Posters

Dispersants are plasticizers commonly used to prevent clumping and help dissipate oil slicks. In this work, we used GC/MS and LC-MS/ MS to detect and indentify two of the most widely used dispersants (Corexit 9527 and 9500).

Quality by Design (QbD) has become popular within the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA has cited a risk-based approach to drug development as a desirable state for the near future.1 In this state, more complete information and transparency relating to risk assessment will be made available for new drug aplications speeding the approval process, and preventing late-stage failures.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals have demonstrated that a practical automated verification system using HPLC, LC/MS, and 1D and 2D NMR can be implemented in an industrial/pharmaceutical environment. This system has proven to be robust, and provides added value to compound collection integrity and quality.

LIMS are useful in managing certain types of data for quality management and sample tracking. However, these systems are generally limited in the types of information they can process and store. A unique automated quality management system has been developed and implemented at a fragrance manufacturer to evaluate chromatographic and spectral data of samples during quality testing.

The European Union-Reference Laboratory for Mycotoxins at the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements of the Joint Research Centers of the European Commission regularly conducts proficiency tests to assess the measurement capabilities of the National Reference Laboratories of the EU-Member States.

This poster reports the development of a triple ionization source consisting of ESI, APCI and APPI sources. The source uses two probes, one for ESI and a nebulizer/vaporizer for APCI and APPI.

The objectives of the work detailed in this poster was to explore dual dopant approach to maximizing APPI sensitivity for simultaneous analysis of low and high proton affinity compounds.

Recent developments of Liquid Chromatography instrumentation, such as UHPLC coupled with mass spectrometry, have increased the separation efficiency and sensitivity. Unfortunately, there are some unwelcome consequences. One of these is the detection of trace contamination in the solvents used to prepare mobile phases. The aim of this work was to design a cartridge which produces high water quality for very sensitive LC-MS applications.

Isothiazolinones are used as preservatives, biocides and desinfectants in variety of industrial and domestic applications. The purpose of this study was to develop and optimize an LC–MS/MS method that would enable the determination without any derivatization or preconcentration step of isothiazolinones used in membrane technology for water purification and in household products, at levels relevant for the water cycle.