The Column-10-05-2016

The Column

Combining Exposomics with Genetic Disease Screening to Better 
Understand Honey Bee Health

October 05, 2016

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The western honey bee population has succumbed to a host of environmental stressors. Although many investigations offer insight into the reasons for the global health decline of honey bees, this complex combination of stressors has made it difficult to pinpoint key features of disease causality. This article describes a pilot study of hives in seven geographical locations in eastern Pennsylvania.

HUPO Honours Waters

October 05, 2016

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The Waters’ scientists responsible for the development of the QTOF mass spectrometer have been honoured at the annual Human Proteome Organization.

Adam Hall Wins VUV Analytics Fall 2016 Academic Grant

October 05, 2016

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VUV Analytics has awarded Adam Hall their fall 2016 academic grant, providing Hall’s laboratory with VUV detectors to perform novel research in the field of forensic chemistry.

GC–MS Analysis of Marine Organotin Pollution

October 05, 2016

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The ban on organotins has not led to a significant reduction in marine pollution according to research published by the Polish Academy of Sciences. Researchers found unacceptable levels of harmful organotins in the muscle and liver tissues of fish species collected in the southern Baltic Sea coastal zone, exceeding the good environmental status boundaries.

Tips & Tricks: GPC/SEC for Membrane Analysis

October 05, 2016

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Membranes play an important role in living species as well as in technical processes, including in human care (for example, in kidney treatment). This instalment of Tips & Tricks discusses gel permeation chromatography/size-exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) for membrane analysis.

Volatile Character

October 05, 2016

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Wine can be a very complex matrix to analyze. The Column spoke to Alexandre Pons from Seguin-Moreau in Cognac, France, about his work analyzing volatile compounds in wine and why gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC–MS/MS) is his method of choice.

Meeting Review: Advances in Microcolumn and Related Separation Technologies

October 05, 2016

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The first meeting in The Chromatographic Society’s diamond anniversary year brought together world-renowned speakers alongside past presidents of the Society and delegates from academia, industry, and scientific instrument and technology companies at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in central London. The presentations included discussions on gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), capillary electrochromatography (CEC), and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) from both academic and industrial perspectives - providing valuable insight into contemporary trends in chromatographic techniques.

Vol 12 No 18 The Column October 05, 2016 Europe and Asia PDF

October 05, 2016

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Click the title above to open The Column October 05, 2016 Europe & Asia issue, Volume 12, Number 18, in an interactive PDF format.

Vol 12 No 18 The Column October 05, 2016 North American PDF

October 05, 2016

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