Shimadzu UKNov 1, 2011Shimadzu UK's office in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire is more than just a company headquarters, the facility has been developed as a major ‘Centre of Excellence' for analytical and environmental instrumentation. The new Centre is specifically geared to help UK customers evaluate technical solutions tailored to their specific requirements...
Read MoreJPKOct 31, 2011JPK Instruments recently hosted their tenth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers. Held this month in the historic Umspannwerk Ost in Berlin, the meeting brought together more than 100 scientists from around the world. The combination of papers and posters inspired excellent discussions as attendees presented their results and shared scientific know how in a relaxed and informal atmosphere...
Read MoreBiotage Introduces Automated SPE Workstation for Increasing Productivity in Sample PreparationOct 31, 2011Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading manufacturer of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, introduced the new RapidTrace ®+ SPE Workstation. RapidTrace+ is based on the widely accepted, industry standard RapidTrace platform. The RapidTrace+ is a robust, automated system for quickly developing rugged, reliable Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods in regulated pharmaceutical, clinical and forensic laboratories. The powerful, high-throughput system is dedicated specifically for SPE, eliminates bottlenecks and allows users the ability to realize the full benefits of today's powerful analytical instruments...
Read MoreLeading researchers publish keynote paper applying AFM-IR to better understand polymer crystallization processes on the sub-micron length scaleOct 28, 2011Anasys Instruments' AFM-IR system is featured in a new keynote publication in this month's issue of Applied Spectroscopy: Spatial Differentiation of Sub-Micrometer domains in a Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) copolymer using instrumentation that combines Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy...
Read MorePILS-IC-VA: semi-continuous determination of anions, cations & heavy metals in aerosolsOct 27, 2011Metrohm presents PILS-IC-VA, a new instrumental approach coupling a Particle-Into-Liquid-Sampler (PILS) to a dual-channel ion chromatograph (IC) for measuring aerosol anions and cations and a voltammetric measuring stand (VA) to determine the heavy metals. PILS-IC-VA is a powerful tool to capture the short-term impacts of air pollution as it allows the near real-time determination of the aerosol composition of ambient air. Moreover, this hyphenated system is highly suited for long-term unattended field use in remote regions...
Read MoreNEW ACE Excel Ultra Robust UHPLC columns Oct 26, 2011Advanced Chromatography Technologies have launched a new range of UHPLC columns. ACE® Excel™ Ultra Robust UHPLC columns offer you all the benefits that chromatographers have come to expect from ACE columns (exceptional reproducibility and robustness, combined with excellent quality and efficiency) but have been especially engineered to withstand the demanding conditions of UHPLC. Additionally, ACE® Excel™ UHPLC columns are available in a wide range of selectivities, including the unique ACE C18-AR and ACE C18-PFP phases, enabling chromatographers to take advantage of the extremely powerful benefit of selectivity combined with efficiency...
Read MoreNew Biodiesel Analysis GC Column Range and ToolkitOct 25, 2011SGE Analytical Science has launched a new range of BPX-BIOD GC Columns for Biodiesel Analysis. In the 50 plus years SGE has been manufacturing GC capillary columns from end to end, the company has built a reputation of creating specialty columns that are unparalleled in achieving specific application separations. The BPX-BIOD GC columns follow this successful GC heritage. All ASTM International and European National (EN) biodiesel methods have been evaluated to demonstrate the suitability of BPX-BIOD GC columns to achieve optimal separation...
Read MoreNew Catalogues: Kinesis Solid Phase Extraction ProductsOct 25, 2011Kinesis is pleased to announce the extension of the TELOS® Sample Preparation Product Range to include Silica- and Polymer-based Solid Phase Extraction Products...
Read MoreBrukerOct 20, 2011At the recent 49th JAIMA EXPO in Chiba, Japan, organizers estimated that visitors numbers in the region of 30,000 attended. It was at this event that Bruker demonstrated its innovative ‘lens-free' elliptical ion path of the recently launched SCION single quadrupole (SQ) and SCION triple quadrupole (TQ) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) detectors. The SCION SQ and TQ have a compact footprint while providing ultra-high sensitivity and outstanding data quality...
Read MoreAndor deep-depletion CCD camera captures advance that could speed-up introduction of stem cell therapyOct 14, 2011Many medical researchers believe that stem cell therapy will revolutionise the treatment of human disease and may provide treatments for many currently incurable diseases. However, one problem still to be overcome is controlling the excessive proliferation of cells with unwanted phenotypes after transplantation to prevent tissue overgrowth and tumour formation...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Analytical Gas Chromatography ColumnOct 12, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific TraceGOLD GC Column with SafeGuard, which combines an analytical gas chromatography (GC) column with a built-in guard column. The SafeGuard feature extends the life of the analytical column without compromising its chromatographic performance. Available in a range of guard column lengths and analytical column specifications...
Read MoreChromatography Videos Bring Technology to the Desktop with the Chromatograph Resource CenterOct 11, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, highlights its wide range of technical chromatography videos, available to watch on the Thermo Scientific Chromatography Resource Center (CRC). Giving instant access to the chromatography experience and expertise of Thermo Fisher Scientific, these videos contain updates and technical explanations of topical issues in HPLC, GC and SPE. The full portfolio of presentations, hosted on the Chromatography videos channel, is accessible to view via the CRC homepage...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Leading Mass Spectrometry Systems Selected by CVUA-MEL to Ensure Food Safety with Rapid and Reliable Contaminant AnalysisOct 11, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Chemical and Veterinary Analytical Institute Münsterland-Emscher-Lippe (CVUA-MEL) has standardized on Thermo Scientific LC-MS and GC-MS systems for routine analyses of contaminants in food, feed and human samples. The CVUA-MEL requires extremely high resolution and highly sensitive instruments that can analyze small molecular weight contaminants in samples quickly and accurately and to the lowest limits of detection (LOD)...
Read MoreThe Nanoscopy Group of Dr Volker Deckert applies JPK platform of optical technologies in the development of TERSOct 4, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research and technique development activities of the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena under the direction of Dr Volker Deckert...
Read MoreSave Samples, Time and Money with BioTek's New Take3 Trio Micro-Volume PlateSep 29, 2011BioTek introduces the new Take3 Trio, the first micro-volume, high density plate for convenient and rapid nucleic acid and protein quantification without sample dilution. Take3 Trio is capable of measuring up to forty-eight 2 μL samples...
Read MoreGrace VisionHT HPLC Media Platform Different systems, Different Applications, One media PlatformSep 28, 2011The Grace® VisionHT™ Media Platform technology is the basis for a truly seamless column choice. It is available in 1.5, 3, 5 and 10µm particle sizes in six very different phase chemistries and a multitude of hardware formats, enabling use on any type of LC system...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Imaging ATR Accessory for Fast and Reliable FT-IR Chemical Imaging AnalysesSep 28, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of a new imaging attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory offering enhanced spatial resolution and high speed data acquisition capabilities for Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) chemical imaging applications. The Thermo Scientific imaging ATR accessory has been designed to seamlessly and effortlessly integrate with the Thermo Scientific range of FT-IR microscopes to enable efficient, fast and reliable chemical imaging of challenging samples...
Read MoreASIR Purification system from Dynamic Extractions Standard Impurity isolation Sep 27, 2011In medicinal chemistry a challenging aspect to preparing compounds for testing, as lead molecules, can be their isolation from the crude reaction mixture that may contain catalysts, salts, metals, and other components which interfere with traditional purification methods. One such problematic compound is triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO). TPPO is notoriously difficult and time consuming to remove using standard solid phase chromatography methods. In this example a standard HPCCC method has been developed that targets TPPO, regardless of the compound of interest's polarity... Read MoreNew Catalogue: Kinesis Premium Quality Chromatography Vials, Caps & ClosuresSep 26, 2011Kinesis Ltd has published its latest Chromatography Vials, Caps & Closures Catalogue. The increasing demands of today's HPLC, LC/MS and GC analyses make the choice of consumables increasingly important. Kinesis Vials, Caps & Closures are made to the most exacting standards, ensuring contamination free sample handling and complete autosampler compatibility...
Read MoreQuotient Bioresearch Announces First Use of Bruker Maldi Biotyper for Bacterial IdentificationSep 23, 2011Quotient Bioresearch has today announced its adoption of Bruker's MALDI Biotyper for bacterial identification, following a successful year-long trial. The announcement, made at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) where Quotient presented a series of posters, places the company in a unique position as the first GLP laboratory to adopt the technology for routine bacterial identification as part of its portfolio of services for antimicrobial development...
Read MoreThermo Scientific Servo and Servo+ SPE Enhance Analytical Workflow for Drugs of Abuse TestingSep 23, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Servo and Servo+ ranges of sample preparation solutions for drugs of abuse testing. These dedicated solid phase extraction (SPE) solutions enable analysts to isolate drug compounds from complex biological samples. The ServoTM portfolio covers total drug screening and specific testing for tetrahydrocanabinol (THC), opiates, amphetamines, phenylcyclohexylpiperidine (phencyclidine, PCP) and cocaine...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Launches iTEVA Precision Software for Rapid Analysis of Precious Metals and High Concentration ElementsSep 20, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new software module to enable high-precision and automated analysis of precious metals and high concentration elements. The Thermo Scientific iTEVA Precision software seamlessly integrates with the Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometers (ICP-OES) to deliver analytical results with high precision...
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Shimadzu UK's office in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire is more than just a company headquarters, the facility has been developed as a major ‘Centre of Excellence' for analytical and environmental instrumentation. The new Centre is specifically geared to help UK customers evaluate technical solutions tailored to their specific requirements...
JPK Instruments recently hosted their tenth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers. Held this month in the historic Umspannwerk Ost in Berlin, the meeting brought together more than 100 scientists from around the world. The combination of papers and posters inspired excellent discussions as attendees presented their results and shared scientific know how in a relaxed and informal atmosphere...
Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading manufacturer of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, introduced the new RapidTrace ®+ SPE Workstation. RapidTrace+ is based on the widely accepted, industry standard RapidTrace platform. The RapidTrace+ is a robust, automated system for quickly developing rugged, reliable Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods in regulated pharmaceutical, clinical and forensic laboratories. The powerful, high-throughput system is dedicated specifically for SPE, eliminates bottlenecks and allows users the ability to realize the full benefits of today's powerful analytical instruments...
Anasys Instruments' AFM-IR system is featured in a new keynote publication in this month's issue of Applied Spectroscopy: Spatial Differentiation of Sub-Micrometer domains in a Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) copolymer using instrumentation that combines Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy...
Metrohm presents PILS-IC-VA, a new instrumental approach coupling a Particle-Into-Liquid-Sampler (PILS) to a dual-channel ion chromatograph (IC) for measuring aerosol anions and cations and a voltammetric measuring stand (VA) to determine the heavy metals. PILS-IC-VA is a powerful tool to capture the short-term impacts of air pollution as it allows the near real-time determination of the aerosol composition of ambient air. Moreover, this hyphenated system is highly suited for long-term unattended field use in remote regions...
Advanced Chromatography Technologies have launched a new range of UHPLC columns. ACE® Excel™ Ultra Robust UHPLC columns offer you all the benefits that chromatographers have come to expect from ACE columns (exceptional reproducibility and robustness, combined with excellent quality and efficiency) but have been especially engineered to withstand the demanding conditions of UHPLC. Additionally, ACE® Excel™ UHPLC columns are available in a wide range of selectivities, including the unique ACE C18-AR and ACE C18-PFP phases, enabling chromatographers to take advantage of the extremely powerful benefit of selectivity combined with efficiency...
SGE Analytical Science has launched a new range of BPX-BIOD GC Columns for Biodiesel Analysis. In the 50 plus years SGE has been manufacturing GC capillary columns from end to end, the company has built a reputation of creating specialty columns that are unparalleled in achieving specific application separations. The BPX-BIOD GC columns follow this successful GC heritage. All ASTM International and European National (EN) biodiesel methods have been evaluated to demonstrate the suitability of BPX-BIOD GC columns to achieve optimal separation...
Kinesis is pleased to announce the extension of the TELOS® Sample Preparation Product Range to include Silica- and Polymer-based Solid Phase Extraction Products...
At the recent 49th JAIMA EXPO in Chiba, Japan, organizers estimated that visitors numbers in the region of 30,000 attended. It was at this event that Bruker demonstrated its innovative ‘lens-free' elliptical ion path of the recently launched SCION single quadrupole (SQ) and SCION triple quadrupole (TQ) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) detectors. The SCION SQ and TQ have a compact footprint while providing ultra-high sensitivity and outstanding data quality...
Many medical researchers believe that stem cell therapy will revolutionise the treatment of human disease and may provide treatments for many currently incurable diseases. However, one problem still to be overcome is controlling the excessive proliferation of cells with unwanted phenotypes after transplantation to prevent tissue overgrowth and tumour formation...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific TraceGOLD GC Column with SafeGuard, which combines an analytical gas chromatography (GC) column with a built-in guard column. The SafeGuard feature extends the life of the analytical column without compromising its chromatographic performance. Available in a range of guard column lengths and analytical column specifications...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, highlights its wide range of technical chromatography videos, available to watch on the Thermo Scientific Chromatography Resource Center (CRC). Giving instant access to the chromatography experience and expertise of Thermo Fisher Scientific, these videos contain updates and technical explanations of topical issues in HPLC, GC and SPE. The full portfolio of presentations, hosted on the Chromatography videos channel, is accessible to view via the CRC homepage...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Chemical and Veterinary Analytical Institute Münsterland-Emscher-Lippe (CVUA-MEL) has standardized on Thermo Scientific LC-MS and GC-MS systems for routine analyses of contaminants in food, feed and human samples. The CVUA-MEL requires extremely high resolution and highly sensitive instruments that can analyze small molecular weight contaminants in samples quickly and accurately and to the lowest limits of detection (LOD)...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research and technique development activities of the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena under the direction of Dr Volker Deckert...
BioTek introduces the new Take3 Trio, the first micro-volume, high density plate for convenient and rapid nucleic acid and protein quantification without sample dilution. Take3 Trio is capable of measuring up to forty-eight 2 μL samples...
The Grace® VisionHT™ Media Platform technology is the basis for a truly seamless column choice. It is available in 1.5, 3, 5 and 10µm particle sizes in six very different phase chemistries and a multitude of hardware formats, enabling use on any type of LC system...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of a new imaging attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory offering enhanced spatial resolution and high speed data acquisition capabilities for Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) chemical imaging applications. The Thermo Scientific imaging ATR accessory has been designed to seamlessly and effortlessly integrate with the Thermo Scientific range of FT-IR microscopes to enable efficient, fast and reliable chemical imaging of challenging samples...
In medicinal chemistry a challenging aspect to preparing compounds for testing, as lead molecules, can be their isolation from the crude reaction mixture that may contain catalysts, salts, metals, and other components which interfere with traditional purification methods. One such problematic compound is triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO). TPPO is notoriously difficult and time consuming to remove using standard solid phase chromatography methods. In this example a standard HPCCC method has been developed that targets TPPO, regardless of the compound of interest's polarity...
Kinesis Ltd has published its latest Chromatography Vials, Caps & Closures Catalogue. The increasing demands of today's HPLC, LC/MS and GC analyses make the choice of consumables increasingly important. Kinesis Vials, Caps & Closures are made to the most exacting standards, ensuring contamination free sample handling and complete autosampler compatibility...
Quotient Bioresearch has today announced its adoption of Bruker's MALDI Biotyper for bacterial identification, following a successful year-long trial. The announcement, made at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) where Quotient presented a series of posters, places the company in a unique position as the first GLP laboratory to adopt the technology for routine bacterial identification as part of its portfolio of services for antimicrobial development...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Servo and Servo+ ranges of sample preparation solutions for drugs of abuse testing. These dedicated solid phase extraction (SPE) solutions enable analysts to isolate drug compounds from complex biological samples. The ServoTM portfolio covers total drug screening and specific testing for tetrahydrocanabinol (THC), opiates, amphetamines, phenylcyclohexylpiperidine (phencyclidine, PCP) and cocaine...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new software module to enable high-precision and automated analysis of precious metals and high concentration elements. The Thermo Scientific iTEVA Precision software seamlessly integrates with the Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometers (ICP-OES) to deliver analytical results with high precision...