LCGC Columnist Ron Majors Wins Gold Medal
September 19th 2007Ronald E. Majors, LCGC North America columnist and Senior Chemist for the Columns and Supplies Division of Agilent Technologies, Inc., has been awarded the 2007 Martin Gold Medal by the Chromatographic Society in the United Kingdom for outstanding contributions to the chromatography field.
Waters and Lambda Cooperate in Clinical Research
September 17th 2007Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) and Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd (Mumbai, India) recently announced a joint cooperative agreement that provides innovative analytical laboratory equipment designed to enhance research quality service and business solutions for Lambda and its clients.
New Chromatographic Techniques for Pesticides and Antibiotics Analysis
September 17th 2007Science Daily, a website that features news revolving around the sciences, has published an article that describes new chromatographic techniques for the analysis of pesticides and antibiotics in food and beverage samples.
Applied Biosystems Expands MS Portfolio
September 14th 2007Applied Biosystems (Foster City, California) recently announced three new value-added services for laboratories that are utilizing Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX mass spectrometry (MS) instrument systems as part of an overall workflow solution.
Nanostream Enters European Market with Opening of Sales and Support Office in The Netherlands
September 13th 2007Nanostream, provider of products and services that increase productivity in laboratories at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, extends its global reach to Europe by establishing a sales and support office in The Netherlands.
SPE and Gas Chromatography Help Identify Lung Cancer
September 12th 2007Reuters Health has published an article that describes how Dr. Ping Wang of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, and his colleagues used solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography (GC) to analyze exhaled volatile organic compound (VOC) markers to help with the diagnosis of lung cancer.
Chromatography and Sports Doping
September 9th 2007The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX) published an article about the random testing of high school student-athletes in the Texas public school system. The article is entitled "No Steroid Test is Foolproof" and focuses on the process of drug testing using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS).
Analytical Techniques in the Wine Industry
September 8th 2007The Montreal Gazette published an article about the use of analytical techniques in the wine industry. The author discusses the difference between "natural" wines and "industrial" wines that are created with a certain taste profile in mind and with the assistance of gas chromatography.
Leroy Hood to Deliver Plenary Lecture at Pittcon 2008
August 30th 2007The Pittsburgh Conference recently announced that Dr. Leroy Hood will deliver the plenary lecture, Systems Biology and Systems Medicine, during the opening session of Pittcon 2008 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana on March 2, 2008.