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<p><strong>Christmas is approaching and with it the time when we look back on what we have achieved and reflect on the challenges that await us. In this Christmas atmosphere, the CEO of </strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://watrex.com/"><strong>Watrex Praha</strong></a><strong>, Marek Minárik, gave us an interview, and together we looked back on the year 2024, which was full of new projects and unexpected challenges. Mr. Minárik shared with us not only his private and professional challenges and successes, but also his Christmas traditions, the values that he shares with his loved ones during this festive season, and what plans his team has for the new year. Let yourself be inspired by a look behind the scenes of the management of a Czech company combining science, innovation, and the Christmas atmosphere.</strong></p><h5><strong>What was 2024 like for you and Watrex?</strong></h5><p>I would probably call it a time of endings and new revolutionary beginnings.</p><h5><strong>And what do you mean by that?</strong></h5><p>For me, personally, it was the year when I successfully completed my 2-year MBA at the University of New York in Prague at the beginning of the summer. Sitting back in the classroom after almost 25 years, with classmates 10 and even 20 years younger, was a truly interesting life experience. And I'm not talking about the final graduation in the classic American style with throwing square caps in the air. And in autumn I got married .. for the second time i&lt;n my life and certainly the last time ... and it was an unforgettable event ...</p><p>And as for Watrex, this year we managed to successfully complete the development of a very unique microfluidic separation platform and we also launched the development of a laboratory robotic station, which we are convinced has no direct equivalent on the market. The microfluidic system was the result of a large TAČR KAPPA grant project, where we, together with colleagues from the Norwegian Research Center SINTEF (the project was financed by Norwegian funds) and the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, developed a miniaturized version of our patented <strong>REPETTO™</strong> technology based on recycling chromatography. On the other hand, we are developing the pipetting robot (called <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1279"><strong>xTrovert™ FLEX-O™</strong></a>) entirely on our own. It is a unique benchtop laboratory system for high-capacity automation of sample pretreatment using solidphase extraction.</p><p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Watrex_Praha_Christmas_Interview_with_Watrex_CEO_doc_RN_Dr_Marek_Minarik_Ph_D_MBA_d6d2d440e5.jpg" alt="Watrex Praha: Christmas Interview with Watrex CEO doc. RNDr. Marek Minárik Ph.D., MBA" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Watrex_Praha_Christmas_Interview_with_Watrex_CEO_doc_RN_Dr_Marek_Minarik_Ph_D_MBA_d6d2d440e5.jpg 245w," sizes="100vw" width="1600" height="943"></p><h5><strong>Interesting, so what was the biggest success and what are you most proud of?</strong></h5><p>Probably the biggest success was that after an incredible development sprint, we already had the first prototype of xTrovert in April, which we first showed at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/295"><strong>Analytika exhibition in Munich</strong></a> and then presented at <strong>the TIDES USA conference in Boston</strong> in May, and it was a phenomenal success. It turned out that we have a truly unique product that has great potential for automating the purification of oligonucleotide synthesis products. It has recently been one of the fastest growing tools in the pharmaceutical industry. Let's remember, for example, that the vaccines that saved the world in the COVID-19 pandemic were based on the principle of synthetic mRNA. And last but not least, we won an award at the domestic LABOREXPO exhibition in June for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/products/1279"><strong>xTrovert™ FLEX-O™</strong></a> ... that's always a pleasure.</p><p>A great success was also obtaining support for a new grant project, where we are part of a top scientific consortium together with researchers from the Academy of Sciences in Brno and Charles University in Hradec Králové within the Programme (OP JAK) - Intersectoral Cooperation.</p><p>And I am proud of all my colleagues in the company who have contributed to the successes this year and continue to contribute. It is the result of a joint effort from technical and design development, testing and production through application development in the laboratory, but also administrative support and, last but not least, excellent marketing.</p><h5><strong>Now let's get to the topic of the upcoming Christmas. Do you have any Christmas traditions within Watrex?</strong></h5><p>You know, my dad (<strong>Ing. Milan Minárik</strong>, founder of the company [editor's note]) always had Watrex as his extended family and for Christmas he always based his time on two traditional events, the first of which was a pre-Christmas skiing trip in the Alps and the second a Christmas party, which he called a besídka. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to go to that skiing trip for several years (and it's mainly my fault, of course), but we always have a Christmas “besídka", often with surprises and gifts.</p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1786/1176;" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Watrex_Praha_Milan_Minarik_a_Marek_Minarik_4505e55e67/Watrex-Praha-Milan-Minarik-a-Marek-Minarik.webp" alt="Watrex Praha: Milan Minárik and Marek Minárik" srcset="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/thumbnail_Watrex_Praha_Milan_Minarik_a_Marek_Minarik_4505e55e67/thumbnail_Watrex-Praha-Milan-Minarik-a-Marek-Minarik.webp 237w," sizes="100vw" width="1786" height="1176"></figure><h5><strong>Before Christmas, many companies have a tradition of giving out or sending gifts with their logos to customers. What is your opinion on this tradition and do you also follow it?</strong></h5><p>I remember the nineties, when “promotional items” were an integral part of trade fairs and (pre-)Christmas gifts to customers. We gave up on this a long time ago, because most planners, gift boxes with pens or envelope openers ended up at the bottom of drawers or straight in the trash. But as time goes on and the world increasingly moves into the abstract digital space, we thought that suddenly real things take on a new meaning. So two years ago, we returned to sending out (or personally delivering) a company calendar to customers. It wasn't just any "readymade" calendar, it was created for us by the great Czech photographer Marek Schmied, and this year we have a calendar created with Czech landscapes by photographers.</p><h5><strong>Is there a Christmas moment or story that you remember fondly?</strong></h5><p>I remembered Christmas in 2017. At that time, we had a project in which, together with colleagues from the Institute of Informatics and Chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Technology, we were building a database of Czech beers, based on profiling the composition of maltooligosaccharides, which are formed during beer fermentation (it was a kind of beer fingerprinting). We had a refrigerator in the laboratory full of different types of beers, and at that time I was also the reporter of the Competence Center focused on improving brewing raw materials and products, and I had completed a crash course in sensory evaluation of beer. So we thought that as part of the Christmas party, we would hold a competition in recognizing different types of beers from the collection that we had amassed at that time. It was great fun and the biggest fun was that in the end, the holiday beer drinkers (or rather beer drinking women) did the best in the competition, while we "beer connoisseurs" pretty much failed.</p><h5><strong>How are you doing with work before Christmas? Do your customers shop more or less before Christmas?</strong></h5><p>We don't offer any seasonal products, but we see a certain increase in sales (at home and abroad) in the last months of the year as a result of our customers drawing down allocated funds, for example within the framework of grant projects.</p><h5><strong>Do you manage to "switch off" from work matters during the holidays? What helps you switch off from work during the holidays the most?</strong></h5><p>Not at all, but my work pace definitely slows down a bit. There is nothing more beautiful than enjoying the magical silence of empty offices, laboratories and workshops in the glow of candles and Christmas decorations in the period between holidays …</p><h5><strong>Christmas is a time when we reflect on values. What values are important to you in your personal life and business?</strong></h5><p>I value tolerance, sincerity and empathy for others as the greatest values in people. This empathy is related to the ability to not only think about your own needs and to be ready to forgive others. At work, I really enjoy working with people who use their brains, I love logical thinking, when problems or situations in general are solved analytically by gradually moving from one state to another. That is why I am also happy that we do interesting projects, develop and offer technically or applicationally interesting products and services. Fields like finance, where nothing new is created except money, would not satisfy me.</p><h5><strong>What are your plans at Watrex in the short and long term?</strong></h5><p>I would like us to start mass production of our robotic systems next year and I would be very happy if we also do well in the new grant project. And if I had to look further ahead, I would like us to establish ourselves more significantly abroad. I have a dream that our product will be the market leader in at least a certain market segment. As Czechs, we certainly have the potential to succeed in the world of technical products, look at what my great role model Martin Wichterle is doing at Wiko.</p><h5><strong>If you could have one Christmas wish, what would it be?</strong></h5><p>Let us be happy and healthy, let us do the best we can for others, and let the joy and happiness we cause be the best reward for us. Let us love our loved ones, acquaintances and strangers, and let us believe that the world around us is not nearly as bad as we might think. But above all, let us believe (and if we can, let us help to achieve it ourselves) in the victory of the civilized world over the Russian barbarian world in the struggle that is still taking place so menacingly close to us.</p>

Christmas Interview with Watrex CEO doc. RNDr. Marek Minárik Ph.D., MBA

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The Multidimensional Chromatography (MDC) Workshop

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<p><strong>The first in this series, brought to you by our GC gas product expert, Dr. Ed Connor, will cover Precision SL&#39;s industry-leading small size and how it can benefit your lab&#39;s workflow and will take place on Wednesday, 28th of July at 09.30 (GMT+1).</strong></p>
<p>The webinar will be followed by a live Q &amp; A session for any questions you may have about Precision SL or lab gas generators in general.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Dr Ed. Connor (Product Manager, Peak Scientific)</strong></p>
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<p>joined Peak Scientific in February 2013 as a GC product specialist and now functions as a Product Manager. He has been working on a number of collaborative projects with Peak customers and the major instrument manufacturers worldwide. The main focus of these collaborations has been to look at conversion from helium to hydrogen or nitrogen carrier gas for GC applications but he has also worked on ELSD nitrogen gas solutions and nitrogen generators for LC-MS instruments. Prior to joining Peak, Ed completed his Dr.Sc. at ETH Zurich in 2007 using GC-MS to look at herbivore induced plant volatiles and their interaction with beneficial insects. He then joined the University of Zurich where his work focussed primarily on floral volatile analysis using a variety of volatile collection methods, GC-MS and GC-FID.</p>
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Peak Scientific: Streamline your GC-FID analysis with Precision SL

Streamline your GC-FID analysis with Precision SL

<p><strong>Bulk gas supply in the form of liquid nitrogen dewars and cylinders present laboratories with safety risks stemming from the frequent need to handle and manage gas supplies. Laboratory staff are at risk of injury every time they need to move a gas cylinder and a leak from bulk storage can result in the development of a potentially deadly atmosphere.</strong></p>
<p>Flammable gases such as hydrogen present additional risks of fire or explosion, which need to be addressed through safe gas handling, storage and detection in the laboratory, increasing the cost of their use.</p>
<h3><strong>Attend this webinar to learn about:</strong></h3>
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<li>General gas cylinder safety tips</li>
<li>Risks associated with bulk gas supply</li>
<li>The risks of using nitrogen and hydrogen in the laboratory</li>
<li>Benefits of using a gas generator to supply nitrogen and/or   hydrogen</li>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Dr. Ed Connor (Product Manager, PEAK Scientific)</strong></p>
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Unsplash/Julia Lobkova: Gas Safety in Your Laboratory

Gas Safety in Your Laboratory

<p><strong>There is a general perception that gas chromatography (GC) and the various forms of detection that are used with this technique have developed to the point where it is now a “mature” technology, but GC practitioners know that there are many new challenges to face and that new solutions are required to overcome longstanding issues.</strong></p>
<p>This virtual symposium, organized by the Chromatographic Society (ChromSoc) and LCGC, will focus on areas of GC where the sample complexity, the requirements for highly accurate measurements, the sensitivity requirements imposed by regulators, and the need to push scientific discovery force GC users to look with fresh eyes on this supposedly “mature” technique. The highly respected international speakers will bring a fresh perspective on almost every aspect of GC in the vapour phase and the virtual symposium will maintain the high reputation that this bi-annual meeting has established over many years.</p>
<h3><strong>Key Learning Objectives:</strong></h3>
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<li>Modern approaches to achieving ultratrace detection limits in GC and GC–MS are revealed</li>
<li>The use of GC and GCxGC with high-resolution MS for complex sample screening will be discussed</li>
<li>Learn about advanced techniques for sample preparation and enrichment for qualitative and quantitative analysis</li>
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<h3><strong>Who Should Attend:</strong></h3>
<p>Anyone working with GC who wants to understand the very latest approaches to achieving ultratrace analyte quantitation, sample preparation, and enrichment for complex matrices and reducing error in quantitative GC analysis.</p>
<h3><strong>Agenda:</strong></h3>
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<li><p><strong>12pm BST = 7am EDT Symposium Introduction</strong> (Tony Taylor, Arch Sciences Group, UK)</p>
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<li><p><strong>12:30pm BST = 7:30am EDT High Resolution GC–MS and GC×GC–MS with Advanced Data Processing for Investigative Compositional Analysis</strong> (Hans-Gerd Janssen, Unilever and Wageningen University, The Netherlands)</p>
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<h4><strong>Technology Session 1</strong></h4>
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<li><p><strong>1:10pm BST = 8:10am EDT Hydrogen Carrier Gas for Fast GC: Choosing the right setup for your GC</strong> (Ed Connor, Product Manager, PEAK Scientific)</p>
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<li><p><strong>1:25pm BST = 8:25am EDT Derivatization and Traceable Quantification—A Match Made in Hell?</strong> (Chris Hopley, LGC’s National Measurement Laboratory, UK)</p>
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<h4><strong>Technology Session 2</strong></h4>
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<li><p><strong>2:05pm BST = 9:05am EDT Low-Pressure Gas Chromatography (LPGC)–The Fast Way to Your Pesticide Analysis</strong> (Dr. Jana Hepner, Applications Scientist, Restek)</p>
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<li><p><strong>2.20pm BST = 9:20am EDT Meeting the Analytical Challenges of Environmental Monitoring for the Water Framework Directive: Quantifying a Drop (or Two) in the Ocean</strong> (John Quick, ALS Environmental, UK)</p>
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<h4><strong>Technology Session 3</strong></h4>
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<li><p><strong>3pm BST = 10am EDT VICI Fast Temperature Programmer Methods and Applications</strong> (Dale Ashworth, Product Manager Analytical Systems, VICI)</p>
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<li><p><strong>3:15pm BST = 10:15am EDT Is the E&amp;L Community Ready to Move Away from Conventional Large Volume Liquid–Liquid Extraction and Solvent Evaporation?</strong> (Mike Hodgson, Baxter, UK)</p>
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<h4><strong>Technology Session 4</strong></h4>
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<li><p><strong>3:55pm BST = 10:55am EDT Raise the Bar of Trace Analysis: Simultaneous high quality target and non-target data are within reach</strong> (Liz Humston-Fulmer, Application Chemist, LECO Corporation)</p>
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<li><p><strong>4:10pm EDT = 11:10am EDT Combining Automated Green and Exhaustive Enrichment Techniques with 1D GC–TOF–MS for Untargeted Aroma Profiling of Food/Beverages and Consumer Products in QA/QC Industrial Laboratories</strong> (Tatiana Cucu, Research Institute of Chromatography)</p>
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<li><p><strong>4:50pm BST = 11:50am EDT Technology Session 5</strong></p>
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<li><p><strong>5:05pm BST = 12:05pm EDT Technology Session 6</strong></p>
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<li><p><strong>5:20pm BST = 12:20pm EDT Panel Discussion</strong></p>
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ChromSoc: Advances in Gas Chromatography: A Virtual Symposium

Advances in Gas Chromatography: A Virtual Symposium

<p><strong><a href="https://gcms.cz/products?search=pegasus&amp;manufacturerItems=24&amp;instrumentationItems=3">LECO&#39;s Pegasus®</a> line is designed to take full advantage of the speed of TOFMS analyses without sacrificing the sensitivity you need, and our<a href="https://gcms.cz/library?search=+stayclean&amp;mainauthorItems=24"> StayClean®</a> Ion Source means you never have to slow down to clean out your engine.</strong></p>
<p>The advantages of helium as a carrier gas for mass spectrometers have long been known, but it is a limited natural resource with varied supplies and expenses. On the other hand, hydrogen gas generators can be installed in any lab for a constant supply and, conveniently, increased chromatographic speeds.</p>
<p>Join LECO&#39;s panel of experts for a one-day forum to discuss how to overcome the challenges of switching from helium to hydrogen, the analytical and business impacts of adding hydrogen generators to your lab, and how the resulting mass spectral profiles compare between helium and hydrogen gases.</p>
<h3><strong>Forum Talks</strong></h3>
<h4><strong>Fast GC/Hydrogen Method Transfer Overview &amp; Application Examples</strong></h4>
<p>Helium is a limited natural resource with huge variations in both supply and expense. At the same time, the advantages of hydrogen to achieve increased chromatographic throughput in GC applications is attractive. The transferral of methods to hydrogen carrier gas can be problematic due to limitations and challenges associated with some types of mass spectrometry technology used. In particular, the mass spectral quality and fragmentation, in comparison with that obtained using helium, as well system sensitivity and also, system robustness and acquisition rate are important factors which can differ and negatively affect results. In this study we have investigated the use of a particular type of GC-TOF-MS technology in regards to overcoming these issues. The method transfer approach, technology benefits, and application examples are presented.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Nick Jones an David Benanou</strong></p>
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<h4><strong>Flow Modulated Fast Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Combined With Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: A Comparison Between the use of Helium and Hydrogen as Carrier Gas</strong></h4>
<p>The present research is focused on the comparison between the use of hydrogen and helium carrier gases, within the context of flow-modulation fast comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. All experiments were carried out by using the following column set: low polarity with dimensions 10 m × 0.25 mm ID × 0.25 µm df and medium polarity with dimensions 2 m × 0.10 mm ID × 0.10 µm df. Fundamental gas chromatography parameters (efficiency, resolution) were measured under different experimental conditions, using the two carrier gases. Efficiency was measured in both the first (using C12 alkane) and second (using naphthalene) dimensions; after defining the optimum carrier gas conditions, a sample of diesel was analyzed, with the overall separation evaluated to make final conclusions on the analytical performances. Finally, a comparison was made between mass spectral profiles obtained analyzing fatty acid methyl esters and pesticides.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Peter Q. Tranchida and Luigi Mondello (University of Messina, Messina, Italy)</strong></p>
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<h4><strong>Switch to Fast GC Easily - Theory and Practice</strong></h4>
<p>There a number of ways that the analysis time can be reduced. It all depends on how well the components are separated in the present application. Most easy is to trade in some resolution for speed using higher gas velocities or using a shorter column. If the exact separation must be maintained, a choice has to be made between using hydrogen as carrier gas, or use a smaller ID capillary column (or a combination). What is important is that in the new method, the same chromatogram (and peak elution order) must be obtained. Using the EZGC method translator, you can simply calculate the oven program you need for that. Also, in the ProEZGC chromatogram modeler, you can see the impact of any changed parameter, just using your laptop.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Jaap de Zeeuw (Restek)</strong></p>
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<h4><strong>Advantages of Hydrogen Generators: Usage, Costs, and Safety Made Easy</strong></h4>
<p>Analytical laboratories use a variety of analytical techniques as part of their research and development and quality control of products. Many of these processes require high purity gases, many of which can be produced by gas generators. For a number of reasons, including safety, cost, convenience, and analytical throughput, more and more labs are abandoning hydrogen cylinders in favor of hydrogen gas generators to supply the gases they require for their analyses. During this session, Jean-Marie Casanova will cover analytical and business impacts about implementing Hydrogen gas generators in your lab.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Jean-Marie Casanova (Sales Director, F-DGSi)</strong></p>
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LECO: Designed for Speed: A Fast-GC Forum

Designed for Speed: A Fast-GC Forum

<p><strong>The second in this series, brought to you by our GC gas product expert, Dr. Ed Connor, will review Precision SL as a safe source of hydrogen and will cover all safety aspects of the Precision SL in your lab.</strong></p>
<p>The webinar will be followed by a live Q&amp;A session for any questions you may have about Precision SL or lab gas generators in general.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Dr. Ed Connor (Product Manager, Peak Scientific)</strong></p>
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Precision SL for GC-FID (POSTPONED)

Join us for a series of webinars on the latest technology for GC-FID gas supply, the Precision SL hydrogen gas generator from PEAK Scientific.

Precision SL for GC-FID

<p><strong>Helium shortages mean that laboratories will soon need a sustainable alternative to this non-renewable resource. Also, the struggle to maintain a consistent helium supply is causing a drop in productivity in many labs and the cost of helium continues to rise.</strong></p>
<p>Progressing to a more sustainable laboratory is possible by switching to a multi-gas system. Switching to hydrogen, for example, protects laboratories against future helium shortages and is more sustainable because high-purity hydrogen can be generated from water. Hydrogen offers faster chromatographic separations, shorter thermal desorption methods and lower-temperature separations than helium, drastically increasing laboratory throughput, extending consumables’ lifetimes and extending maintenance intervals. Hydrogen also produces the same high-quality data as helium but at a greatly reduced cost.</p>
<h3><strong>By attending the presentation you’ll learn about:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>The current situation with the global supply of helium</li>
<li>The benefits of using hydrogen as a carrier gas</li>
<li>Configuring thermal desorption–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analytical instrumentation to work safely with hydrogen as a carrier gas as well as with helium and nitrogen</li>
<li>The pros and cons of different hydrogen sources (bulk supply vs gas generator)</li>
<li>Common pitfalls when switching carrier gas and how to avoid them</li>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Ed Connor</strong></p>
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<p>joined PEAK Scientific in February 2013 as a GC product specialist and now functions as a Product Manager. He has been working on a number of collaborative projects with PEAK customers and the major LC-MS and GC instrument manufacturers worldwide. The main focus of these collaborations has been to look at conversion from helium to hydrogen or nitrogen carrier gas for GC applications but he has also worked on ELSD nitrogen gas solutions and nitrogen generators for LC-MS instruments.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Jessica Berger</strong></p>
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<p>graduated from the University of Glamorgan (now University of South Wales) with a BSc. degree in Chemistry. She joined Markes International in 2012 as an Inside Sales Specialist, before being promoted to Product Manager for the thermal desorption business unit. In this role, Jessica is responsible for both the introduction of new thermal desorption products, as well as the management of the exiting product line.</p>
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Pixabay/Andrew Martin: Moving Towards Sustainable Gas Chromatography Laboratories

Moving Towards Sustainable Gas Chromatography Laboratories

<p><strong>Don’t miss this opportunity to attend the Virtual Dioxins Summit.</strong></p>
<p>This one-day interactive online summit offers you valuable information for keeping up-to-date on the latest dioxin trends and developments in the field.</p>
<h5><strong>The Agilent Virtual Dioxins Summit offers:</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>An exciting meeting in a virtual environment, conducive to business, scientific, and social exchange</li>
<li>Access to both the fundamental and practical aspects of dioxin separation science, with the main focus on new and highly relevant trends emerging in this field for improvingd ioxin analysis</li>
<li>The opportunity to focus on the newest scientific trends and professional developments in dioxin analysis.</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>During the summit you will have the opportunity to:</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Listen to top leaders and application experts from the comfort of your home or office</li>
<li>Ask each speaker questions in the real-time Q&amp;A session following each broadcast</li>
<li>Visit our exhibition booths virtually through the online platform</li>
<li>Virtually meet, chat, and exchange ideas with all participants, as well as with Agilent experts</li>
</ul>
<p>We are pleased to share that the first talks and speakers have been confirmed for the Agilent Virtual Dioxins Summit.</p>
<p>More talks from top leaders will be confirmed soon- stay tuned.</p>
<p>This is a meeting for you – feel free to get involved, ask questions, make suggestions and be a part of the Agilent Dioxin Community.</p>
<p>Register today and stay up-to-date on the program.</p>
<p>We look forward to “seeing” you at this virtual event.</p>
<h3><strong>Program</strong></h3>
<h5><strong>09:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CEST Welcome and introduction</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Juan Aybar</strong> (EMEA Business Team Manager GC/GCMS, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CEST Introducing the Agilent Dioxin Workflow Kit for the Determination of PCDD and PCDF in Foods and Feeds</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Jörg Riener</strong> (GC and GC/MS Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CEST Implementation and Evaluation of Hydrogen as a GC carrier gas for the rapid analysis of PCDD/Fs using the novel High Efficiency Ion Source of the 7010 GC/QQQ</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Frank Neugebauer</strong> (Senior Scientist, Head of Special Parameter Unit, Eurofins GfA Lab Service, Hamburg, Germany)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CEST Helium – Global supply and viable alternatives for GC-MS analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Ed Connor</strong> (Product Manager, PEAK Scientific)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CEST Biomagnification and Temporal Trends of Legacy, New and Emerging POPs and Transformation Products in Baltic Sea Biota</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Peter Haglund</strong> (Professor of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Umeå University)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. CEST Recent advances in the routine analysis of Dioxins in food and environmental samples</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Robert (Bob) Symons</strong> (Regional Technical Manager, Eurofins Environment Testing Australia)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:30 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. CEST Break</strong></h5>
<h5><strong>01:30 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. CEST Introducing LCTech sample preparation workflow for optimal Dioxin sample handling from extraction to injection</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Angelika Köpf</strong> (LCTech GmbH)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>02:00 p.m. – 02:30 a.m. CEST Dioxin and furans analysis in GC-QTOF according with EPA Method 1613B/1994</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Nicole Canfora</strong> (LABORATORI CHIMICI “STANTE” SRL)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>02:30 a.m. – 03:00 p.m. CEST Agilent GC-QTOF workflow for EPA Method 1613B</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Marica Beggio</strong> (Product Specialist GC-GC/MS, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>03:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m. CEST Development of an Alternate Testing Protocol (ATP) to EPA1613B for Analysis of Dioxins in Wastewater using EI-GC/MS/MS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tarun Anumol</strong> (Director Global Environment &amp; Food Applied Markets, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>03:30 p.m. CEST Thank you and Good Bye</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lorenzo Gaddoni</strong> (EMEA Marketing Program Manager, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>


Agilent Technologies: Agilent Virtual Dioxins Summit

Agilent Virtual Dioxins Summit

This one-day interactive online summit offers you valuable information for keeping up-to-date on the latest dioxin trends and developments in the field.

<p><strong>Recent technological advancements have greatly expanded the options for high-quality mass spectrometry equipment. With significant progress in GC-MS, LC-MS, and gas generators, critical analyses can now be conducted with enhanced effectiveness and efficiency.</strong></p>
<p>Join our technical webinar to gain a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge MS equipment and the latest innovations in utilizing hydrogen as a carrier gas. Discover the advancements, including Agilent&#39;s quadrupole time-of-flight LC-MS and PEAK Scientific&#39;s nitrogen gas generator, designed to optimize competitiveness and productivity in your analytical workflows.</p>
<h5>Attend this webinar to:</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Learn about why there is a huge drive to switch to hydrogen as a carrier gas for GC</strong></li>
<li><strong>Discover how to achieve time-saving efficiencies and meet future challenges with instrument intelligence using the latest quadrupole time-of-flight LC-MS</strong></li>
<li><strong>Understand how a gas generator can save you time and money as well as improve your lab’s sustainability</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>1. Novel Mass Spectrometry Technologies Expand Future of Biomarker Discovery Research</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Diane Turner (Director and Senior Consultant, Anthias Consulting Ltd)</li>
</ul>
<p>Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instruments are used for a wide variety of critical analyses and presents a topic of growing importance as the industry collectively moves away from helium as a carrier gas due to availability and pricing to suitable alternatives such as hydrogen.</p>
<p>In this webinar, Dr. Diane Turner from Anthias Consulting Ltd will focus on the innovations around using hydrogen as a carrier gas and explore the associated benefits as well as address the challenges involved.</p>
<h5>In his talk, she will cover:</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Why there is a huge drive to switch to hydrogen as a carrier gas for GC</strong></li>
<li><strong>The associated benefits and negatives of using hydrogen</strong></li>
<li><strong>A ‘to do’ list of parameters to re-optimize when switching to hydrogen</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>2. Be Ready for Future Challenges With an Intelligent LC-MS Solution</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Christian Klein (Product Manager LC/Q-TOF and IM-QTOF, Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
<p>Many labs are faced with an ever-increasing sample load, while instrumentation and resources remain at a steady level. As a consequence, instrument throughput and uptime are critical factors to maintain competitiveness and productivity.</p>
<p>In this webinar, Dr. Christian Klein will show how you can meet these challenges with the newest time-of-flight LC-MS from Agilent. See examples of complete workflows demonstrating performance, robustness and throughput for food safety screening applications.</p>
<h5>In his talk, he will cover:</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Time-saving efficiencies and meeting future challenges with instrument intelligence</strong></li>
<li><strong>How to implement end-to-end workflows for food safety to produce meaningful results</strong></li>
<li><strong>How to identify and quickly assess compounds in question</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>3. How Can a Gas Generator Benefit Your Lab?</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Petra Gierga (Product Manager, PEAK Scientific)</li>
</ul>
<p>Labs face challenges every day and lab gas should not be one of these problems. On-site gas generators play a pivotal role in helping labs to streamline workflows while providing high-quality gas for LC-MS analysis.</p>
<p>In this webinar, Petra Gierga from PEAK Scientific will be discussing the benefits a gas generator can provide your lab over cylinders, dewars or bulk supply. Removing the need for repeated cylinder deliveries, cylinder contracts, manual handling and changing of cylinders – an in-house gas generator can reduce costs, increase productivity and improve your lab’s sustainability efforts.</p>
<h5>In this talk, she will cover:</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>How a gas generator can save you time</strong></li>
<li><strong>The economic benefits of using a gas generator</strong></li>
<li><strong>The advantages a gas generator has for your labs workflows and long-term sustainability goals</strong></li>
</ul>


Technology Networks: Breaking the Boundaries: The Latest Innovations in Mass Spectrometry

Breaking the Boundaries: The Latest Innovations in Mass Spectrometry

Technical webinar: overview of cutting-edge MS equipment and the latest innovations in utilizing H2 as a carrier gas, LC/Q-TOF or N2 gas generators.

The Latest Innovations in Mass Spectrometry

<p><strong>Join this webinar to explore the utility of hydrogen in chemical research, its associated risks, and a safer laboratory solution: H-Genie® Lite. This innovative, compact hydrogen generator employs unique patented cell technology to convert water into high-purity hydrogen gas, reaching pressures up to 50 bar (725 psi). As an ideal replacement for conventional hydrogen cylinders, it not only boosts lab safety but is also perfect for filling autoclaves and pressured containers.</strong></p>
<p>Subsequently, we will delve into metal-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions. Heterogeneous catalysts like Pd/C are commonly employed for nitro group reductions and hydrogenation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom double bonds. These catalysts also aid in O- and N- deprotection, yielding respective alcohols or amines, and in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions.</p>
<p>We’ll discuss the core principles of hydrogenation, featuring both heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts, and highlight their significance in industrial applications. H-Genie® Lite seamlessly integrates with both batch and continuous flow chemistry hydrogenation processes.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter:</strong> Nándor Kánya, PhD (Head of Experimental Chemistry, ThalesNano)</p>
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<p>Nándor graduated from Budapest University of Technology and Economics as a Pharmaceutical Engineer in 2016, followed by a PhD degree in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Debrecen in 2021. He joined ThalesNano in 2021 as an Application Scientist and became the leader of Experimental Chemistry in 2022.</p>
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<p><strong>Presenter:</strong> Thomas Colacot, PhD (R&amp;D Fellow and Director of Global Technology Innovation, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany)</p>
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<p>Thomas J. Colacot holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and an MBA. He joined MilliporeSigma in 2018 and currently serves as an R&amp;D Fellow and Director of Global Technology Innovation in the Life Science Business division. He is an expert in organometallics and homogeneous catalysis and has a strong track record of commercializing innovative products. Colacot has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and holds 67 international patents. He has been recognized with various awards, including a lifetime achievement award from the Chairman and CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. From 1995 to 2018, he was instrumental in establishing a successful homogeneous catalysis program at Johnson Matthey.</p>
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Safe Hydrogenation in the Lab

Safe Hydrogenation in the Lab with H-Genie® Lite

Safe Hydrogenation in the Lab H-Genie® Lite

<p><strong>In GC mostly helium is used as the carrier gas. The challenge with helium is that it is expensive and will only become more expensive.  Also the supply is not secured which makes many labs look for alternatives. It is also possible to use nitrogen or hydrogen as the carrier gas. Big advantage of these gases is their low cost and secured availability. They can even be produced in the lab. Depending on the separations required it is possible to use nitrogen or hydrogen.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Presenter: Presenter: Jaap de Zeeuw (Gas Chromatography Specialist, Restek)</strong></p>
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<p>Jaap is a world-renowned chromatographer with over 40 years of experience, including 27 years with Varian/Chrompack focusing on industrial analysis challenges. For his 1979 graduation from The Institute for Higher Education, specialized in chemistry, Jaap authored a paper titled &quot;The Challenge of Coating Flexible Fused Silica Capillary Columns&quot; and has since distinguished himself as an authority on the subject. Directly involved with the creation of numerous chemically bonded columns, including the first bonded PEG column and the stabilized PLOT columns widely used in the petrochemical arena, Restek’s international GC specialist has helped develop new techniques, such as fast GC-MS using vacuum GC technology, and has filed two patents for his work. Based out of the Netherlands, Jaap celebrates 10 years with Restek. Jaap is extensively published and regularly travels internationally to share his knowledge.</p>
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