SPME-GC-MS Analysis of Virgin Olive Oils
December 1st 2008Researchers from the University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) and Arboriculura Mediterranea Mas de Bover (Tarragona, Spain) implemented a factorial experimental design in developing a solid-phase microextraction (SPME)?gas chromatography (GC)?mass spectrometry (MS) method to analyze volatile phenols in virgin olive oils.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Program to Meet Melamine Detection Challenges
December 1st 2008Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., (San Jose, CA) has launched a program focused on assisting government and commercial food testing laboratories in the development and implementation of methods for the analysis of melamine in food products imported from China.
Heparin Removed with Chitosan Microspheres
December 1st 2008Researchers from Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland) used pH-sensitive chitosan microspheres that had been cross-linked with genipin ? an aglycone derived from a compound present in gardenia fruit extract ? to bind heparin at pH levels comparable to that found in blood.
Carbon Nanotubes Used as SPME Medium for Aniline Compounds
December 1st 2008Scientists from Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, China) developed an automated on-line method for determining substituted aniline compounds that consisted of in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) with oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated on the outside surface of the SPME fiber, which was inserted into PEEK tubing attached to a six-port injection valve.
Chinese Scientists Have Developed A Rapid method for Detecting Short-Chain Amines
December 1st 2008Chinese scientists from the Department of Chemistry at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have developed a rapid method for the detection and analysis of short-chain amines in streams and rivers using a portable GC.
PerkinElmer and Labtronics Collaborate
December 1st 2008PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) and Labtronics (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) announced a partnership to enable the use of Labtronics? LimsLink and Limslink Express software with PerkinElmer?s LABWORKS laboratory information management system (LIMS).
Advances in "Omics" Research and Bioinformatics Take Center Stage at Pittcon
November 30th 2008The "omics" era of bioresearch- genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, glycomics- was ushered in with the start of the Human Genome Project, and progress in these new disciplines was reported annually by scientific leaders at Pittcon.
Specialist pharmaceutical division announced
November 28th 2008Eight years of successful partnership with the pharma industry has resulted in a specialist pharmaceutical division being created by Sodexo. As a food and facilities management services provider the company has seen growth in food, general services and technical support...
EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science Given to Professor Pat J. Sandra
November 18th 2008The 47th Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition presented its award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science to Professor Pat J. Sandra, of Ghent University, Belgium, on November 18, 2008.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration with Queen's University Belfast
November 15th 2008Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced its collaboration with the Molecular Therapeutics Research Group at the School of Pharmacy, Queen?s University Belfast to analyze peptides in amphibian venom.