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An interview with Hans-Gerd Janssen of Unilever Research and Development Vlaardingen and the University of Amsterdam. Janssen is involved with method development for gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry; the development of instrumentation for multidimensional chromatography for food analysis and biomacromolecular characterization; and problem solving and efficient routine analysis of foods (particularly oils and fats). This interview discusses the challenges encountered in the analysis of fats and oils, how multidimensional chromatography can be applied to the analysis, 2D LC for food-related compound analysis, the analysis of natural antioxidants in edible oils, and future steps in his research.

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The Coblentz Society, an affiliate of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy, was approached with a challenge from an anonymous donor during the SciX13 conference.

The AvantorTM J.T.Baker® high purity solvents and reagents will give you the performance you need with minimal risk of contaminants that can limit accuracy and productivity and maximize the sensitivity and detecting power of your instrumentation.

Microsaic Systems (Woking, UK) has formed its first advisory group, to advise the company on where to apply microchip technology in the future. Colin Jump, CEO of Microsaic Systems, said that the company has drawn from expertise in the UK analysis and mass spectrometry arena

Agilent Technologies (California, USA) has announced a strategic collaboration with Seoul National Hospital (Seoul, Korea). The collaboration will focus on the identification and verification of biomarkers to further the development of drugs. Under the agreement, the hospital?s department of medicine will use liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry (LC?MS) instrumentation from Agilent to further research in this area

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Porvair Sciences announces the first 96-well deep well plate that genuinely delivers 2.00 ml liquid capacity / well in an automation compatible SLAS / ANSI footprint.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of an ongoing interagency partnership, have awarded a total of up to $53 million to fund tobacco-related research in fiscal year 2013 to create 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS).

The miniDAWN& reg ; TREOS? is a multi-angle (three-angle) light scattering (MALS) detector that can be coupled to any liquid chromatograph (HPLC/GPC/SEC/FPLC) or used off-line in a ?micro-batch? mode for determining the absolute molecular weights and sizes of polymers or biopolymers directly, without resorting to column calibration or reference standards

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Choosing the correct column for an application really requires that we consider the many factors which can influence the efficiency and selectivity of a separation including column hardware, support and surface chemistry. On a rainy day a little while ago our technical support group came up with a list of 23 such factors which need to be considered.

Intertek (Texas, USA) has opened a new chemical laboratory to support the growth of the growing refining and petrochemical complex in Texas City (Texas, USA).

Porvair (Leatherhead, UK) has signed a technology licensing agreement with Thermo Electron Manufacturing, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific (California, USA). Porvair has licensed its filter technology to Thermo to develop a range of life science sample preparation filters. Porvair will manufacture the products, and Thermo will distribute and market the products worldwide.

What would you do if faced with a zombie invasion in your analytical laboratory? LCGC Blog editor Kevin Schug provides guidelines and suggestions for fending off an attack, including how to use glassware and dead chromatography columns as defensive weapons and novel applications for laboratory lasers.

A novel orally active insecticidal peptide (OAIP-1) has been isolated from the venom of one of Australia's largest spiders, the Australian tarantula (Selenotypus plumipes) using reversed-phase liquid chromatography (reversed-phase LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). The study was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE.1

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This article presents applications of ELSD in GPC/SEC. It discusses both the advantages and disadvantages as well as the practical considerations for use in GPC/SEC.

In this technical tip from CHROMacademy we re-visit some of the lesser known or remembered facts relating to silica particles used in chromatography.

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An excerpt from LCGC's e-learning tutorial on translating GC methods at CHROMacademy.com

The Urine Metabolome Database (UMDB) (www.urinemetabolome.ca) containing detailed information on over 3000 metabolites has been launched following the comprehensive quantitative metabolome characterization of urine by scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada.1 The project is part of the on-going Human Metabolome Project launched in 2005 by Genome Canada and Genome Alberta, and has so far received $600 million in funding from the Canadian government.

Environmental and pharmaceutical application, forensics, material and food production analyses – Shimadzu’s HS-20 headspace sampler serves GC and GCMS applications particularly in testing and inspection organizations.

Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) has acquired NanoSight (Amesbury, UK), a nanoparticle characterization company. The acquisition was completed on 27 September 2013.

Peak Scientific has recently opened an extension of their head office in Inchinnan, Scotland, named Cherry Tree House. The extension will accommodate the expansion of the company since it launched in 1997.