PerkinElmer Sponsors World Water Monitoring Day
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced its partnership with the Water Environment Federation's and the International Water Association's World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD), a month-long program that begins on September 18.
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced its partnership with the Water Environment Federation’s and the International Water Association’s World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD), a month-long program that begins on September 18. PerkinElmer also sponsored the program in 2007. WWMD is an international outreach program that builds global public awareness of and involvement in protecting water resources by engaging community members to perform basic monitoring tests of local rivers, streams, estuaries, and other bodies of water. In 2007, more than 46,000 people worldwide participated in monitoring 3544 sites.
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.
