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01 Jul 2025

Streamlining maintenance and maximising uptime with the re-released BenchTOF2

Earlier this year, we announced a significant update to the design of BenchTOF2, with a focus on further improving its robustness for tough analyses, as well as streamlining maintenance tasks. In this blog post, we take a look at the main features of the new release, and the advantages that it offers for high-throughput labs.

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30 Jul 2024

Trust your nose: Enhanced GC–O workflows for detailed sensory evaluation

Gas chromatography olfactometry (GC–O) enhances sensory evaluation by using the human nose to detect odours alongside mass spectrometry. Techniques like sample enrichment and two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) improve detection and identification of low-concentration and co-eluting compounds, optimising GC–O workflows for accurate correlation of sensory and chemical data.

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01 Aug 2023

SepSolve and Markes host seminar on analytical strategies to improve data quality in biomarker discovery

In June, we hosted a one-day seminar – Analytical strategies to improve data quality in biomarker discovery – in collaboration Markes International, and the Volatile Biomarker Research Group, led by Prof. George Hanna at Imperial College London (UK). Read the blog for the talk summaries.

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04 Jul 2023

Using separation science to tackle the flavour challenges in plant-based foods

Discussing the challenges faced by the plant-based food industry in mimicking flavours, and how this is being addressed using separation science, particularly 2D GC coupled with TOF MS and chemometric software.

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10 Jun 2022

Markes and SepSolve are realigning under parent company Schauenburg Analytics. What will that mean for our customers?

Alun Cole, Founding Director, writes introducing the benefits we are able to bring arising from a closer association of Markes and SepSolve under their parent company Schauenburg Analytics.

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08 Dec 2021

Hybrid cars – Should we be concerned about VOCs?

SepSolve and Markes instruments used as part of an investigation looking at VOC emissions from hybrid cars. British investigative current affairs documentary series Dispatches aired an episode entitled “The truth about electric cars” on Channel 4 in November 2021 about current issues with hybrid cars.

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23 Jan 2021

Overcoming the challenges of untargeted data analysis

Continual advances in sample introduction, chromatographic separation and detection by mass spectrometry means we can now gain greater insight into sample composition than ever before. But we may ask: “What am I going to do with all of this data?”.

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08 Dec 2020

How do you cope with retention time drift in GC?

Those of you who routinely run GC or GC–MS instruments will be all too familiar with the frustrations of retention time drift. Read how SepSolve's Dr Laura McGregor deals with this problem.

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