The 20th International GC×GC Symposium
The Three Sisters - A Spring sunset view of The Three Sisters mountain, seen from town of Canmore, Alberta, Canada | Image Credit: © Sean Xu - stock.adobe.com
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.
Inside the Laboratory: The Richardson Group at the University of South Carolina
November 20th 2024In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Susan Richardson of the University of South Carolina discusses her laboratory’s work with using electron ionization and chemical ionization with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) to detect DBPs in complex environmental matrices, and how her work advances environmental analysis.
Critical Role of Oligonucleotides in Drug Development Highlighted at EAS Session
November 19th 2024A Monday session at the Eastern Analytical Symposium, sponsored by the Chinese American Chromatography Association, explored key challenges and solutions for achieving more sensitive oligonucleotide analysis.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Cutting-Edge Chromatography Techniques for Food Safety and Food Analysis
November 18th 2024An illuminating session focusing on progress in analytical techniques used in food analysis took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, The Czech Republic, including a talk on the analysis of 1000 toxins in 10 minutes.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Contemporary Food Contamination Analysis Using Chromatography
November 18th 2024A 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).
