<p><strong>The biennial conference is organized by Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in cooperation with Czech Chemical Society and Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry. It is organized as a meeting of the scientists from the universities, academic institutes and experts from the routine analytical laboratories.</strong></p>
<p>The scientific program will deal with all areas of separation science from fundamental to applied reseach in chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, forensic science and related disciplines. Official languages of the conference are English, Czech and Slovak.</p>
<h3><strong>Registration</strong></h3>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://chiranal2024.upol.cz/index.php?link=registration"><strong>Registration</strong></a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Registration fee is 5000,- CZK (200 EUR) + tax 21 %.</p>
<p>Registration covers printed Program and Book of Abstracts, access to all scientific and social events held in the framework of the conference and meals.</p>
<p>The invoice should be paid until <strong>May 26th, 2024</strong>.</p>
<h3><strong>Programme</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Monday 17th June</strong></h3>
<h5><strong>14:00 – 17:30 Registration</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Fort Science (foyer, ground floor), individual arrival of participants and accommodation</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:00 – 16:15 Opening of the conference (Fort Science, Laudon Hall, ground floor), presence of official representatives of the conference partners</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Foreword: Petr Bednář</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:15 – 17:15 Plenary Lecture</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Fort Science, Laudon Hall, ground floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>Toward unrivaled chromatographic resolving power: Design and development of comprehensive spatial three-dimensional liquid-phase separation technology</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Sebastiaan Eeltink</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:30 – 17:45 Ceremonial launch of the book of Lucie Nováková, Michal Douša, Petr Česla and Jiří Urban: Modern HPLC separations in theory and practice</strong></h5>
<h5><strong>17:45 – ?? Welcome party + banquet</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Fort Science, Laudon Hall, ground floor</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/UPOL_Chiranal_cover_image_6d8ebc4308/UPOL-Chiranal-cover-image.jpg" alt="Chiranal: Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis &amp; Chiranal 2024"/></p>
<h3><strong>Tuesday 18th June</strong></h3>
<h5><strong>08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor</li>
<li>installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>09:00 – 11:20 Lectures I: Electromigration techniques, ion exchange chromatography</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Michael Lämmerhofer, Petr Bednář</li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:00 – 09:30 Electrokinetic methodologies for diagnostics development</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Anne Varenne</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:30 – 10:00 Advances in microchip electrophoresis for the analysis of environmental and biological samples</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Marián Masár</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 Determination of effective charge and ionic mobilities of highly sulfated cyclodextrins by capillary isotachophoresis and zone electrophoresis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Václav Kašička</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis – Mass spectrometry for intact protein analysis in biological fluids – possibilities and limitations</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Katarína Maráková</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00 Microcontrollers and their application in constructing analytical instrumentation</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Petr Kubáň</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:00 – 11:20 Adsorbable organic fluorine (AOF) – a sum parameter for non-targeted screening of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in waters</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Jan Soukup (<a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/176"><strong>Metrohm</strong></a>)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:20 – 11:40 Coffee break</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>11:40 – 13:40 Lectures II: Approaches to method development in LC and MS, capillary chromatography</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Anne Varenne, Petr Barták</li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:40 – 12:10 How to successfully analyse oligonucleotides with liquid chromatography</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Davy Guillarme</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:10 – 12:40 Recent applications of nano-liquid chromatography for the characterization of plant and food products</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Zeineb Aturki</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:40 – 13:00 Personal insights on the design of experiments</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Jiří Urban</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:00 – 13:20 How to make chromatography more sustainable</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Egidijus Machtejevas (Merck)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:20 – 13:40 Automated workflow for derivatized analyte analysis in LC-TIMS-MS/MS 4D-metabolomics data: Incorporating in-silico</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Aiko Barsch (Bruker Daltonics)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:40 – 14:40 Lunch</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>university cafeteria</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>14:40 – 16:00 Poster session I (odd poster numbers) and coffee break</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, seminary rooms, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>16:00 – 18:00 Lectures III: Current trends in chromatography</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Václav Kašička, Ondřej Kurka</li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:00 – 16:30 Isomer separations in metabolomics and lipidomics</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Michael Lämmerhofer</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>16:30 – 17:00 New Trends in the Lipidomic and Metabolomic Analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Michal+Hol%C4%8Dapek"><strong>Michal Holčapek</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:00 – 17:20 Unveiling the Power of Deep UV LAESI/LAESCI Dual Ambient Ionization: Towards Comprehensive Molecular MSI</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Barbora Papoušková</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:20 – 17:40 Advanced small molecule mass spectrometry</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Luka Milivojevic (<a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/42"><strong>Pragolab</strong></a>/Thermo Fisher Scientific)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>17:40 – 18:00 Employing ballistic gradients, vacuum jacketed columns and prototype benchtop multi reflecting time-of-flight (MRT) to increase lipidomic analytical throughput whilst maintainig highly confident identifications</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Alex Muck (<a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/50"><strong>Waters</strong></a>)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>18:00 – 19:00 Dinner</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>university cafeteria</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>19:15 – 21:00 Excursion to the Eureka University Brewery and Department of Analytical Chemistry</strong></h5>
<h3><strong>Wednesday 19th June</strong></h3>
<h5><strong>08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>09:00 – 11:20 Lectures IV: Advances in biomolecules analysis, heritage science</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Sebastiaan Eeltink, Lukáš Kučera</li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:00 – 09:30 Advances in chiral separation of carboranes – new phenyl ring isosteres for drug development</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Radim Kučera</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:30 – 10:00 Analysis of selected drugs in whole blood collected with a volumetric absorptive microsampling device</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Petra Štěrbová-Kovaříková</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 Translation of omics into clinics</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=David+Friedeck%C3%BD"><strong>David Friedecký</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 Py/GC-MS characterization of oil paintings to correlate museum environment and materials condition over time for SMARTMUS-e project</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Paola Lucero</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00 Recent chromatographic advances in plant hormone profiling methods</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Ond%C5%99ej+Nov%C3%A1k"><strong>Ondřej Novák</strong></a> (on behalf of <a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/37"><strong>Altium</strong></a>)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:20 – 13:00 Poster session II (even poster numbers) and coffee break</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, seminary rooms, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:00 – 14:00 Lunch</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>university cafeteria</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>15:00 – 17:00 Social/sport event</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Bowling at Bowland Olomouc</li>
<li>A tour around Olomouc, visit of Regional Museum in Olomouc</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>18:00 – ?? Social dinner</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 6th floor</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Thursday 20th June</strong></h3>
<h5><strong>08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:00 – 11:00 Lectures V: Matrix effects, chiral separation, advances in stationary phases, supercritical fluid chromatography</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Zeineb Aturki, Petr Fryčák</li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:00 – 09:30 Matrix effects in LC-MS: importance of correct calculation approach</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Lucie+Nov%C3%A1kov%C3%A1"><strong>Lucie Nováková</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>09:30 – 10:00 New trends in ion exchange-type chiral stationary phases and their chiral recognition mechanisms</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/article/3991"><strong>Michal Kohout</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 Development of an easy-to-set-up multiple heart-cutting achiral-chiral LC-LC method for the analysis of branched-chain amino acids in food supplements</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Ghaid W.A. Abualzulof</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 Rapid profiling of bioactive compounds using supercritical fluid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Ivan Petřík</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00 Symbiosis of core-shell and fully porous particles: Implementing both for better HPLC and UHPLC results</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Jan Vlasák (<a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/51"><strong>Phenomenex</strong></a>)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:20 – 13:30 Lectures VI: Selectivity in chromatography and mass spectrometry and its optimization, analysis of natural products</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>chairmen: Lucie Nováková, <a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1+Pluh%C3%A1%C4%8Dek"><strong>Tomáš Pluháček</strong></a></li>
<li>Faculty of Science, assembly hall, 2nd floor</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:20 – 11:50 Targeted and untargeted analysis of psilocybin mushrooms using LC-MS</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Kevin Schug</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>11:50 – 12:10 On the potential of two-dimensional liquid chromatography for environmental analysis</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Deirdre Cabooter</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:10 – 12:30 Leveraging ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry data using machine learning reveals provenance of indigo dyes</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Volodymyr Pauk</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:30 – 12:50 Numerical optimization of gradient separations in RP and HILIC using non-linear retention models</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Petr+%C4%8Cesla"><strong>Petr Česla</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>12:50 – 13:10 Do we need separations in clinical diagnostics?</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Rutuja Patil</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:10 – 13:30 Metabolomics analysis of Moringa oleifera leaves: correlation between in vitro effect on C2C12 myotubes cell line and geographical origin</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li>Mariateresa Maldini (Amedis)</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>13:30 – 14:10 Closing of the conference and farewell drink (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor)</strong></h5>
<h5><strong>14:10 – 15:10 Lunch (university cafeteria)</strong></h5>
<h3><strong>Partners and Sponsors</strong></h3>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Chiranal_2024_Partners_e3fc1710b0/Chiranal-2024-Partners.jpg" alt="Chiranal 2024: Partners"/></p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Czech Chemical Society</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Chromatography &amp; Electrophores Czech Chemical Society</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/21"><strong>Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Fort Science</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>ARTECA</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>TEVA</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/1"><strong>LabRulezLCMS</strong></a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Sponsors Chiranal 2024</strong></h3>
<p><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/Chiranal_Sponsors_2024_14389caaaf.jpg" alt="Chiranal: Sponsors 2024"/></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/37"><strong>Altium International</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>Alven Laboratories</strong></li>
<li><strong>AMEDIS</strong>/<strong>SCIEX</strong></li>
<li><strong>Bruker</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/168"><strong>ECOM</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>Chromservis</strong></li>
<li><strong>MERCK</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/176"><strong>Metrohm</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/51"><strong>Phenomenex</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/42"><strong>Pragolab</strong></a>/<strong>Thermo Scientific</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/43"><strong>SHIMADZU</strong></a></li>
<li><strong>Villa Labeco</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://lcms.cz/companies/50"><strong>Waters</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Permanent scientific committee</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Daniel W. Armstrong (US)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Petr Barták (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Petr Bednář (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Salvatore Fanali (IT)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Bohuslav Gaš (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Václav Kašička (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Karel+Lemr"><strong>Karel Lemr (CZ)</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Wolfgang Lindner (AT)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Eva Smolková (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Zdeněk Stránský (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Juraj Ševčík (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://lcms.cz/articles?search=Franti%C5%A1ek+%C5%A0vec"><strong>František Švec (CZ)</strong></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Eva Tesařová (CZ)</strong></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>Contacts</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Dr. Ondřej Kurka</strong> (phone: +420 585 634 450, email: ondrej.kurka@upol.cz)</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Assoc. Prof. Petr Bednář</strong> (phone: +420 585 634 403, email: petr.bednar@upol.cz)</p>
</li>
</ul>


Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2024 (Programme)

<p><strong>Symposium "Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis &amp; Chiranal" belongs to the periodical meetings of specialists working in the field of separation methods. The biennial conference is organized by Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in cooperation with Czech Chemical Society and Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry. It is organized as a meeting of the scientists from the universities, academic institutes and experts from the routine analytical laboratories.</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upol.cz/chiranal/programme/"><strong>The scientific program</strong></a> will deal with all areas of separation science from fundamental to applied reseach in chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, forensic science and related disciplines. Official languages of the conference are English, Czech and Slovak.</p><ul><li><strong>Date: </strong>15. - 18. June 2026</li><li><strong>Place:</strong> Olomouc, Czech Republic</li><li><strong>Contact: </strong>prof. RNDr. Petr Bednář, Ph.D. (Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University)<ul><li><strong>e-mail: </strong>petr.bednar@upol.cz</li></ul></li></ul><h3><strong>Registration</strong></h3><blockquote><p class="cke-user_style-important"><strong>👉</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upol.cz/chiranal/registration/"><strong>Register for the conference HERE</strong></a></p></blockquote><ul><li><strong>Conference Fees:</strong> 6.000,- CZK / 250 EUR &nbsp;without VAT</li><li><strong>Deadline for registration is May 31st, 2026.</strong></li><li>You will receive a registration confirmation by email.</li></ul><h3><strong>Abstract Submission</strong></h3><blockquote><p class="cke-user_style-important"><strong>👉</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upol.cz/chiranal/abstract-submission/"><strong>Submit your Abstract HERE</strong></a></p></blockquote><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upol.cz/fileadmin/users/381/template.docx"><strong>Download Abstract Template</strong></a></li><li>The <strong>deadline for submitting</strong> abstracts for <strong>oral presentations</strong> and posters is <strong>May 11, 2026</strong>.</li></ul><h3><strong>Preliminary Programme</strong></h3><h4><strong>Monday 15th June 2026, Fort Science</strong></h4><h5><strong>16:15 - 17:15 Plenary Lecture</strong></h5><ul><li>Michael Laemmerhofer</li></ul><h4><strong>Tuesday 16th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Enantioselective Ion Pairing Systems, my 50 years of Contribution</strong></h5><ul><li>Wolfgang Lindner&nbsp;</li></ul><h5><strong>16:30 - 17:00 Data science-assisted method development for on-line supercritical fluid extraction – chromatography</strong></h5><ul><li>Kevin Schug (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/301"><strong>The University of Texas at Arlington</strong></a>)</li></ul><h4><strong>Wednesday 17th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Solving Contemporary Challenges in Biomethane Plants</strong></h5><ul><li>Justyna Płotka-Wasylka</li></ul><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Rational approaches to MALDI-MS matrix design</strong></h5><ul><li>Hans-Dieter Junker</li></ul><h5><strong>12:50 - 13:10 Using Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry with an Electrostatic Linear Ion Trap for the Analysis of Viral Vectors and Large Protein Complexes</strong></h5><ul><li>Alex Muck (Waters)</li></ul><h4><strong>Thursday 18th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 Capillary Electrophoresis - Mass Spectrometry for the characterization of proteoforms on the intact level</strong></h5><ul><li>Christian Neusüß</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 Investigation of acid-base and electromigration properties of biopeptides by capillary electrophoresis</strong></h5><ul><li>Václav Kašička</li></ul><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Open-source capillary electrophoresis - democratizing separation science: Design principles and practical implementations from our laboratory</strong></h5><ul><li>Petr Kubáň</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 - 12:30 Analysis of biomedical, environmental and pharmaceutical samples by microchip electrophoresis</strong></h5><ul><li>Marián Masár</li></ul><h5><strong>12:30 - 13:00 UV-LED coupling for high-sensitivity glycan analysis in commercial capillary electrophoresis system</strong></h5><ul><li>Jana Lavická</li></ul><h4><strong>Sponsors</strong></h4><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/37"><strong>Altium International s.r.o. (HPST)</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/50"><strong>Waters Gesellschaft m.b.H.</strong></a></li><li>Teva</li></ul><h4><strong>Partners</strong></h4><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/341"><strong>Department of Analytical chemistry, Palacký University Olomouc</strong></a></li><li>Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc</li><li>SMALT (Spojené laboratoře pro materiálové a analytické technologie)</li><li>Czech society for mass spectrometry</li><li>Česká společnost chemická</li><li>ARTECA</li><li>Pevnost poznání</li><li>Odborná skupina chromatografie a elektroforézy ČSCH</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/1"><strong>LabRulez</strong></a></li></ul><h4><strong>Conference site</strong></h4><h5><strong>Address of conference site:</strong></h5><ul><li>Faculty of Science</li><li>Palacky University</li><li>17. listopadu 1192/12</li><li>779 00 Olomouc</li></ul>

Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2026 - Registration and Abstract submission open!

<p><strong>The biennial conference is organized by Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in cooperation with Czech Chemical Society and Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry. It is organized as a meeting of the scientists from the universities, academic institutes and experts from the routine analytical laboratories.</strong></p><p>The scientific programme of the conference highlights the <strong>latest advances</strong> in analytical chemistry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, microextraction, multidimensional separations, and data-driven analytical workflows. Participants can look forward to plenary lectures from internationally recognized experts, <strong>specialized sessions covering LC-MS, GC×GC, SFC-MS, MALDI-MS</strong>, <strong>capillary electrophoresis, and multiomics,</strong> as well as poster sessions, vendor presentations, and networking events connecting academic researchers with industry professionals.</p><h3><strong>Registration</strong></h3><blockquote><p class="cke-user_style-important"><strong>👉</strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.upol.cz/chiranal/registration/"><strong>Register for the conference HERE</strong></a></p><ul><li><strong>Conference Fees:</strong> 6.000,- CZK / 250 EUR &nbsp;without VAT</li><li><strong>Deadline for registration is May 31st, 2026.</strong></li></ul></blockquote><h3><strong>Programme</strong></h3><h4><strong>Monday 15th June 2026, Fort Science</strong></h4><h5><strong>14:00 - 17:30 Registration, individual arrival of participants and accommodation</strong></h5><h5><strong>16:00 - 16:15 Opening of the conference, presentation of official representatives of the conference partners</strong></h5><ul><li>Foreword: Petr Bednář</li></ul><h5><strong>16:15 - 17:15 Plenary Lecture: Metabolomics and Lipidomics in Biomedical Research</strong></h5><ul><li>Michael Laemmerhofer</li></ul><h5><strong>17:30 - ??? Welcome party + banquet</strong></h5><h4><strong>Tuesday 16th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 Breaking boundaries in natural product analysis with SFC-MS</strong></h5><ul><li>Lucie Nováková</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 Data science-assisted method development for on-line supercritical fluid extraction – chromatography</strong></h5><ul><li>Kevin Schug</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 Predicting Chromatographic Retention Times: Descriptor Choice, Feature Selection, and QSAR Interpretation</strong></h5><ul><li>Roman Szucs</li></ul><h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 Development of Novel Calibration Methods and Their Application to the Chromatographic Determination of Bisphenols</strong></h5><ul><li>Paweł Świt</li></ul><h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00 Applications of online SFE – SFC: A Powerful Tool for Small Molecule Extraction and Analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Kevin Schug (Shimadzu)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:00 - 11:30 </strong>Coffee break</h5><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Enantioselective Ion Pairing Systems, my 50 years of Contribution</strong></h5><ul><li>Wolfgang Lindner&nbsp;</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 - 12:30 The future of multimodal chiral stationary phases</strong></h5><ul><li>Michal Kohout</li></ul><h5><strong>12:30 - 12:50 Analytical Challenges in the Development of Voclosporin HPLC methods : Application of High Temperature Liquid Chromatography in pharmaceutical analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Pavel Blatný (TAPI Czech Industries s.r.o.)&nbsp;</li></ul><h5><strong>13:10 - 13:30 Next-Gen Zwitterionic HILIC: Particle Morphology Matters</strong></h5><ul><li>Petra Lewits (Merck)</li></ul><h5><strong>13:30 - 15:00 </strong>Lunch</h5><h5><strong>15:00 - 16:30 Poster session I (even poster numbers) and coffee break (Faculty of Science, foyer, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)</strong></h5><h5><strong>16:30 - 17:00 Quantification of polyethylene in compostable plastic formulations by analytical pyrolysis-based methods with split modulation</strong></h5><ul><li>Marco Mattonai</li></ul><h5><strong>17:00 - 17:30 Untargeted Analysis of a Late Classic Period Maya Femur by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GCxGC)</strong></h5><ul><li>Petr Vozka</li></ul><h5><strong>17:30 - 17:50 Theoretical Decomposition and Practical Mitigation of Matrix Effects in Quantitative LC–MS Calibration</strong></h5><ul><li>Ivan Petřík&nbsp;</li></ul><h5><strong>17:50 - 18:10 Feed Injection-Enabled 2D-LC/MS for Enhanced Analyses of Lipophilic Drug Formulations</strong></h5><ul><li>Daniel Foshag (Agilent Technologies)</li></ul><h5><strong>18:10 - 18:30 Modern approach for analytical and preparative liquid chromatography by ECOM manufacturer</strong></h5><ul><li>Ondřej Kuchler (ECOM)&nbsp;</li></ul><h5><strong>18:30 - 19:30 </strong>Dinner (university cafeteria)<br>&nbsp;</h5><h4><strong>Wednesday 17th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Solving Contemporary Challenges in Biomethane Plants</strong></h5><ul><li>Justyna Płotka-Wasylka</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 Centrifugation-assisted micro-extraction using functionalized glass beads for rapid HPLC analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>&nbsp;František Švec</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 A Simple Microextraction Technique: PT-µSPE</strong></h5><ul><li>Massoud Kaykhaii</li></ul><h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 LC-MS/MS Salicylate Profiling in Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants under Infection with Pathogens of Different Lifestyles</strong></h5><ul><li>Jitka Široká</li></ul><h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00 Chromline: Performance &amp; Innovation</strong></h5><ul><li>Štěpán Dostál (Chromservis)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:00 - 11:30 </strong>Coffee break</h5><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Rational approaches to MALDI-MS matrix design</strong></h5><ul><li>Hans-Dieter Junker</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 - 12:30 Multiomics in Laboratory Medicine</strong></h5><ul><li>David Friedecký</li></ul><h5><strong>12:30 - 12:50 Back to the Old Masters of Lacquerware: Classification of Asian Lacquers Using Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry</strong></h5><ul><li>Vojtěch Zemek</li></ul><h5><strong>12:50 - 13:10 Using Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry with an Electrostatic Linear Ion Trap for the Analysis of Viral Vectors and Large Protein Complexes</strong></h5><ul><li>Alex Muck (Waters)</li></ul><h5><strong>13:10 - 13:30 Pioneering 4D Multiomics and Functional Proteomics/Matbolomics 2.0</strong></h5><ul><li>Daniel Vláčil (Bruker)</li></ul><h5><strong>13:30 - 15:00 </strong>Lunch</h5><h5><strong>15:00 - 18:00 Social/sport event</strong></h5><h5><strong>19:00 - ???&nbsp;Social dinner (Faculty of Science, foyer, 6th floor)</strong></h5><h4><strong>Thursday 18th June 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor), installation of posters (Faculty of Science, seminary rooms, 2nd floor)</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 Capillary Electrophoresis - Mass Spectrometry for the characterization of proteoforms on the intact level</strong></h5><ul><li>Christian Neusüß</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 Investigation of acid-base and electromigration properties of biopeptides by capillary electrophoresis</strong></h5><ul><li>Václav Kašička</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 FromTissue to Single Cells: Targeted Hormonomics in Root Protoplasts</strong></h5><ul><li>Ondřej Novák</li></ul><h5><strong>10:20 – 10:40 Three-level Microfluidic Architecture as a Framework for Modular Analytical Instrumentation</strong></h5><ul><li>Kateryna Trach</li></ul><h5><strong>10:40 – 11:00&nbsp;Optimizing Gradient Conditions in Comprehensive 2D Liquid Chromatography: A Comparison of Chromatographic Response Functions</strong></h5><ul><li>Petr Česla</li></ul><h5><strong>11:00 - 11:30 </strong>Coffee break</h5><h5><strong>11:30 - 12:00 Open-source capillary electrophoresis - democratizing separation science: Design principles and practical implementations from our laboratory</strong></h5><ul><li>Petr Kubáň</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 - 12:30 Analysis of biomedical, environmental and pharmaceutical samples by microchip electrophoresis</strong></h5><ul><li>Marián Masár</li></ul><h5><strong>12:30 - 13:00 UV-LED coupling for high-sensitivity glycan analysis in commercial capillary electrophoresis system</strong></h5><ul><li>Jana Lavická</li></ul><h5><strong>13:30 - 14:00 Closing of the conference and farewell drink (Faculty of Science, foyer, 2nd floor)</strong></h5><h5><strong>14: 00 - 15:00 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>Lunch</h5><h3><strong>Sponsors &amp; Partners</strong></h3><h5><strong>Organizers</strong></h5><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/341"><strong>Department of Analytical chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University</strong></a></li><li>Faculty of Science, Palacky University</li></ul><h5><strong>Co-organizers</strong></h5><ul><li>ARTECA</li><li>Fort Science</li><li>SMALT</li><li>OSCHE ČSCH</li><li>Czech Chemical Society (ČSCH)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/21"><strong>Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS)&nbsp;</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/1"><strong>LabRulez</strong></a></li></ul><h5><strong>Sponsors</strong></h5><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/37"><strong>Altium International s.r.o. (HPST)</strong></a></li><li>Alven Laboratories</li><li>AMEDIS</li><li>Bruker</li><li>GALOCHROM</li><li>Chromservis</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/176"><strong>Metrohm Česká republika</strong></a></li><li>Merck</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/168"><strong>ECOM</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/51"><strong>Phenomenex</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/42"><strong>Pragolab</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/43"><strong>Shimadzu Handels GmbH</strong></a></li><li>TAPI</li><li>Teva</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.cz/companies/50"><strong>Waters Gesellschaft m.b.H.</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/59"><strong>Watrex</strong></a></li></ul>

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