Peaks of Interest
News from the chromatography industry.
Biotage signs agreements with Reaxa
Biotage (Charlottesville, Virginia) has recently signed two agreements with Reaxa (Manchester, United Kingdom). Under the first agreement, Biotage and Reaxa will develop MicroEnCat, an encapsulated palladium catalyst range optimized for use in Biotage's microwave synthesizers.
The second agreement offers Reaxa's macroporous QuadraPure metal scavenging resins prepacked in Biotage FLASH purification cartridges.
MicroEnCat prefilled vials and QuadraPure FLASH cartridges are in development for 2006 launch.
First Norwegian Prize in Analytical Chemistry awarded
The Analytical Division of the Norwegian Chemical Society has awarded Tyge Greibrokk with the Norwegian Prize in Analytical Chemistry. Greibrokk has been a major contributor to the separation sciences and analytical chemistry in Norway and internationally.
Greibrokk worked actively with most separation techniques for three decades and has authored or co-authored close to 250 articles. He is presently the editor of Journal of Separation Science and a member of the editorial boards of Chromatographia, Journal of Chromatography A, and Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods.
Thermo sponsors postdoctoral position for speciation analysis
Thermo Electron Corporation (Waltham, Massachusetts) recently announced their sponsorship of postdoctoral scientist Shona McSheehy. McSheehy is based at the Center of Excellence for Speciation Analysis Techniques at the University of Pau in France and is dedicated to the development of speciation methodologies and working practices for Thermo's speciation customers.
The center was established in 2004 as a result of a collaboration agreement between Thermo and the Biogeochemistry, Ultra Trace, and Isotopic Analysis group at the University of Pau to provide teaching and training to environmental, clinical, and petrochemical elemental analysts and to expand the use of elemental speciation techniques through the establishment of robust and routine laboratory procedures.
Heckmann to become president and CEO of Chiral Technologies
Chiral Technologies Inc. (West Chester, Pennsylvania) recently announced that Thomas B. Lewis would retire as president and CEO of the company in the second quarter of 2006.
President of Chiral Technologies Europe (Strasbourg, France) Dieter Heckmann has been chosen as Lewis' successor. When Lewis retires, Heckmann will hold the position of President and CEO of both Chiral and Chiral Europe.
Heckmann began his career in the chromatography field with Eurochrom/Knauer GmbH (Berlin, Germany) in 1988 and moved to UOP (Heidelberg, Germany) in the 1990s. Heckman joined Chiral Europe in 1997 and was promoted to president in 2001.
Best of the Week: Food Analysis, Chemical Migration in Plastic Bottles, STEM Researcher of the Year
December 20th 2024Top articles published this week include the launch of our “From Lab to Table” content series, a Q&A interview about using liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC–HRMS) to assess chemical hazards in plastic bottles, and a piece recognizing Brett Paull for being named Tasmanian STEM Researcher of the Year.
Using LC-MS/MS to Measure Testosterone in Dried Blood Spots
December 19th 2024Testosterone measurements are typically performed using serum or plasma, but this presents several logistical challenges, especially for sample collection, storage, and transport. In a recently published article, Yehudah Gruenstein of the University of Miami explored key insights gained from dried blood spot assay validation for testosterone measurement.
Determination of Pharmaceuticals by Capillary HPLC-MS/MS (Dec 2024)
December 19th 2024This application note demonstrates the use of a compact portable capillary liquid chromatograph, the Axcend Focus LC, coupled to an Agilent Ultivo triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for quantitative analysis of pharmaceutical drugs in model aqueous samples.
