughout environmental samples that contain solids, including sediments, adds additional levels of analytical difficulties in their effective extraction and new sample matrix interferences. QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) has become a very popular extraction and cleanup technique for the analysis of multiresidue pesticides in agricultural and food samples. Applying the same principles to overcome similar challenges in PPCP analysis in solid environmental samples is demonstrated in this article.