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Shimadzu has introduced the new GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer which offers a solution for today?s challenges along with the speed, accuracy and ease-of-operation scientists demand.

The use of in vivo SPME offers important advantages over conventional methods according to the authors, including simplified sample clean-up, fast stabilization of unstable analytes, elimination of enzymatic degradation after extraction and reduced ion suppression for mass spectrometry analyses.

Advantages of the planar, off-line format of TLC relative to on-line column HPLC, the steps in TLC analyses, and future prospects of TLC are discussed.

An excerpt from LCGC's e-learning tutorial on analytical method validation (AMV) at Chromacademy.com.

Mass spectrometry analysis of lipids in complex matrices is revolutionizing the way lipid research is conducted.

LGC Standards (Teddington, UK) has announced that it has acquired US-based VHG Labs.

Analytical method validation is the process of demonstrating that a method does what it is intended to do.

The stationary phases currently in use for modern thin-layer chromatography (TLC) are reviewed.

Wyatt Technology Application Note

KineMed Inc., (Emeryville, California, USA) and CHDI Foundation (New York, USA) have announced a collaboration that will see KineMed?s isotopic labelling and dynamic proteomics platform be used to investigate the turnover rates of huntingtin protein.

Innovative technologies are rapidly helping to measure the numerous and diverse lipids present in biological samples. In this second and final instalment of the series, the authors present and discuss the use of these technologies for lipid analysis.

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Will an internal standard always improve data quality?

This month's "Sample Prepartion Perspectives" describes practical aspects of hollow-fibre liquid-phase microextraction in the three phase mode (HF3LPME) and also electromembrane extraction (EME), which uses an electrical potential as the driving force for the extraction.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Asia Pacific June 2012 regular issue, Vol 15, No 2, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America June 2012 Application Notebook, Vol 30 No s6, in an interactive PDF format.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America June 2012 regular issue, Vol 30 No 6, in an interactive PDF format.

Fasha Mahjoor, founder and CEO of Phenomenex (Torrance, California) was appointed as one of one of Outward Bound Trust's (Cumbria, UK) "25 Strong Chairman's Group" members.

Bioanalysts are faced with a variety of separations challenges, including how to select appropriate stationary phases and problems with sample preparation and clean-up. Participants in this technology forum are Maureen Joseph and Linda L. Lloyd of Agilent Technologies; Patrik Appelblad, Ling Bei, and Dave Lentz of EMD Millipore; and Jason P. Weisenseel of PerkinElmer.

Bioanalysts are faced with a variety of separations challenges, including how to select appropriate stationary phases and problems with sample preparation and clean-up. Participants in this technology forum are Maureen Joseph and Linda L. Lloyd of Agilent Technologies; Patrik Appelblad, Ling Bei, and Dave Lentz of EMD Millipore; and Jason P. Weisenseel of PerkinElmer.

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) (Barcelona, Spain) and the Fundació ACE - Barcelona Alzheimer Treatment & Research Centre (Barcelona, Spain) have signed an agreement to collaborate on scientific projects related to neurodegenerative diseases.

Empire Genomics (Buffalo, New York, USA) has announced that it has chosen Funakoshi as a distributor of its product portfolio for the Japanese market.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that it is to acquire Dako (Glostrup, Denmark), the cancer diagnostic company.

Complete Genomics Inc. (Mountain View, California, USA) has announced that it has signed four distributor agreements with Asia-Pacific life sciences companies ? GeneWorks Pty Ltd. in Australia, Cyagen Biosciences in China, AR Brown Co. Ltd. in Japan and BML in Korea.

Kromasil HILIC-D is designed for the best selectivity of polar compounds.

Waters EU - Maximizing HPLC Productivity with 2.5 µm Extended Performance (XP) Columns

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that it is to acquire Dako (Glostrup, Denmark), the cancer diagnostic company.

Agilent (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced the winner of the fourth annual Agilent Early Career Professor Award.