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10 December 2015 |

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LCGC TV: Robert T. Kennedy, Part 4: Analytical Chemists in the Field of Metabolomics
In this video, Robert T. Kennedy of the University of Michigan discusses the challenges of metabolomics – coping with data overload, dealing with small amounts of sample, and improving analysis through derivatization. He also talks about what it's like to be an analytical chemist in a biologist's world, and convincing the “omics” community of the importance of chromatography. |
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 Photo Credit:Francesco Nacchia/EyeEm/Getty Images |
Environmental Forensics in the Workplace
Populations worldwide are exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that can be harmful to human health. The Column spoke to David Megson from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, about recent developments in assessing human exposure to PCBs and chiral enantiomer fractions (EFs) in the workplace. |
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 Photo Credit: Chico Sanchez/Getty Images |
UHPLC for Queen Bees
Bees are vital to our food chain through their pollination of key crops. However, numbers are seriously declining as a result of climate change, changing land usage, and the use of pesticides. The role of the queen bee in the colony is also of great importance to the survival of the group. |
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