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October 2006. This year, the Chromatography Society is celebrating its 50-year anniversary. On the occasion of this anniversary, E.R. Adlard, one of the true pioneers of GC and a leading member of the organization, reports on the most important papers presented at the symposia in the first decade.

Bio-Rad Laboratories' Informatics Division has received a gold award for its KnowItAll Informatics System spectroscopy software and a silver award for its KnowItAll Cheminformatics Edition. The company was chosen by readers of Scientific Computing in the 2006 Readers' Choice Awards.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced that its researchers have developed a miniature wireless data chip that could provide broad access to digital content in the physical world.

Producers of mass spectrometers design their instruments to work well within specific parameters.

In month's issue features two new articles entitled "Characterization of Liposomes and Viral Particles Using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation Coupled to Multiangle Light Scattering" and "High-Stakes Competition: Advances in Chromatography Stay Ahead of Dopers."

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Waters Corporation announced today it will expand its research collaboration with Imperial College London by equipping the Waters Laboratory of Molecular Spectroscopy at Imperial College London with three high-end research instruments - the Waters ACQUITY UPLC System, and Waters Q-Tof Premier and GCT Premier Mass Spectrometers.

Thermo Electron Corporation, world leader in analytical instrumentation was recently awarded the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award, for a second consecutive year, in recognition for providing Excellence in Customer Service to its customers. The award presented to Thermo included two categories: Installation Service Representative and Field Service Engineer.

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Aspectrics, Inc., the innovator of Encoded Photometric Infrared Spectroscopy (EP-IR) analyzers, has just concluded a strategic agreement with the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) of the University of Washington.

Thar Technologies, Inc., the only company worldwide providing supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems spanning from analytical to preparative to process scale, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to develop SFC applications with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NULS).

The Pittsburgh Conference announced today the recipients of twelve prestigious annual awards that recognize the significant contributions of leaders in the fields of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.

A Modesto winemaker is using the latest 21st century analytical chemistry technology to supplement the time-honored practice of tasting a mouthful of grapes to determine when the fruit is ready for picking.

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the acquisition of Avalon Instruments Limited, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The acquisition expands and complements PerkinElmer?s Molecular Spectroscopy product portfolio through adding a family of innovative bench-top dispersive Raman spectrometers.

News All the news from September 2006 Opinion Zosimus calls for a restructuring of the academic year to prevent final examinations falling in the height of the hayfever season. Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat reports on dissolution testing and its importance to the pharmaceutical and other industries. Country Focus This month we look at the recent analytical activities of Germany and Austria. Determination of Chloramphenicol in Food using Automated Solid-Phase Extraction and LC-MS Norbert Helle and Kaj Peterson Q&A Andrew Tipler, senior scientist at the chromatography business unit of PerkinElmer Instruments talks to The Column about thye new Clarus 600 gas chromatograph. Supplies and Services

Ted Szczerba and Francis Mannerino, Regis Technologies, Inc.

Applied Biosystems has joined the Genographic Project as a supporting sponsor for the generation of one of the world's largest databases of information, which will reveal the sources of humankind's diversity. The company has signed a multi-year agreement to provide laboratory research equipment and services to each of the ten participating global research centres. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

John Ervin, Eksigent Technologies

An experimental design can be considered as a series of experiments that, in general, are defined a priori and allow the influence of a predefined number of factors in a predefined number of experiments to be evaluated.

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (St. Louis, Missouri) has acquired Pharmorphix, Ltd. (Cambridge, United Kingdom) that offers solid-form research services to pharmaceutical and biotech markets. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Now there's light in the "black hole" - of a brief case. German-based international leather and bag specialist BREE has created the first illuminated business handbag with Smart Surface Technology. Bree put their trust in innovative solutions. They say, "We had been toying with the idea of illuminating the dark insides of handbags for quite some time, but lacked an elegant solution which not only met our traditionally high demands with regard to style and function, but was also technically feasible."