{"id":103068,"date":"2026-09-10T18:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/?p=103068"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:26:21","slug":"from-challenge-to-confidence-advanced-gc-column-strategies-environment-food-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/it\/webinars\/gnav5818-unv\/from-challenge-to-confidence-advanced-gc-column-strategies-environment-food-test","title":{"rendered":"Live Webinar: From Challenge to Confidence: Advanced GC Column Strategies for Environmental &amp; Food Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, October 1, 2026 <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11:00 a.m. &#8211; 12:00 p.m., EDT<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5399682270933416790\" style=\"background-color:#f49c10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Register Now<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental and food testing laboratories continually seek new opportunities to improve analytical performance, increase laboratory productivity, and adapt to evolving analytical requirements. Advances in GC column technology are enabling laboratories to achieve greater sensitivity, enhanced robustness, longer column lifetime, and faster method optimization across a wide range of challenging applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This webinar will showcase how modern GC column technologies, innovative column formats, and intelligent optimization tools are redefining chromatography workflows. Through real-world examples from environmental and food testing laboratories, attendees will learn how advanced column solutions can improve separations, reduce maintenance requirements, simplify method development, and enhance confidence in analytical results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header-GNBR4923-FINAL-658x439-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80209\" title=\"-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header-GNBR4923-FINAL-658x439-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header-GNBR4923-FINAL-658x439-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key learning objectives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand how advanced GC column technologies can improve sensitivity, robustness, and overall analytical performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate innovative column formats and workflow strategies that extend column life and improve laboratory efficiency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply <em>EZ<\/em>GC tools and best practices to streamline method development, method translation, and chromatographic optimization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who should attend?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Laboratory Manager<\/strong>s interested in leveraging new GC technologies to increase efficiency and lower cost per analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Analytical Chemists and GC Users<\/strong> looking to unlock higher performance from their existing GC and GC-MS systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Method Development Scientists<\/strong> seeking faster pathways to method optimization and implementation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Environmental Scientists<\/strong> exploring innovative solutions for emerging analytical and regulatory challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food Safety and Pesticide Residue Analysts <\/strong>aiming to improve robustness and confidence when working with challenging sample matrices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Webinar details<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: Free to attend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 60 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/5399682270933416790\" 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