separationsNOW Educational Webinar Series

We are proud to announce a new series of freely available educational webinars run in collaboration with Chromedia, COAST, and SciMind, a product of the American Chemical Society. Over the next few months, these webinars will build into a must-have set of tutorial materials for the analytical scientist.

Engineered Serendipity

Serendipity or ‘accidental discovery’ is the absolute epitome of innovation. Vaccination, penicillin and Viagra are some famous examples of serendipitous discoveries, but did you know that the splitless injection technique, stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and selected ion flow tube MS (SIFT-MS) were also discovered by clever accident? The webinar will provide basic insights into the process of innovation and how to implement it successfully using principles and tools from Lean thinking.
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Quality in the Laboratory

Quality is of extreme importance for labs. However, it is often seen as the responsibility of the quality manager and its importance and impact on your own work is not always well understood. In this webinar, Peter Kootstra will reinforce how quality can improve your performance and your work satisfaction.
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Introduction on the Use of Analytical Chemistry in Forensic Investigation

This webinar will provide newcomers in the forensic field with an insight on the use and importance of analytical chemistry in forensic investigations. Through the basic principles and definitions the importance of analytical methods for any modern forensic laboratory will become clear.
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