Event Review: Experts Visit Sample Pretreatment Instrument Manufacturers
June 28th 2013The Chinese Instrument and Control Society, together with the Chinese Chromatography Network, organized an event called “Experts Visit the Instrument Manufacturers,†which was held May 20-23, 2013, and focused on research in sample preparation.
An essential separations technique for your laboratory
June 28th 2013The ACQUITY UPC2 System utilizes a powerful new analytical technique, convergence chromatography, giving you reliability, robustness, selectivity, and throughput never before thought possible. With UPC2 Technology, you?ll change the way you address chromatographic challenges.
Streamline Sample Preparation with the Samplicity® Filtration System
June 28th 2013The Samplicity® system provides a higher-throughput, ergonomic alternative to syringe filters for preparing liquid chromatography samples. The vacuum-driven system simultaneously filters up to 8 samples in seconds, including hard-to-filter samples.
Fluorochemicals in food packaging
June 21st 2013High performance liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (HPLC?MS) was used by Danish scientists to identify a potential hazard associated with new fluorinated chemicals widely found in many food packaging materials, including microwave popcorn bags and pizza boxes, according to a study in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.1 The chemicals have been implicated in the disruption of androgen synthesis.
MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre aims to advance personalized medicine
June 21st 2013Imperial College London has announced the opening of a new and unique national research facility: the MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre, a collaboration between Imperial College London (London, UK), King?s College London (London, UK), Waters Corporation (Massachusetts, USA), and Bruker BioSpin (Massachusetts, USA). The centre has secured funding of ?10 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for the first five years.
HPLC2013 Wednesday Morning Sessions
June 19th 201319 June ? Amsterdam, Netherlands ?Wednesday morning will feature sessions in the Auditorium in celebration of the scientific career of Wolfgang Lindner. Michael L?mmerhofer and Barry Kargerwill kick off proceedings by presenting the High-Performance Lindner Chromatography Award. David McCalley will present a mid-morning keynote talk entitled: ?Influence of phase type and solute structure on changes in retention with pressure in RPLC|?. Over in the Emerald room Hans-Gerd Janssen will begin the morning with a stimulating talk on food analysis. A series of tutorials will run throughout the day, this morning the featured topic is supercritical-fluid chromatography led by Isabelle Francois.
HPLC2013 Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
June 19th 20139 June ? Amsterdam, Netherlands ? Wednesday afternoon will feature a keynote talk in the Auditorium from Michael L?mmerhofer on nanoparticle-based sample preparation for oxidized phospholipids as biomarkers of oxidative stress. Martin Giera will lead a talk in the Emerald room on the evaluation of different column chemistries for fast urinary metabolic profiling. High-throughput protein interaction analysis will be a talking point in rooms G102-103. Sessions will draw to a close with a discussion on needs for metabolomics in the Emerald room.
HPLC2013 Tuesday Afternoon Sessions
June 18th 2013One of the highlights of the HPLC2013 afternoon sessions on Tuesday 18 June 2013 is the keynote presentation given by Mark Schure on Challenging the Present State-of-the-Art of Polymer Separations. Ed Bouvier will discuss Advances in Size Characterization of Synthetic Polymers and Wilfred Niessen will describe the Role of MS in Post-column On-line/At-line Bioactivity Screening. There will also be a discussion on the future of polymer analysis.
HPLC2013 Tuesday Morning Sessions
June 18th 2013The morning sessions of at HPLC2013 on Tuesday 18 June 2013 will begin with the Uwe D. Neue Award presentation to Joseph Jack Kirkland by Martin Gilmar and Georges Guichon. Jack Kirkland will then give a keynote presentation called Optimized Superficially Porous Particles for Protein Analysis. This will be followed by a talk by Gert Desmet on Understanding the Fine Details of the Band Broadening Processes in LC. Professor Boguslaw Buszewski will discuss LC?MSn Study of Biomarker Metabolites of Human Diseases and Paola Dugo will reveal her insights into Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography in an illuminating tutorial session
China Chromatography Network to Participate in 2013 LAB World China (CPHI)
June 18th 2013The China Chromatography Network will participate in the "2013 World Biochemistry Analytical Instruments and Laboratory Equipment Exhibition in China" (2013 LAB World China), taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on June 25.