Have you ever experienced problems with a new method? Are your system suitability tests failing now for a method established years ago? Is is your HPLC column dying too fast? There are many possible reasons for these issues and their root cause can be hard to find. Our new (U)HPLC Troubleshooting Guide provides an easy breakdown of potential solutions for the most common issues in analytical liquid chromatography...
TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K reports how researchers at Lodz University of Technology (Poland) have combined the advanced analytical capabilities of its GPC/SEC triple detection system with a BI-200SM light scattering goniometer to derive in-depth information about an exciting new generation of polymer nanogels. Polymer nanogels with cross-linked structure provide a versatile platform for storage and release of biologically active compounds....
PEAK Scientific have partnered with eForests, a not-for-profit organization who are creating and restoring woodlands throughout the UK, to fulfil their commitment to plant one tree for every PEAK gas generator sold from the 1st April 2021. The initiative is part of their continued efforts towards a more sustainable future which will complement their gas generators which already offer a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly option to workplaces around the world...
The Microlute™ PLR from Porvair Sciences is a benchmark product for phospholipid removal. The 96-well microplate provides effective removal (>99%) of phospholipids and proteins with higher levels of reproducibility from plasma and serum samples while maintaining maximum recovery of target analytes. Proven in comparative tests with competitive products to provide the most efficient removal of the widest range of phospholipids from plasma and serum samples...
Working closely with researchers at the Centrale Lille Institute in Lille, France - Asynt has developed and supplied two custom high-pressure reactors to assist them in their development of new advanced catalysts for biomass transformation. The Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Unit in Lille brings together a large group of experienced researchers, technical and administrative support staff, plus doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers....
Are you dealing with demanding substances that tend to coordinate with metals? Are you looking for an inert solution for your peptide/protein, (oligo)nucleotide or sensitive small molecules? This is the solution for your problems! The bioinert YMC-Triart columns are fully biocompatible due to their PEEK lined stainless steel column bodies and the use of PEEK frits. You can achieve excellent peak shapes for sensitive compounds. Check out YMC's new flyer to discover more about biocompatible YMC-Triart metal-free columns....
Spectrus JS (JavaScript) is the first commercially available browser-based application for processing 1D and 2D NMR data. Being operating system-independent and vendor agnostic, users can process all their NMR data anywhere with internet access. This new cross-platform application will work on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems to process NMR data from all major NMR instrument vendors....
Do you want more from your GC–MS analyses? Modern labs must constantly adapt to cope with new analytical challenges and ever-increasing workload, all while improving data confidence and reducing cost of ownership. Don't miss this exciting launch webinar where we will reveal how the next generation of BenchTOF mass spectrometers addresses these challenges. Join SepSolve Analytical's virtual event on 6 May 2021 at 08:00 GMT and 16:00 GMT...
Waters Corporation and Genovis AB are formally collaborating to develop and market complete routine biopharmaceutical characterization workflows based on the Waters™ BioAccord™ LC-MS System, Andrew+ pipetting robot and Genovis SmartEnzymes™. The goal of the collaboration is to develop automated workflows for the rapid and consistent characterization of critical quality attributes (CQAs) of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and other protein-based drugs in bioprocess development...
Agilent Technologies Inc. announces that Octagon Therapeutics has been awarded an Agilent Golden Ticket at LabCentral. The Golden Ticket was presented to Octagon during a virtual online event on March 24 and provides funding for one scientist’s lab bench space for a year, including the benefit of LabCentral's shared infrastructure and services. The three semi-finalists, Octagon Therapeutics, Rizana Therapeutics, and Nuakea Therapeutics presented compelling and innovative research propositions...
BioChromato Inc. has published an interview with the Institute of Analytical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan) that explains how a Smart Evaporator C10 has enabled them to concentrate amino acids, without denaturation, such that they can be detected by LC/MS/MS. Researchers at the Institute of Analytical Sciences conducting fundamental metabolomics research on the state of cultured cells, wished to measure amino acids produced in their cell culture medium....
Municipal utility laboratories, contract testing laboratories, and local or regional governing agencies performing water testing can now benefit from a new, validated application workflow using ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS) to achieve haloacetic acid (HAA) analysis in drinking water in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Method 557 (EPA 557).
Porvair Sciences has launched its new generation Ultravap® Levante nitrogen blowdown sample evaporator. The second generation system offers the many benefits associated with Porvair's flagship evaporator, the Ultravap® Mistral, in an affordable, easy-to-use package. This state-of-the-art single microplate evaporator is designed to meet the current needs of most chromatography laboratories...
Markes International Ltd has launched a next-generation passive sampler that combines all the benefits of radial and axial VOC samplers, in an evolution of design that the company says will ultimately make large scale air monitoring studies easier to run and more affordable: the Pocket Diffuser Sampler (‘POD’ Sampler)...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), are pleased to announce a further consolidation of their Merck relationship after being appointed as an official distributor for the Merck – Supelco® Range of Analytical Products. Comprising of over 500,000 products, the comprehensive range from SLS provides a solution to most applications...
High performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is the industry standard for cannabinoid extraction, but Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) offers a cost effective alternative with comparable yields and purity. Below we describe how each method works and what differences to take into consideration during cannabis testing....
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Protein Metrics, a developer of world-class software tools for protein characterization, have entered into a non-exclusive co-marketing agreement to provide advanced mass spectrometry data processing and analysis capabilities to drive innovation across the full spectrum of biopharmaceutical and proteomics applications...
Waters Corporation has released the ACQUITY RDa™ Detector featuring SmartMS™, the company’s newest time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer (MS) for small molecule analysis for pharmaceutical, academic, food, and forensics applications. The accurate-mass ACQUITY™ RDa Detector can be quickly deployed and operated to enable faster and more informed decision-making across a broad set of applications....
Navigo Proteins GmbH, a premier protein engineering company, developer of affinity ligands for custom chromatography solutions, and eleva GmbH (“Eleva”), a manufacturer of superior biologics derived from its proprietary moss expression system, announce the successful implementation of a customized affinity chromatography resin into the purification process of Eleva’s Complement- Factor H, CPV-101, for its coming clinical development.
Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the Agilent 8697 Headspace Sampler, the first headspace sampler with integrated gas chromatography communication. It marks the expansion of intelligence capability that was first launched with the Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC System in 2016 and later in 2019 with the Agilent 8890 and 8860 GC Systems.
The ionRocket from BioChromato Inc. is a temperature-heating device for direct thermal desorption and pyrolysis of samples, prior to ionization and analysis by mass spectrometry. Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) is a proven technique that enables rapid analysis of both solid and liquid samples under standard laboratory conditions without sample preparation....
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the release of MassHunter Workstation Plus 11.0, MassHunter Networked Workstation 11.0, and MassHunter BioConfirm. The latest revision of these software enables data integrity consistent with the regulatory requirements from the US FDA and EU EMEA guidance, providing user management, checksums, tamper detection, and audit trails...