Chromatography - UPLC

The Waters 2024 Virtual Summer School - An Educational Journey to Master Food & Environmental Analysis
Unlock the full potential of LC-MS techniques with our immersive and educational sessions at the Waters Virtual F&E Late Summer School 2024. From September 24th to 26th, engage with leading experts and discover cutting-edge methods for environmental and food analysis.
Why attend?
- Comprehensive Learning: Dive deep into advanced LC-MS techniques and gain practical knowledge to enhance your laboratory's analytical capabilities.
- Expert Insights: Learn from industry leaders and gain firsthand experience through detailed modules on chromatography, mass spectrometry, and sample preparation.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay ahead with the latest insights on EU regulations for PFAS analysis in food and water, ensuring your lab meets stringent standards.
Episode #1: Chromatography - UPLC | F&E Summer School - Day 1 - Module 1
This section will provide an overview of the Waters reference material available to customer to help plan the best columns and chromatographic conditions for their LC-MS methods, using common environmental contaminants as an example. We highlight how to create LC-MS methods using the Acquisition Method Editor (AME) application within waters_connect™. Finally, this section will cover some of the most troubleshooting issues: contaminated blank peaks, poor peak shape, etc, and how to address them.
What you'll learn:
- Important factors for developing a UPLC method - considering analyte solubility, pKa and partitioning coefficient (Kow)
- Selecting the most appropriate UPLC column for your analytes
- Setting up LC-MS methods in the waters_connectTM console
- Troubleshooting common contamination issues
Presenter: Nicole Baumgarten (Sr Sales Applications Chemist, Waters Corporation)
Nicole is part of the Customer Success team at Waters with a focus on LC-MS/MS application and sales support. She works in this role for more than 9 years and gained experience in previous roles as analyst for biopharmaceuticals in process controls at Boehringer Ingelheim and research Assistent at Zentrum für Humangenetik und Laboratoriumsmedizin in Munich after finishing a Master of Chemical engineering at Hochschule Fresenius, Idstein.
Presenter: Caroline Davis (Sr Sales Applications Chemist, Waters Corporation)
