Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2026 - Programme

The biennial conference is organized by Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in cooperation with Czech Chemical Society and Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry. It is organized as a meeting of the scientists from the universities, academic institutes and experts from the routine analytical laboratories.

The scientific programme of the conference highlights the latest advances in analytical chemistry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, microextraction, multidimensional separations, and data-driven analytical workflows. Participants can look forward to plenary lectures from internationally recognized experts, specialized sessions covering LC-MS, GC×GC, SFC-MS, MALDI-MS, capillary electrophoresis, and multiomics, as well as poster sessions, vendor presentations, and networking events connecting academic researchers with industry professionals.

Registration

👉Register for the conference HERE

• Conference Fees: 6.000,- CZK / 250 EUR  without VAT
• Deadline for registration is May 31st, 2026.

Programme

Monday 15th June 2026, Fort Science

14:00 - 17:30 Registration, individual arrival of participants and accommodation

16:00 - 16:15 Opening of the conference, presentation of official representatives of the conference partners

• Foreword: Petr Bednář

16:15 - 17:15 Plenary Lecture: Metabolomics and Lipidomics in Biomedical Research

• Michael Laemmerhofer

17:30 - ??? Welcome party + banquet

Tuesday 16th June 2026

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)

9:00 – 9:30 Breaking boundaries in natural product analysis with SFC-MS

• Lucie Nováková

9:30 – 10:00 Data science-assisted method development for on-line supercritical fluid extraction – chromatography

• Kevin Schug

10:00 – 10:20 Predicting Chromatographic Retention Times: Descriptor Choice, Feature Selection, and QSAR Interpretation

• Roman Szucs

10:20 – 10:40 Development of Novel Calibration Methods and Their Application to the Chromatographic Determination of Bisphenols

• Paweł Świt

10:40 – 11:00 Applications of online SFE – SFC: A Powerful Tool for Small Molecule Extraction and Analysis

• Kevin Schug (Shimadzu)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Enantioselective Ion Pairing Systems, my 50 years of Contribution

• Wolfgang Lindner 

12:00 - 12:30 The future of multimodal chiral stationary phases

• Michal Kohout

12:30 - 12:50 Analytical Challenges in the Development of Voclosporin HPLC methods : Application of High Temperature Liquid Chromatography in pharmaceutical analysis

• Pavel Blatný (TAPI Czech Industries s.r.o.) 

13:10 - 13:30 Next-Gen Zwitterionic HILIC: Particle Morphology Matters

• Petra Lewits (Merck)

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00 - 16:30 Poster session I (even poster numbers) and coffee break (Faculty of Science, foyer, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)

16:30 - 17:00 Quantification of polyethylene in compostable plastic formulations by analytical pyrolysis-based methods with split modulation

• Marco Mattonai

17:00 - 17:30 Untargeted Analysis of a Late Classic Period Maya Femur by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GCxGC)

• Petr Vozka

17:30 - 17:50 Theoretical Decomposition and Practical Mitigation of Matrix Effects in Quantitative LC–MS Calibration

• Ivan Petřík 

17:50 - 18:10 Feed Injection-Enabled 2D-LC/MS for Enhanced Analyses of Lipophilic Drug Formulations

• Daniel Foshag (Agilent Technologies)

18:10 - 18:30 Modern approach for analytical and preparative liquid chromatography by ECOM manufacturer

• Ondřej Kuchler (ECOM) 

18:30 - 19:30 Dinner (university cafeteria)
 

Wednesday 17th June 2026

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)

9:00 – 9:30 The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Solving Contemporary Challenges in Biomethane Plants

• Justyna Płotka-Wasylka

9:30 – 10:00 Centrifugation-assisted micro-extraction using functionalized glass beads for rapid HPLC analysis

•  František Švec

10:00 – 10:20 A Simple Microextraction Technique: PT-µSPE

• Massoud Kaykhaii

10:20 – 10:40 LC-MS/MS Salicylate Profiling in Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants under Infection with Pathogens of Different Lifestyles

• Jitka Široká

10:40 – 11:00 Chromline: Performance & Innovation

• Štěpán Dostál (Chromservis)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Rational approaches to MALDI-MS matrix design

• Hans-Dieter Junker

12:00 - 12:30 Multiomics in Laboratory Medicine

• David Friedecký

12:30 - 12:50 Back to the Old Masters of Lacquerware: Classification of Asian Lacquers Using Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry

• Vojtěch Zemek

12:50 - 13:10 Using Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry with an Electrostatic Linear Ion Trap for the Analysis of Viral Vectors and Large Protein Complexes

• Alex Muck (Waters)

13:10 - 13:30 Pioneering 4D Multiomics and Functional Proteomics/Matbolomics 2.0

• Daniel Vláčil (Bruker)

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00 - 18:00 Social/sport event

19:00 - ??? Social dinner (Faculty of Science, foyer, 6th floor)

Thursday 18th June 2026

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)

9:00 – 9:30 Capillary Electrophoresis - Mass Spectrometry for the characterization of proteoforms on the intact level

• Christian Neusüß

9:30 – 10:00 Investigation of acid-base and electromigration properties of biopeptides by capillary electrophoresis

• Václav Kašička

10:00 – 10:20 FromTissue to Single Cells: Targeted Hormonomics in Root Protoplasts

• Ondřej Novák

10:20 – 10:40 Three-level Microfluidic Architecture as a Framework for Modular Analytical Instrumentation

• Kateryna Trach

10:40 – 11:00 Optimizing Gradient Conditions in Comprehensive 2D Liquid Chromatography: A Comparison of Chromatographic Response Functions

• Petr Česla

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Open-source capillary electrophoresis - democratizing separation science: Design principles and practical implementations from our laboratory

• Petr Kubáň

12:00 - 12:30 Analysis of biomedical, environmental and pharmaceutical samples by microchip electrophoresis

• Marián Masár

12:30 - 13:00 UV-LED coupling for high-sensitivity glycan analysis in commercial capillary electrophoresis system

• Jana Lavická

13:30 - 14:00 Closing of the conference and farewell drink (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor)

14: 00 - 15:00     Lunch

Sponsors & Partners

Organizers

• Department of Analytical chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University
• Faculty of Science, Palacky University

Co-organizers

• ARTECA
• Fort Science
• SMALT
• OSCHE ČSCH
• Czech Chemical Society (ČSCH)
• Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS) 
• LabRulez

Sponsors

• Altium International s.r.o. (HPST)
• Alven Laboratories
• AMEDIS
• Bruker
• GALOCHROM
• Chromservis
• Metrohm Česká republika
• Merck
• ECOM
• Phenomenex
• Pragolab
• Shimadzu Handels GmbH
• TAPI
• Teva
• Waters Gesellschaft m.b.H.
• Watrex