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Mark Kushnir and Arapad Somogyi will each be presented with the Al Yergey Mass Spectrometry Scientist Award at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference taking place from October 31–November 4 in Philadelphia.

Tosoh Bioscience LLC (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania), a supplier of separation and purification products and technologies to the life sciences industry, has acquired Semba Biosciences, a privately held company located in Madison, Wisconsin. Semba is a developer in the field of multicolumn chromatography instrumentation and technology for downstream purification of biologics.

The ASTM International top annual award, the Award of Merit, was presented to Larry M. Tucker, the director of norms and standards for Metrohm USA (Riverview Florida), for his contributions to the petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants committee (D02).

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Award for Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry will be presented to Peter B. Armentrout at the ASMS 69th Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Philadelphia.

Harold McNair, PhD, an icon of chromatography, died peacefully at his home in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Sunday, June 27, 2021. He was 88 years old.