Thermal desorption in practice – fundamentals, advances and applications
Date: 1 October 2025 | Location: SepSolve Analytical, Peterborough, UK
Free-to-attend
This Masterclass is dedicated to thermal desorption (TD) – the technique at the heart of many VOC and SVOC workflows. Designed for both new and experienced users, the programme combines expert presentations with practical demonstrations to give you a complete understanding of how TD can enhance your GC–MS analysis.
Why attend
- Learn the fundamentals of TD and its role in environmental, industrial and research analysis
- Hear directly from leading academic and industrial speakers who use TD in their work
- See TD technologies in action during guided lab sessions
- Experience intelligent software tools designed to accelerate and simplify TD–GC–MS data interpretation
Masterclass highlights:
- Fundamentals of TD – including environmental and regulatory workflows (e.g. TO-17, TO-15, PFAS)
- Applications spotlight – odour mimicry research, VOC control, urban greenspace scent profiling
- Technology insights – updates on TD sampling technologies, and
- Lab tour & demonstrations – live instrumentation and software in action
Speakers
- Dr Luciana (Oxford University) – “Do I smell a (dead) rat?” Exploring carrion mimicry using TD–GC–QTOF–MS
- Jessica Lenderyou (AqDot) – TD–GC–MS in evaluating cucurbiturils for broad-range VOC control
- Anya Lindstrom Battle (Oxford University) – Scent snapshots: profiling healthy urban greenspaces
- Markes TD expert – Fundamentals and technical innovations in TD
Agenda
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09:30 |
Registration, coffee & welcome reception |
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10:00 |
TD fundamentals – includes application examples and case studies from the areas of environmental, food and materials testing |
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10:45 |
Dr Luciana (Oxford University) |
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11:15 |
Jessica Lenderyou (AqDot) |
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11:45 |
Lunch |
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13:00 |
Anya Lindstrom Battle (Oxford University) |
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13:30 |
Advances in sampling technologies |
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14:15 |
Laboratory tour and software demonstrations |
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15:15 |
Q&A and close |
