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Metabolomics study

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Using metabolomics to study the different ways that people digest and process the food that they eat could help researchers to understand the mechanisms behind conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, say researchers from the Munich Functional Metabolomics Initiative.

Biotage and MIP Technologies have announced that the owners of the two companies have reached an agreement that will see Biotage will acquire all outstanding shares in MIP Technologies and assume ownership of the company.

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With the introduction of a new dedicated Polyphenol Analyzer by Antec, sensitive analysis of polyphenols in food and beverages at low costs has become possible in routine.

May 2010 Education

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Upcoming educational courses for chromatographers.

May 2010 Events

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Upcoming events in the chromatography community as of May 2010.

Arsenic detection

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A method has been developed for detecting arsenic in animal feed, according to a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Novasep, producer of active molecules for the life science industry, has announced the appointments of two managers in what it describes as a drive to grow the group?s US presence and develop its Novasep Synthesis division.

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Hoorah for herbal

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PerkinElmer has announced that its technology can be used to ensure the safety of traditional Chinese herbal medicines.

Covidien has announced that its Mallinckrodt Baker business unit has entered into a multi-year agreement with global laboratory supply company, VWR International to distribute Mallinckrodt Baker?s J.T.Baker brand products in Eastern and Central Europe.

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Antec will display its award winning ROXY™ EC systems used up-front MS for on-line Electrochemistry/MS during the 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 23–27, 2010...

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DataApex Profile

DataApex is an independent software company with expertise in developing and manufacturing chromatography data stations. DataApex?s solution combines hardware and software developed in DataApex laboratories with a commitment to providing quality technical support.

analytica China, which is being held at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre from 15?17 September 2010, has announced some of the highlights in its programme of events.

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It has been revealed that the collaboration between Thermo Fisher Scientific?s Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center and three organizations will be extended.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Professor Bruno Domon, director of the new Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics unit (LCP), have announced a collaboration to develop workflows to overcome current bottlenecks in biomarker discovery and assay development for clinical proteomics research.

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Can a UHPLC approach be easily transferred to speed up GPC/SEC measurements? Unfortunately, the answer is: No! But there are other solutions to make GPC/SEC faster

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A fine amber line

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Hyphenation between thermal desorption (TD), gas chromatography and mass spectrometry detection has been employed by a team from Romania to find if it is possible to discriminate between Romanian and Baltic ambers, two closely related amber species.

The latest ion chromatography system from Dionex has been awarded the Bronze star in the GIT Innovations Award 2010. Presented by German magazine GIT Labor-Fachzeitchrift, the award was in the category of ?Analytical Instruments and Software?.