The scientific program will focus on the state-of-the-art in the technology and methodology of separation science and include plenary and keynote lectures. Discussions and exchange during prominently featured poster sessions will constitute an essential and vital component of the Symposium. Prizes will be awarded to the best poster presentations at HPLC2009. Finally, short courses and tutorial lectures will constitute an integral part of the educational program of HPLC 2009, allowing both newcomersand experienced scientist to get informed about the latest developments in separation science and analytical chemistry.

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Final program incl. poster (print version, pdf-download 5 MB)

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Plenary Speakers

Steven Cohen, Waters Corporation, Milford/USA
Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography: An Enabling Methodology for Complex Biological Analysis

Thomas Hankemeier, University of Leiden/Netherlands
Improving Coverage and Identification of the Metabolome for Personalized Health

Gérard Hopfgartner, University of Geneva/Switzerland
State of the Art and Future Challenges of HPLC-MS in Drugs and Metabolites Analysis

Andreas Manz, Sensory Design and Technology, Cambridge/UK
20 years of lab on a chip - why bother?

Hans Maurer, Saarland University, Homburg/Germany
Current Position of LC-MS in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology

Peter Oefner, University of Regensburg/Germany
Hyphenated Techniques in Biomedical Research

Pat Sandra, University of Gent/Belgium
Present state-of-the-art and future challenges of fluid-based separations for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries

Edward Yeung, Iowa State University, Ames/USA
Dynamic Behavior of Single DNA Molecules at Chromotographic Surfaces

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Jude Abia, University of Tenessee/USA
Radial Heterogeneity of Some Analytical Columns Used in High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Klaus Albert, University of Tübingen/Germany
Improving the Understanding of the Properties and Retention Behavior of Chemically Bonded Stationary Phases

Andrew Alpert, PolyLC Inc., Columbia/USA
Selective Isolation of Phosphopeptides and Sialylated Glycopeptides by ERLIC (Electrostatic Repulsion-Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography)

Gert Desmet, Free University of Brussels/Belgium
A Critical Appraisal of the Giddings and General Rate Plate Height Models

Paola Dugo, University of Messina/Italy
Approaches to Obtain High Peak Capacity HPLC Separation of Real Samples

Salvatore Fanali, CNR Rome/Italy
Recent progress in nano-Liquid Chromatography applied to food and drug analysis

Attila Felinger, University of Pecs/Hungary
Mass Transfer in Liquid Chromatography

Oliver Fiehn, University of California, Davis/USA
The Role of Chromatography in Metabolomic Database Approaches

Frantisek Foret, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno/Czech Republic
Potential of Nanotechnologies in Bioanalysis

John Frenz, Globimmune, Louisville/USA
Challenges in the Manufacture and Characterization of Inactivated Yeast Therapeutic Vaccines

Wolfgang Götzinger, Amgen, Boston/USA
Achiral purification of small molecules by SFC – the future of MS directed purification? A systematic comparison between preparative SFC and RP-HPLC

Tyge Greibrokk, University of Oslo/Norway
Multidimensional LC - advantages and limitations

Georges Guiochon, University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory/USA
Optimization of Two-dimensional HPLC

Paul Haddad, University of Tasmania, Hobart/Australia
Pre- and Post-blast Identification of Improvised Inorganic Explosives by Capillary Electrophoresis and Ion Chromatography

Bill Hancock, Barnett Institute, Northeastern University/USA
The Role of HPLC in the Discovery of Glycoprotein (Glycan) Markers for the Early Detection of Cancer

Thomas Hofmann, Technical University of Munich/Germany
Tracing the taste compounds in foods by combining chromatographic separation techniques and analytical sensory tools

Hubertus Irth, Free University of Amsterdam/The Netherlands
Integration of High-Resolution LC-MS, NMR and On-Line Screening for the Rapid Discovery and Characterization of Bioactive Metabolites

Pavel Jandera, University of Pardubice/Czech Republic
Reversed-phase - HILIC Comprehensive LCxLC: Perspectives and Limitations

Franka Kalman, Solvias AG, Basel/Switzerland
The Use of Molecular CE for the Rational Development of Robust and Reliable Industrial (Bio)pharmaceutical Test Methods

Barry Karger, Barnett Institute, Northeastern University/USA
Comprehensive Characterization of Protein Targets and Biopharmaceuticals Using Advanced Methods of LC/MS and CE/MS

Robert Kennedy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/USA
Strategies and Application for High Throughput Electrophoresis

Oliver Kohlbacher, University of Tübingen/Germany
Make the most of your data: Bioinformatic analysis of high- throughput proteomics data

Fernando Lancas, University of Sao Paolo/Brasil
Temperature-Programmed Capillary Liquid Chromatography

Albena Lederer, Leibnitz Institute of Polymer Reseach, Dresden/Germany
Separation of Dendritic Polymers

Jin-Ming Lin, Qinghua University/China
Development and application of molecularly imprinted micro-solid phase extraction combined with HPLC for the analysis of phenolic compounds in environmental water samples

Wolfgang Lindner, University of Vienna/Austria
The Power of HILIC Type Selectivity in LC - HYPE or HOPE 

David Lubman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/USA
A Micro-Proteomics Study of Genetically Engineered Mouse Models

Ron Majors, Agilent Technologies, Wilmington/USA
Trends in Sample Preparation for Chromatography

Gabriella Massolini, University of Pavia/Italy
Phosphoproteome analysis by LC-MS: different approaches for the characterization of amniotic fluid

Karl Mechtler, IMP Vienna/A
Development of a High-Resolution MudPit Method for the Identification of Neuroproteins in Mice

Kanji Miyabe, University of Toyoba/Japan
A Numerical Method for Analysis of Tailing Peak Profiles

Rosa Morello, Klinikum Großhadern/Germany
In-line processing of whole blood for SPE-LC-MS/MS analysis of drugs

Rolf Müller, Saarland University, Homburg/Germany
Find all Secondary Metabolites - Towards a Comprehensive View of Myxobacterial Natural Product Diversity

Eduard Nice, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Reasearch, Melbourne/Australia
The Potential of Faecal Proteomics for the Detection and Monitoring of Colorectal Cancer

Aleš Podgornik, BIA Separations, Ljubljana/Slowenia
Purification of Biomacromolecules Using Methacrylate Monoliths

Matthias Pohl, Novartis/Switzerland
Quality by Design Concepts for Analytical Methods from the view of European Industry

Fred Regnier, Purdue University, Lafayette/USA
Humans are More Stressed than We Realize: Oxidation of Proteins

Marja-Liisa Riekkola, University of Helsinki/Finland
Capillary electrochromatography and molecular dynamics simulations, a good combination in human nanoscale interaction studies

Gerard Rozing, Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn/D
Capillary Electrophoresis: Renaissance and New Applications 

Peter Schoenmakers, University of Amsterdam/The Netherlands
Applying Polymer-Separation Strategies for the Characterization of Polysaccharides

Albert Sickmann, Institute of Analytical Sciences, Dortmund/Germany
The Phosphoproteome of Resting Human Platelets

Frank Steiner, Dionex-Softron Corporation/D
Towards the Optimum Liquid Chromatography Set-up for Separating All Peaks in the Shortest Possible Time

Frantisek Svec, University of California/USA
Art of Pore Surface Functionalization: Preparation of Monoliths Tailored for Different Applications

Ulrich Tallarek, University of Marburg/D
Transport Phenomena in Packed Microchips

Nobuo Tanaka, Kyoto Institute of Technology/Japan
High efficiency monolithic silica capillary columns

Thomas A. Ternes, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz/ Germany
LC quadrupole-linear ion trap MS: a tool for the identification of polar transformation products from iodinated X-ray contrast media

Michael Wierer, European Pharmacopeia/F
Application of Process Analytical Technology on the European Pharmacopeia

Ian D. Wilson, Astra Zeneca, Cheshire/UK
Under Pressure: Hyphenation in Metabolic Profiling

Guowang Xu, National Chromatographic R & A Center/China
Applications of Metabonomics in Diagnosing Disease and Predicting the Disease Development: Challenge in LC-MS Analytical Methods

Xianmin Zhang, Fudan University/China
Integrating Multidimensional Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Methods for Intact Protein Analysis

Yukui Zhang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences/China
Advance of novel separation and identification techniques for proteome study

Tutorial Lectures

Detlev Belder, University of Leipzig/Germany
Miniaturization separation processes

Rainer Bischoff, University of Groningen/The Netherlands  
Biomarker Discovery and Validation

Günther Bonn, University of Innsbruck/Austria
Modern stationary phase technologies for HPLC

Karl-Siegfried Boos, Klinikum Großhadern, Munich/Germany 
How to solve inherent problems in bioanalytical LC-MS/MS

Uwe Karst, University of Münster/Germany 
Speciation Analysis

David McCalley, University of the West of England, Bristol/UK
How to obtain good peak shapes and efficiencies in liquid chromatography in reversed-phase and hydrophilic interaction separations

Massimo Morbidelli, ETH Zürich/Switzerland 
Design and optimization of process scale batch and continuous chromatographic separations

Moheb Nasr, Food and Drug Administration/USA
Quality by Design (QbD): Analytical Aspects