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Extending the limits of sample extraction and concentration

Date: 2 October 2025 | Location: SepSolve Analytical, Peterborough, UK

Free-to-attend

Join Markes International and SepSolve Analytical for a free-to-attend, in-person Masterclass dedicated to next-generation sample extraction and concentration for GC–MS.

This unique event will demonstrate how a single automated platform brings together thermal desorption (TD), high-capacity sorptive extraction, headspace (HS) and solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) – all enhanced by cryogen-free trapping – to deliver step-change improvements in sensitivity, reproducibility and analytical coverage.

Whether you currently use HS or SPME, are familiar with TD, or are simply looking to increase the sensitivity of your GC–MS analysis, this Masterclass will provide practical insights into how trapping transforms workflows and extends applications.

Why attend

  • Learn how cryogen-free trapping greatly enhances HS, SPME, high-capacity sorptive extraction and TD workflows
  • See how these platforms enhance established headspace and SPME approaches to deliver ground-breaking sensitivity
  • Gain insights from leading academic and industrial researchers applying these techniques in food, environmental, planetary and clinical sciences
  • Take part in a guided laboratory tour
  • Experience live demonstrations of software tools that simplify complex GC–MS data comparison

Masterclass highlights

  • Enhanced sensitivity in extraction workflows – advances in automated HS, SPME and high-capacity sorptive extraction with cryogen-free trapping

  • Applications in focus – from food flavour chemistry and environmental monitoring to planetary protection and urban greenspace profiling

  • Workflow innovation – boosting sensitivity and reproducibility in current HS and SPME approaches

  • Lab tour and live demos – multi-technique extraction in practice, alongside TD and GC×GC with time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Speakers

  • Luke Bell (University of Reading) – Use of HiSorb in diverse food & environmental applications

  • Claire Batty / Camilla Wilkinson (The Open University) – From Cosmo to Cosmos: planetary protection with advanced extraction

  • Anya Lindstrom Battle (Oxford University) – Scent snapshots of urban greenspaces

  • Markes & SepSolve experts – Fundamentals of multi-technique extraction with application examples in clinical and fragrance workflows

Agenda

09:30

Registration, coffee & welcome reception

10:00

Fundamentals of multi-technique extraction and applications overview

10:45

Luke Bell (University of Reading)
Use of HiSorb in diverse food & environmental applications

11:15

Claire Batty / Camilla Wilkinson (The Open University)
From Cosmo to Cosmos: planetary protection with advanced extraction

11:45

Lunch

13:00

Anya Lindstrom Battle (Oxford University)
Scent snapshots of urban greenspaces

13:30

Advances in sampling technologies – workflow examples of various applications using multiple tools

14:15

Laboratory tour and software demonstrations

15:15

Q&A and close

 

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