Characterization of Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors

Laboratories continually work to increase the capacity of their equipment, improve turnaround times and gain confident and detailed insights without generating additional burden on their operators. Discover how adopting the simplification strategy of Industry 4.0 with the GC 2400™ Platform can enhance GC workflows to increase efficiency, data quality, and business sustainability

Sustainability strategies are being integrated into a growing number of businesses and their operations. Laboratories are no exception. Although the necessity to reduce the environmental impact of laboratory operations is recognized, it cannot be disengaged from the economic viability of labs. This article shares ways in which laboratories can improve both their business and environmental sustainability and discusses how the GC 2400™ Platform is helping laboratories flourish in these areas

The potential of smart technologies has evolved into a operational necessity - businesses were faced with the need for remote and automated operations bringing substantial improvements in productivity, efficiency, and operating costs.

More and more regulations regarding PFAS are being implemented with action limits that continue to decrease. Having a harmonized method to accurately determine the PFAS content in food, as well as other matrices, is important to ensuring long-term detection and regulation. The solvent extraction of PFAS from these varied sample matrices can be challenging given the susceptibility to contamination and the low levels in which these compounds are present. This poster, presented at RAFA 2024, examines the PFAS extraction several different food samples as well as food packing matrices.

PFAS have been shown to cause health issues in humans, which means monitoring environmental solid samples, such as soil and tissue, is critical. This application note details the extraction of 40 spiked PFAS compounds from soil and tissue following EPA Method 1633. The automated extraction was less than 10 minutes per sample and yielded acceptable recoveries and RSDs without carryover in the system. The EDGE PFAS is an ideal option for laboratories that want to automate their PFAS extractions of solid samples.

Existing solvent extraction techniques are predominantly manual methods that are not rapid, simple, or efficient. The EDGE PFAS™, an automated solvent extraction system, provides an automated, sequential approach to PFAS extraction. This system performs an efficient extraction of PFAS compounds from challenging food and food packaging matrices in one simple process. Upon completion, the final extract is filtered and ready for any minimal cleanup required, as well as analysis. Excellent recovery with tight reproducibility has been found. The EDGE PFAS method offers a rapid, simple, and efficient solvent extraction solution for PFAS testing.