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Chemists from Wuhan University (Wuhan, China) used a headspace sorptive extraction technique based on a coated glass bar to determine volatile organic sulfur compounds in water.

LEAP Technologies (Carrboro, North Carolina) and Quantum Analytics (Foster City, California) have announced a co-marketing partnership designed to improve chromatography and mass spectrometer systems, including new developments in front-end automation.

The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has announced that George M. Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), will be the Plenary Speaker at Pittcon 2009 on March 8, 2009.

Researchers at the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used dynamic liquid-phase microextraction with an ionic liquid as the acceptor phase to extract six nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from human urine samples.

Torion Technologies Inc. (American Fork, Utah), a manufacturer of automated miniaturized, hand-portable GC and toroidal ion trap mass spectrometry (TMS) technology, has announced a partnership with Smiths Detection (Danbury, Connecticut), part of the global technology business, Smiths Group and a technology developer and manufacturer of sensors that detect and identify explosives, chemical and biological agents, weapons, and contraband.

Researchers from Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China) applied an in-syringe liquid-liquid microextraction technique to prepare a clenbuterol sample for analysis by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) has received a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the Discovery and Product Innovation category.

Polymer Laboratories, now a part of Varian, Inc. has published an application note on Overcoming Compound Volatility with Sub-ambient ELSD. Sub-ambient evaporative light scattering detection is valuable in the analysis of semi-volatile compounds.

Whelk-O 1 is a covalently bonded chiral stationary phase known for its stability and universal solvent compatibility. Without solvent limitations, using Whelk-O 1 allows the separation scientist to optimize solubility and productivity in both analytical and preparative scale separations.

This month E-Separations Solutions' Technology Forum looks at the topic of Software and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion is Jan Hruby of DataApex, Albert Barckhoff of PerkinElmer, Bob McDowall Ph.D. of McDowall Consulting, and Ed Long, Barry Coope, and Seamus Mac Conaonaigh of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

In this note, we describe an isocratic method for the simultaneous determination of the four component cold remedy that can be used for high-throughput screening. For comparison, a gradient protocol and a two-step flow gradient under isocratic conditions are also explored.

What is the effect of sample diluent ionic strength?

Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) is being investigated using a linear ion trap with the overall goal of analyzing the distribution of various targeted therapies within patients' tumors.

For the second year in a row, LCGC's digital edition, "The Peak," has won the American Society of Business Publication Editors' Gold Award for General Excellence.

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The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has announced its Call for Papers for Pittcon 2009, the 60th annual Pittcon Conference and Exhibition to be held March 8-13, 2009 at McCormick Place South (Chicago, Illinois).

A research group from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) has used solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) to determine the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in human urine.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Roorkee, India) prepared chiral dichloro- and monochloro s-triazines by nucleophilic displacement of chlorine atoms in s-triazine chloride and its 6-methoxy derivative with various amino acid amides.

Bruker Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) announced that Frost & Sullivan has selected the Bruker Daltonics CBRNE detection business for the Frost & Sullivan 2008 Technology Leadership Award in the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection markets.

The National Center for Research Resources, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has granted the University of Wisconsin- Madison a $1.6 million federal grant to purchase a mass spectrometer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and a liquid-chromatography system, integrated into a single instrument.

Analysts from the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used ionic liquid-based, single-drop microextraction followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection to analyze benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX) in water.

An optical fiber detector has been developed by Portuguese scientists for the measurement of simple alcohols in industrial atmospheres following GC separation.

RTS Life Science (Manchester, UK), a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and drug delivery testing systems, announced that it will host a workshop at the IQPC Fourth Annual Compound Management & Integrity Conference (CMI) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is scheduled for September 22-24, 2008.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced that it is the winner of a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the discovery and product innovation category.

Italian scientists have conducted a systematic study of drug levels in the nails of newborn babies as an indicator of drug exposure during pregnancy using GC-MS.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts), has acquired the analytical technologies and environment instrumentation divisions of Chemito Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Mumbai, India).

Researchers from Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan) used headspace sampling with gas chromatography to analyze the concentration and identity of compounds in the vapor above six ionic liquids at a temperature of 100 ?C.

JASCO and Princeton Chromatography have announced a collaboration in the areas of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) instrumentation and column manufacturing.

Scientists from Taiwan have developed a method for dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction of ionisable compounds that renders it compatible with reversed-phase HPLC by combining it with in-syringe back extraction. The new system was demonstrated with the removal of the drug clenbuterol from water.