PharmTech LCGC Sciex Webinar 11.10

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The Column

Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, USA, have created assays for approximately 20?000 human proteins, generating what is claimed to be the world?s first human Multiple Reaction Monitoring Atlas.

GC relocation

Irish manufacturer of gas chromatographs and gas analysers, AGC Instruments, has relocated to a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility.

Purifying proteins

The Column

A study of the protein absorption and binding regions has provided fresh insight into how this technique works, and could lead to better processes and cheaper drugs.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced its nomination for three European Outsourcing Awards (EOA).

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HPLC/UHPLC

E-Separation Solutions

While high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the standard liquid separation technique in most analytical laboratories, ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) is being implemented as a choice for faster, high-resolution analyses and cross-platform systems are now available. Participants in this discussion are Ling Bei and Dave Lentz of EMD Chemicals, Sergio Guazzotti of Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Elizabeth Hodgdon and Jeannine Jordan of Waters Corp.

The Column

In response to changing mandatory guidelines for federal workplace drug testing in the US, Agilent Technologies and South Bend Medical Foundation have developed new urine testing methods.

The Institute of Toxicology in the Clinical Toxicology and Poison Information Centre Berlin (BBGes) and Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) have announced a collaboration to create a new spectral library taking advantage of high mass accuracy data.

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Drinking to your health

The Column

The analysis of Nubian bones has revealed that people were making and consuming antibiotics more than 1500 years ago

E-Separation Solutions

I am facing a problem with an HPLC analysis. The flow rate is 1.3 mL/min. The solvents used are water (mobile phase A) and acetonitrile (mobile phase B). The program I run starts with 60% water and 40% acetonitrile. In 35 min the acetonitrile concentration reaches 100%.

Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has released a global report on the HPLC systems and accessories market. This market is projected to reach $3.7 billion by 2015.

E-Separation Solutions

Click here to view the complete e-Separation Solutions newsletter from September 15, 2011.

AB SCIEX and the University of Melbourne today announced a joint technology development project to improve drug metabolism studies of biopharmaceuticals.