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Click the title above to open the LCGC North America October 2012 regular issue, Vol 30 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the October 2012 issue of Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 10, Number 4, in an interactive PDF format.

With further improvements in instrumentation and column design, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) Is becoming a mainstream technology.

AB SCIEX (Massachusetts, USA) and the University of Wollongong (UOW) (Wollongong, Australia) have formed a partnership to advance research in lipid analysis, as part of AB SCIEX’s academic partnership programme.

Thermo Scientific SOLA products revolutionize Solid Phase Extraction (SPE). This first fritless SPE product range provides greater reproducibility with cleaner, more consistent extracts.

With further improvements in instrumentation and column design, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) Is becoming a mainstream technology.

AB SCIEX (Massachusetts, USA) and the University of Wollongong (UOW) (Wollongong, Australia) have formed a partnership to advance research in lipid analysis, as part of AB SCIEX’s academic partnership programme.

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the formation of a partnership with Cardiff University (Wales, UK) and twelve partner organisations from across Europe to undertake a research project aimed at the improvement of the safety and quality of pre-packed fruit and vegetables. The initiative is co-funded by the European Commission through the 7thFramework program.

Agilent has announced the opening of a new customer applications and training centre in South Korea.

Agilent (California, USA) has formed a co-marketing agreement with Molecular Discovery Ltd (Perugia, Italy).

LCGC recently spoke with Fred E. Regnier, the John H. Law distinguished professor in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) and a member of LCGC's editorial advisory board.

Phenomenex (Torrance, California, USA) has announced the creation of a new company Phenova, Inc. ; the culmination of the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.

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At the International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC) in Japan, AB Sciex (Massachusetts, USA) announced the introduction of an initiative targeted at the development of biologics, a rapidly growing research area within the field of drug discovery.

LAB INNOVATIONS

TitrIC pro combines titration, ion chromatography and direct measurement in a single analytical system. TitrIC pro is operated by MagIC Net, the sophisticated Metrohm standard software for ion chromatography.

Based on Wyatt Technology’s family of multi-angle light scattering detectors, the new DAWN HELEOS-II boasts 18-angles of detection for the greatest sensitivity for absolute molecular weight and size determinations of polymers and biopolymers in solution. It may be connected in series to any chromatographic system in order to determine absolute molar masses without the use of reference standards or column calibration.

Shimadzu has introduced the new GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer which offers a solution for today’s challenges along with the speed, accuracy and ease-of-operation scientists demand.

Life Is Sweet

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that it has purchased the supercritical fluid chromatography company Aurora SFC Systems, Inc (Redwood, California, USA).

Unsustainable fishing and habitat destruction is increasing pressure on tropical marine eco-systems. Conservation of coral reef habitats has been prioritized at the expense of other habitats, but the importance of maintaining migration links between habitats has been explicitly recognized during the recent re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Understanding and identifying the numerous compounds that make-up a scent is essential to artificial flavour creation. When attempting to create a strawberry fragrance, sensory properties are of fundamental importance.

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) provides a number of advantages for analysts, including high separation efficiency, short analysis times, low waste generation and a diverse range of applications. Participants in this forum are Bill Ciccone, Microsolv; Martin Greiner, Agilent Technologies; and Mark Lies, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.

Thermo EU - Polysialic Acid Analysis: Separating Polymers with High Degrees of Polymerization

ALMSCO NA - Employing a powerful GC/MS compound identification software to accurately identify allergens following fast GC

LCGC and Spectroscopy magazines are seeking contributed manuscripts for “Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry,†a supplement to be published in March 2013, as part of an ongoing series.

ALMSCO EU - Employing a powerful GC/MS compound identification software to accurately identify allergens following fast GC

Shimadzu - Analysis of Pre-Column Derivatized Amino Acids

Agilent has announced the opening of a new customer applications and training centre in South Korea.

Scientists at the University of Tasmania Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) have been recognized and rewarded for their research and contributions to the field of separation sciences, which range from the development of water analysis methodology to explosives detection devices.