Practical GC-MS: Troubleshooting Instrument Operation and Data Interpretation

JohnLangley_75.pngWhen: 30-31 October, 2017
Duration: 2 Days
Presenter: John Langley

EARLY BIRD RATE (ends 31 August)
USD 975 (standard rate - USD 1,175)

This two-day course provides attendees with relevant, practical approaches that can be immediately applied in the lab. The objective of this workshop is to build on existing knowledge and GC-MS skills and to enhance your problem solving abilities with respect to instrument operation and data processing and interpretation.

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Who Should Attend
Researchers, practitioners, technicians, and others who are currently using GC, GC-MS, GC-MS-MS, or plan to use GC-MS in the future, and those dealing with data produced by GC-MS. This course is designed to provide a practical overview. Chromatographers just embarking on the technique will gain GC-MS skills and to enhance problem solving abilities with respect to instrument operation and data processing and interpretation.

Through classwork and exercises you will be exposed to the following and gain experience in

1. Troubleshooting typical GC-MS problems, including

  • Injector
  • Column
  • MS
  • Contamination

2. Enhanced data processing, including

  • Peak purity/co-elution
  • Data processing
    - Linking chromatographic and MS data (total ion current, base peak ion current and extracted ion current chromatograms)
    - Libraries and library searching
    - Basic MS interpretation

3. Qualitative and quantitative GC-MS

  • Different data acquisition functions and analysers

What You Will Learn

  • How to improve your diagnostic and troubleshooting skills with respect to instrumentation
  • How to solve common problems with key aspects of the GC-MS workflow
  • How to improve your data interpretation skills
  • Key factors in qualitative and quantitative GC-MS analysis

The Presenter
John Langley has nearly 30 years’ experience in mass spectrometry and chromatography-mass spectrometry. He has been a member of the Organisation Committees for a number of National and International meetings and conferences, and is currently a member of the BMSS Advisory Board, the Scientific Advisory Group for Microsaic, mass spectrometry consultant for LGC (Teddington) and has previously been an expert witness.
His innovative and unique research has led to 90+ publications in over 30 leading scientific journals which reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the applications of this research, including Nature, Analytical Chemistry, Analyst, Chem. Sci., Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry and Journal of Chromatography A.

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