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Let's meet at HPLC 2010 in Boston

by Jiri Urban on May 29, 2010 · 0 comments

Stop me when you meet me

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 [...]

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 [...]

How do you define chromatography?

by Jiri Urban on May 10, 2010 · 2 comments

How do you define chromatography?

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 [...]

Writing for publication in research journals

by Jiri Urban on February 19, 2010 · 0 comments

Writing for publication

Berkeley Lab organized yesterday short workshop focusing on writing for scientific journals. The workshop took 2 hours and it was mainly focused on the “schedule” we should follow during the publication preparation. The first part summarized the journal selection. I will not go to much details here, because we probably already know in which journals [...]

What do they want

by Jiri Urban on January 21, 2010 · 0 comments

Importance of the review in the science

Recently, there was a post about the role of the referees in the science on a The Sceptical Chymist. The post described Nature Physics editorial which focuses on the demands Nature Physics has on the reviewers. I think, it is not only source of the information for (current and future) reviewers but also for us [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

by Jiri Urban on December 24, 2009 · 0 comments

Happy New Chromatographic Year

Not only from the chromatographic point of view, I wish you in the year 2010: low pressure high efficiency sharp resolution large capacity and satisfactory results … or (in case you dont want to use chromatographic expressions) you can use any of the translations.

Chromatography Forum

by Jiri Urban on December 8, 2009 · 0 comments

Chromatography Forum

Chromatography Forum is a public discussion group where you can post questions, news, or messages of interest to chromatographers everywhere. I have asked Tom Jupile (founder and moderator) for some factual data about the Chromatography Forum. The forum was started in May 1999 as an adjunct to the LC Resources web site, and was updated [...]

What gets you accepted?

by Jiri Urban on November 24, 2009 · 0 comments

How to write world class manuscript?

Do you know how to write the scientific paper? Are you looking for step by step procedure you should follow? Download Editor’s Presentation on “How to write a world class paper” prepared by the Elsevier. The presentation covers each step of preparing manuscripts and submitting them to scientific journals for publication, and is delivered by [...]

CASSS dinner with Dr. J. Kirkland

by Jiri Urban on November 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Dr. J. Kirkland during the award talk

Yesterday, I had a great opportunity to participate in Discussion group organized by the An International Separation Science Society (CASSS). The main topic was the Scientific Achievements Award for one of the founders of modern HPLC – Dr. Jack Kirkland. Jack Kirkland is the inventor of superficially porous particle stationary phases. These particles have solid [...]