prominence TOX.I.S. (HPLC/PDA for identification of drugs in human urine)
August 21st 2009Toxicological analysis of body fluids is an important task whenever acute intoxications, abuse of drugs or consumption of illicit drugs needs to be identified. Such analyses require a universal sample pretreatment and identification method and should be automated for speed and simplicity.
The Column: August 2009 Issue 2
August 20th 2009Improving Chromatographic Performance by Using Freshly Delivered Ultrapure Water in the Mobile Phase Maricar Tarun, Coralie Monferran, Cecilia Deveaux and Stephane Mabic A More Efficient Extraction of Melamine from Various Matrices using Resin-based Mixed-mode Cation Exchange SPE and Analysis with LC-MS-MS Lee Williams, Joanna Caulfield and Elena Gairloch News Awards for waste reduction and capillary chromatography, carotenoids for eye care and the buyout of Varian by Agilent are the stories in this issue. Market Trends and Analysis Market Profile: GC-MS Glenn Cudiamat Tips & Tricks: GPC/SEC Temperature Effects in GPC/SEC Thorsten Hofe and Daniela Held Events
Pittcon 2010 Announces Plenary Lecturer
August 20th 2009Pittcon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) announced that Alan G. Marshall, Kasha Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) and director of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will be the plenary lecturer during the opening session on March 1 at Pittcon 2010.
Light Scattering Analysis of BSA with ProSEC 300S Columns
August 14th 2009Albumins are globular proteins easily soluble in water and 50% saturated ammonium sulphate solutions. They are found in animal tissue, blood plasma, bacteria and plants, and include many important proteins with key functions in the body.
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