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The Pittsburgh Conference announced that Dr. Leroy Hood will deliver the plenary lecture, Systems Biology and Systems Medicine, during the opening session of Pittcon 2008 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana on 2 March 2008.

Arnel Inc. (Parlin, New Jersey) recently opened a sales office in Bangcok, Thailand. The office will feature consultation facilities and appropriate demonstration equipment.

The Pittsburgh Conference recently announced that Dr. Leroy Hood will deliver the plenary lecture, Systems Biology and Systems Medicine, during the opening session of Pittcon 2008 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana on March 2, 2008.

Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, California) and the National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver, Colorado) recently announced a collaboration to provide applications-focused technical training in the field of systems biology.

A Team of Scientists from MIT have developed a method for unveiling the genetic code of heparan sulfate (a sugar molecule found on the surface of all cells in the body) and heparin (a commercial drug used to stop clotting).

Residue analysis data from guaranteed lifetime-untreated animals can now be obtained by gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and tandem mass spectrometry.

Brazilian scientists have teamed to use gas chromatography (GC) and electron-capture detection (ECD) for the testing of wastewater.

As part of a new method developed by researchers from The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., analysis of trans-fatty acids was completed in 20 minutes for non-hydrogenated oils and just 40 minutes for hydrogenated oils.

The 1st International Conference on SFC, sponsored by The Green Chemistry Group, has received an overwhelming response to its scientific program consisting of distinguished speakers from around the world. Topics range from chiral and achiral purifications to SFC-MS.

In an article recently published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, researchers developed an application to show that an N, C, and S measurement system allows a three-dimensional view of element dynamics in estuarine systems that are undergoing pollution inputs from upstream watersheds.

LC and Medicinal Herbs

In an article recently published in Public Health Nutrition that discusses medicinal herbs? growing popularity, researchers report that While Western medicine currently employs pure, single compounds, CM has long used multiple combinations of compounds in the form of processed natural products, primarily medicinal herbs, to treat and relieve the symptoms of many different human diseases.

Chromatography on CSI

CSI, the hit television show that has been credited with popularizing many otherwise unknown areas of science, has added ?gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer? to the ?Tools? section of its homepage.

In an article recently published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers used gas chromatography to determine the fatty acid concentrations of plasma phosphatidylcholine, triacylglycerol, NEFA and cholesteryl esters to test the hypothesis that gender-related differences in n-3 PUFA metabolism are reflected in the concentrations of n-3 PUFA in plasma lipids.

Chromatography Basics

The PBS television website recently posted a tutorial on the basics of chromatography, complete with instructions for a chromatography experiment you can do at home with items commonly found in the kitchen.

Fox News? coverage of the recent research done to review scientific procedures on the Viking Mars mission in 1976 has found that one form of separation science used at the time should be replaced by another form of separation science that has only become available in recent years.

In an article recently published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers reported that a mixture of anthocyanins from bilberries and blackcurrants reduced levels of transcription factor NF-kB - responsible for orchestrating a wide range of inflammatory responses.

In an article recently published in Analytica Chimica Acta, researchers developed a procedure for the determination of artemisinin in A. annua using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) in couple with microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) as an efficient sample preparation technique. Afterwards, method validation system for HPLC?ELSD analysis was developed.

In a recent article published in the Journal of Proteomic Research, a group of researchers reported a new two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D LC) protocol for the preparation and analysis of rat neuropeptides.

In a story featured in the ?Hot Science? section on the website of the PBS television show Nova, chromatography is used as a method for analyzing residue at the World Trade Center site. The process of adsorption is described, and a link to a ?Color Separator Activity? is provided.