6 May 2015 Issue

Look inside for practical advice on separation science and thought–provoking commentary.

HPLC 2015 Preview

A preview of HPLC 2015, which will be held from 21–25 June at the International Conference Center (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Spotlight on the 2015 Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award winner

This year, we are pleased to honour an outstanding chromatographer, Caroline West, as the winner of the 2015 LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award.

Identifying trace-level fungicides in wine with SPME and GCxGC–TOF-MS

This article describes the use of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC–TOF-MS) for the detection of trace-level fungicides and compounds responsible for undesirable attributes known as “organoleptic faults” in wine.

Novel strategies for biopharmaceutical purification

José Paulo Mota from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FCT-UNL) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (IBET), Portugal, has been working on the development of chromatographic techniques to speed up the purification of biopharmaceuticals, specifically adenoviruses. Bethany Degg of The Column spoke to him about his work.