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The Pittcon programme committee has announced that Dr Chad A. Mirkin, professor of chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, will deliver the plenary lecture.

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Call for Application Notes

LCGC is planning to publish the next issue of The Application Notebook special supplement in December.

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To the members of LCGC's readership, the science behind the headlines is always apparent. Separation science in general, and chromatography in particular, find application in nearly every facet of everyday life, from pharmaceutical analysis to the biomedical field to environmental testing, and this Application Notebook is a tribute to just how thoroughly separation science permeates our daily lives.

Research has used chromatography to provide a glimpse into the metalloprotein world, revealing the metals? extent and the promise of new insights for cell biology, microbial growth and toxicity mechanisms.

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The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product - butter.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that they will be raising money and awareness for breast cancer research with the launch of special edition pink autosampler vial caps.

Agilent Technologies and Mississippi State University (MSU) have announced an analytical method developed at MSU that will be used to test seafood from the Gulf of Mexico for evidence of oil contamination.

Participants in this Tech Forum are Knut Wintergerst of Agilent Technologies, Hans Dewald of Beckman Coulter and Yolanda Fintschenko of LabSmith, Inc.

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Brainy solution

A study published in PLoS ONE has provided the most comprehensive protein profile of cerebrospinal fluid to date, using liquid chromatography to identify 2630 proteins, nearly three times the number previously identified.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new method which it claims effectively eliminates invisible high boiling matrices in the analysis of pesticides in food.

Hair extensions

LGC is to extend its hair drug analysis services in Europe, following an agreement to market a hair test from drug testing company, Psychemedics.