The Column-07-04-2012

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced the recipients of its latest Thought Leader award: Dr Jens Frisvad and the centre for microbial biotechnology in the department of systems biology at the Technical University of Denmark.

High content screening (HCS) is a high‑throughput method which enables the functional analysis of cells.

A team of researchers from Australia has conducted a study into the way in which Drakaea livida (Orchidaceae) is pollinated.

The Column spoke to Martin Giera of Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, about developments in biomarker discovery.

Surfactants present a real challenge to the analytical chemist as they are a very complex class of chemical compounds.

A team of scientists from Taiwan has developed a nanoparticle/virus mass spectrometry technique to make rapid and accurate mass and mass distribution measurements of nanoparticles and viruses.

Waters (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) and the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) (York, UK) have announced that they will open a new laboratory-based training facility which will combine their respective regulatory, scientific and industry expertise to help solve the global food safety challenge.