The 20th International GC×GC Symposium
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The 20th edition of the International GC×GC Symposium will take place from 28 May–1 June 2023, and will be held in Canmore, Alberta in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Recent developments in GC×GC technology means it has never been easier to get started in this field. The conference starts with introductory and advanced GC×GC courses on Sunday afternoon, and technical content kicks off on Monday morning with the GC×GC Scientific Achievement Award from Ralf Zimmermann. The John B. Philips Award Lecture will be given on Tuesday by Chadin Kulsing. Plenary lectures will be given by Lourdes Ramos on nontarget analysis for persistent organic pollutants by GC×GC, Court Sandau on the use of GC×GC in environmental and forensic science, and Lenny Kouwenhoven, who will describe the first results on a new ASTM D8396 method for petroleum characterization by GC×GC. The rest of the technical programme features talks and posters, covering a range of GC×GC topics including fundamentals and instrumentation, applications in metabolomics, environmental analysis, forensics, foods and natural products, new data processing tools and chemometrics, as well as seminars from leading vendors. For details on registration, discussion sessions, the social programme, and more go to: www.gcxgc-symposium.com.
Analytical Challenges in Measuring Migration from Food Contact Materials
November 2nd 2015Food contact materials contain low molecular weight additives and processing aids which can migrate into foods leading to trace levels of contamination. Food safety is ensured through regulations, comprising compositional controls and migration limits, which present a significant analytical challenge to the food industry to ensure compliance and demonstrate due diligence. Of the various analytical approaches, LC-MS/MS has proved to be an essential tool in monitoring migration of target compounds into foods, and more sophisticated approaches such as LC-high resolution MS (Orbitrap) are being increasingly used for untargeted analysis to monitor non-intentionally added substances. This podcast will provide an overview to this area, illustrated with various applications showing current approaches being employed.
Analysis of Pesticides in Foods Using GC–MS/MS: An Interview with José Fernando Huertas-Pérez
December 16th 2024In this LCGC International interview with José Fernando Huertas-Pérez who is a specialist in chemical contaminants analytics and mitigation at the Nestlé Institute for Food Safety and Analytical Sciences at Nestlé Research in Switzerland, In this interview we discuss his recent research work published in Food Chemistry on the subject of a method for quantifying multi-residue pesticides in food matrices using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (GC–MS/MS) (1).
Using Chromatography to Study Microplastics in Food: An Interview with Jose Bernal
December 16th 2024LCGC International sat down with Jose Bernal to discuss his latest research in using pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS) and other chromatographic techniques in studying microplastics in food analysis.
The Use of SPME and GC×GC in Food Analysis: An Interview with Giorgia Purcaro
December 16th 2024LCGC International sat down with Giorgia Purcaro of the University of Liege to discuss the impact that solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) is having on food analysis.
