Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) is pleased to announce that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and Trajan’s proposal to create an ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies.

The program will see the Australian Government committing more than A$2.1 million funding from 2014 over three years, to establish and provide ongoing support to the Training Centre. The partnership of Trajan and UTAS combines industry knowledge and research to innovate in product design, development and manufacturing techniques. The ARC’s Industrial Transformation Training Centres Scheme aims to foster close partnerships between universitybased researchers....

The High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS technology (HR-CS AAS) now also enables the detection of non-metals using an AAS instrument, the contrAA^® from Analytik Jena.

Thanks to a Xenon lamp as continuous radiation source, any wavelength is available for measurement on the contrAA^® - including molecular bands. By converting the non-metals into characteristic molecules, these can be detected using molecular absorption spectrometry (MAS). HR-CS MAS is a new robust method for the selective analysis of the individual non-metals in aqueous and organic solutions and directly in solids - independent of the type of chemical bonding...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce the expansion of the Acclaim™ Trinity™ family of HPLC column with new Acclaim Trinity P2 columns. 

The new columns are designed to screen a wide range of counterions, including cations, anions, mono and multi-valent ions with one analysis, thanks to advanced mixed-mode Nanopolymer Silica Hybrid (NSH™) technology. Simple LC screening of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and their counterions can be achieved with high sensitivity using the Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ Corona™ Charged Aerosol Detector...

Porvair Sciences reports strong growing demand for their Chromatrap® chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay technology from academic groups and biopharmaceutical organisations involved with epigenetic research.

Stephen Knight, Sales and Marketing Director commented "An expanding number of proven application solutions and the introduction of the Chromatrap® 96 HT solid-state ChIP high throughput platform has enabled us to more than double the number of research groups using ChromaTrap assay technology during the last 12 months".  He added "We are particularly pleased by the very positive feedback from early adopters of the technology"...

Compact IDRaman mini delivers fast, accurate Raman analyses in the field and laboratory

Ocean Optics’ IDRaman mini handheld Raman spectrometer has been selected as a finalist for the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The Prism Awards honor the best new photonics products on the market and draw entries from around the world. The prestigious awards, which are co-sponsored by the trade organization SPIE and the technology media company Photonics Media, will be awarded at the 2014 Photonics West trade show in February...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note TN 139

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note TN 139: Determination of Anions in Fracking Flowback Water From the Marcellus Shale Using Automated Dilution and Ion Chromatography which demonstrates the use of in-line conductivity measurement to trigger automated dilution prior to separation and quantification of inorganic ions and organic acids in Marcellus Shale fracking flowback samples using ion chromatography...

Malvern Instruments has kicked off another year of its highly popular open-access webinar program and on 21 January the ‘Step into the Light’ webinar offers insight into the use of dynamic light scattering technology to improve the quality of biopharmaceutical data in purity profiles.

This is followed on 23 January by ‘Optimization and characterization of nanomaterials for drug delivery applications. Part 1 – Liposomes’.  ‘Where do I find source material in light scattering?’ is the topic on 28 January, and the first of this year’s laser diffraction masterclass series goes out live on 30 January. Accurately identifying impurities and generating purity profiles presents substantial challenges to biopharmaceutical developers, who require the most sensitive analysis methods available. ‘Step into the Light’ will explore the analytical challenges within biopharmaceutical development

VICI Valco’s new Cheminert C52 Series Injector presents our first integrated motor/valve assembly designed specifically to be built into an OEM system.

Using the well-proven Cheminert HPLC injector design and the 24 volt motor from our popular microelectric actuators, the C52 needs only to be connected to the instrument’s power supply. Control is simplified to require a single contact closure; the injector’s position is determined by whether the closure is held high or low. There’s even an easy way for the instrument to confirm the valve’s position by sensing the output from a built-in sensor...

A One Day Symposium Focussing on Advances in Natural Product Analysis - Syngenta Research Labs, 9th April 2014

Chromatographic & mass spectrometric analysis in vegetable matter, natural and food products will be explored by specialists from a variety of industries. An exhibition of analytical instrumentation and presentations by leading manufacturers will form an important element of the symposium.

New integrated module brings the power of mass detection to the lab bench

Microsaic Systems is pleased to announce the launch of the MiDas™ interface module which allows simple connectivity of its miniaturised mass detector, the 4000 MiD®, for on line and off line analysis. The MiDas compact integrated interface unit offers automated sampling, dilution and injection for direct mass spectrometry (MS) analysis at the lab bench or fume hood, representing a unique integrated solution for delivering main-stream MS analysis to the lab bench....

Isotope Ratio Measurement Can Now Go to the Sample Site

New Insights Published on Key Protein Interactions Involved in the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Complex Show Promise for Other Difficult Biomolecular Systems

New Application Note from Wyatt Technology Showcases the Ability of CG-MALS to Quantify Complex Proteins. Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, has today published a new application note highlighting a study on the complex interactions between proteins and how they modulate the rotational direction of bacteria flagella....

Evolving Applications for Sintered Porous Plastics

Porvair Filtration Group has written a technical article that documents the evolution of how sintered porous plastics have been used in industrial applications to their incorporation today in novel Chromatin Immunoprepitation (ChIP) assay kits used by scientists at the forefront of epigenetics research. Sintered porous plastics are produced by heat sintering together porous polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note which demonstrates high resolution chromatographic separations of organic acids in beer samples.

Organic acids are end products of yeast fermentation critical to the flavor of beer, but are also products of bacterial fermentation that introduce a sour flavor, either purposely or unintentionally due to spoilage. Technical Note 126: Determination of Organic Acids in Beer Samples Using a High-Pressure Ion Chromatography System specifically discusses the separation of organic acids in beer samples using a Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ IonPac™ AS11-HC-4μm anion-exchange column....

VICI Metronics’ Dynacalibrator® Model 150  is a constant temperature system designed to generate precise ppm or ppb concentrations of chemical compounds in a gas stream, using permeation devices as the trace gas source.

It is used as a reference for the calibration of gas chromatography instruments and in other instruments that measure gas concentrations. This light-weight unit is a compact calibrator capable of delivering the precise concentrations required. A passivated Inertium® coated stainless steel permeation chamber houses the permeation device(s), with measured inert carrier gas sweeping the calibration gas/vapor from the chamber.....

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce new membrane options in its family of Thermo Scientific Titan3 syringe filters.

They complement existing solvent and sample compatibility choices by accommodating a wider range of application requirements. The new options include 0.22µm and 0.45µm hydrophilic PTFE membranes in 17mm and 30mm syringe filter formats. They allow use of both organic and aqueous solvents without pre-wetting the membrane. This removes the need for multiple membranes and can reduce processing steps, helping users to simplify workflows. Titan3 syringe filters are designed for clean, fast, robust and cost-effective sample extractions, resulting from low extractible membranes combined with an easy-to-use format and high burst pressures....

Porvair Filtration Group has introduced four and five layer composite mesh filters, produced at its US facility in Ashland Virginia, that provide extremely high efficiency filtration in both gas and liquid applications.

The new four and five layer composite meshes are produced as self-supporting cylinders that, when incorporated into dedicated filtration systems, enable routine filtration down to sub-micron levels. Suitable for use in a wide range of applications such as critical chemical filtration duties and for high challenge backwash refinery slurry oil filters, the multi-layer composite mesh filters are designed to be cleaned in situ....

Dates and Agenda Set, Registration Now Open for Quantitative Proteomics and ProteoMMX 3.0 Events

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and the Biochemical Society announced today the opening of registration for the Biochemical Society’s Quantitative Proteomics Training Day and the ProteoMMX 3.0 Symposium, consecutive events taking place March 24 - 27, 2014 in Chester, England. The Quantitative Proteomics Training Day is aimed at researchers seeking to gain familiarity with the field of quantitative proteomics. ProteoMMX 3.0, following immediately after the Training Day, is dedicated to current thinking and state of the art research in quantitative proteomics...

Featuring NEW 4 liter capacity in a traditional 3 liter footprint

New enhanced general purpose centrifuge product line offers clinical and life science researchers the ability to spin more samples in a single run while maximizing critical lab space. The Thermo Scientific general purpose centrifuges feature increased capacity and flexibility with rotor innovations including the new Thermo Scientific TX-1000 rotor, which is the only rotor on the market that employs a 4-liter capacity in a traditional 3-liter footprint....

Malvern Instruments has posted a new application note demonstrating the use of the company’s Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 multi angle light scattering (MALS) detector for size exclusion chromatography (SEC) in the analysis of monoclonal antibodies.

The application note, ‘Molecular weight measurements of an antibody using Viscotek SEC-MALS 20’, reports experimental data for the analysis of aggregates within monoclonal antibody formulations and can be freely downloaded. Monoclonal antibodies are being targeted for use in a growing range of therapeutic applications. Measuring the molecular weight of the protein, monomer, oligomers and aggregates within the sample and in formulations is an important part of assessing their safety and efficacy as drugs.....

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, is pleased to announce the Spinsolve Carbon.

For organic chemists, carbon-13 (¹³C) NMR forms the backbone of routine molecular analysis. For the first time users can have the power of a 1D and 2D proton-carbon NMR in a benchtop instrument that can be safely used in the laboratory. The launch of Spinsolve Carbon follows naturally after the successful adoption of the Spinsolve family of benchtop NMR spectrometers by users around the globe. It has been designed to meet the needs of specific groups of users...

Kinesis has launched the new TELOS MicroPlate™, a versatile 96-well plate for the extraction of drug molecules from small volume biological fluid samples.

Available as either loose wells or populated plates, the TELOS MicroPlate is available in 5 and 10mg sorbent masses and allows analyte elution in as little as 50µl. The full range of TELOS neo Generic SPE Sorbents (PRP, PCX, WCX, PAX and WAX) are available in this novel format. The TELOS MicroPlate supports both high throughput assays (populated plate) and also those assays with varying sample numbers (loose wells), where the user can populate a plate to individual needs...