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Varian Inc. (Palo Alto, California), an analytical instrument developer, has acquired the assets of Precision Dectectors Inc. (Bellingham, Massachusetts), a developer of chromatography detectors and software for gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC).

Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) and BIA Separations GmbH (Klagenfurt, Austria) have signed an agreement that gives Agilent access to the monolithic column technology developed by BIA Separations GmbH.

The 1000 Genomes Project announced that three companies involved in the development of new sequencing instrumentation have joined an international effort to build a detailed map of human genetic variation for medical research.

A research group from Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan) have used a dispersive liquid?liquid microextraction technique in conjunction with an in-syringe back-extraction method to extract a polar organic compound from an aqueous sample before liquid chromatography (LC) analysis.

Researchers from Fudan University (Shanghai, China) and Nanjing University (Nanjing, China) have proposed the use of polythiophene as a coating for a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) device.

The value of virtual trade shows is up for debate- are they simply an internet novelty or will they replace or complement small niche shows or even large conferences and exhibitions like Pittcon?

The Pittsburgh Conference announced the launch of its 2009 website, www.pittcon.org, containing relevant information for conferees and exhibitors about Pittcon 2009, which will be in Chicago, Illinois, McCormick Place, March 8-13, 2009.

Laboratory managers are constantly challenged to produce more high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) results faster, and of higher quality, without increasing costs. Rapid resolution technologie, including columns that produce high-resolution results at both standard and high operating pressures, are available to help meet this challenge.

RVM Scientific (Santa Barbara, California), a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for laboratory instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California).

Ronald E. Majors, a senior chemist at Agilent Technologies and LCGC's "Column Watch" and "Sample Preparation Perspectives" columnist, received the Chromatographic Society's 2007 Martin Gold Medal at HPLC 2008.

A summary of the five-day mass spectrometry conference held this month in Denver, Colorado.

Nysa Membrane Technologies, Inc., announced Natrix Separations, Inc. as the company's new name.

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that it has hosted the first of three leadership delegations from China's Anti-Doping Agency, as China prepares for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Researchers at the Universit? di Camerino in Camerino, Italy have developed a new GC-MS and LC-MS technique for the determination of five ink photoinitiator residues: 2-isopropylthioxanthone (ITX), benzophenone, 2-ethylhexyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate (EHDAB), 1-hydroxycyclohexyl-1-phenyl ketone (IRGACURE 184) and ethyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate (EDAB) in packaged beverages.

Ronald E. Majors, a senior chemist at Agilent and LCGC's "Column Watch" and "Sample Preperation Perspectives" columnist, received the Chromatographic Society?s 2007 Martin Gold Medal at HPLC 2008.

RVM Scientific (Santa Barbara, California), a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for laboratory instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California).

Frithjof K?pper of the Scottish Association for Marine Science and colleagues report that the accumulated form of iodine is iodide and that it serves as an antioxidant, protecting the surface of the seaweed.

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsingua University have developed an automated on-line HPLC-MS method allowing injection of a large volume of urine for the improvement of sensitivity using estrogens as analytes.

Researchers from the Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Analytical and Food Chemistry Department, and Faculty of Food Science and Technology at the University of Vigo (Ourense, Spain) have developed a GC-MS method for determining residues of 12 insecticides and 11 fungicides in leafy vegetables.

LCGC Europe Advertiser survey 2008

LCGC Europe Advertiser survey 2008

In 2008 Jasco (Easton, Maryland) celebrates its 50th anniversary as an analytical instrumentation company.

Millipore Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts), manufacturer of sample preparation products for applications such as gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, environmental monitoring, food and beverage analysis, and pharmaceutical product analysis, announced a global Sustainability Initiative that outlines the company?s plans to reduce its environmental impacts and carbon footprint by 20% over the next five years.

Researchers from Utrecht University?s (Utrecht, The Netherlands) Department of Biomedical Analysis have described a capillary electrophoresis?time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CE?TOFMS) method for analyzing amino acids in the urine of patients with urinary tract infections.

Gilson, Inc. (Middleton, Wisconsin), has opened the Gilson Service Center of Excellence, designed for pipette repair, calibration, and certification for pipette customers in the U.S.

Researchers conducting clinical research trials of patients with bladder cancer have discovered a non-invasive way to detect the cancer by using HPLC/MS.

Spark Holland B.V. (Emmen, The Netherlands), manufacturer of equipment for sample introduction, solid-phase extraction, and other separation technology for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS), gas chromatography (GC), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, has announced a change in management.

Researchers at the Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia) Department of Chemistry have used supercritical fluid extraction with methanol-modified carbon dioxide to separate polar lipid fractions from crude soybean lecithin.