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a reception in the 14th century city hall, beer tasting in a local brewery, a banquet in the provincial governments hall and a closing reception at the symposium venue.


After the successful 13th edition of the symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Hyphenated Chromatographic Analyzers the next and 14th edition will be organised in January 2016. Dates were not available from the organisers at press time. When asked what the focus would be for 2016 Professor Lynen answered, “I’m looking forward to incorporating sessions on hyphenated microfluidic techniques in 2016. We will also try to offer more contributions in the field of bio-therapeutics as this is a particular field of interest where there is a need for improved transfer of know how of the most recent hyphenation strategies”.


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These extremely valuable meetings covered everything from basic principles to


fundamental aspects, method developments and applications of the various hyphenated chromatographic techniques and analyses. The high quality of the poster contributions and the novelty of the scientific content of the presentations, describing all aspects of hyphenated separation techniques, were of tremendous value for both novices and experts. Of particular note and interest to the author were the following areas: sample preparation for metabolomics, biological samples and biopharmaceuticals, the role of hyphenated techniques in the petroleum industry, metabolomics and the continuing evolution of chromatography and chemometrics and what can each one do for the other. A critical evaluation of HILIC and HILIC-MS was also a great summary of the power of HILIC, all making this a meeting that should not be missed for analysts involved in Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography.


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