New Chromatography Columns and Accessories at the 2004 Pittcon Conference, Part I

Here is some of the most popular content posted on LCGC International this week.

Kerstin Thurow, who achieved first professorship in “Laboratory Automation” at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Rostock, in Germany, offers insights into the constantly-evolving field of laboratory automation.

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.

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was recently used to detect acylated impurities in artificial hormones meant to treat prostate cancer symptoms.