KineMed and CHDI announce collaboration
June 1st 2012KineMed Inc., (Emeryville, California, USA) and CHDI Foundation (New York, USA) have announced a collaboration that will see KineMed?s isotopic labelling and dynamic proteomics platform be used to investigate the turnover rates of huntingtin protein.
New Frontiers for MS in Lipidomics (Part 2)
June 1st 2012Innovative technologies are rapidly helping to measure the numerous and diverse lipids present in biological samples. In this second and final instalment of the series, the authors present and discuss the use of these technologies for lipid analysis.
Hollow-Fibre Liquid-Phase Microextraction in the Three-Phase Mode — Practical Considerations
June 1st 2012This month's "Sample Prepartion Perspectives" describes practical aspects of hollow-fibre liquid-phase microextraction in the three phase mode (HF3LPME) and also electromembrane extraction (EME), which uses an electrical potential as the driving force for the extraction.
CRG and Fundació ACE to collaborate in genomics
May 25th 2012The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) (Barcelona, Spain) and the Fundació ACE - Barcelona Alzheimer Treatment & Research Centre (Barcelona, Spain) have signed an agreement to collaborate on scientific projects related to neurodegenerative diseases.
Complete Genomics builds up Asia-Pacific presence
May 25th 2012Complete Genomics Inc. (Mountain View, California, USA) has announced that it has signed four distributor agreements with Asia-Pacific life sciences companies ? GeneWorks Pty Ltd. in Australia, Cyagen Biosciences in China, AR Brown Co. Ltd. in Japan and BML in Korea.
Ambient Ionization: Instrumentation and Applications
May 18th 2012Monday afternoon?s six presentations will provide insight into a variety of ambient ionization applications along with the methods and instruments used in this technique, including gas chromatography-ambient mass spectrometry, surface acoustic wave nebulization, spatially resolved laser induced forward transfer of material followed by liquid microjunction surface sampling, probe electrospray ionization, and laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
Quantitative Analysis by MS in Drug Discovery and Development
May 18th 2012This session includes presentations of quantitative studies performed using mass spectrometry techniques ranging from ultratrace analysis of small molecules in complex samples, to bioanalysis of microsamples, to LC?MS-MS analysis at low flow rates, and MS applications in clinical toxicology.
Fluidigm and the Broad Institute launch research centre
May 18th 2012The Broad Institute (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) and Fluidigm Corporation (South San Francisco, California, USA) have announced the launch of a research centre dedicated to accelerating the development of research methods and discoveries in mammalian single-cell genomics.
Today's Award Lecture: Catherine C. Fenselau
May 18th 2012Catherine C. Fenselau, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Maryland, is the 2012 recipient of the Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry, granted by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). The award honors her pioneering work to apply mass spectrometry to the rapid identification and characterization of intact microorganisms.
Learning from the Gulf Oil Spill
May 18th 2012The impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still creating headlines two years later. Helen White, assistant professor of chemistry at Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA, has published a paper on her group's findings from the spill. LCGC's E-Separation solutions spoke to her to find out more.