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16 July 2015

The LCGC Blog: Eight Steps to Better Results from Solid-Phase Extraction
If you use SPE in your work, then most likely it's very important to the success of your applications, and its proper implementation will be key to the performance of your analyses. In an effort to help you develop a better understanding of the technique, LCGC blogger Tony Taylor offers eight steps to solid-phase extraction success.
10th Balaton Symposium
The 10th Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods will be held on September 2-4, 2015 in the Hotel Azúr, in  Siófok, Hungary.
The series of Balaton Symposia has grown to one of the major separation science events in Central Europe. Biannually, it brings together separation scientists and friends from all over the world. See you in Siófok at the 10th Balaton Symposium.
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Luigi Mondello on 2D GC In Food Analysis
Comprehensive gas chromatography (GC) was introduced more than two decades ago, but is still considered to be a novel technique. Luigi Mondello from the University of Messina, Italy, talks about why this is the case and what it will take for it to become more widely used.
RAFA Event Preview
The 7th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2015) will take place at the Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic, on 3–6 November 2015.
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Interview: Spotlight on SFC
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has experienced a recent surge in popularity. Gilles Goetz, a Principal Scientist at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut, USA, is doing some interesting work in non-traditional uses of SFC and recently spoke to us about his research.
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News: UHPSFC–MS Analysis of Complex Lipid Samples
Researchers at the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic have developed a high-throughput ultrahigh-performance supercritical fluid chromatography–mass spectrometry (UHPSFC–MS) method that can analyze lipidomic samples in as little as 6 min.
New ACE 1.7µm Advanced Selectivity UHPLC Phases
ACE Advanced Selectivity Phases offer chromatographers an extremely powerful tool for UHPLC method development and are now available with ultra-inert, high efficiency 1.7µm particles. These phases offer chromatographers greater choice for alternative selectivity, without compromising stability or robustness. Available 1.7µm phases include ACE SuperC18, C18-AR, C18-PFP, C18-Amide, CN-ES and C18 and all phases are fully scalable with existing 2, 3, 5 and 10µm particle sizes.
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Slideshow: The Top 10 HPLC and UHPLC Column Myths
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines a myth as “an ill-founded belief held uncritically, especially by an interested group”. Could that group be misinformed chromatographers? Find out by clicking through “The Top 10 HPLC and UHPLC Column Myths” slideshow!
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Biochromatography: The New Frontier in Chromatography?
Incognito has witnessed the rise of biochromatography and it looks exciting!
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