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Comparative proteomics research has identified proteins in the profile of muscle-invasive bladder cancer cells that could be used in biomarker panels for screening and targeted therapies.

The Real Thing?

The Column

A process has been developed that uses combinational peptide ligand libraries to determine whether Cola drinks have been flavoured using natural vegetable extracts or only with artificial chemical flavourings.

Chiral Separations

E-Separation Solutions

Column selection and method development for chiral separations requires experience and a careful approach, and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has become a a viable option.

"Greener" HPLC

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A team of Spanish scientists has discovered an eco-friendly method for performing HPLC separations using cyclodextrins as mobile phase additives. We spoke to Víctor González-Ruiz, Andrés G. León, Ana I. Olives, M. Antonia Martín and J. Carlos Menéndez from the University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain to find out more.

Greener HPLC

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Click here to view the complete e-Separation Solutions newsletter from June 9, 2011.

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The 2011 Manfred Donike award for scientific excellence in sports-doping testing has been presented to Simon Beuck and Nicolas Leuenberger.

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Waters has welcomed the Proteomics Core Facility at the Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA, into its Centers of Innovation programme.

Gyula Vigh, professor of chemistry and holder of the Gradipore Chair of Separation Science at Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) will be recognized for his research excellence in the separation sciences with the 2011 Halász Medal in June.

"Greener" HPLC

E-Separation Solutions

A team of Spanish scientists has discovered an eco-friendly method for performing HPLC separations using cyclodextrins as mobile phase additives.

Using flash reversed-phase column chromatography and a 3-D cancer cell culture assay system to examine a fungus in soil, a team of experts led by Jong Seog Ahn, of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology Chemical (KRIBB) Biology Research Center (Daejeon, South Korea) succeeded in discovering fusarisetin, a new antimetastatic agent capable of fighting cancerous cells.

A collaborative research agreement has been announced between Biotage and the Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology in Florence, Italy.

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LCGC Europe eNews

Bioanalysis uses a variety of separation techniques to analyse samples ranging from plasma and urine to dried blood spots. Participants in this Technology Forum are Ling Bei, Patrik Appelblad and Dave Lentz of EMD Millipore; Nadine Boudreau of PharmaNet Canada; Diab Elmashni, Jeff Zonderman and Simon Szwandt of Thermo Fisher Scientific; and Debadeep Bhattacharya of Waters Corporation.

Phenomenex has expanded its international subsidiary network to serve India directly from a new office in Hyderabad, India.