The Chromatographic Society were sad to hear that Dr Courtenay Phillips died on 15th April 2022 at the age of 97. He was a founder and the second Chairman of the Gas Chromatography Discussion Group (the forerunner to The Chromatographic Society) from 1961-1965. He is best known to chromatographers as one of the pioneers
It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing of Ted Adlard. Ted, a former Chairman of the Chromatographic Society, has been an inspiration to many chromatographers throughout his life-time and will be sadly missed. Edward Radcliffe (Ted) Adlard was born in Liverpool on December 5th 1927. He attended a grammar school
James Lovelock CBE (26th July 1919-26th July 2022) It was with great sadness that The Chromatographic Society learned of the passing of Professor James Ephraim Lovelock on the 26th July 2022 at the age of 103. Born in Letchworth Garden City in 1919, he received his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Manchester
The full report can be accessed by clicking the link below: Challenges in Small Molecule Analysis in the Pharmaceutical Industry Day one (19th May 2022) Session 1- Small Molecule Analysis – Pharmaceuticals : the application of HTS to finding new drugs. The ChromSoc spring symposium began with a welcome address from Tony Edge (current
Please find links to all the recent Virtual Symposiums arranged by ChromSoc and LC/GC Advances in Clinical and Forensic Analysis: Focus on Cannabis https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3525136/1BE00995DFFC5E582C5E10B95A1D79E1/3150665?partnerref=CHROMSOC ChromSoc Advances in Gas Chromatography: a Virtual Symposium https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3363233/C909A3526AB77A12010C6323FAEA390F?partnerref=CHROMSOC Separation Science: The State Of The Art https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3428728/84AE05CCC7C5CAA15BF98E62627F94B5/2936530?partnerref=CHROMSOC ChromSoc (U)HPLC Virtual Symposium: A Tribute To John Knox https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3149877/4F72C9AF90EF2C2048792AA2E31E3AC6/2364131?partnerref=CHROMSOC Biopharmaceutical Analysis Focus
BMSS41 – Student Conference Report Claire Vassallo, Current Masters Student at York University, specialising in Green Chemistry: After spending a year working between finishing my undergraduate degree and starting the postgraduate course, I was very grateful to attend the BMSS annual conference held at Sheffield Hallam University. I enjoyed seeing the work being presented
An Innovative Chromatographer, Remembering the late Pavel Jandera It is with great sadness the Society has been informed that Professor Pavel Jandera passed away on the 5th August 2021. Pavel was born on 1st April 1944 in the city of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. Pavel was Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the
Remembering the late Jim Waters and his pioneering instrumental legacy By: Dr Tony Edge, President of The Chromatographic Society and Dr. Christopher Bevan, former President of The Chromatographic Society It is with great sadness that The Chromatographic Society heard the news on 17th May announcing the passing of one of the great founding fathers
Meet Christina the newest member to our committee. Christina is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield and partnered with GSK. She is researching two-dimensional LC-MS approaches for the analysis of oligonucleotide therapeutics. Her background has been focused on analysis of biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids and has previously developed assays within
An Investigation into the effect of Steric Hindrance on Amide by-product formation by Nitrilase Mr D Jolley, Prof JJB Perry, Dr G Turnbull Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University Nitrilase enzymes are known to catalyse the hydrolysis of organic nitriles to carboxylic acids, however in certain cases amide may be detected in reaction mixtures,(1, 2)