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Column Triage

How do you react to symptoms that indicate your liquid chromatography column has major problems?

Column Triage

How do you react to symptoms that indicate your liquid chromatography column has major problems?

A clear understanding of the chemical system of the sample in headspace - and how temperature and peak volume affect peak areas, sensitivities, and repeatability - will improve headspace analysis.

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.

Genomic advancements

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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LECO

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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 .

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Database released

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.

Software and Data Handling

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.