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29th International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC) 9th – 13th September 2012, Torun, Poland

Thermo Scientific SOLA products revolutionize Solid Phase Extraction (SPE). This first fritless SPE product range provides greater reproducibility with cleaner, more consistent extracts.

Going Green

Incognito reflects on the ups and downs of 2012 so far.

The 24th International Symposium on Chirality (ISCD) was recently held on 10–13 June in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

The North Carolina State University Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) and the Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory (Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA) have collaborated to form a joint industry-academic postdoctoral fellowship, the first of its kind at the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC).

The University of Queensland is using technology from AB Sciex (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) to analyse how the floods of 2011 have affected water quality in Australia.

We note with sadness the passing of pioneering American gas chromatographer Walter G. Jennings on 5 July 2012. Walt, as he preferred, died peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was 90 years old.

Once thought to be predominantly meat-eaters, evidence has come to light that reveals that Neanderthals were aware of the beneficial properties of plants.

A team of researchers from Canada has investigated the use of high-definition video cameras to detect nanolitre analyte volumes.

The anti-doping facilities for the London 2012 Games will be developed into a resource to help revolutionize healthcare.

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We note here the passing of pioneering American gas chromatographer Walter G. Jennings on 5 July 2012. Walt, as he preferred, died peacefully at home surrounded by family. He was 90 years old.

Waters (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) and Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd. (Newcastle upon Tyne, England) have signed an agreement to develop an analytical solution that pulls information from complex data sets generated by large-scale proteomics and metabolomics experiments in a bid to advance research.

The University of Queensland is using technology from AB Sciex (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) to analyse how the floods of 2011 have affected water quality in Australia.

Click here to view the complete E-Separation Solutions newsletter from August 9, 2012.

For those who use HPLC, UHPLC, and LC–MS, keeping up with the latest trends and techniques is essential. Participants in this forum are Lester Taylor, Agilent Technologies; Robert Classon, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.; Atis Chakrabarti, Tosoh Bioscience LLC; Gaurang Parmar, Sigma-Aldrich/Supelco; and Jeff Layne, Phenomenex.

Gas chromatography (GC) continues to be a workhorse technique, but users now face choices of upgrading their systems to newer time-saving technologies or possibly switching to hydrogen carrier gas.

Today more than ever, efficient data handling software is an essential tool in analytical laboratories. Easy workflows, smart data storage and retrieval options, integration of data from multiple systems, and the ability to handle large volumes of data are all critical issues that users must consider when evaluating the choices.

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) provides a number of advantages for analysts, including high separation efficiency, short analysis times, low waste generation, and a diverse range of applications

With further improvements in instrumentation and column design, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) Is becoming a mainstream technology.

The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (Miami, Florida, USA) has awarded a grant to the Pittcon Conference committee (Pennsylvania, USA) that will enable the conference to provide educational training and development in laboratory services with a special emphasis on resource-limited countries.

Reach Separations (Nottingham, United Kingdom) and Onyx Scientific (Sunderland, United Kingdom) will collaborate on a strategic alliance to deliver specialist purification and separation services to the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry.

Good news for users analyzing complex sample mixtures: Shimadzu offers an extra dimension in peak separations for all hyphenation technologies in chromatography

Beat The Clock

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Nobel Laureate, Sir Harold (Harry) Kroto, will present the Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture at Pittcon 2013.

The current method for diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) can be both invasive and time-consuming. A group of researchers has conducted an initial study into pathogen-derived volatile biomarkers in breath for early and non-invasive diagnosis of VAP.