November 18th 2024
A series of lectures focusing on emerging analytical techniques used to analyse food contamination took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic. The session included new approaches for analysing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAS), Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH), and short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs and MCCPs).
Investigating PFAS in Plastic Food Storage Bags Using LC–MS/MS
May 3rd 2024Yelena Sapozhnikova from the United States Department of Agriculture spoke to The Column about her innovative research investigating PFAS in plastic food storage bags using targeted and non-targeted liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry.
Vitamin D Determination Tested Using Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry
May 2nd 2024Scientists from Hangzhou Medical College recently recorded the effectiveness of novel quality control strategies for the determination of vitamin D using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS).
High-Throughput 4D TIMS Method Accelerates Lipidomics Analysis
April 25th 2024Ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) had been previously proposed for untargeted lipidomics analysis, but this updated approach was reported by the authors to reduce run time to 4 min.