<p><strong>In the next 14 days, the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>1. Agilent Technologies: Escape the Trap with GC/Q-TOF</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 06:30 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2423">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this webinar, we will be talking about the powerful capabilities of Agilent GC/Q-TOF (quadrupole time-of-flight GC/MS) systems.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Shimadzu Corporation: Ultra-Fast Bites - Blood Alcohol Analysis in the 21st Century</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 08:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2409">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this presentation, Dr Jackie will introduce two techniques to help forensic scientists achieve fast, accurate BAC results using simultaneous GC-MS and GC-FID analysis.</p>
<h5><strong>3. Wiley Analytical Science/JMP Statistical Discovery: Making better use of Spectral and Chromatographic Data in product and process development</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 11:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2388">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This webinar will present a simple and efficient way of extracting the signals from the noise for a deeper, better understanding of your processes and products.</p>
<h5><strong>4. Waters Corporation: Virtual European Workshops on Extractables &amp; Leachables for Pharma &amp; Biopharma</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 14:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2414">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Register now for this virtual event and share knowledge and challenges with peers and E&amp;L experts.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Merck: Monitoring and quality control of cell culture media preparation using Raman spectroscopy</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 16:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2403">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this webinar, we will explore the possibilities of using Raman spectroscopy for quality control of cell culture media preparation.</p>
<h5><strong>6. The Analytical Scientist/ACD/Labs: How to Overcome the Challenges of Analytical Data Management</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 2.3.2023, 16:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2390">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The challenges related to analytical data that cross organizations and industries; and lessons learned through their own experience.</p>
<h5><strong>7. Waters Corporation: Using Nitrogen as a GC-MS Carrier Gas – Opportunities to Eliminate Reliance on Helium</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 7.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2406">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The historical events that have resulted in the consolidation on the use of helium as the GC carrier gas of choice and how those events may no longer apply for modern instrumentation.</p>
<h5><strong>8. Teledyne Tekmar: Troubleshooting any Purge &amp; Trap for VOC Analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 8.3.2023, 15:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2422">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You’ll discover more about Purge &amp; Trap analysis and troubleshooting in a half hour than you could anywhere else.</p>
<h5><strong>9. SelectScience/Andor Technology: The basic physics of spectroscopy: Light-matter interaction for fun and profit</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 9.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2399">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This first session of a four-part ‘Fundamentals of Spectroscopy’ course, will examine core concepts essential to understanding common optical spectroscopy methods.</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS Week 9-10/2023

<p><strong>In the next 14 days, the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>1. Waters Corporation: Using Nitrogen as a GC-MS Carrier Gas – Opportunities to Eliminate Reliance on Helium</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 7.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2406">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The historical events that have resulted in the consolidation on the use of helium as the GC carrier gas of choice and how those events may no longer apply for modern instrumentation.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Teledyne Tekmar: Troubleshooting any Purge &amp; Trap for VOC Analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 8.3.2023, 15:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2422">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You’ll discover more about Purge &amp; Trap analysis and troubleshooting in a half hour than you could anywhere else.</p>
<h5><strong>3. SelectScience/Thermo Fisher Scientific: The past, present, and future of food safety testing – a SelectScience Broadcast</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 8.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2439">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Through some enlightening interviews with food testing scientists and industry experts, we explores the changes in approach to food safety testing over time, across a wealth of innovative content.</p>
<h5><strong>4. SelectScience/Andor Technology: The basic physics of spectroscopy: Light-matter interaction for fun and profit</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 9.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2399">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This first session of a four-part ‘Fundamentals of Spectroscopy’ course, will examine core concepts essential to understanding common optical spectroscopy methods.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Agilent Technologies: Demystifying Valve Gas Chromatography: Understanding Complex Valve Configurations</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 14.3.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2132">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We discuss the physical design of the valves, how the physical design relates to common valve diagrams, and common uses for different types of valves.</p>
<h5><strong>6. Waters Corporation: Next Generation GC-MS/MS for Food and Environment Application</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 15.3.2023, 07:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2424">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The next generation of GC-MS is already here! Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC) technology offers laboratories a powerful alternative to Electron Ionization (EI).</p>
<h5><strong>7. Shimadzu Corporation: Beat the Helium Shortage - Switching to Hydrogen as a Carrier Gas for GC</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 15.3.2023, 11:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2412">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Shimadzu is thrilled to collaborate with PEAK Scientific for a webinar on &#39;&#39;Beat the Helium Shortage – Switching to Hydrogen as a Carrier Gas for GC&#39;&#39;.</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS Week 10-11/2023

<p><strong>An international team of scientists led by Tomáš Pluskal from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) has introduced a new generation of software enabling scientists to analyze large volumes of data from mass spectrometry, a technique that separates chemicals by their weights. The open-source project MZmine provides a new window into the chemical space that surrounds us and lives within. The latest advances in <a href="http://mzmine.github.io/">MZmine 3</a> are now published in a <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01690-2">Nature Biotechnology</a> paper.</strong></p>
<h3><strong>Challenges of biochemical analysis</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Analytical chemists of the world, unite!</strong> This paraphrase could characterize the joint efforts of scientists across the globe, who, using the <strong>methods of mass spectrometry</strong>, strive to decipher and analyze the chemical composition of complex samples from various origins, especially in biological and clinical studies. Each individual sample can contain hundreds of thousands of different chemical compounds that scientists need to trace, quantify, and identify to understand their impact on human health or their ecological role.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/UOCHB_Robin_Schmid_Pocet_spustni_modulu_M_Zmine_v_letech_2017_2022_152c3eae85/UOCHB-Robin-Schmid-Pocet-spustni-modulu-MZmine-v-letech-2017-2022.jpg" alt="IOCB Prague/Robin Schmid: MZmine module runs in 2017–2022 (in millions)"/></p>
<p>Even relatively small studies result in gigabytes of ‘raw’ data to be processed and interpreted. It is the <strong>processing</strong>, <strong>analysis</strong>, and <strong>comparison</strong> of a multitude of molecular data that constitutes some of the most challenging steps in biochemical analysis today. This is also a major bottleneck that limits the ability of scientists to expand knowledge and come up with exciting new discoveries.</p>
<h3><strong>Community-driven development</strong></h3>
<p>For this reason, a group of international scientists started in 2005 to develop the <strong>open-source software MZmine</strong> to aid <strong>the analysis of mass spectrometry data</strong>. The community developing this software has been co-established by Czech scientist <a href="https://pluskal.group.uochb.cz/en"><strong>Tomáš Pluskal</strong></a>, who has been coordinating the project almost since its inception and is currently a group leader at IOCB Prague.</p>
<p><em>“The greatest strength of the MZmine project is the international community of experts that has formed around the project. At conferences, presentations on MZmine are always well received,”</em> says <strong>Tomáš Pluskal</strong> about the project.</p>
<p><strong>Robin Schmid from IOCB Prague</strong> and <strong>UC San Diego (CA, USA)</strong>, one of the first authors of the paper, adds: <em>“It&#39;s fantastic when we meet researchers from other countries for the first time and they tell us that MZmine and our support has saved their PhD thesis or projects. That&#39;s the best appreciation one can hope for.”</em></p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/UOCHB_Tomas_Bellon_Tomas_Pluskal_vlevo_a_Robin_Schmid_oba_z_UOCHB_92138f0c1d/UOCHB-Tomas-Bellon-Tomas-Pluskal-(vlevo)-a-Robin-Schmid-(oba-z-UOCHB).jpg" alt="IOCB Prague/Tomáš Belloň: Tomáš Pluskal (left) and Robin Schmid (both from IOCB Prague)"/></p>
<p>The first version of MZmine has enabled scientists <strong>to automate the processing of datasets generated by analytical devices</strong> at an unprecedented scale. The second generation of MZmine, released in 2010, made the project more widely known and led to the formation of a worldwide community of researchers using the software and continuing to expand its functions with additional modules and applications. The publication introducing the second generation of MZmine has since collected more than <strong>2,200 citations in scientific articles</strong> and the tool itself <strong>has been used to process millions of different measurements</strong>.</p>
<h3><strong>Third generation</strong></h3>
<p>The newest <strong>MZmine 3</strong> brings several major improvements. Whereas the previous version allowed scientists to analyze hundreds of samples in a matter of days, the new generation makes it possible <strong>to process thousands of samples per hour</strong>. Besides vastly <strong>accelerating data processing</strong>, the new version of the software can also be used, for the first time, <strong>to link different data types</strong>, especially time-resolved and imaging data.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/UOCHB_Nature_Biotechnology_M_Zmine_open_source_komunitni_projekt_pro_integrativni_zpracovani_dat_LC_IMS_MS_a_IMS_MS_6d9b3759d1/UOCHB-Nature-Biotechnology-MZmine-open-source-komunitni-projekt-pro-integrativni-zpracovani-dat-LC-IMS-MS-a-IMS-MS.jpg" alt="IOCB PRague/Nature Biotechnology: MZmine, an open-source community project for integrative LC–IMS–MS and IMS–MS data processing"/></p>
<p>This opens up opportunities for researchers to more easily <strong>analyze</strong> and <strong>interpret complex biological samples</strong>. MZmine is a tool <strong>to investigate the causes</strong> and <strong>mechanisms of diseases</strong>, <strong>detecting useful clinical biomarkers for diagnostics</strong> and <strong>identifying chemicals</strong> in the environment. This includes previously unknown chemical structures, which might prove valuable for <strong>the discovery and development of new drugs</strong> for medical applications.</p>
<p>The third generation of MZmine was announced in a paper prepared, besides Tomáš Pluskal as the corresponding author, by the first authors Robin Schmid (IOCB Prague and UC San Diego), and Steffen Heuckeroth and Ansgar Korf (both from University of Münster, Germany), joined by over three dozen other contributors from around the world.</p>
<p><em>“MZmine has established itself as a trusted tool for mass spectrometry researchers over the past decade. Its modular framework has fostered community participation in the development of the MZmine code, leading to significant advancements featured in the newly released MZmine 3,”</em> says <strong>Ansgar Korf of University of Münster</strong>.</p>
<p>The development of the MZmine project has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation (project No. 21-11563M).</p>
<ul>
<li>Literature for using the MZmine software <a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/library?search=MZmine"><strong>in the LabRulezLCMS library</strong></a></li>
<li>Literature for using the MZmine software <a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?search=MZmine"><strong>in the LabRulezGCMS library</strong></a></li>
</ul>


A breakthrough in big data processing helps trace chemicals in complex mixtures

<p><strong>In the next 14 days, the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>1. Agilent Technologies: Demystifying Valve Gas Chromatography: Understanding Complex Valve Configurations</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 14.3.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2132">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We discuss the physical design of the valves, how the physical design relates to common valve diagrams, and common uses for different types of valves.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Agilent Technologies: Unwind your GC-Headspace</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 15.3.2023, 06:30 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2451">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Now, unwind your GC-Headspace systems to make them more efficient and productive.</p>
<h5><strong>3. Waters Corporation: Next Generation GC-MS/MS for Food and Environment Application</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 15.3.2023, 07:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2424">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The next generation of GC-MS is already here! Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC) technology offers laboratories a powerful alternative to Electron Ionization (EI).</p>
<h5><strong>4. Shimadzu Corporation: Beat the Helium Shortage - Switching to Hydrogen as a Carrier Gas for GC</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 15.3.2023, 11:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2412">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Shimadzu is thrilled to collaborate with PEAK Scientific for a webinar on &#39;&#39;Beat the Helium Shortage – Switching to Hydrogen as a Carrier Gas for GC&#39;&#39;.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Metrohm: Quality Control of Personal Care Products by NIRS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 22.3.2023, 15:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2431">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will explain the principles of NIRS and present several application examples from the personal care and cosmetics industry.</p>
<h5><strong>6. Frontier Lab: Characterization of 3D Printing Polymers using Py-GCMS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 23.3.2023, 09:30 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2454">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join our webinar to learn about Py-GCMS and its applications for 3D Printing Polymers Characterization</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS Week 11-12/2023

<p><strong>DataApex founder and general manager Jan Hrubý explains how a combination of serendipity and a spike of post-communist innovation led to the birth of company that spent 30 years perfecting data acquisition, processing, and instrument control software to give us <a href="https://www.dataapex.com/product/clarity-std">Clarity</a>.</strong></p>
<h5><strong>Tell us about the genesis of DataApex…</strong></h5>
<p>I was born and raised in communist Czechoslovakia, which was occupied by the Soviet army until I turned four. My great love and hobby since childhood was electronics and later computers, which I eventually studied at university in the 1980s – though I never actually saw a computer with my own eyes the whole time! Immediately after the fall of communism in 1989, my friends and I started thinking about starting a business.</p>
<p>But I suppose it was my then mother-inlaw who was really responsible for founding DataApex. She was an excellent scientist, but her instrumentation was limited. In the early 1990s, she asked me if I could build a better integrator for her – in other words, a tool for measuring and evaluating chromatograms.</p>
<p>Sometimes things come together at the right time in the right place. My best friend – an excellent programmer – was studying for his PhD at the University of Science and Technology, Czech Republic, and his friend was writing his thesis on modern integration algorithms at the same time. So, a decision was made, and six months later we handed over to my mother-in-law the first working version of the PC software, including our own A/D converter.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Data_Apex_Zakladatel_a_generalni_reditel_Data_Apex_Jan_Hruby_24c940f666/DataApex-Zakladatel-a-generalni-reditel-DataApex-Jan-Hruby.jpg" alt="DataApex:Founder and CEO of DataApex Jan Hrubý"/></p>
<h5><strong>What challenges did you face starting a software company from scratch in those times?</strong></h5>
<p>There were many challenges; where should I start? First, a computer in the early 1990s cost about 10–20 monthly salaries; we couldn’t afford to buy one, so we took turns using one at the university. Second, A/D converter parts were also pricey (for us), so we had to visit the electronic bazaars in Munich to drive down the cost. Third, because private business was forbidden in Czechoslovakia for 40 years until 1989, we didn’t have many mentors to learn from. The list is long but, fortunately, we were young and full of optimism about the freedom we had gained, so we embraced all the challenges!</p>
<h5><strong>Tell us about your chromatography software, Clarity, and the company culture…</strong></h5>
<p>I can say with some satisfaction that Clarity is a mature product after thirty years of development. The current generation – our third iteration – speaks six languages, runs over 1,000 chromatography instruments across almost every manufacturer around the world, and is sold in more than 100 countries.</p>
<p>Though we are a single product company, we have several variants of Clarity that cover the needs of diverse customers; we have simple and affordable software for legacy chromatographs (it is often impossible to find original software), an educational version for universities, and more sophisticated solutions for tightly regulated markets and GC/LC-MS instruments, for instance. But all variants share one thing in common: they are reliable and easy to use.</p>
<p>And because we’re a single product company, all staff are united by a singular focus, which results in a family-like atmosphere and a level of dedication that is otherwise hard to cultivate. As a result, our customers are often surprised by how quickly our support team reacts – sometimes they ask if our support colleagues get any sleep. (Yes, they do!).</p>
<p>Finally, our chromatography instrument manufacturer partners know and trust that we are – and want to continue to be – an independent and vendor-neutral company.</p>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Data_Apex_Founder_and_CEO_of_Data_Apex_Jan_Hruby_and_his_great_hobby_yachting_39f5593220/DataApex-Founder-and-CEO-of-DataApex-Jan-Hruby-and-his-great-hobby-yachting.jpg" alt="DataApex: Founder and CEO of DataApex Jan Hrubý and his great hobby yachting"/></p>
<h5><strong>Where can people find out more?</strong></h5>
<p>Our company policy is very open and virtually all information is available on <a href="https://www.dataapex.com/"><strong>our website dataapex.com</strong></a>. We post all news on social media, especially <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/dataapex/?trk=public_profile_topcard_current_company"><strong>on LinkedIn</strong></a>, and there are dozens of short tutorial videos and brief video tips and tricks available <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/dataapex"><strong>on YouTube</strong></a>, for example. We have an extensive network of trained distributors all over the world. We also offer <a href="https://www.dataapex.com/download?product_filter=2"><strong>demos or free trial versions</strong></a>.</p>
<h5><strong>What are your hopes for the field – and for DataApex?</strong></h5>
<p>I long for a unified communication interface for all analytical instruments that is independent of manufacturers and available to all – as well as a uniform analytical data format for easy exchange and sharing among software platforms. Everyone in the industry is calling for both – but, for many reasons (some obvious and some unclear), neither are forthcoming.</p>
<p><strong>Finally (and mainly), I dream of delivering Clarity to a lab on Mars!</strong></p>


Supporting Chromatography Everywhere – Even Mars

<p><strong>In the week from March 20, the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>1. Metrohm: Quality Control of Personal Care Products by NIRS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 22.3.2023, 15:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2431">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will explain the principles of NIRS and present several application examples from the personal care and cosmetics industry.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Frontier Lab: Characterization of 3D Printing Polymers using Py-GCMS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 23.3.2023, 09:30 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2454">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join our webinar to learn about Py-GCMS and its applications for 3D Printing Polymers Characterization</p>
<h5><strong>3. Thermo Fisher Scientific: Helping Laboratories Work Toward Sustainability</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 23.3.2023, 15:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2473">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This webinar will give an overview of innovative features of Thermo Scientific Gas Chromatographic systems supporting laboratories in their operational sustainability through savings and waste reduction. </p>
<h5><strong>4. SelectScience/Andor Technology: Spectroscopy techniques in practice: Methods and motivations</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 23.3.2023, 17:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2470">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will break down UV/VIS absorption spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and Raman scattering amongst others and examine how they work.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Agilent Technologies: Tips For Working With Agilent&#39;s Vaya Handheld Raman Spectrometer</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Fr, 24.3.2023, 18:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2483">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will discuss the capabilties of Agilent&#39;s Vaya - a handheld Raman spectrometer utilizing spatially offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS).</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS Week 12/2023

<p><strong>In the week from March 27 the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h5><strong>1. Agilent Technologies: Use of FTIR Technology for the analysis of Sugars and Sweeteners in alcoholic Beverages and in the Food Industry</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Mo, 27.3.2023, 20:30 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2484">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Review of the potential use of FTIR technology for the identification and quantification of sugars in alcoholic beverages and of sugars and sweeteners in food industry product.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Restek Corporation: An Ounce of Prevention: Part 3 - Take a Little Time to Optimize Your Applications</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 28.3.2023, 19:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2461">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this webinar we’ll explore different aspects of setting up an application, and how a little understanding of what is happening during a GC analysis can help with optimization.</p>
<h5><strong>3. GERSTEL: Sensory Directed Analysis: A Method for Identifying Off-Odors</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 29.3.2023, 07:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2457">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Learn how GERSTEL’s SDA method can help solve your critical challenges related to perceived aromas and quality control.</p>
<h5><strong>4. SepSolve Analytical: How to analyse odours in post-consumer recycled plastics</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 30.3.2023, 09:30 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2475">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to overcome low sensitivity, poor detection of compounds and slow processes when analysing recycled plastics for bad odours.</p>
<h5><strong>5. HORIBA Scientific: What makes Raman microscopy the ideal coupling method between optical microscopy and chemical characterization?</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 30.3.2023, 15:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2469">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will present how these different microscopy modalities, combined with Raman spectroscopy, make Raman microscopy so powerful.</p>
<h5><strong>6. Agilent Technologies: Cleaning Verification with FTIR Spectroscopy</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 30.3.2023, 20:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2370">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>FTIR spectroscopy provide a practical and economical solution for contamination detection and cleaning verification.</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS Week 13/2023

<p><strong>In the April 2023, the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
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<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
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<p><strong>👉 Search and filter</strong> in almost <strong>2 500 GC, LC and MS webinars</strong>.</p>
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<h5><strong>1. SelectScience/Andor Technology: Optimizing equipment for optical spectroscopy</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 4.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2459">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>In this third session of a four-part ‘Fundamentals of Spectroscopy’ course, having previously covered the ‘why’, we’ll now focus on the ‘how’.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Waters Corporation: Empower Tips Special Edition: Ask Me Anything About Our Newest Empower Release - Empower 3.8.0</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 11.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2488">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join us for a live discussion as we explore Empower 3.8.0. As always, don’t forget to bring your questions about Empower Software.</p>
<h5><strong>3. Waters Corporation: CDS and LMS integrated to single product</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 13.4.2023, 11:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2496">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Complement your Empower CDS with sample management, equipment inventory and data archiving.</p>
<h5><strong>4. DataApex: Ask the Expert: Effective work with sequences in Clarity</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 15:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2501">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will show you how to work with sequences in Clarity Chromatography Software and answer your questions.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Agilent Technologies: Keep your GC Column Alive: Tips and Tricks for Extending Column Lifetime</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2133">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Is it time to throw out my column? Is there anything I can do to make my columns last longer?</p>
<h5><strong>6. Quantum Analytics/Bruker Corporation: Maximizing the Power of Spectroscopy in Your Regulated Analytical Laboratory</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 20:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2404">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Infrared and Raman spectroscopy are ideal tools for verifying product quality, identifying unknown contaminants, and reverse engineering competitive products.</p>
<h5><strong>7. C&amp;EN/Agilent Technologies: Achieving the Pesticide MRLs with GC/MS/MS Using Hydrogen Carrier Gas</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 20.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2491">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This presentation discusses the key strategies for analyzing pesticides with hydrogen carrier gas while delivering high-quality uncompromised results.</p>


Webinars LabRulezGCMS April 2023

<p><strong>Gas chromatography headspace (GC/Headspace) is a technique used in analytical chemistry to analyze volatile compounds present in a sample. This technique is particularly useful for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in various matrices, including:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?categoryItems=2&amp;instrumentationItems=6"><strong>Food</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?categoryItems=1&amp;instrumentationItems=6"><strong>Environmental</strong></a></li>
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<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?categoryItems=5&amp;instrumentationItems=6"><strong>Pharma &amp; Biopharma</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?categoryItems=4&amp;instrumentationItems=6"><strong>Polymers</strong></a></li>
<li>a many other...</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The headspace is the gas phase</strong> that exists <strong>above a sample in a closed vessel</strong>. In GC headspace, a small portion of the headspace is extracted from the sample container and introduced into the GC system for analysis. The sample is heated to a specific temperature to facilitate the release of VOCs from the sample into the headspace part. The defined portion of headspace sample is then introduced into the GC system where the VOCs are separated on chromatography column and detected using various detection methods, such as <a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?instrumentationItems=6-1">flame ionization detection (FID)</a> or <a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?instrumentationItems=6-3"><strong>mass spectrometry (MS)</strong></a>.</p>
<p>GC headspace is particularly useful for the analysis of compounds:</p>
<ul>
<li>that have <strong>a high boiling point</strong></li>
<li>are <strong>thermally labile</strong></li>
<li>are <strong>present in low concentrations</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>The technique is also <strong>non-destructive</strong>, which means that the sample can be retained for further analysis.</p>
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<h3>Explore over 650 GC/GCMSD - HeadSpace documents <a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/library?instrumentationItems=6"><strong>in the LabRulezGCMS library</strong></a></h3>
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<li><strong>Head in the Right Direction with Headspace Analysis - Method Development, Method Optimization, and Troubleshooting</strong> (Presentation | 2020 | Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><strong>An Introduction to Headspace: Analyzing Volatile Analytes in a Non-volatile Matrix Doesn&#39;t Have to Be Messy</strong> (Presentation | 2020 | Agilent Technologies)</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Basics &amp; Fundamentals Gas Chromatography</strong> (Guide | 2020 | Shimadzu)</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>AN INTRODUCTION TO HEADSPACE SAMPLING IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORY</strong> (Guide | 2014 | PerkinElmer)</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Theory and Key Principles Series: Session 5 – Alternatives to Liquid Injection</strong> (Presentation | 2020 | Shimadzu)</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Residual Solvent Analysis Implementing USP &lt;467&gt;</strong> (Application | 2010 | Restek)</li>
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<h5><strong>1. Shimadzu Corporation: The complete solution for cannabis testing</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Tu, 8.11.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/2186">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>For the first time on a global scale, the complete process of preparation, extraction and analysis of cannabis will be covered in an online seminar series.</p>
<h5><strong>2. Agilent Technologies: Scratching your Head over Headspace? We’ll Help Make Things Simple</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 22.9.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1931">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join us as we go over the basics of headspace and how you can implement it successfully in the lab. We will discuss how to develop and optimize a method in addition to troubleshooting in case problems arise.</p>
<h5><strong>3. GERSTEL: Analysis of Solid Samples using Thermal Desorption and Dynamic Headspace</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place We, 27.7.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/2007">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join our Analytical Services Manager, Jack Stuff, Ph.D., for his upcoming webinar.</p>
<h5><strong>4. Agilent Technologies: Analysis of ETOX and 2-CE in various food products</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 26.5.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1909">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Join this webinar to learn and master how you can develop and implement a robust and automated GC-MS/MS based method in your lab.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Agilent Technologies: Analysis of 1,4-Dioxane in Consumer Products by Headspace-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place We, 25.5.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1845">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This study shows methodology for low level detection of 1,4-dioxane in consumer products including cosmetics, liquid soaps, shampoos, and cleaning products. </p>
<h5><strong>6. Agilent Technologies: Alcoholic Beverages Virtual Seminar - Beer and Cider.</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 19.5.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1866">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>2 Presentation: Undergraduate Research in the Fermentation Science of Aroma Using HS-SPME-GC-MS &amp; Evaluating New England IPAs using TF-SPME-GC-MS.</p>
<h5><strong>7. Agilent Technologies: Alcoholic Beverages Virtual Seminar - Beer</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Tu, 17.5.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1865">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>3 Presentations: Markers of Consumer Acceptability in Lager Beer &amp; LC-MS Analysis of Hop-Derived Humulone Constituents in Beer &amp; HS-SPME Arrow/GC-MS of Smoke Taint-Related Volatile Phenols in Humulus lupulus.</p>
<h5><strong>8. Agilent Technologies: Alcoholic Beverages Virtual Seminar - Spirits</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Tu, 3.5.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1863">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>2 Presentation: Chromatographic Techniques for Insuring Spirit Quality: Consistency, Stability, and Management of Off-notes &amp; Method Development and Analysis of Ethyl Carbamate.</p>
<h5><strong>9. Agilent Technologies: Selecting the Proper Head Space System for Your Analysis and User Tips</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place We, 23.3.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1561">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Agilent offers a variety of unique head space systems. Included in the presentation will be software options and tips and tricks to help keep you more productive.</p>
<h5><strong>10. PerkinElmer: What is in My Beer: Attributes and Defects</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 17.3.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1882">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The best technique to characterize beer is via Headspace (HS) / Gas Chromatography (GC) / Mass Spectrometry (MS). This method and technique is applicable to many other matrices.</p>
<h5><strong>11. Shimadzu Corporation: Analytical Solutions for Nitrosamines in Response to USP 1469</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 10.2.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1691">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Learn about Shimadzu’s comprehensive solutions for the four Procedures utilizing HR-LCMS, HS-GC-MS/MS, LC-MS/MS, and DI-GC-MS/MS as outlined in USP General Chapter &lt;1469&gt; for Nitrosamine impurities analysis.</p>
<h5><strong>12. Agilent Technologies: USP 467 - Residual Solvent Application Updates - Tips &amp; Tricks</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Th, 10.2.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1646">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>To know latest trends &amp; workflow Solution, attend exclusive webinar on Accurate &amp; reproducible resulits using Agilent&#39;s latest Residual Solvent analysis workflow.</p>
<h5><strong>13. Shimadzu Corporation: Validating a Postmortem Forensic Volatile Analysis Method by HS-GC-FID to ANSI/ASB Standard 036</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place We, 9.2.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1645">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The new method validation requirements to a postmortem forensic volatile analysis method using a Shimadzu Nexis GC-2030 with dual FIDs and an AOC-6000 Plus multi-injection rail system autosampler.</p>
<h5><strong>14. Markes International: Analysis of trace ethylene oxide residues in foods: Advances in headspace extraction technologies</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>RECORD | Already taken place Tu, 8.2.2022</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.cz/webinar/1635">Registrace</a></li>
</ul>
<p>How detecting ethylene oxide (a fumigant of increasing concern) in food can be improved using multi-step enrichment–headspace–trap (MSE®–HS–trap), a quick and fully automated sampling approach for GC–MS.</p>


HeadSpace in gas chromatography (Webinars 2022)

<p><strong>In the week from April 17 the following webinars await you in the field of gas / solid phase and especially Raman, FTIR, GC and GC/MS.</strong></p>
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<h4><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinars"><strong>👉 DETAILS AND REGISTRATION IN THE WEBINARS SECTION</strong></a></h4>
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<h5><strong>1. Wiley Analytical Science/Agilent Technologies: Forensic Applications of Rapid GC-MS: Seized Drug and Ignitable Liquid Screening</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Tu, 18.4.2023, 19:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2516">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This webinar will provide attendees with an overview into some of the technological advances that have enabled rapid (≈1 min) GC-MS analysis for two forensic chemistry applications.</p>
<h5><strong>2. DataApex: Ask the Expert: Effective work with sequences in Clarity</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 15:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2501">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will show you how to work with sequences in Clarity Chromatography Software and answer your questions.</p>
<h5><strong>3. Agilent Technologies: Keep your GC Column Alive: Tips and Tricks for Extending Column Lifetime</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2133">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Is it time to throw out my column? Is there anything I can do to make my columns last longer?</p>
<h5><strong>4. Quantum Analytics/Bruker: Maximizing the Power of Spectroscopy in Your Regulated Analytical Laboratory</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>We, 19.4.2023, 20:00 (CET)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2404">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Infrared and Raman spectroscopy are ideal tools for verifying product quality, identifying unknown contaminants, and reverse engineering competitive products.</p>
<h5><strong>5. Metrohm: How Near-Infrared Spectroscopy can make your QA/QC faster and reduce costs</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 20.4.2023, 16:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2509">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We will explain how NIRS works, present several application examples and demonstrate how this technology is implemented focusing on the potential of NIRS to help manufacturing companies.</p>
<h5><strong>6. C&amp;EN/Agilent Technologies: Achieving the Pesticide MRLs with GC/MS/MS Using Hydrogen Carrier Gas</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Th, 20.4.2023, 17:00 (CEST)</li>
<li><a href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/webinar/2491">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This presentation discusses the key strategies for analyzing pesticides with hydrogen carrier gas while delivering high-quality uncompromised results.</p>


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