PharmTech LCGC Sciex Webinar 11.10

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The Column

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 Column

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

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The Column

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.

E-Separation Solutions

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

The Column

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

The Column

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

The Column

The 15th Desty Memorial Lecture for Innovation In Separation Science is set to take place on 6 October at the Royal Institution in London, UK.

Crawford Scientific are offering what they describe as a ?unique new method development service using HPLC columns at the cutting edge of current technology? to customers within the UK.

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Oil spill response

The Column

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that its global Food Safety Response Centre in Dreieich, Germany, has developed two new analytical screening methods in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Waters showcased the breadth and depth of applications for liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry at last month?s American Association of Clinical Chemistry annual meeting and Clinical Lab Expo.

Software

E-Separation Solutions

Joining us for a discussion on software are Tony Owen, Agilent Technologies; Shaun Quinn, Dionex; David Chiang, Sage-N Research; and Edward C. Long, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

GC Column Bleed

E-Separation Solutions

What is the best way to minimize GC column bleed? What factors increase column bleed?

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GCxGC Symposium

The Column

The GC×GC-7 symposium ran concurrently with this year?s ISCC in Riva del Garda, Italy. Speaking with The Column, Philip Marriott of the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, said it ?offered the most comprehensive and thorough GCxGC programme yet assembled.?

AB SCIEX has announced that it will be working with scientists at the ETH Zurich Institute of Molecular Systems Biology as part of a Swiss biology programme to accelerate analysis and improve results for metabolomics.

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Climate of Innovation

The Column

Knauer has been awarded second place in a list of the Top 100 Most Innovative Firms in Germany and placed first in the Climate of Innovation category.