Multiple-Injection Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
August 12th 2009The authors demonstrate the use of multiple-injection affinity capillary electrophoresis (MIACE) and several variations to MIACE to determine binding constants between the glycopeptide antibotics vancomycin, ristocetin, and teicoplanin from Streptomyces orientalis, Nocardia lurida, and Actinoplanes teichomyceticus, respectively, and D-Ala-D-Ala terminus peptides.
Cambridge hospital chooses supplier for PET study
August 10th 2009LabLogic Systems have been chosen by the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Addenbroke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK to supply the equipment to support the department?s metabolite analysis system for early-phase PET studies.
BioTek Instruments appoints New Zealand distributor
August 7th 2009BioTek Instruments has appointed Millennium Science as their official distributor in New Zealand. Millennium Science will now be responsible for sales and support of the company?s entire line of microplate-based instrumentation and software in New Zealand and Australia.
The Column: August 2009 Issue 1
August 6th 2009UHPLC–MS–MS Analysis of Lactotripeptides in Food and Dietary Supplements R.A.M. van der Hoeven, O.L. Schoten and I.A.L.A. Boogers Advantages of Using Ultra High Tempeature in High Throughput LC and LC–MS L. Pereira, S. Aspey and H. Ritchie News Volatile compounds in wine, a US patent award, floral chemistry and sorting single-walled carbon nanotubes by size, property and chirality are in the news this issue. Market Trends and Analysis Market Profile: Environmental Testing Market Glenn Cudiamat Q&A The Emperor's 'Old' Clothes Dr Francisco Vilaplana from the Polymer Interactions group in the Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden talks to Felicity Thomas from The Column about a conservation project for historical costumes. Events
PerkinElmer Awarded Patent on Thermal Desorption GC Method
August 4th 2009PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has awarded it a patent titled ?Methods and Systems for Characterizing a Sorbent Tube,? which describes an approach for helping users avoid manual errors in automated thermal desorption (ATD) gas chromatography (GC).
Technology Forum: Chromatography Services
August 1st 2009One thing all chromatographers know for certain is that, in the words of John Dolan in his April 2006 column, 'It's gonna break.' And when it does, there are a variety of services to choose from in the field of separation science. Our experts explore them here, updating readers on all that is new and innovative in this area.
Adapting to a Changing Marketplace
August 1st 2009By now, a reader would have to be living in a log cabin without electricity to be unaware of the acetonitrile shortage currently gripping the chromatography market. The causes, effects, and possible solutions have been documented thoroughly in the pages of LCGC and other industry journals, to the point where the basic facts are common knowledge: the shortage began with (among other factors) the depression of the automobile industry and the consequent reduced production levels. With ACN being a byproduct of this process, its production was reduced as well.