Waters Teams With University of Buffalo to Extend Quality Medical Care in Zimbabwe
August 9th 2007The six weeks that graduate student Tinashe Mudzviti spends at the University at Buffalo this summer could help more than 100,000 people with HIV receive life-saving treatments back in his home country of Zimbabwe.
International Conference on SFC - Call for Posters
August 8th 2007The 1st International Conference on SFC, sponsored by The Green Chemistry Group, has received an overwhelming response to its scientific program consisting of distinguished speakers from around the world. Topics range from chiral and achiral purifications to SFC-MS.
Dual-Column GC system Measures Coupled N, C and S Stable Isotopes
August 7th 2007In an article recently published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, researchers developed an application to show that an N, C, and S measurement system allows a three-dimensional view of element dynamics in estuarine systems that are undergoing pollution inputs from upstream watersheds.
GC Helps Measure Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Concentrations
August 7th 2007In an article recently published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers used gas chromatography to determine the fatty acid concentrations of plasma phosphatidylcholine, triacylglycerol, NEFA and cholesteryl esters to test the hypothesis that gender-related differences in n-3 PUFA metabolism are reflected in the concentrations of n-3 PUFA in plasma lipids.
Chromatography Featured in FoxNews Mars Report
August 7th 2007Fox News? coverage of the recent research done to review scientific procedures on the Viking Mars mission in 1976 has found that one form of separation science used at the time should be replaced by another form of separation science that has only become available in recent years.
HPLC Verifies the Anthocyanin Profile
August 7th 2007In an article recently published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers reported that a mixture of anthocyanins from bilberries and blackcurrants reduced levels of transcription factor NF-kB - responsible for orchestrating a wide range of inflammatory responses.
HPLC Determination of Artemisinin in Artemisia Annua L.
August 7th 2007In an article recently published in Analytica Chimica Acta, researchers developed a procedure for the determination of artemisinin in A. annua using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) in couple with microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) as an efficient sample preparation technique. Afterwards, method validation system for HPLC?ELSD analysis was developed.
Chromatography Featured in Nova Episode
August 7th 2007In a story featured in the ?Hot Science? section on the website of the PBS television show Nova, chromatography is used as a method for analyzing residue at the World Trade Center site. The process of adsorption is described, and a link to a ?Color Separator Activity? is provided.
Improved Sample Prep for Protein Sorting
August 7th 2007In a recent issue of Nature Nanotechnology, a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) have created a microchip system capable of speeding up the separation and sorting of biomolecules such as proteins.
Discovery Channel Uses Chromatography to Find Authentic Tequilas
August 7th 2007The Discover Channel website reports that in response to the many counterfeit tequilas being produced today, researchers are using ion and gas chromatography to analyze tequila samples and compare them to the impure mixed "tequila" types. They found the authentic drink, which is regulated by strict standards in Mexico, has noticeably higher levels of certain chemicals, including methanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, and 2-phenylethanol
Dr. Leroy Hood to Deliver Plenary Lecture at Pittcon 2008
August 6th 2007The Pittsburgh Conference announced today 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, LA on March 2, 2008.