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Learn how to use selectivity throughout the sample analysis cycle, from the sampling stage through data analysis and report generation.

Rubicon Genomics has announced that it has signed a supply agreement with Kreatech Diagnostics for use of Rubicon?s Omniplex-D whole genome amplification technology.

The LC-MS Forecast

Click here to view the complete E-Separation Solutions newsletter from April 20, 2012.

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Oil spill

The impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago has had a devastating effect on the area.

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis continues to evolve in ways that make it a versatile technique in laboratories worldwide

Autism biomarkers

New research has indicated that mass spectrometry (MS) could be used in the diagnosis and, potentially, in the prognosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Organic separation

A team of scientists have performed the first attempt at separation of organic compounds using microwave reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (MW?HPLC).

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Biofuel analysis

A team of scientists have developed a new analytical method to evaluate the quality of new renewable transportation fuels and intermediate organic liquid products (OLPs), as the current method has been developed for petroleum-based feedstocks and so is not suitable.

Know Your Analyte...

Ask yourself a simple question. Do you know the structure or any of the physical properties of the analyte(s) from your most recent analysis? If the answer is yes, award yourself a self-congratulatory point. If no, why on earth not?

Professor Mario Thevis from the Germany Sport University Cologne, Cologne chairs the morning session on Drug Testing and Analysis which begins with a talk on the Use of in vitro Metabolism Studies in Doping Control by Tila Kuuranne from the Doping Control laboratory, United Laboratories, Helsinki, Finland.

Click here to view the complete E-Separation Solutions newsletter from April 19, 2012.

From 17?20 April 2012, representatives of the laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology sectors will meet at Analytica 2012 in Munich, Germany. In this 23rd year, visitors can expect a special highlight: For the first time ever, the international trade fair will feature three completely equipped laboratories with live demonstrations on each day of the fair.

Proteomics

This Tuesday session will be chaired by Dr Juan Pablo Albar, Proteomics Facility, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

A retention index tool called iMatch that aims to reduce the number of false positive results when using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS ) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC×GC-MS) has been developed by a team of researchers from the University of Louisville. Alasdair Matheson, editor of LCGC Europe, spoke to Xiang Zhang to find out more.

Kevin Schug, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas (UT) at Arlington, has been named the university's new Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry.