Do you struggle with sample preparation? You are not alone! Sample preparation is often labeled as the no. 1 pain for scientists around the world. Scientists try to reduce this pain by settling for a sample preparation method or product that is less than ideal, causing even more pain further down the road. But imagine if you could eliminate some of that pain by simply choosing the right sample preparation product? In this podcast, we will help dissolve the myth that sample preparation pain is unavoidable by equipping you with proper selection recommendations and tips and tricks based on what matters to you most.
Kirstine Nielsen of Aarhus University (Denmark) discusses how targeted metabolomics ratios helped build a robust bloodstain time-since-deposition tool.
Gérard Hopfgartner explains how atmospheric pressure photoionization can generate radical cations in LC–MS, unlocking EI-style spectra and NIST's spectral library.
LCGC International spoke to Akina Nara of Japan’s Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University about a new study which links a blood compound to how long a body has been dead.
A method coupling gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) tracks lipid markers of decomposition in commingled remains.
This week's top stories on the Chromatography Online website spotlight LCGC International's new SFC-focused interview series charting the technique's rise alongside LC and GC, complemented by a practical GC data-reporting refresher and a study using chromatography to detect trace pesticides in tap water.