Peaks of Interest
Eksigent enters Latin America
Eksigent enters Latin America
Eksigent (Dublin, California) announced a new distribution agreement with Nova Analitica of Brazil. The agreement covers sales and service of Eksigent's NanoLC HPLC product line. Nova Analitica specializes in chromatography and spectrometry equipment for the analytical chemistry and life science research markets. The company serves all of Brazil, and its customers include pharmaceutical companies, private research institutions, and academia.
Thermo Fisher acquires OptiCell
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., (San Jose, California) announced it has acquired all assets of the OptiCell product line from BioCrystal, Ltd. (Westerville, Ohio). Included in the transaction were trademarks, production equipment, inventory, and 12 patents related to OptiCell technology.
Columnist Ron Majors awarded
Senior chemist for the LC Columns and Supplies Division of Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California) and LCGC columnist Ron E. Majors was awarded the L.S Palmer Award by the Minnesota Chromatography Forum (MCF) for his outstanding contributions to chromatography. His award was presented at the MCF's 2007 Symposium in Minneapolis. Ron, who has been at HP/Agilent since 1990, has over 150 publications in chromatography, sample preparation, and surface chemistry.
Shimadzu opens new office
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Columbia, Maryland) announced the opening of a new regional office in Carlsbad, California. The office will allow Shimadzu to provide more direct sales, technical support, and service for Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Hawaii.
Thar completes Berger acquisition
Thar Instruments (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) announced the acquisition of the Berger SFC division of Mettler Toledo (Columbus, Ohio). Berger SFC has been involved in the development of SFC and is a world leader in SFC analysis and purification. The combination of the top two supercritical fluid technology companies will enable the advancement of new technologies.
JASCO receives award
The Molecular Chirality Research Organization (MCRO) held its annual Molecular Chirality Symposium on May 15–16 at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo, Japan. On May 15, this year's honors went to Professor Hiroshi Tsukube of Osaka City University and to JASCO (Easton, Maryland).
The Symposium on Molecular Chirality was initiated by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan to promote progress in the pharmaceutical sciences dealing with
chiral drugs.
Determining Enhanced Sensitivity to Odors due to Anxiety-Associated Chemosignals with GC
May 8th 2025Based on their hypothesis that smelling anxiety chemosignals can, like visual anxiety induction, lead to an increase in odor sensitivity, a joint study between the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (Freising, Germany) combined behavioral experiments, odor profile analysis by a trained panel, and instrumental analysis of odorants (gas chromatography-olfactometry) and volatiles (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry).
Investigating 3D-Printable Stationary Phases in Liquid Chromatography
May 7th 20253D printing technology has potential in chromatography, but a major challenge is developing materials with both high porosity and robust mechanical properties. Recently, scientists compared the separation performances of eight different 3D printable stationary phases.
Detecting Hyper-Fast Chromatographic Peaks Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry
May 6th 2025Ion mobility spectrometers can detect trace compounds quickly, though they can face various issues with detecting certain peaks. University of Hannover scientists created a new system for resolving hyper-fast gas chromatography (GC) peaks.
