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Click the title above to open the LCGC North America October 2011 regular issue, Vol 29 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc., a manufacturer of immuno-enrichment, sample preparation tools used in quantitative mass spectrometry, with the intention of offering an enhanced solution for quantitative protein biomarker detection.

Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, Florida, is to use LECO Corporation's equipment in combination with its own for the study and characterization of petroleum- and biomass-derived fuel and chemical samples using high-resolution mass spectrometry with GCxGC.

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Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) and BGI (formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute) have recently announced the signing of a statement of intent to initiate and develop a working relationship in which they will explore areas of mutual interest in healthcare research and discovery.

Agilent Technologies and Chungnam National University have agreed to develop new applications, methods, technologies and software tools in the field of glycomics ? the study of complex sugars.

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Shimadzu Application Note

PerkinElmer has recently signed an agreement to acquire Caliper Life Sciences Inc., (Hopkinton, Massachusetts), a leader in imaging and detection solutions for life sciences, research, diagnostics and environmental markets .

Featuring 800 new spectra, the 2011 release of this venerable database includes the latest novel designer drugs and AIDS therapeutics.

With a recently awarded grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington DC), The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will be promoting awareness of careers in the sciences, especially environmental chemistry, among students from kindergarten through every level of higher education.

Using data from its research solution, Web of Knowledge, to quantitatively determine the most influential researchers in Nobel categories, Thomson Reuters (New York, NY) has released its picks for its 2011 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates in Chemistry?researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honors.

Recent years have seen the emergence of smartphones and tablet computers, providing even greater convenience and connectivity to users. These and other technological developments are offering more opportunities than ever to the already wide-reaching field of chromatography software.

Agilent Technologies has announced that its LC?MS systems, including the 6100 Series single quadrupole and 6400 Series triple quadrupole systems are now manufactured under ISO 13485 certification.

Thermo Product Profile

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The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) provides details on how to perform experiments to characterize dissolution behaviour of conventional release dosage forms. These instructions cover procedures for running the experiments and for assessing the data.

Waters has recognized the Center for Proteomics at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, as a Waters Center of Innovation. In particular the company recognized the work of Dr Konstantinos Petritis, head of the centre, and his team for their leadership in the research of proteomics and biomarker discovery and verification.

Concerns over the effect that the increasing use of soy beans and other crops for biodiesel could have on food and agricultural markets has led scientists to an unlikely new source: alligator fat.

Analysis of the hair of ancient Egyptian mummies has found that they used a fat-based ?hair gel? to style their hair. According to researchers this was used as a beauty product during daily life, and during the mummification process where more elaborate styles were created to preserve the deceased?s individuality in death.

Incognito's enthusiasm for mobile technology is undeniable as he compiles his wish list of ideal apps for separation scientists.

The Australian Research Centre?s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology will use Agilent Technologies? informatics systems in its research to build a plant protein monitoring database. The centre will use an HPLC-Chip MS system, Openlab Electronic Lab Notebook and Enterprise Content Manager.