Peaks of Interest
Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) announced its sponsorship of two American Chemical Society Achievement Awards.
Waters sponsors awards
Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) announced its sponsorship of two American Chemical Society Achievement Awards. The annual awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in the fields of separations science and technology and mass spectrometry.
"It's important for companies like Waters to take an active role in furthering the goals of the American Chemical Society and acknowledging scientific achievement in the separations sciences and mass spectrometry, two very important areas of focus for Waters Corporation," said Art Caputo, president of the Waters Division of Waters Corporation. "And we stand behind the ACS vision to 'improve people's lives through the transforming power of chemistry'."
"Corporate support of the national Awards Program is essential to the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS very much appreciates the support of Waters Corporation for the Field & Franklin Award in Mass Spectrometry and for the reinstatement of the Award in Separations Science and Technology," said C. Gordon McCarty, Chair ACS Board Committee on Grants and Awards.
Cerno Bioscience signs agreements
Cerno Bioscience (Danbury, Connecticut) announced two agreements have been reached with research institutes in China for the use of its MS data analysis software, MassWorks. Cerno has entered into collaborative research in drug metabolism with Dafang Zhong, director of Drug Metabolism Research at Shanghai Institute of Materia Media, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China). Cerno also has signed an agreement with Egret Pharma Limited (Shanghai, China) for extensive use of the MassWorks software in small molecule synthesis.
Research by Zhong will focus on obtaining high mass accuracy to aid in metabolite identification using conventional mass spectrometry systems by applying MassWorks.
The agreement with Egret Pharma will see the company using Cerno's MassWorks software extensively in its small molecule synthesis studies to shorten significantly the turnaround time in the drug discovery process.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Cutting-Edge Chromatography Techniques for Food Safety and Food Analysis
November 18th 2024An illuminating session focusing on progress in analytical techniques used in food analysis took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, The Czech Republic, including a talk on the analysis of 1000 toxins in 10 minutes.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Contemporary Food Contamination Analysis Using Chromatography
November 18th 2024A series of lectures focusing on emerging analytical techniques used to analyse food contamination took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic. The session included new approaches for analysing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAS), Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH), and short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs and MCCPs).
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.
SPME GC-MS–Based Metabolomics to Determine Metabolite Profiles of Coffee
November 14th 2024Using a solid phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME GC-MS)-based metabolomics approach, a recent study by the School of Life Sciences and Technology at Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia) investigated the impact of environmental factors (including temperature, rainfall, and altitude) on volatile metabolite profiles of Robusta green coffee beans from West Java.
