June 2023 News in Brief
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Agilent and Metrohm Join Forces
Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California, USA) and Metrohm (Herisau, Switzerland) have announced that they have entered into a non‑exclusive agreement that means that Metrohm are a value-added reseller for Agilent single- and triple-quadrupole mass spectrometers as well as inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) products, software, and services in France, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and Ireland. This partnership expands the ion chromatography (IC) capabilities of Metrohm. For more information, please visit: www.agilent.com
Waters Corporation Completes Acquisition of Wyatt Technology
Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) has announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyatt Technology (Santa Barbara, California, USA). “We are pleased to complete the acquisition of Wyatt, which is a significant milestone for Waters as we advance our strategy to accelerate value creation and generate faster growth,” said Dr. Udit Batra, President and CEO, Waters Corporation. “With Wyatt, we are even better positioned to solve our customers’ critical challenges with differentiated bioanalytical characterization techniques. We welcome the Wyatt team to Waters and look forward to facilitating a smooth integration process and working together to deliver an unmatched set of bioanalytical characterization solutions to our global customers.” For more information, please visit: www.waters.com
Study Explores Thin-Film Extraction of Biogenic Amines via HPLC-MS/MS
March 27th 2025Scientists from Tabriz University and the University of Tabriz explored cellulose acetate-UiO-66-COOH as an affordable coating sorbent for thin film extraction of biogenic amines from cheese and alcohol-free beverages using HPLC-MS/MS.
Quantifying Microplastics in Meconium Samples Using Pyrolysis–GC-MS
March 26th 2025Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, scientists from Fudan University and the Putuo District Center for Disease Control and Prevention detected and quantified microplastics in newborn stool samples.
Multi-Step Preparative LC–MS Workflow for Peptide Purification
March 21st 2025This article introduces a multi-step preparative purification workflow for synthetic peptides using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS). The process involves optimizing separation conditions, scaling-up, fractionating, and confirming purity and recovery, using a single LC–MS system. High purity and recovery rates for synthetic peptides such as parathormone (PTH) are achieved. The method allows efficient purification and accurate confirmation of peptide synthesis and is suitable for handling complex preparative purification tasks.
