LCGC International spoke with Diane C. Turner PhD FRSC, Jacqui Hamilton and Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay on their experiences as women in the chromatography world. The dialogue touched upon themes such as career challenges unique to women in the field and the importance of mentorship. Women in Chromatography Roundtable
In GC-MS, library integrity has massively evolved compared to 25 years ago. In those times the NBS library had 72000 compounds, this was superseded by a Wiley library of 230000 compounds in the late 90’s that for the first time contained multiple synonyms, greatly helping identifications. NIST libraries became mainstream around the year 2002 and are re-issued every three years.
Dr Diane Turner was interviewed by Daisy Clifford at EasyFairs who run Lab Innovations for their newsletter, about the future of Anthias, the significance of our Lab Award and much more. Read here!
Interviewed by Harriet Gould from the Royal Society of Chemistry for the Lab Matters podcast Dr Diane Turner divulges her many hobbies including car racing and swimming judging as well as her extensive career.
Would you believe that only a small percentage of GC and GC-MS instruments are used to their full capabilities? This is the same for the data analysis systems.
In the Sample Introduction section of our Complete GC & GC-MS course we highlight the importance of selecting the correct liner style for the injection type that you are going to perform. Here are some of the questions to ask.
Modern autosamplers have become much more versatile and sophisticated than their original antecedents, so that they are not merely a device for replacing manual injection, they can now offer many options and improvements to the introduction of liquid and gaseous sample aliquots into a gas chromatograph. However, as with most analytical equipment, each function needs fine tuning to produce the best results.
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