Peaks of Interest
A thorough consideration of 30 nominated instruments by 21 nominating editors resulted in a clear runaway for the top product at this year's Pittcon. The gold award was presented to JEOL (Peabody, Massachusetts) for its DART ionization technology for MS.
2005 Pittcon Editors' Awards
A thorough consideration of 30 nominated instruments by 21 nominating editors resulted in a clear runaway for the top product at this year's Pittcon. The gold award was presented to JEOL (Peabody, Massachusetts) for its DART ionization technology for MS.
Chromatography Market Profile
A three-way tie for the silver award went to ESA, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) for its Corona CAD detector, Shimadzu Scientific Instrument, Inc.'s (Columbia, Maryland) LC-MS-IT-TOF, and the ICS-3000 from Dionex Corporation (Sunnyvale, California).
Agilent Technologies' (Palo Alto, California) HPLC-Chip ESI-MS received the bronze award.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Honeywell announces cross-distribution agreement with Chata Biosystems
Honeywell Burdick & Jackson (Muskegon, Michigan) announced it has signed a cross-distribution agreement with Chata Biosystems, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado) under which Honeywell will market and be the exclusive distributor of Chata's preblended CHEM+NECT line of flexibel film packaged solutions used for chromatography by pharmaceutical, biotech, and research labs.
Under the agreement, Chata becomes a nonexclusive distributor of Honeywell's pre-blended chromatography solutions, utilizing Honeywell's packaging offerings.
"This agreement brings the best of two worlds to research and analytical laboratories," states global business manager for Honeywell Burdick & Jackson Scott Gaddis. "Burdick and Jackson has a long history and solid reputation for producing high-purity solvents and reagents with the consistent quality demanded by researchers and laboratories. Chata's unique, pre-packaged solutions and patented deilvery systems elminate the antiquated, time-consuming, and expensive manual preparation of chemical solutions."
Chata CEO Jerald Kuiken said, "Chata has long been a leader in prepackaged chemicals and will now offer the highest purity chemicals from one of the leading names in the business."
Poling elected Grace Davison vice president
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Maryland) announced that Gregory E. Poling has been elected vice president of Grace Davison Chemicals. He also was elected a corporate vice president by the Board of Directors of Grace.
Poling has been with Davison since 1999 and most recently was president of the Davison Chemicals specialty materials business.
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.
