The Column-05-10-2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a global food testing laboratory in Dreieich, Germany.

Diagnostic and analytical testing services provider LGC has announced the launch of a new genomics division.

Using metabolomics to study the different ways that people digest and process the food that they eat could help researchers to understand the mechanisms behind conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, say researchers from the Munich Functional Metabolomics Initiative.

A method has been developed for detecting arsenic in animal feed, according to a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

A selection of the latest developments in chromatography software.

Speaking about studies into electromembrane extraction and the possibilities that this alternative sample preparation technique opens up for research.

The rapid expansion in China continues to fuel growth for separation science technologies. This market includes technologies such as HPLC, gas chromatography (GC), ion chromatography, low-pressure liquid chromatography, flash chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, chemical sensing, capillary electrophoresis and discrete and continuous flow analysers.

Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis reveals regulatory effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid supply on protein expression in early development.