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Jiri Urban

New directions in separation science

September 2, 2010

In May, I announced that CASSS organizes a discussion group about consulting.
Today, I would like to mention next discussion group focused on New directions/developments in Separation Science.
The meeting is taking place on September 15th, 2010 in Woodfin Suites in Emeryville, CA at 6 pm.
Personally, I am looking forward to attending this meeting. The topic as [...]

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Chromatographic coffee cup – do it yourself

July 26, 2010

Recently, I was browsing amazon.com products related to the chromatography keyword. To my big surprise, the number ten (at least in my results) was a “16 oz. Double Wall Insulated Tumbler with chromatography column alone – Paper Insert”.
This is what I call a present for a chromatographer!
I waited until our next order (Harry Potter Playstation [...]

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HPLC 2010 flashbacks

July 1, 2010

As I mentioned several weeks ago, there was an international symposium on the separation science – HPLC 2010 – held in Boston last week. It was my second North American conference (together with San Francisco 2006) and third in total (plus Stockholm 2005).
Allow me to summarize my remarks I made during the lectures I [...]

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Let’s meet at HPLC 2010 in Boston

May 29, 2010

I am flying tomorrow to the Czech Republic. Two weeks of holiday. So, although I wasn’t updating this website frequently, I will have even less time now.  Shortly after my holiday starts the most important chromatographic conference of a year – HPLC 2010 in Boston.
Let’s meet at the HPLC 2010 in Boston
I have the nice [...]

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Keys to Successful Consulting… You Too Can be a Consultant!

May 27, 2010

I have to admit that this information is mainly interested for chromatographers located in California (especially Bay Area). The CASSS (An International Separation Science Society) organizes the Discussion group focused on the Keys to Successful Consulting.
Maybe you dont know it yet. Maybe your future job is a consulting.
Following information are from a Discussion group website:
If [...]

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How do you define chromatography?

May 10, 2010

Before the last CASSS Discussion group debate on difference between high temperature and high pressure liquid chromatography started, there was a welcome slide projected on the wall. There was only one sentece (paraphrase):
Meet other people who like and understand what you do
I highlighted the most important part (for me), because I have always problems to [...]

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High temperature vs. Ultra high pressure liquid chromatography

May 2, 2010

The last CASSS Discussion group focused on the possible advantages and disadvantages of high temperature and/or high pressure in a liquid chromatography. The Discussion group was hold as a debate – two experts against each other. The high temperature approach was defended by Nebojsa M. Djordevic (SANO CRO) and Michael W. Dong (Genetech) advocated the [...]

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