Waters LC Symposium - Pharma and Food

From the everyday consumer to scientists in the laboratory, we all rely on accurate information to make critical decisions.

Waters Corporation is pleased to bring together chromatography thought leaders for a week of scientific talks, live demonstrations, panel discussions, and networking regarding novel liquid chromatography technologies and applications.

Join us for this virtual symposium beginning with a plenary session on Monday, March 22nd and followed by application sessions for Pharma, Food, Materials and Biomedical Research throughout the week!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021

Morning Session - 5:00 - 6:30pm CET

See What You’ve Been Missing - Innovation in Bioseparations

We’re addressing the unwanted analyte/surface interactions that are at the root of many chromatographic challenges scientists still face today. These include performance variability across columns and systems, missing analytes and low sensitivity, as well as carryover and the burden of having to continually “passivate,” or condition liquid chromatography (LC) columns and systems in order to achieve reproducible performance.

Presentations:

1. See What You've Been Missing! Overview of PREMIER Solutions

Presenter: Lama Berro (Americas Field Marketing Manager, Chemistry, Waters Corporation)

Lama Berro is the Chemistry Field Marketing Manager for the Americas. Lama has a baccalaureate in Biochemistry and has spent 12 years working in bioanalytical labs at pharmaceutical companies and contract labs. She has been supporting consumables products at Waters since 2015.

2. Advancing Acidic N-Glycan Analysis with PREMIER Technology

Presenter: Xiaoxiao Liu, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Waters Corporation)

Xiaoxiao Liu, Ph.D. is a senior scientist within Chemistry R&D at Waters. In her past 3 years at Waters. She has been involved in new product development activities and specializing in the fundamentals of released glycan analysis, affinity based sample preparations and the optimization of peptide mapping techniques. Dr. Liu received her doctorate from Michigan State University and her bachelor degree from Fudan University.

3. Expert Panel Discussion - Peptides, Oligos, and Glycans--Oh My! (Robert Birdsall, Ph.D., Brooke Koshel, Ph.D., Xiaoxiao Liu, Ph.D., Jennifer Simeone, Waters Corporation; Moderated by: Ann Gray, Lama Berro, Waters Corporation)

Afternoon Session - 7:30 - 9:00pm CET

Advances in Food Manufacturing Quality Control Analysis

Food manufacturers must evaluate their products or quality and safety to ensure that health claims and label claims are based on valid scientific evidence. Due to natural complexity of food and supplement products, analytical methods based on chromatography and mass spectrometry are desirable in food testing laboratories. This session will highlight advanced analytical methods using LC instruments to solve today’s scientific and operational challenges in the industry.

Presentations:

1. Enhancing LC Separations for Food QC Analysis Using ACQUITY PREMIER

Presenter: Euan Ross (Principal Markting Manager, Global Food & Environmental Markets, Waters Corporation)

Euan Ross has worked in the chromatography industry for nearly two decades and has been with Waters Corporation since 2006. In his current role as a Principal Market Development Manager, he is responsible for understanding and supporting the routine testing requirements of the global food industry. He works with customers to understand their business and analytical challenges and helps address them with Waters technologies.

2. Fast and sensitive analysis of artificial sweeteners in food and ingredients

Presenter: Ben Pointer (Eurofins, Senior Scientist, Eurofins Center of Excellence for Nutrition Analysis)

Ben Pointer specializes in nutritional analysis of food, feed, pet food and dietary supplements with technical expertise in chromatography and mass spectrometry. Ben is focused on modernizing analytical methods for analysis of vitamins, amino acids and sugars in food products and contributes to AOAC multi-lab studies. Ben graduated with Masters in Biomedical Science from Des Moines University and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Saint Ambrose University.

3. Mass Detection for Routine QC Analysis of Beauty and Nutrition Products

Presenter: Bertil Nshime (Research Scientist, Amway)

Bertil Nshime joined Amway Corporation in summer of 2011. He has worked in both the quality control, and the analytical sciences groups within Amway’s Innovation and Science division. Bertil is responsible for the development, validation, and transfer of LC methods for vitamins and trace level analytes using mass detection. These methods are used to support new and existing products for quality, marketing and regulatory purposes.

4. Panel Discussion (Moderated by: Naren Meruva, Emily Britton, Waters Corporation)

Moderated by: Narendra Meruva, Ph.D. (Director Food, Environmental & Cannabis Markets, Waters Corporation)

Naren Meruva serves as the Director of Marketing at Waters based in Boston, USA with focus on Food, Environmental and Cannabis markets. He has 17 years of industry experience as a Principal Scientist and a Global Marketing professional in separation science technologies including LC, GC and Mass Spectrometry applied to analysis of food, dietary supplements, natural products, tobacco and cannabis. Naren holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from University of South Carolina and an MBA from Virginia Tech University. He is also an active member of several industry organizations including AOAC, APHL and ACIL focused on developing standardized methods for food, dietary supplements and cannabis markets

Moderated by: Emily Britton, Ph.D. (Senior Marketing Manager, Food & Natural Products, Waters Corporation)

Emily Rose Britton, PhD is the Senior Marketing Manager for Food and Natural products in the United States. Emily has been with Waters since 2018, following her graduate studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro where she used metabolomics as a tool for investigating plant medicines for antimicrobial activity. She brings strong analytical expertise in food, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and natural products (including tobacco and cannabis) and has a passion for facilitating collaboration. Emily is an active member of AOAC International, the American Society of Pharmacognosy, the United Natural Products Alliance and Females in Mass Spectrometry, and can be found promoting Waters and science communication on Twitter (@ChEmilyBritton).