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.
Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) debuted an online community for users of the company?s ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC system.
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).
The Column
Researchers have implemented new testing procedures to more effectively evaluate gas chromatography (GC) column inertness performance.
The Column
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.
LCGC Europe eNews
NLISIS Chromatography has won two awards for its branding and design efforts. The Design Management Europe Award as well as the Dutch Design Award...
LCGC Europe eNews
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...
LCGC Asia Pacific eNews
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...
LCGC Europe eNews
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...
E-Separation Solutions
We spoke to Jeffrey Kiplinger from Averica Drug Discovery about the benefits of using SFC as a purification tool in drug discovery.
E-Separation Solutions
This article describes three innovative approaches for the analysis of protein-based pharmaceuticals, and their role in the overall QC process at Genentech.
LCGC Europe eNews
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.
Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) and BioTrove (Woburn, Massachusetts) have signed a nonexclusive value-added reseller agreement that enables BioTrove to provide instrumentation for mass spectrometry?based drug discovery.
Spartan Bioscience Announces Agreement with NorDiag ASA
Malvern Instruments (Southborough, Massachusetts) announced its participation in the OPC Analyzer Device Integration Working Group.
Dionex (Sunnyvale, California) has agreed to purchase Caliper Life Sciences? (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) AutoTrace solid-phase extraction (SPE) products, including the AutoTrace SPE workstation, which is designed to automate the extraction of large-volume aqueous samples before analysis.
LCGC Europe eNews
Dutch supplier of system solutions using HPLC with electrochemical detection, Antec Leyden has opened Antec USA as a consequence of continuously increasing businesses in the US. This accounts for a significant share of total sales and the company decided to set up its subsidiary in Hanover, Maryland.
