All News

Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) and Prosolia, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) announced today a collaboration to develop models of Prosolia's Omni Spray Ion Source that are compatible with Waters mass spectrometers.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) and Groton Biosystems LLC (Boxborough, Massachusetts) recently announced an agreement.

SFC Product Focus

As I write this instalment of "LC Troubleshooting", I have just completed teaching a series of liquid chromatography (LC) method development classes to pharmaceutical scientists in India. As a parting gift, my host gave me a copy of Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat?.1 One central theme of this book is that the technology and skills for the science and information technology sectors are available around the world and are no longer the exclusive domain of the US and Western Europe.

The Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS) Delhi Chapter has announced that the National Symposium on Recent Advances in Analytical Sciences and Applications will be held at the Himachal Pradesh University (Summer Hills, Shimla, India) between 5–7 April 2007.

In June of this year, the 30th meeting in the International Symposium in Capillary Chromatography series will convene in Dalian, People's Republic of China. The meeting promises to be a major celebration of separation science, and the separation science community has thrown its weight behind this initiative. The meeting is held under the auspices of the "International Organization for Promotion of Microcolumn Separations" and the "Chinese Academy of Science," with support from various organizations in China. Combined with the "4th Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography Symposium" and the "16th Chinese Symposium and Exhibition on Chromatography," the conference will offer many opportunities to present both international and regional accomplishments in chromatography. During the period of the symposia an exhibition will be held to showcase newly developed instruments and reagents from manufacturers around the world.

New Technologies

Eksigent (Dublin, California) announced a new distribution agreement with Presearch (Hampshire, United Kingdom). The agreement reportedly covers sales of Eksigent's NanoLC HPLC product line in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The 5th HIC/RPC Bioseparation Conference takes place at the Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage Palace, Interlaken, Switzerland from 20–23 March 2007 and is co-ordinated by Tosoh Bioscience GmbH. It is designed to provide a forum for in-depth discussion on industrial downstream processing.

LCGC AdS media flyer

E-show Daily Pittcon 2007 Files

News All the news from February 2007 Zosimus In this issue Zosimus voices complaints about the difficulties associated with connecting column fittings to instruments. Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat reports on one of the most dynamic markets in the analytical science industry - HPLC. Biodiesel - The Alternative Fuel Zoe Grosser and David Armstrong Biodiesel (FAME) Analysis by FT-IR Mike Bradley Tips & Tricks: GPC/SEC How to find the optimum sample concentration and injection volume for GPC/SEC instruments. Q&A Self-confefssed elder statesman of separation science, Peter Myers, reveals all about his past in the subject and enthuses about his new project at Liverpool University.

Ted Szczerba and Paul Wrezel, Regis Technologies, Inc.

Leslie Ettre is joined by Peter J.T. Morris as the duo discusses the work of James E. Lovelock, which eventually led to the invention of the electron-capture detector.

Thermo Fisher Buys SwissAnalytic; Regis expands services with SFC; PerkinElmer acquires product line from Triton; Airgas acquires CFC Refimax

The authors explore how the development of improved light- scattering detection, ethodology, and data interpretation has allowed detailed characterization of polymers used in the paint industry.

A new type of computer peripheral has been introduced designed to make navigating in virtual 3D space both seamless and simple. 3Dconnexion, a subsidiary of Logitech, has developed the SpaceNavigator in conjunction with Google Earth and Google SketchUp. The device offers a more user friendly alternative to the mouse movement and keystroke combinations currently used to navigate 3D environments or to move 3D objects. Other 3D modelling programs, such as AutoCAD, can also use the device.

Bruker Daltonics has announced the receipt of a $1.7 million subcontract award from the US army through a lead systems integrator. This award is for the company's RAID-M handheld chemical agent detectors.

Each month in our Technology Forum we will feature a discussion between industry experts on various trends and issues in the chromatography field. This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of Sample Preparation and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Kary Staples with Gilson, Inc., Mike Kopczynski with ENS Nanotechnology, and LCGC Columnist Ron Majors.

Press Release Regarding the New LCGC Web Seminars

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced today it has acquired Basel, Switzerland-based SwissAnalytic Group AG, which owns Spectronex AG and Flux Instruments AG. Terms were not disclosed.