Advances in thermal desorption sampling and analysis
Date: 21 April 2026 | Location: Peterborough, UK
Free-to-attend (lunch provided) - registration required
Join us for a one-day technical symposium designed to help you understand how thermal desorption (TD) can be applied effectively within modern GC–MS workflows. We will explore the principles, performance benefits, and practical considerations behind this solvent-free sample introduction approach.
Why attend
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Learn the fundamentals of TD, and its varied use across a range of application areas to improve target and non-target analysis
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Hear directly from leading academic and industrial speakers who use TD in their work
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See TD technologies in action during guided lab sessions
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Experience intelligent software tools designed to accelerate and simplify TD–GC–MS data interpretation
Symposium highlights
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Fundamentals of TD – including environmental and regulatory workflows (e.g. TO-17, TO-15, PFAS)
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Applications spotlight – environmental/H&S, fragrance, plastics/polymers, breath
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Technology insights – updates on TD sampling technologies and an exclusive preview of an upcoming product launch
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Lab tour & demonstrations – live instrumentation and software in action
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Tips & Tricks – Get the best from your TD–GC–MS workflow
Agenda
Our programme brings together technical experts from Markes alongside guest speakers from industry and academia, including:
| Time | Session |
| 9:30 | Registration & coffee |
| 10:00 | Welcome & introduction |
| 10:15 | Dr Paul Morris, Markes Introduction to VOC and SVOC analysis: fundamentals and recent advances in sampling technologies |
| 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:15 | Dr Aaron Parker, Imperial College London Thermal Desorption workflow for multi centre breath analysis |
| 11:45 | Dr Ashleigh Kinch-James, Unilever Using TD-GC-MS for Fragrance Analysis in Homecare Products |
| 12:05 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Laboratory tour |
| 14:00 | Dr Godswill Akhigbe and Dr Ian Pengelly, Health and Safety Executive Use of Standard Atmospheres for Production of Proficiency Testing Products and Sorbent Testing Use of Thermal Desorption by HSE in Health and Safety Applications and Investigations |
| 14:30 | Coffee |
| 14:45 | Dr Dave Worton, NPL Supporting the implementation of the Air Quality Directive through standardisation in ozone precursor monitoring using different methods based on thermal desorption coupled to gas chromatography. |
| 15:15 | Dr Paul Morris, Markes TD Sampling Tips & Tricks |
| 15:45 | Q&A, Final Remarks |
| 16:00 | Close |
Extend your visit
Join us the following day (22 April) for our Sample Extraction Symposium, focusing on next-generation sample extraction and concentration for GC–MS.
To register for this free-to-attend symposium, please complete and send the form
