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NIH Grants $1.86 million to University of Buffalo Drug Development Programme
October 31st 2013The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently awarded several grants totalling $1.86 million to the University at Buffalo?s HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Programme. The grants are to be used to fund new initiatives in hepatitis C (HCV) drug development, nanomedicine research for tuberculosis (TB), and for the study of pharmacogenomics of neurocognitive disorders for people with HIV and AIDS.
Agilent Forms Collaboration with Seoul National Hospital
October 31st 2013Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced a strategic collaboration with Seoul National Hospital (Seoul, Korea). The collaboration will focus on the identification and verification of biomarkers to further the development of drugs. Under the agreement, the hospital?s department of medicine will use liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (LC?MS) instrumentation from Agilent to further research in this area
Malvern Instruments Opens New Office in Mexico City
October 31st 2013Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) has opened a new office in Mexico City, Mexico, to provide pre- and after-sales support to a growing customer base, in addition to hosting a number of training courses. The announcement follows the opening of a sales and applications laboratory in Sao Paolo, Brazil, last year.
Analyzing Edible Fats and Oils with Gas and Liquid Chromatography
October 29th 2013An interview with Hans-Gerd Janssen of Unilever Research and Development Vlaardingen and the University of Amsterdam. Janssen is involved with method development for gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry; the development of instrumentation for multidimensional chromatography for food analysis and biomacromolecular characterization; and problem solving and efficient routine analysis of foods (particularly oils and fats). This interview discusses the challenges encountered in the analysis of fats and oils, how multidimensional chromatography can be applied to the analysis, 2D LC for food-related compound analysis, the analysis of natural antioxidants in edible oils, and future steps in his research.
J.T.Baker® High Purity Solvents and Reagents TM ULTRA LC/MS, LC/MS and HPLC Solvents
October 24th 2013The AvantorTM J.T.Baker® high purity solvents and reagents will give you the performance you need with minimal risk of contaminants that can limit accuracy and productivity and maximize the sensitivity and detecting power of your instrumentation.
Microsaic Systems Forms Scientific Advisory Group
October 24th 2013Microsaic Systems (Woking, UK) has formed its first advisory group, to advise the company on where to apply microchip technology in the future. Colin Jump, CEO of Microsaic Systems, said that the company has drawn from expertise in the UK analysis and mass spectrometry arena
Agilent Forms Collaboration with Seoul National Hospital
October 24th 2013Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced a strategic collaboration with Seoul National Hospital (Seoul, Korea). The collaboration will focus on the identification and verification of biomarkers to further the development of drugs. Under the agreement, the hospital?s department of medicine will use liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (LC?MS) instrumentation from Agilent to further research in this area
Jai Murthy Appointed Vice President and Business Manager for Global Pharmaceuticals
October 17th 2013Avantor Performance Materials (Pennsylvania, USA) has appointed Jai Murthy as Vice President and Business Manager, Global Pharmaceuticals. Murthy will work within the pharmaceutical chemicals business unit to expand and develop global sales programs, business initiatives to expand the company?s presence in existing and new markets.
FDA and NIH Create First-of-Kind Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science
October 17th 2013The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of an ongoing interagency partnership, have awarded a total of up to $53 million to fund tobacco-related research in fiscal year 2013 to create 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS).
The LCGC Blog: HPLC Column Selection - Are You Barking Up the Right Tree?
October 10th 2013Choosing the correct column for an application really requires that we consider the many factors which can influence the efficiency and selectivity of a separation including column hardware, support and surface chemistry. On a rainy day a little while ago our technical support group came up with a list of 23 such factors which need to be considered.
Porvair Advances Into Life Science and Environmental Laboratory Markets
October 10th 2013Porvair (Leatherhead, UK) has signed a technology licensing agreement with Thermo Electron Manufacturing, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific (California, USA). Porvair has licensed its filter technology to Thermo to develop a range of life science sample preparation filters. Porvair will manufacture the products, and Thermo will distribute and market the products worldwide.
The LCGC Blog: What to Do if Zombies Infiltrate the Analytical Laboratory: A Brief Survival Guide
October 7th 2013What would you do if faced with a zombie invasion in your analytical laboratory? LCGC Blog editor Kevin Schug provides guidelines and suggestions for fending off an attack, including how to use glassware and dead chromatography columns as defensive weapons and novel applications for laboratory lasers.
Reversed-Phase LC Isolates Potent Insecticidal Protein From Tarantula
October 3rd 2013A novel orally active insecticidal peptide (OAIP-1) has been isolated from the venom of one of Australia's largest spiders, the Australian tarantula (Selenotypus plumipes) using reversed-phase liquid chromatography (reversed-phase LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). The study was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE.1
