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The preservation of food in the home is a 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 place for storage.

Scientists in Portugal have been investigating important molecular and biochemical changes that occur when grapes are growing to find out how they affect wine aroma.

Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced the establishment of 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).

Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced the establishment of 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).

Researchers from Queen?s University of Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) have shown that marine bacteria are able to efficiently biodegrade ionic liquids (ILs).

Waters (Massachusetts, USA) has announced the selection of the St John's Research Institute (SJRI)(Bangalore, India) - known for its proteomics research ? for it?s Centers of Innovation program. St John's is the first research institution in India to join the programme.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Massachusetts, USA) will acquire Life Technologies Corporation (California, USA) under the terms of a definitive agreement signed earlier this week.

Shimadzu officially opened a new laboratory building called ?Laboratory World? at the company?s headquarters in Duisberg, Germany on the 15th of April,. The building was officially opened in a traditional Japanese ceremony by the President and CEO of Shimadzu, Akira Nakamoto; the Japanese Consul, Kiyoshi Koinuma; and Duisberg?s Lord Mayor, Soren Link.

The CAMAG TLC-MS Interface enables rapid and contamination-free elution of TLC/HPTLC zones directly from the layer and subsequent online transfer into any given HPLC/MS system.

Porvair Sciences announces new versions of its MiniVap and UltraVap blowdown evaporators that use warm air or nitrogen to speed up the evaporation of common HPLC solvents such as dichloromethane, methanol and acetonitrile from sample vials, significantly improving throughput and removing this common laboratory bottleneck.

Shimadzu officially opened a new laboratory building called ?Laboratory World? at the company?s headquarters in Duisberg, Germany on the 15th of April,. The building was officially opened in a traditional Japanese ceremony by the President and CEO of Shimadzu, Akira Nakamoto; the Japanese Consul, Kiyoshi Koinuma; and Duisberg?s Lord Mayor, Soren Link.

Click here to view the full Europe E-newsletter from 19 April 2013

Oceanographers have extremely challenging analysis problems to overcome. Can analytical chemists help? The Collaborative on Oceanographic Chemical Analysis workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, connects scientists in these two fields to exchange ideas. And that is good, because the needs are great. Kevin Schug takes a look at where that collaboration might lead.

(Santa Barbara, CA) Wyatt Technology announces the immediate availability of the Optilab UT-rEX (UHPLC refractometer with EXtended range), the first RI detector specifically designed for use with UHPLC systems using columns packed with small beads.

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) was used to identify the concentrations of psychoactive drugs in water and fish from the River Fyris (Uppsala, Sweden) Scientists from Umeå University, Sweden, published the findings in Science earlier this year.1

Thermo Fisher Scientific (California, USA) has announced the formation of a Technology Alliance Partner agreement with the University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK) to further research in high-resolution accurate mass and triple quadrupole liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (LC?MS).

Exposure to environmental arsenic (As) is a worldwide issue, especially in locations where rice is the main calorific content in the diet. Eating aromatic rice reduces environmental arsenic intake, according to results published in the journal of Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma?mass spectrometry (HPLC?ICP?MS).

A panel of experts discuss the current state of the art of gas chromatography (GC) column technology and try to predict how the technology will develop in the future.

Metrohm (Herisau, Switzerland) has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with FOSS (Hilleroed, Denmark). Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of FOSS NIR instruments for the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors.

HPLC2013 Amsterdam will take place at the RAI Conference Centre in Amsterdam from 16-20 June 2013.

The physical characteristics of silica-based HPLC columns can affect the performance of the separation almost as much as the bonded phase. This month's technical tip re-visits some of the lesser known or remembered facts relating to silica particles used for chromatography.

Editors' Series: A Generic HPLC-UV Platform Method for Cleaning Verification

Editors' Series: Faster Gas Chromatography in Practice

Ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) systems are designed to take full advantage of sub-2-?m particles, which yield higher resolution and increased sensitivity.

The Viscotek TDAmax sets the standard in advanced GPC/SEC systems. It is a complete solution, suitable for all macromolecular applications, incorporating high sensitivity refractive index, viscometer, and light scattering detectors.

Click here to view the complete LCGC Europe E-Newsletter from 12 April 2013

At the Pittcon Conference in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) Horizon Technology (New Hampshire, USA) donated an original SPE-DEX 4700 instrument to the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The donation was made to mark the company?s 20th anniversary.