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November 2017
Welcome to our November issue! In Upfront, we discover how fingerprints could be the key to drug detection, look at thermoconductivity at an atomic level, and find out how GC-MS helped age a whisky in six days. In Features we meet the team behind μPAC technology team PharmaFluidics, and delve into our planet’s history with Kirsty Penkman. In My Views tackle clinical applications and reproducibility, and finally, We Sit Down With Power list superstar, Gert Desmet, who tells us about his dreams – and why he loves pushing things to the limits…
On the Dating Scene
November 16, 2017
Kirsty Penkman combines analytical science, archaeology, earth science, and oceanography to delve into the history of our planet. Here, she describes her work in amino acid dating, and tells us why understanding the Earth’s past helps us prepare for what’s to come.
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μPAC in Practice
November 16, 2017
By Pat Sandra, Emeritus Professor, Organic Chemistry, Ghent University; Founder and President, Research Institute for Chromatography, Kortrijk, Belgium.
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Realizing Great Vision - in a Material World
November 16, 2017
An interview with Wim De Malsche, co-founder, CTO and Director at PharmaFluidics, and Associate Professor at VUB, Belgium.
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News and Research
News and Research
Technology
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Pharma and Biopharma
Mass Spectrometry
Chromatography Peaks in Silicon Valley
November 16, 2017
When is a column not a column? We tell the story behind PharmaFluidics – “The micro-Chip Chromatography Company” – and see what’s on the near horizon for µPAC technology.
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Continuous Headspace Analysis Using SIFT-MS
November 16, 2017
A powerful probe of dynamic processes
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Don’t Forget the Filter
November 16, 2017
Paying attention to the finer points of filtration in sample preparation ahead of HPLC analyses can help avoid simple mistakes that lead to unnecessary downtime and a loss of productivity.
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Blade Stunner
November 16, 2017
How a Graham Cooks lecture, a good knowledge of SPME technology, and the hunt for better direct sample introduction into mass spectrometry led us to a simple solution with surprising performance: coated blade spray.
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Bringing Order to Chromatography
November 16, 2017
Sitting Down With... Gert Desmet, Full Professor and Department Head, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
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Don’t Hold Your Breath
November 15, 2017
Clinical use of GC-ion mobility spectrometry has great potential, but major hurdles lie ahead
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Move Out of the Tunnel… and Into the Light!
November 15, 2017
When it comes to glaucoma care, metabolomics could well be the future
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Who’s to Blame for the Reproducibility Crisis?
November 15, 2017
The lack of reproducibility in science has reached epidemic proportions. How did it come to this? And how can we regain our credibility?
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Coming of Age
November 15, 2017
“Aged” spirit made in six days – with the help of GC-MS – rated in the top five percent of whiskies worldwide
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Fit for Print
November 15, 2017
What if testing for drug use was as quick and easy as taking someone’s fingerprints?
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Bringing Power to the Classroom
November 15, 2017
Putting a fresh spin on undergraduate literature reviews, with a little help from our Power List
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Trip of a Lifetime
November 15, 2017
Following phonons to understand thermoconductivity in complex materials
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(S)POC Analysis: “Highly Logical, Captain.”
November 15, 2017
When will low-cost diagnostics beam up?
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Fighting Fake Pharma
October 13, 2017
The Humanity in Science Award 2017 goes to a pharmacist tackling substandard medicines
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