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Analytica 2016
September 28-30, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 5(Suppl) J Anal Bioanal Tech 2016
ISSN: 2155-9872 JABT, an open access journal
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September 28-30, 2016 Orlando, USA
7th International Conference and Exhibition on
Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques
Wes E Steiner, J Anal Bioanal Tech 2016, 7:5(Suppl)
Current trends in gas chromatography and mass spectrometry instrumentation: A hyphenated
technology for analytical and bioanalytical techniques
Wes E Steiner
Eastern Washington University, USA
The advancement of hyphenated instrumentation from a variety of scientists working in the public and private sectors
of research and development in the form of gas chromatography (GC) being coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) has
continued to develop into a powerful multi-dimensional hyphenated instrumental technology for the use in a wide assortment
of analytical and bioanalytical techniques. Examples of this development can be seen in the analysis of drugs, metabolites,
pesticides, chemical warfare agents, food ingredients, medications, fuels and etc, and/or in the main category of volatile and
semi-volatile organic compound analysis in fields such as forensic, toxicology, environment, defense, food and beverage,
pharmaceutical, petrochemical and etc. This advancement in hyphenated GC-MS instrumentation was initially and still
is driven by the need for a more comprehensive analytical and bioanalytical technique that can accurately and precisely
discriminate targeted and untargeted analytes from higher complexity sample mixtures in a sensitive and selective way from
within a concise window of time. With this in mind, this presentation which is based upon a recent editorial, briefly attempts to
highlight some of the current trends in hyphenated GC-MS instrumentation available today and their respective contributions
to the field of analytical and bioanalytical techniques.
Biography
Wes E Steiner has earned his PhD in Analytical Chemistry with focus on the development and use of analytical instrumentation to explore a variety of topics
involving health, environment, agriculture and defense. Presently his research group is interested in applications that are focused on the qualitative discovery and
quantitative directed analysis of bio-markers that can be correlated to a specific disease trait, state and/or rate. He has more than 30 publications to his credit.