Fast Analytical Chromatography and the Role of the Design of New Stationary Phases

LCGC International’s Rising Star of Separation Science Winner for the LC Category, Bram Huygens from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium, recaps the work he presented for his award and his current research focus.

Isavuconazole, an antimycotic agent used to treat fungal infections, can typically be found during dried blood spot sampling. However, there are obstacles that keep it from being an ideal approach for properly determining the drug’s presence.

Brett Paull from the University of Tasmania, Tasmania and his team describe the latest development in portable LC instruments and their experience of taking portable systems out to the field.

The potential of skin-based diagnostics using UHPLC–IMS-HRMS to offer safe, cost-effective, and field-friendly solutions for TB screening is highlighted.