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Improving the Taste of Tomatoes Using GC-MS
May 31st 2013The preservation of food at home is a major concern for all consumers. A group of researchers from INRA in Avignon, France, have conducted a study into tomato aroma with the aim of finding the optimum conditions for storage. According to results published in Food Chemistry,1 the team used gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC?MS) to measure volatile compounds in the fruit.
Agilent Technologies Joins Forces with the University of Rouen and A*STAR to Focus on Biologics
May 31st 2013Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) has teamed up with the Glyco-MEV laboratory at the University of Rouen (Rouen, France) and the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore) to sign a memorandum of understanding to develop tools to analyse biologics and vaccines.
Phenomenex CEO Fasha Mahjoor Awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor
May 24th 2013Fasha Mahjoor, CEO of Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA), has been awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The awards are given annually by the National Ethnic Coalition of organizations (NECO) in recognition of leaders who are philanthropic, who preserve and celebrate the values of their ancestry group, and who promote tolerance and acceptance.
Malvern Breaks into Grinding & Dispersing Market
May 24th 2013Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) has entered a three year co-marketing agreement with Netzsch Grinding and Dispersing (Selb, Germany). The two companies serve shared markets including food, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, nano-technology applications, and surface coatings through to metal and mineral mining.
Analytical Quality by Design in the Pharmaceutical Industry
May 20th 2013As Quality by Design has become a more established approach in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, more companies are now integrating the concept into analytical method development. LCGC spoke to Rosario LoBrutto of Teva about the business of analytical QbD, the steps involved in implementing it, and advice to those who want to get started.
The Science of Aboriginal Smoking Ceremonies
May 20th 2013Two researchers from the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, have investigated the traditional medicines used in Australian Aboriginal cultures using gas chromatography?mass spectrometry (GC?MS) and gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC?FID).1
Agilent Announces Early Career Professor Award Winner
May 17th 2013Dr Jindan Yu, assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University (Illinois, USA), received the Agilent Early Career Professor Award from Agilent Technologies (California, USA). Yu will direct $100,000 of research funding from Agilent.
Improving the taste of tomatoes using GC-MS
May 17th 2013The preservation of food at home is a major concern for all consumers. A group of researchers from INRA in Avignon, France, have conducted a study into tomato aroma with the aim of finding the optimum conditions for storage. According to results published in Food Chemistry,1 the team used gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC?MS) to measure volatile compounds in the fruit.
Agilent opens Asia Glycomics Education Center
May 17th 2013Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has opened the Asia Glycomics Education Center in South Korea, building on the recent collaboration with Chungham National University (Daejon, South Korea) through the university's Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST).
Illegal Migration from Packaging
May 17th 2013Consumer protection requires that harmful chemicals are prevented from reaching food products or pharmaceuticals designated for human consumption. Packaging keeps products fresh and protects against direct contamination; however, materials used to manufacture the packaging can be an unintended source of migrating chemicals. To perform routine migration studies, food producers, or packaging suppliers, need to determine barrier properties of primary food packaging.
EMD Millipore and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Settle Patent Infringement Dispute
May 10th 2013Patent infringement disputes between EMD Millipore (Billerica, Massachusetts) and W.L. Gore and Associates Inc. (Delaware, USA) have been settled in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
