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LCGC Announces Partnership with the China Chromatography Network
LCGC has announced a major new partnership in China, with Sepu.net, the China Chromatography Network. Through this partnership, LCGCAsia Pacific will be distributed to more than 130,000 practicing chromatographers in Greater China.
The China Chromatography Network (Sepu.net) was established as a chromatography portal in 1999. Today, it is the largest industry web site and the most influential social media platform oriented to the analysis and testing industry. It provides easy access to practical, comprehensive, and professional information and services to more than a million users. The Sepu.net web site provides a wide range of information, including updates on standards and regulations, chromatography products, and a methods and reference library. The organization also provides in-person and online training through courses and web seminars.
For more than 30 years, LCGC has been the gold standard relied upon by chromatographers across all technique areas for objective, unbiased, nuts-and-bolts technical information they can use in their labs every day. LCGC's columns and peer-reviewed articles continue to bring readers technical advice from the most respected, veteran industry experts in the areas of ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS), GC–MS, capillary electrophoresis (CE), supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), and more. Since 1998, LCGC has been extending the reach of its respected information about separation science to chromatographers in Asia through LCGC Asia Pacific.
Quintiles and BioCore Expand Bioanalytical Services in Asia
Quintiles (Durham, North Carolina) has announced the formation of an exclusive partnership with BioCore Co., Ltd., (Seoul, South Korea) to extend the provision of bioanalytical services in Asia.
The collection of high-quality bioanalytical data is important early on in drug development as this assists scientists making the key decisions determining the progress of a candidate drug to later, more expensive development stages.
BioCore will provide services exclusively to Quintiles for a two-year period. As the largest provider of bioanalytical LC–MS-MS services in South Korea, BioCore aims to further the provision of biopharmaceutical services in Asia Pacific.
AI and GenAI Applications to Help Optimize Purification and Yield of Antibodies From Plasma
October 31st 2024Deriving antibodies from plasma products involves several steps, typically starting from the collection of plasma and ending with the purification of the desired antibodies. These are: plasma collection; plasma pooling; fractionation; antibody purification; concentration and formulation; quality control; and packaging and storage. This process results in a purified antibody product that can be used for therapeutic purposes, diagnostic tests, or research. Each step is critical to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of the final product. Applications of AI/GenAI in many of these steps can significantly help in the optimization of purification and yield of the desired antibodies. Some specific use-cases are: selecting and optimizing plasma units for optimized plasma pooling; GenAI solution for enterprise search on internal knowledge portal; analysing and optimizing production batch profitability, inventory, yields; monitoring production batch key performance indicators for outlier identification; monitoring production equipment to predict maintenance events; and reducing quality control laboratory testing turnaround time.
Profiling Volatile Organic Compounds in Whisky with GC×GC–MS
November 1st 2024Researchers from Austria, Greece, and Italy conducted a study to analyze volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in Irish and Scotch whiskys using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) Arrow with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC×GC–MS) to examine the organoleptic characteristics that influence the taste of spirits.
GC–TOF-MS Finds 250 Volatile Compounds in E-Cigarette Liquids
November 1st 2024A study has used gas chromatography coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to build an electron ionization mass spectra database of more than 250 chemicals classified as either volatile or semi-volatile compounds. An additional, confirmatory layer of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis was subsequently performed.
