Gas Chromatography

In 2014, The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards recognized our new and simplified EZGC® method development software. Here, we explore the complex roots that led to its creation.

My love of biology, mass spectrometry and computer programming has led me down an uncommonly rewarding path of discovery and innovation. Here, I share some of my story and look towards the horizon of my exciting and ever-changing field.

How can a metrology project to measure zero help in the goal of cleaner air?

Sons and daughters; love and lemur scent

As associate scientific director of Nutritional Chemistry and Food Safety at Covance Laboratories, Katerina Mastovska must tackle the most challenging analytical questions. And she loves every second.

As new technology platforms push us to the limits of what’s possible, the metabolomics community is closing in on the future of the field: routine and rapid quantitative analysis.

Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) is a step up from standard GC and involves connecting two distinct columns each possessing stationary phases with different selectivities to achieve high resolving power.

Recently, a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) detector for gas chromatography (GC) was introduced into the market, taking a top five spot in The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2014 in the process.

My group is working on several new things for GC×GC right now.

Ahead of ISCC & GC×GC 2015 symposium, we bring together a posse of multidimensional ranchers for a glimpse of what’s going on in the field – and what to expect at the Texan conference.