Vol 16 No 1 The Column January 2020 Europe & Asia PDF

The panel walks through confirming peptide identity–from HRMS and LC–MS/MS sequencing to amino acid analysis and D/L-isomer verification.

Malte Hübschen of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) discusses an automated gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) workflow that improves phthalate detection in tricky oils with LCGC International.

Kinjal Bhatt says belonging comes from team culture, not headcount, while Ina Varfaj's goal as her lab's only woman is making sure she isn't the last.

Liquid chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC–IMS–HRMS) shows elephant seal pups carry more PFAS than their mothers do.

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and omics profiling distinguish duck and goose foie gras composition.

This week's Chromatography Online highlights include olive waste antioxidant recovery, food and tea analysis, EV isolation, mRNA vaccine purification, perfusion chromatography for oligonucleotides, mass spectrometry in teaching and career advice from “Women in Chromatography.”

Kinjal Bhatt and Ina Varfaj call AI a chromatography equalizer only if training and access keep pace, framing the risk as implementation, not technology.

In part 1 of "Conversations with Michael Dong," LCGC column editor Michael Dong explains basic drugs and why most drugs are basic rather than acidic.