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LCGC North America

Without question, the current acetonitrile shortage has become the hottest topic in the chromatography world in recent memory. The influx of shortage-related articles, conservation tips, and even explorations of alternative separations instrumentation has been enormous at LCGC, with many brilliant and innovative ideas being presented to get laboratories through these hard times

The Chemical Heritage Foundation announced that David and Alice Schwartz, founders of Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, California) will receive the organization?s fourth annual Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for Supporting Industries.

Malvern Instruments (Southborough, Massachusetts) now provides customer support for Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC)?size exclusion chromatography (SEC), dilute solution viscosity, and light scattering systems in India.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has bought a liquid chromatograph from Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) to use in forensic chemist training at Virginia?s Special Testing and Research Laboratory.

Acetonitrile shortage? Shodex has developed a new high temperature polymer-based column: 1) High resolution 2) Fast analysis 3) Small consumption of organic solvent: More interesting applications on www.shodex.co.uk

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DataApex

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.

LCGC Asia Pacific eNews

The winners of The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2009 have been announced. The Queen's award is Britain's highest accolade for business success and among this year's winners are companies with links to the separation science industry, including Thermo Fisher Scientific and SMI-Labhut.

LCGC Europe eNews

The winners of The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2009 have been announced. The Queen's award is Britain's highest accolade for business success and among this year's winners are companies with links to the separation science industry, including Thermo Fisher Scientific and SMI-Labhut.

Since the shortage in the supply of acetonitrile (ACN) began in late 2008, HPLC users suffer under more and more purchasing problems and higher costs. With our Eluent Savings Handbook we give you a range of practical tips and suggestions to help you deal with the acetonitrile shortage. Act now: Our Eluent Savings Handbook offers specific solutions for saving solvent, which will not only reduce the amount of HPLC eluents you use, but also benefit the environment by reducing waste. Learn more about how to save eluent by slimming methods, by UHPLC, by substitution and more.

Knauer provides a range of practical tips and suggestions to help you deal with the acetonitrile shortage. Learn more about how to save eluent by slimming methods, by UHPLC, by substitution and more

The Ice Men Cometh

A cool way to separate biological compounds is being developed by Japanese researchers. A stationary phase made of ice and water has been used to separate estrogen, amino acid derivatives and poly(oxyethylene) oligomers. Yuiko Tasaki and Tetsuo Okada from the Department of Chemistry at the Tokyo Institute used this phase to achieve a much larger theoretical plate number [(N) = 1,500] than previous ice experiments [N = 250] which allowed these applications.1 This novel stationary phase could be used to provide better separation selectivity for polar groups than silica gel, Okada told LCGC Europe.

E-Separation Solutions

Joining us for this discussion are Charles Sadowksi of Smiths Detection; Staff Scientists from Torion Technologies Inc.; and Gareth M. Roberts of Markes International Ltd.

E-Separation Solutions

Few of us could have foreseen the dramatic changes that have taken place in the world in general and in the field of chromatography in particular in the months since last summer's first PharmSep Symposium.

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Delivering the world's fastest scanning speed and outstanding sensitivity, the compact LCMS-2020 quadrupole mass spectrometer is truly a jet engine for quicker and more accurate detection of trace impurities, environmental pollutants and other contaminants.

LCGC Europe eNews

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC) has announced an alliance with Fisher Scientific, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. As a primary supplier, Fisher Scientific will support the product and supply chain service needs of Massachusetts biotechnology companies and will help to accelerate the industry's growth.

LCGC Europe eNews

NLG Analytical has signed ZefSci as its distributor for the company?s IQ/OQ/PQ qualification kit in the US and Canada. The agreement, which was formalized at this year?s Pittcon, will allow distribution of the v-kit, which provides IQ/OQ/PQ qualification of HPLC and GC instruments.

After the acquisition of Genentech by Roche last month, the integration of the two companies has begun with the announcement of some changes to the organizational structure and key management positions.