The Column-10-24-2014

This article is an overview of the different types of antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) characterization that can be performed with the light scattering toolkit to support the development of biotherapeutics.

Robin MacGeachy, the Managing Director of Peak Scientific in Inchinnan, Scotland, has been awarded the Ernst and Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Manufacturing 2014.

A study published in the journal Analytical Chemistry presents the application of a foodomics approach – combining transciptomics with metabolomics – to determine the anticancer mechanism of action of polyphenols contained in Rosmarinus officinalis L., commonly known as rosemary.1

A new study to be published in the journal Food Chemistry proposes 10 compounds that could be used to determine the authenticity of handmade sea salt opposed to industrial sea salt.

How to spot problems in your method before they become an issue.

Incognito ponders if fashion is clouding our judgement when it comes to certain tried and tested techniques.

A simple dansylation metabolite assay (DMA) for sample normalization that is similar to the bicinchoninic acid (BCA) protein assay widely used in proteomics has been presented in the journal Analytical Chemistry. The DMA assay is performed following sample extraction to determine the total metabolite concentration, which can then be used to determine the volume of sample needed to ensure that all samples contain the same concentration of metabolites.

The RSC Environmental Chemistry Group and the RSC Analytical Division Separation Science Group will hold a joint meeting entitled "New Developments in the Analysis of Complex Environmental Matrices" in London, UK, on 6 February 2015.

The Column spoke to Peter Kusch of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Rheinbach, Germany, about analyzing failure in the automotive industry.

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