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A research group from the University of La Laguna and ICIA (both in La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) used multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a solid-phase extraction (SPE) medium for extracting eight organophosphorus pesticides from various commercial apple, grape, orange, and pineapple juices.

PerkinElmer, Inc. (Waltham, MA) announced the acquisition of Arnel Inc. (Parlin, NJ), a provider of custom engineered solutions for gas chromatography applications in the petrochemical, food and beverage, and industrial hygiene markets.

Researchers from the University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) and Arboriculura Mediterranea Mas de Bover (Tarragona, Spain) implemented a factorial experimental design in developing a solid-phase microextraction (SPME)?gas chromatography (GC)?mass spectrometry (MS) method to analyze volatile phenols in virgin olive oils.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., (San Jose, CA) has launched a program focused on assisting government and commercial food testing laboratories in the development and implementation of methods for the analysis of melamine in food products imported from China.

Researchers from Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland) used pH-sensitive chitosan microspheres that had been cross-linked with genipin ? an aglycone derived from a compound present in gardenia fruit extract ? to bind heparin at pH levels comparable to that found in blood.

Scientists from Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, China) developed an automated on-line method for determining substituted aniline compounds that consisted of in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) with oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated on the outside surface of the SPME fiber, which was inserted into PEEK tubing attached to a six-port injection valve.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced that it will be the lead sponsor of ?Bioavailability, Bioequivalence, Pharmacokinetics and Beyond,? a workshop and conference to be held in Ahmedabad, India, December 1-3, 2008.

Researchers from Hebei University and Baoding University (both in Baoding, China) used water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymers as a sorbent for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of nine quinolones from urine samples.

Chinese scientists from the Department of Chemistry at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have developed a rapid method for the detection and analysis of short-chain amines in streams and rivers using a portable GC.

PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) and Labtronics (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) announced a partnership to enable the use of Labtronics? LimsLink and Limslink Express software with PerkinElmer?s LABWORKS laboratory information management system (LIMS).

Researchers have implemented new testing procedures to more effectively evaluate gas chromatography (GC) column inertness performance.

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The "omics" era of bioresearch- genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, glycomics- was ushered in with the start of the Human Genome Project, and progress in these new disciplines was reported annually by scientific leaders at Pittcon.

Upcoming education courses in the chromatography field.

NLISIS Chromatography has won two awards for its branding and design efforts. The Design Management Europe Award as well as the Dutch Design Award...

Eight years of successful partnership with the pharma industry has resulted in a specialist pharmaceutical division being created by Sodexo. As a food and facilities management services provider the company has seen growth in food, general services and technical support...

Following the tragic infant deaths in China from contaminated milk and milk products the FDA has developed a method for detecting melamine and cyanuric acid. This includes the chromatography column SeQuant Zic-HILIC from Merck...

Following the tragic infant deaths in China from contaminated milk and milk products the FDA has developed a method for detecting melamine and cyanuric acid. This includes the chromatography column SeQuant Zic-HILIC from Merck...

We spoke to Jeffrey Kiplinger from Averica Drug Discovery about the benefits of using SFC as a purification tool in drug discovery.

This article describes three innovative approaches for the analysis of protein-based pharmaceuticals, and their role in the overall QC process at Genentech.

The votes of almost 4500 scientists worldwide have secured GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, the Life Science Industry Award 2008 in the "protein purification and separation products" category...

The 47th Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition presented its award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science to Professor Pat J. Sandra, of Ghent University, Belgium, on November 18, 2008.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced its collaboration with the Molecular Therapeutics Research Group at the School of Pharmacy, Queen?s University Belfast to analyze peptides in amphibian venom.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland) have developed an approach for electronic noses that comprises 16 microheater elements and eight types of sensors.

Tecan Group (Männedorf, Switzerland), a supplier of advanced automation and detection systems for life science laboratories, has opened its new Asia Pacific region headquarters in Shanghai, China.

Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) has donated a Synapt mass spectrometry system to the Fondation du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada).

MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden) has announced that it has received funding for a four-year project, including funding for a three-year Ph.D. position.