Hello to all members and friends of CCDG. We have just
wrapped up our 2018-2019 season, and throughout the year I have had the
privilege of working with a talented and hard-working board to accomplish some
amazing things.
This year, we changed our membership term and our
sponsorship term to reflect the calendar year. This was done to help our
members, as well as our board, to help keep track of renewals. We are also in
the process of transitioning to a new program for membership renewal that will streamline
the process of renewing membership
In the fall, we launched a brand-new website. We found this
new website to be more user friendly, and enables us to keep our website
updated in a timelier fashion. Our new website also allows us to share more pictures
from our dinner lectures and our schools.
This year we were very excited to bring back our GC school,
which was held at Roosevelt University in Schaumburg. It was a huge success
with 13 students, and the instructor, Dr. Lee Polite went above and beyond for
our students ensuring they left the class well informed.
Our GC school was such a success at Roosevelt University
that we decided to move our LC school to the same location. Dr. Merlin Bicking
once again led an outstanding course in which the students learned a great deal
about liquid chromatography.
At our Young Scientist Dinner lecture, we awarded graduate
student Sarah Lum with the Young Scientist Award. Her presentation on a novel
way to quickly and efficiently analyze rape kits was both captivating and
informative. We look forward to seeing what else Sarah will accomplish in her
career.
We attended two conferences this year, the Midwest
Association of Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Cleveland, and the
ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting in Lisle. Attending conferences helps us to
grow our organization and accomplish our motto of Sharing in Knowledge.
Lastly, we hosted four dinner lectures this year, ranging in
topics from tips and tricks in gas chromatography to the challenges of teaching
chromatography in a third world country. A huge thank you to all of our
speakers this year, Eric Pavlich of Agilent, Gosia Medrecki, Kayla Watanabe, Sarah Lum, Dr. John Stuff of
Gerstel, and Dr. Merlin Bicking of ACCTA.
Thank you all for supporting CCDG through membership, dinner
lectures, or our schools, and I am looking forward to another wonderful year!
Regards,
Amy Alexander
CCDG President
Posted: January 14, 2020 by CCDG
Dinner Lecture, February 11, 2020
The Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group Presents:
Rich DeMuro
Waters Corporation
Best Practices for UHPLC & UHPLC MS
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Mickey Finn’s Brewery
345 North Milwaukee Ave
Libertyville, IL
Get your tickets HERE
The introduction of commercially available UHPLC systems in 2004 and the rapid adoption of its methodology and instrumentation fundamentally altered the landscape of the separations laboratory. While the rules that govern the practice of UHPLC are no different than those that govern HPLC, a much stricter adherence to those rules is necessary. In addition, the proliferation of mass spectrometers as LC detectors has required analysts to think carefully when transferring optical detector-based methods to LCMS platforms. This presentation will review best practices for UHPLC and UHPLC MS. Specific topics of discussion will include tubing & connections, sample diluents, solvent purity, glassware cleanliness, contaminant ions as well as other tips & tricks to make a day in the lab less stressful.
Rich DeMuro, Principal Technical Support Specialist, Waters Corporation Rich joined Waters as a Technical Support Specialist in 2008. Based in the Chicago area, he is responsible for the regional support of Waters separation, MS and informatics platforms as well as their applications. During his 30+ year career in the analytical instrument industry he has worked extensively with a broad range of techniques while specializing in the field of liquid chromatography. During his time at Shimadzu from 1987 – 2007, Rich’s focus was on LC hardware/software operational support & training. That focus has been maintained at Waters while also expanding to include separations development & mass spectrometry. Rich earned a BS in Nutrition from the University of Delaware and is a past president of the Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group
Last Updated: March 2, 2020 by CCDG
2019 Gas Chromatography School
CCDG is excited to announce the 2019 Gas Chromatography school.
September 24-26, 2019
About this Event
Co-sponsored by Roosevelt University and held on their campus, this course offers a well-designed combination of lecture and hands-on laboratory training. Students gain sufficient theoretical and practical background to perform independent work in gas chromatography.
This three day course, taught by Dr. Lee Polite from Axion, will provide instruction on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
Introduction to Gas Chromatography
GC Inlet systems
GC capillary columns and resolution
GC split ratio
Temperature programming and electronic pressure control
GC/MS, Headspace GC, Liquid GC
Method development and quantitative analysis
GC Troubleshooting and more!
This course is AACC accredited for 20 credit hours.
Registration fee: $995 (includes text, supplies and lunches) | $500 for students
Printed course material is provided, at no extra cost to the student, by the Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group.
Location: Roosevelt University
1400 N Roosevelt Blvd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
REGISTER HERE
Last Updated: March 2, 2020 by CCDG
2018-2019 President’s Report
Hello to all members and friends of CCDG. We have just wrapped up our 2018-2019 season, and throughout the year I have had the privilege of working with a talented and hard-working board to accomplish some amazing things.
This year, we changed our membership term and our sponsorship term to reflect the calendar year. This was done to help our members, as well as our board, to help keep track of renewals. We are also in the process of transitioning to a new program for membership renewal that will streamline the process of renewing membership
In the fall, we launched a brand-new website. We found this new website to be more user friendly, and enables us to keep our website updated in a timelier fashion. Our new website also allows us to share more pictures from our dinner lectures and our schools.
This year we were very excited to bring back our GC school, which was held at Roosevelt University in Schaumburg. It was a huge success with 13 students, and the instructor, Dr. Lee Polite went above and beyond for our students ensuring they left the class well informed.
Our GC school was such a success at Roosevelt University that we decided to move our LC school to the same location. Dr. Merlin Bicking once again led an outstanding course in which the students learned a great deal about liquid chromatography.
At our Young Scientist Dinner lecture, we awarded graduate student Sarah Lum with the Young Scientist Award. Her presentation on a novel way to quickly and efficiently analyze rape kits was both captivating and informative. We look forward to seeing what else Sarah will accomplish in her career.
We attended two conferences this year, the Midwest Association of Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Cleveland, and the ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting in Lisle. Attending conferences helps us to grow our organization and accomplish our motto of Sharing in Knowledge.
Lastly, we hosted four dinner lectures this year, ranging in topics from tips and tricks in gas chromatography to the challenges of teaching chromatography in a third world country. A huge thank you to all of our speakers this year, Eric Pavlich of Agilent, Gosia Medrecki, Kayla Watanabe, Sarah Lum, Dr. John Stuff of Gerstel, and Dr. Merlin Bicking of ACCTA.
Thank you all for supporting CCDG through membership, dinner lectures, or our schools, and I am looking forward to another wonderful year!
Regards,
Amy Alexander
CCDG President
Posted: February 17, 2019 by CCDG
2019 Liquid Chromatography School
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LC School Reviews
“I now have a better understanding of how HPLC works and why column choice is so important.”
“It is a fantastic course for learning the theory of LC and method development”
“The instructor, Merlin Bicking, is very helpful. It was great to see how wiling he is to answer questions and all the variety of methods he worked on.”
“I am just beginning my position from out of school. I found the course very insightful in terms of preparation for my future career”
“It is very useful for me because having hands on experience, which helped me to understand more of HPLC.”
“Great class. Would easily take again and recommend Dr. Merlin anytime. Would love to take his other courses. If he had a book would quickly buy for reference.”