We often hear these days about the tensions between science and rationalism on the one hand and devout religious beliefs on the other, whether it’s concerns over teaching of evolution in faith schools or the funding of stem cell research, or simply the attitudes of some towards science in general, either when seeing it as a threat or, at best, as no more than a driver of technology and economic power, a view often found in many countries in the developing world. This lecture will focus on attitudes towards science...
Congratulations to SCIEX Separations (a division of AB SCIEX), for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Bronze Medal for their CESI 8000 High Performance Separation-ESI Module.
The company have developed a new front-end separation and ionization technology called CESI, which combines the high efficiency and ultra-low flow of capillary electrophoresis (CE) with an integrated electrospray ionization source. This optimization of electrospray ionization (ESI) into the nanoflow region has shown to greatly improve assay sensitivity and reduce ion suppression....
Congratulations to Texas Instruments, winners of the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Gold Medal for the most innovative product for their DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD).
The DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD) acts as a spatial light modulator (SLM) to steer near-infrared (NIR) light and create patterns with speed, precision, and efficiency. Featuring high resolution in a compact form factor, the DLP4500NIR DMD is often combined with a single element detector to replace expensive InGaAs array-based detector designs, leading to high performance, cost-effective portable solutions....
2014 Honor Marks Fourth Time in Last Ten Years Waters' has been recognized by Pittcon Media Corps
Waters Corporation is proud to announce that the Pittcon Editors' Silver award for the most innovative product introduced at the 2014 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy goes to the Waters® ACQUITY QDa™ Detector. "On behalf Waters employees worldwide, we are honored that the Pittcon Editors have recognized the new ACQUITY QDa Detector at this year's Pittsburgh Conference," said Art Caputo, President of the Waters Division for Waters Corporation....
Measure-Cells and Particles as Small as 02 Microns with the New-Multisizer 4e COULTER COUNTER
The latest Multisizer 4e features a new 10-micron aperture that enables users to obtain accurate count, size and mass distribution for particles and cells ranging from 0.2 to 1,600 microns. Digital Pulse Processing provides high-resolution analysis in as many as 400 channels for unparalleled performance in pharmaceutical quality control, bioprocessing and industrial applications....
Children are exposed to intakes of heavy metals from a wide variety of sources. Chromium (VI) in particular represents a potential hazard, as it is absorbed from food and drinking water, from the air that is breathed, from textiles, from utensils that contain metal and from toys.
The analytical determination of chromium (VI) content in toys for compliance with limit values is described in the European standard DIN EN-71-3-2013 (Safety of toys Part 3 – Migration of certain elements). The standard differentiates between three categories, depending on the kind of toys...
Copley Scientific will focus on systems from the company’s comprehensive range of test equipment for pharmaceutical solid dosage forms at Analytica 2014, which takes place from 1– 4 April 2014 in Munich, Germany.
On show will be the Dissolution Tester DIS 8000, a rugged unit with eight stirred test vessels that is ideal for both R&D and routine QC applications. Like all Copley Scientific tablet dissolution testers it meets the latest specifications of the US, European and other pharmacopoeias. With automation an increasing requirement, Copley Scientific’s Dissofract ‘Off-Line’ Dissolution Sampling System will be shown with the DIS 8000....
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform to measure specific analytes in beer samples, distinguish between different samples, and study beer stability. Application Note 1065: Gradient HPLC Method for Analysis of Beer Polyphenols, Proanthocyanidins, and Bitter Acids Using a Novel Spectro-Electro Array Platform demonstrates a method that provides accurate and sensitive measurements that cannot be obtained using ultraviolet detection alone, as well as metabolomic approaches that can be used to study fermentation, product stability, and authenticity issues...
The power of mass detection delivered to the lab bench
Microsaic Systems, the high technology company developing, marketing and manufacturing next generation mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, will showcase its latest innovative products offering enhanced productivity and time and cost savings at PITTCON (booth 1051). The new MiDas™ interface unit allows simple connectivity of Microsaic’s miniaturised mass detector, the 4000 MiD™, for on line and off line analysis....
This year’s exposition welcomes 114 first-time exhibiting companies. The Pittcon 2014 Exposition, which takes place March 3-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, will include 926 exhibitors (count as of February 10, 2014) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis...
Learn how AB SCIEX enables you to do what couldn't be done, until now. Visit us at ArabLab at booth # 703
Innovation is delivered. From the visionary sensitivity and speed of our latest mass spectrometry systems to the leaner, greener workflows of our LC systems and now our robust, high resolution capillary electrophoresis solutions from Beckman Coulter® CE, see all the latest workflows that enable your lab to overcome challenging analyses and save time, money, and maximize productivity!....
This year is the 30th anniversary of UKSPA, the United Kingdom Science Park Association.
Join us at the ICC Birmingham in July for our International Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner at the International Conference Centre. Join us at the UKSPA Conference at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre on 10 and 11 July 2014 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its formation. Event Sponsors are Marks & Clerk. The event will be headlined by Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, and closed by Phil Smith, Chair of the Technology Strategy Board (pictured left)...
Hichrom's 2014 training programme is now available, featuring courses covering every area of HPLC, UHPLC and GC and delivered by world-renowned experts including John Dolan and Mel Euerby. Whether you are a relative newcomer to chromatography or a seasoned veteran, you can benefit from one of these courses.
In addition to the full programme of 1 and 2 day courses, a comprehensive series of short 1¾ hour seminars is also available, either as open enrolment courses or for on-site training. New courses for 2014 include: Superficially Porous Phases – Development and Benefits, The Analysis of Polar Molecules, Method Development Strategies to Exploit Selectivity in UHPLC/HPLC and The Technique of Gas Chromatography - in 3 parts.
Forensics Europe Expo 29-30 April 2014, Olympia, London is the only dedicated international forum for the entire forensics sector and supply chain, connecting over 70 exhibitors with over 3,000 visitors looking to source forensic products, equipment and services, as well as providing the definitive source of education, best practice, training and networking.
Forensics Europe Expo will host a variety of free to attend show floor educational features. Visitors will be able to attend the Seminar Theatre where leading forensic suppliers and organisations will hold product launches, live demonstrations and share exclusive case studies to ensure that Forensics Europe Expo attendees have access to the latest tools to help solve investigations...
Frederic Girard, CEO of Spinnovation Biologics, has authored a new article detailing the benefits of novel Spedia-NMR™ and NMR technology for Quality by Design (QbD) process development within biologics production.
Entitled ‘Fingerprinting Culture Media’, the article was published in January 2014’s edition of European Biopharmaceutical Review and is now available for download online. The QbD initiative is rapidly being adopted throughout the conventional and bio-pharmaceutical industry to ensure product quality and consistency within manufacture. Exploring the background of the growing QbD movement within biotechnology....
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, has published a new whitepaper on characterizing molecular structure in synthetic and natural polymers by multi-angle light scattering. Authored by Stepan Podzimek, Scientific Consultant for Wyatt Technology, the paper details the basic principles of the detection and characterization of branching by means of a multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector and the various methods used...
Autoscribe has announced it will be running a series of three free ‘How to Buy a LIMS’ webinars.
Autoscribe, a leading developer of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), has announced it will be running a series of three free ‘How to Buy a LIMS’ webinars on 26th March, 23rd April and 28th May 2014. With over 60 years of practical management experience specifying and delivering successful LIMS solutions to any laboratory in any industry, Autoscribe has designed these webinars to provide information that will help keep anyone considering purchasing a LIMS on track, avoid some of the pitfalls and find the right solution to fit the specific needs...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a rapid and robust high-performance anion-exchange chromatography
With pulsed amperometric detection method for the accurate determination of common sugars in acid-hydrolyzed biomass samples with high carbohydrate concentrations. Application Update 192: Carbohydrate Determination of Biofuel Samples demonstrates that this approach has a linear range suitable for handling high-concentration biomass samples with minimal sample treatment. This new method is fast, provides good sensitivity, has consistent response, and can be routinely used to determine carbohydrates in the feedstock for biofuel production...
Freeman Technology shows latest applications for FT4 Powder Rheometer® at PITTCON 2014 Booth #814
Powder characterisation specialists from Freeman Technology will be at PITTCON 2014 (March 2-6 2014, McCormick Place, Chicago) where the company is exhibiting the FT4 Powder Rheometer®. Firmly established as the most comprehensive powder characterisation system available, the FT4 Powder Rheometer is used across many industrial sectors, from pharmaceuticals to bulk powders. The system delivers data that support process and product understanding and the optimisation of powder processes...
A technical article is available from Genevac that describes a rapid, safe technique for drying oligonucleotide and DNA samples.
DNA and oligonucleotide samples are sensitive and care needs to be exercised during concentration. Research done at the Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (UK) shows that the Genevac EZ-2 evaporator is an ideal tool for concentrating SNP and oligonucleotides in microplates when preparing samples for microarraying and for Sequenon analysis. Compared to traditional methods, using the EZ-2 evaporator is shown to significantly speed up concentration rates, eliminate potential sources of damage to samples and also improve final sample quality...
As global concern grows over drug-resistant infections and the prevalence of infectious diseases, researchers are looking to enhance capabilities for pathogen detection, infection diagnosis and genomic analysis of disease-causing micro-organisms.
With this, Oxford Global Conferences are proud to the present the first ever Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Asia Congress, taking place on the 10 & 11 June 2014 in Singapore. This event is an executive platform for experts working in microbiology, bacteriology, mycology, virology and parasitology in Asia Pacific. There will be up to 50 presentations and cases studies that is presented through four interactive streams that focuses on Detection Technology & Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Microbiology, Microbial Genomics and Infectious Diseases...
Bruker releases application note for analysis of sulfonamides in honey using Bruker’s Advance EVOQ Elite LC-MS/MS system
Bruker Chemical and Applied Markets (CAM), Fremont, California, US: Bruker releases application note for analysis of sulfonamides in honey using Advance EVOQ Eliteruker has released an application note detailing a simple, fast and robust method developed for the quantitation of sulfonamides in honey, using Bruker’s EVOQ Elite triple quadruple liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS). Sulfonamides are a group of broad spectrum antibacterial drugs, used to prevent and treat bacterial growth in honey products...
We often hear these days about the tensions between science and rationalism on the one hand and devout religious beliefs on the other, whether it’s concerns over teaching of evolution in faith schools or the funding of stem cell research, or simply the attitudes of some towards science in general, either when seeing it as a threat or, at best, as no more than a driver of technology and economic power, a view often found in many countries in the developing world. This lecture will focus on attitudes towards science...
The latest Multisizer 4e features a new 10-micron aperture that enables users to obtain accurate count, size and mass distribution for particles and cells ranging from 0.2 to 1,600 microns. Digital Pulse Processing provides high-resolution analysis in as many as 400 channels for unparalleled performance in pharmaceutical quality control, bioprocessing and industrial applications....
The analytical determination of chromium (VI) content in toys for compliance with limit values is described in the European standard DIN EN-71-3-2013 (Safety of toys Part 3 – Migration of certain elements). The standard differentiates between three categories, depending on the kind of toys...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform to measure specific analytes in beer samples, distinguish between different samples, and study beer stability. Application Note 1065: Gradient HPLC Method for Analysis of Beer Polyphenols, Proanthocyanidins, and Bitter Acids Using a Novel Spectro-Electro Array Platform demonstrates a method that provides accurate and sensitive measurements that cannot be obtained using ultraviolet detection alone, as well as metabolomic approaches that can be used to study fermentation, product stability, and authenticity issues...
Microsaic Systems, the high technology company developing, marketing and manufacturing next generation mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, will showcase its latest innovative products offering enhanced productivity and time and cost savings at PITTCON (booth 1051). The new MiDas™ interface unit allows simple connectivity of Microsaic’s miniaturised mass detector, the 4000 MiD™, for on line and off line analysis....
This year’s exposition welcomes 114 first-time exhibiting companies. The Pittcon 2014 Exposition, which takes place March 3-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, will include 926 exhibitors (count as of February 10, 2014) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis...
Join us at the ICC Birmingham in July for our International Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner at the International Conference Centre. Join us at the UKSPA Conference at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre on 10 and 11 July 2014 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its formation. Event Sponsors are Marks & Clerk. The event will be headlined by Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, and closed by Phil Smith, Chair of the Technology Strategy Board (pictured left)...
In addition to the full programme of 1 and 2 day courses, a comprehensive series of short 1¾ hour seminars is also available, either as open enrolment courses or for on-site training. New courses for 2014 include: Superficially Porous Phases – Development and Benefits, The Analysis of Polar Molecules, Method Development Strategies to Exploit Selectivity in UHPLC/HPLC and The Technique of Gas Chromatography - in 3 parts.
Forensics Europe Expo will host a variety of free to attend show floor educational features. Visitors will be able to attend the Seminar Theatre where leading forensic suppliers and organisations will hold product launches, live demonstrations and share exclusive case studies to ensure that Forensics Europe Expo attendees have access to the latest tools to help solve investigations...
Entitled ‘Fingerprinting Culture Media’, the article was published in January 2014’s edition of European Biopharmaceutical Review and is now available for download online. The QbD initiative is rapidly being adopted throughout the conventional and bio-pharmaceutical industry to ensure product quality and consistency within manufacture. Exploring the background of the growing QbD movement within biotechnology....
Bruker Chemical and Applied Markets (CAM), Fremont, California, US: Bruker releases application note for analysis of sulfonamides in honey using Advance EVOQ Eliteruker has released an application note detailing a simple, fast and robust method developed for the quantitation of sulfonamides in honey, using Bruker’s EVOQ Elite triple quadruple liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS). Sulfonamides are a group of broad spectrum antibacterial drugs, used to prevent and treat bacterial growth in honey products...