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Restek Learning Network
Well-trained chromatographers make productive analysts — and the widely acclaimed Restek Learning Network (RLN) offers training solutions to fit every level of expertise, budget, schedule, and analytical topic. The RLN provides a variety of educational and networking opportunities to help you reduce guesswork, improve throughput and reliability, and raise your confidence in generated data.
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Seminars:
Each full-day course delivers a wealth of information and networking opportunities in a professional, non-promotional, multimedia format with animated illustrations and problem-solving exercises that reinforce your understanding of important principles. In-person, instructor-led training (ILT) features a mixture of introductory, intermediate, and advanced elements that makes these presentations suitable for chemists of all experience levels, from beginners in chromatography to experienced analysts.
On-Site Training:
Bring the RLN right to your lab! Our on-site seminars provide an excellent opportunity to train multiple analysts at once with reduced costs and no travel time. Restek experts can present existing seminars or teach material customized to tackle your specific analytical challenges based on your direction. Dates, duration, and topics are incredibly flexible. Contact RLNSeminars@restek.com for more information!
Comprehensive Capillary GC
Live Seminar w/instructor on location
This course is a solid initiation into the fundamentals and best practices of this widely used technique. You can gain practical knowledge of GC inlets and injection techniques, GC column selection, detector systems, and maintenance and troubleshooting.
| Course Date | Location | Presenter(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 04, 2013 | Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC | Neil Mosesman, Rick Parmely | View Details |
Comprehensive LC
This course is solid initiation into the fundamentals and best practices of this widely used technique. The course encompasses practical information for analysts of all experience levels, beginner to veteran.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
Environmental Analyses
Topics include sample preparation, cleanup, and analysis of extractables (semivolatile organics, organochlorine pesticides, PCBs), sample introduction and analysis of purgeables (volatile organics), ambient air sampling of volatile and semivolatile organics, and air sampling materials.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
Food and Food Safety Analyses
This one-day course provides an overview of popular chromatographic methods for the analysis of food and food safety analytes. From sample preparation, to inlet optimization and column selection, course participants will learn modern chromatographic approaches to the analysis of complex food matrices. This course is designed for chemists who work in the food and food safety industry.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
GC Hands-On Maintenance and Troubleshooting
This seminar gives chromatographers first-hand experience in proper column installation, leak checking, injection port maintenance, FID maintenance and troubleshooting exercises in the lab with hands-on practice using demonstration equipment.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
GC-MS Fundamentals
Live Seminar w/instructor on location
Gain practical knowledge of mass spectrometric detectors, GC inlets and injection techniques, GC column selection, basic spectral interpretation, and maintenance and troubleshooting.
| Course Date | Location | Presenter(s) | |
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| Jun 10, 2013 | Shelton, CT | Jonathan Keim, Rick Parmely | View Details |
| Jun 12, 2013 | Cambridge, MA | Jonathan Keim, Rick Parmely | View Details |
| Jun 14, 2013 | Manchester, NH | Jonathan Keim, Rick Parmely | View Details |
| Oct 07, 2013 | Newark, NJ | Scott Adams, Scott Grossman | View Details |
| Oct 09, 2013 | Newark, DE | Scott Adams, Scott Grossman | View Details |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Bethesda, MD | Scott Adams, Scott Grossman | View Details |
Headspace Fundamentals
Topics include definitions and background, basic principles of headspace analysis, partitioning and equilibrium, sample introduction and preparation, column and system maintenance and troubleshooting, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and forensic headspace applications and new technologies.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
LC Method Development
Live Seminar w/instructor on location
This course provides the knowledge and tools necessary for the chromatographer to understand why a particular stationary phase would be chosen for separating various analytes, and how to improve selectivity by choosing the proper eluent.
| Course Date | Location | Presenter(s) | |
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| Sep 23, 2013 | Columbus, OH | Rick Lake, Chris Denicola | View Details |
| Sep 25, 2013 | Cleveland, OH | Rick Lake, Chris Denicola | View Details |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA | Rick Lake, Chris Denicola | View Details |
LC-MS Fundamentals
This seminar is an excellent introduction to this rapidly growing technique. Course topics include principles and theory of HPLC, modes of separation, overview of LC-MS, LC-MS interfaces, types of mass analyzers, LC-MS method development, basic spectral interpretation, and troubleshooting and maintenance of an LC-MS system.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
Petrochemical Fundamentals
Overview of Petrochemical Testing, Basic Gas Chromatography Fundamentals and Theory, GC Detector Design and Function, Sample and Switching Valve Basics, Laboratory and Process Analytical Procedures for Petroleum Products.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
Practical Application of LC-MS for Clinical Analyses
This seminar will introduce both chromatography and mass spectrometry for clinical applications. Topics will include: theory of liquid chromatography, chromatographic systems, LC column selection, introduction to MS and MS/MS, and practical method development for LC-MS and LC-MS/MS applications. The main focus of this seminar will be the practical use of LC-MS/MS in clinical laboratories.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
QuEChERS Sample Prep
This free half-day course builds on our Comprehensive GC seminar, offering demonstration and hands-on sample preparation instruction.
Not currently scheduled, but this course is available by special arrangement. Please contact RLNseminars@restek.com for more information.
