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A new method of extracting and analyzing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water and fish samples has been created.

Magnetic Nanoparticles Used for PAH Detection in Water & Fish Samples

The 27th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2023) will be held 24–27 September 2023 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Here’s a sneak preview of what attendees can look forwards to.

Event Preview: ISSS 2023

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Matrix interferences can impact routine analysis with triple quadrupole methods for monitoring and quantifying PFAS in food.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)  or Interference? Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry as an Investigative Tool in Food Analysis

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Webinar Date/Time:  Tue, Sep 19, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Sample Processing (Comminution) and Preparation

Orange Photonics said the agency will use its LightLab 3 as part of a broader effort to regulate and test the safety of food-related cannabis products. 

FDA Selects New Mobile HPLC System for Cannabis Analysis

 has been in the chromatography industry for over 20 years and has hands-on and troubleshooting experience. He has a masters and PhD degree in analytical chemistry from Seton Hall University, with specialization in microextractions, multidimensional chromatography, and tandem MS techniques. He has developed and validated several regulatory compliant methods in the pharmaceutical, food, fuels, and the environmental industry, as well as incorporated method improvement and troubleshooting across a range of separation techniques. He joined Phenomenex in August 2014 and currently works as a senior product manager. In addition to managing the product line, he presents on innovations in separation science at various chromatography conferences. Direct correspondence to: 

What critical components can help to resolve the separation challenges related to pesticides analysis in food?

Advances in Chromatography for the Optimal Separation of Pesticides in Food

In his keynote lecture at HPLC 2023, Alejandro Cifuentes from the Laboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, CSIC in Madrid, Spain, highlighted the promising application of foodomics in addressing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (1).

Exploring the Potential of Foodomics in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

 is a Full Professor and Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at The University of Texas (UT) at Arlington. He joined the faculty at UT Arlington in 2005 after completing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Virginia Tech under the direction of Prof. Harold M. McNair and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Vienna under Prof. Wolfgang Lindner. Research in the Schug group spans fundamental and applied areas of separation science and mass spectrometry. Schug was named the LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography in 2009, and most recently has been named the 2012 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Young Investigator in Separation Science awardee.

is a partner of Medusa Analytical. He sits on the scientific advisory board of the Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation (CLEAR), is a director of the Curtis Mathes Corporation (OTC:TLED), and is Research Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. Hildenbrand’s research has produced more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and textbook chapters. He is regarded as an expert in point source attribution and has participated in some of the highest profile oil and gas contamination cases across the United States.

The level of uncertainty provided by most forensic laboratories for reported blood alcohol results has been woefully underassessed. Not only is this bad science, but someone’s civil liberties may be at stake.

LCGC Blog: Forensics Laboratories Underassess Uncertainty in Blood Alcohol Determinations

Forensic laboratories need to revise their procedures for uncertainty assessment in blood alcohol determinations. We explain why.

Forensics Laboratories Underassess Uncertainty in Blood Alcohol Determinations

Giorgia Purcaro of the University of Liège discusses the advantages offered by the liquid chromatography–comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometer/flame ionization detector (LC–GCxGC–TOF-MS/FID) method in the analysis of mineral oil.

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