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Torion Technologies Inc. (American Fork, Utah), a manufacturer of automated miniaturized, hand-portable GC and toroidal ion trap mass spectrometry (TMS) technology, has announced a partnership with Smiths Detection (Danbury, Connecticut), part of the global technology business, Smiths Group and a technology developer and manufacturer of sensors that detect and identify explosives, chemical and biological agents, weapons, and contraband.

Researchers from Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China) applied an in-syringe liquid-liquid microextraction technique to prepare a clenbuterol sample for analysis by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Massachusetts) has received a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the Discovery and Product Innovation category.

Polymer Laboratories, now a part of Varian, Inc. has published an application note on Overcoming Compound Volatility with Sub-ambient ELSD. Sub-ambient evaporative light scattering detection is valuable in the analysis of semi-volatile compounds.

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This month E-Separations Solutions' Technology Forum looks at the topic of Software and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion is Jan Hruby of DataApex, Albert Barckhoff of PerkinElmer, Bob McDowall Ph.D. of McDowall Consulting, and Ed Long, Barry Coope, and Seamus Mac Conaonaigh of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

Pesticide Residues in Fruit and Vegetables — From Avocados to Zucchinis Norbert Helle, Meike Baden and Carlos Gil Tips and Tricks: What are the Applications for Polymer Reference Standards? Daniela Held Transferring Existing HPLC Methods to MicroLC Justin Kittell, Remco Van Soest and Don Arnold News All the news for August 2008. Incognito Incognito asks whether the increasing trend towards developing "generic" methods is compromising data quality and producing lower quality results Market trends & analysis Glenn Cudiamat reports on the mass spectrometry market in North America and Europe. Q&Q The Column spoke to Paul Smith from PerkinElmer's OneSource Laboratory Services about the impact of new instrument qualification legislation on chromatographers within the pharmaceutical industry.

The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has announced its Call for Papers for Pittcon 2009, the 60th annual Pittcon Conference and Exhibition to be held March 8-13, 2009 at McCormick Place South (Chicago, Illinois).

A research group from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) has used solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) to determine the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in human urine.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Roorkee, India) prepared chiral dichloro- and monochloro s-triazines by nucleophilic displacement of chlorine atoms in s-triazine chloride and its 6-methoxy derivative with various amino acid amides.

Bruker Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) announced that Frost & Sullivan has selected the Bruker Daltonics CBRNE detection business for the Frost & Sullivan 2008 Technology Leadership Award in the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection markets.

Analysts from the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) used ionic liquid-based, single-drop microextraction followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection to analyze benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX) in water.

RTS Life Science (Manchester, UK), a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and drug delivery testing systems, announced that it will host a workshop at the IQPC Fourth Annual Compound Management & Integrity Conference (CMI) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is scheduled for September 22-24, 2008.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts), has acquired the analytical technologies and environment instrumentation divisions of Chemito Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Mumbai, India).

Phenomenex (Torrance, California), a manufacturer of separation science consumables, has announced that it has opened a subsidiary in Utrect, The Netherlands.

Restek ESOP Transition

Restek Corporation (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania), has announced its anticipated January 1, 2009 transition from 22% to 100% employee ownership under an ESOP structure.