Peaks of Interest
Waters and Rosetta Biosoftware collaborate; Eksigent reaches Southeast Asia distribution agreement; Phenomenex reaches distribution agreement with Beckman Coulter; The Pittsburgh Conference announces call for papers; Agilent Technologies acquires Stratagene
Waters and Rosetta Biosoftware collaborate
Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) and Rosetta Biosoftware (Seattle, Washington) recently announced a collaboration to develop interfaces that promote compatibility between their software platforms and Waters mass spectrometry-based systems. The companies will work together to ensure that the Rosetta Elucidator system, Rosetta's solution for protein expression data management and analysis, will process and analyze mass spectrometry data generated from the Waters Q-Tof Premier and Synapt High Definition Mass Spectrometry (HDMS) systems.
The collaboration will focus on developing software interfaces between the Elucidator system and Waters instrument systems that will give scientists the capability to perform comprehensive qualitative and quantitative profiling of complex biological mixtures.
Eksigent reaches Southeast Asia distribution agreement
Eksigent (Dublin, California) recently announced a distribution agreement with Bionoetikos Ltd. (Hong Kong). The agreement covers sales and service of Eksigent's NanoLC HPLC product line in Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Phenomenex reaches distribution agreement with Beckman Coulter
Phenomenex Inc. (Torrance, California) recently announced a distribution agreement for Beckman Coulter's (Fullerton, California) ProteomeLab IgY enrichment products for proteomics and biomarker discovery. The agreement grants Phenomenex exclusive distribution rights in the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
The Pittsburgh Conference announces call for papers
The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) released the Call for Papers for the 59th annual Pittcon Conference and Exposition. Pittcon 2008 will be March 1–7, 2008, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Pittcon 2008 Technical Program features comprehensive coverage at the forefront of analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis. The 2008 Program Committee has selected 60 invited symposia.
The Program Committee solicits abstracts of previously unpublished findings in all aspects of instrumental analysis.
Agilent Technologies acquires Stratagene
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Wilimington, Delaware) recently announced the completion of its acquisition of Stratagene Corporation (La Jolla, California), a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products. Agilent expects this strategic acquisition to accelerate its growth in life sciences through a complementary product portfolio and strong market reach into academia and government.
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.
2024 EAS Awardees Showcase Innovative Research in Analytical Science
November 20th 2024Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Washington, and other leading institutions took the stage at the Eastern Analytical Symposium to accept awards and share insights into their research.
