LC workshops — something for the spring
Added: (Thu Mar 23 2006)
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Two LC workshops will be held between 8–10 May at The Rubens at The Palace Hotel, London, UK. The courses are aimed at improving method development and providing solutions to common problems that occur with LC methods. The courses are brought by LC Resources and LC•GC Europe, and sponsored by Hichrom.
Advanced Method Development is the first course, which is taking place on 8–9 May. It is suitable for attendees with at least one year of HPLC experience in the laboratory as well as some involvement in developing new methods or troubleshooting old ones. This course will cover a new approach to systematic method development, how to develop a satisfactory method, improving troubleshooting skills and improving understanding of the effects of chromatographic variables through the use of computer modelling.
Attendees will learn how to apply the method development principles to several real-world separation problems, demonstrating how the approach to method development works. The computer modelling principles, discussed during the course, are fully applicable to laboratory separations.
The second event, LC Troubleshooting, will be held on 10 May and is designed for anyone that works with HPLC. Experience is not required although the majority of the course will appeal to the more experienced worker.
This course aims to teach the “ins and outs” of solving problems that occur with LC methods and preventative measures to take against them. It will include operating principles of each module of an HPLC system, proven techniques for systematic problem-solving and instrument maintenance, effective, time- and money saving approaches to prevent hardware problems and method failures and extensive case studies to improve skills.
Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of HPLC systems, their operation and function, an understanding of how and why problems arise and how to prevent them. Furthermore, they will improve their ability to better perform chromatography and solve many laboratory problems and troubleshooting skills.
The course leader for these workshops will be John Dolan, the editor/author of the column “LC Troubleshooting” featured in LC•GC North America and LC•GC Europe. He has also written in excess of 100 papers on HPLC and related topics. He is currently general manager for BASi Northwest Laboratory and principal instructor for LC Resources.
For more information about LC Workshops contact Catherine Mealor on +44 1244 393 422 or e-mail cmealor@advanstar.com