Recent Articles in Laboratory Exhibitions and Conferences
Second Healthcare Innovation Expo to take place at LondonJul 28, 2010
The second Healthcare Innovation EXPO will now take place on the 9th and 10th March next year. Originally planned for October 2010, the EXPO has been re-scheduled at the request of Department of Health Ministers so that the new plans for the NHS, laid out in the white paper, ‘Equity and Excellence: liberating the NHS' earlier this week, will have been through consultation, and healthcare professionals will be working towards the agreed reforms.
Read MoreHaiti: might the earthquake worsen TB rates? Jul 28, 2010
Prior to the earthquake of January 12th 2010, Haiti had experienced the highest TB notification rate in the Latin America and Caribbean region. In a forthcoming editorial in Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, Kevin Schwartzman and colleagues from the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal, Canada) discuss whether the devastation of Haiti six months ago will lead to an unavoidable increase in the incidence of TB.
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates Superiority of Data-Dependent Decision Tree LogicJul 23, 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new application note entitled "Enhancing Phosphotyrosine Proteome Coverage using a Combined ETD and CID Approach on a LTQ Orbitrap XL ETD".
Read MoreJPK announces the annual two day International Meeting on the application of SPM & Optical Tweezers for Life SciencesJul 22, 2010
JPK Instruments is happy to announce that registration is now open for the ninth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers. The symposia will be held on the 6-7th October 2010 in Berlin focusing on applications developments in life sciences
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Delivers New Triple Quadrupole GC/MS/MS Method to Facilitate Highly Selective Trace-level Screening of PCDD/Fs and PCBsJul 21, 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new method for the trace-level screening of polychlorinated dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in food products, following the analytical strategy of the well established U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 1613A.
Read MoreAccelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. WEBCAST: The Needs Assessment - First Step to a Successful LIMS DeploymentJul 19, 2010
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) will host an informational webcast on July 28, 2010 on the topic of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). This webcast is entitled The Needs Assessment - First Step to a Successful LIMS Deployment. This event is ideal for laboratory or QA/QC managers in the environmental, water / wastewater, food & beverage, energy, manufacturing (product/material testing), agriculture, life science, biotechnology and public health sectors.
Read MoreMICROSCIENCE 2010 Jul 19, 2010
MICROSCIENCE 2010, the Royal Microscopical Society's flagship meeting held at ExCeL London at the end of June, attracted 519 conference delegates - the first time that the 500-barrier has been broken. And, the overall visitor-target of 2,000 was also reached.
Read MoreLearn how to improve your sample management efficiencyJul 15, 2010
TTP LabTech invites sample management professionals and analytical chemists to attend a Sample Management Open Day at its headquarters near Cambridge, UK on Tuesday 3rd August 2010. Visitors will be able to find out how to improve efficiency by hearing from those currently working in the field
Read MoreConsistent, Accurate and Precise ICP DataJul 13, 2010
With growing numbers of laboratories requiring top quality data - Warwick Analytical Service has produced an analytical service note that demonstrates the accurate and precise ICP data the company routinely achieves for determination of trace metals in organic and inorganic materials.
Read MoreReverse engineering tablets for counterfeit investigationsJul 13, 2010
Chemical imaging specialists at Malvern Instruments are demonstrating how data derived from reverse engineering of pharmaceutical tablets can aid the fight against counterfeit drugs. Using the SyNIRgi near infrared chemical imaging (NIRCI) system they have been able to collect data detailed enough to characterize the formulation and processes used to create individual dosages
Read MoreRegistration opens for inaugural Particle SummitJul 8, 2010
Information-rich, practical program focusing on particle and molecular characterization
Read MoreParticle shape analysis throws new light on battery performanceJul 2, 2010
Work undertaken in Japan and described in a new application note on the Malvern Instruments website, examines the influence of particle shape on the characteristics of coating film for battery electrodes. Using the Sysmex Flow Particle Image Analyzer FPIA-3000, available from Malvern Instruments, researchers at Hokkaido University looked at both the size and shape of graphite particles in coating films produced by different methods
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Application Note Demonstrating Capabilities of NanoDrop 3300 for Cancer ResearchJul 1, 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced a new application note demonstrating how the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 3300 enables cancer researchers to study DNA methylation events and polyamine induced DNA G-quadruplex formations by microvolume fluorometry.
Read MoreNew Dates for Free Autoscribe LIMS Configuration WorkshopsJun 29, 2010
New dates have just been released for September and October 2010 for th enext series of free Autoacribe LIMS Workshops.
Read MoreDionex Releases On-Line Library of Searchable Chromatographic ApplicationsJun 28, 2010
Dionex Corporation is pleased to announce that its new on-line library of searchable chromatographic applications-the D-Library-is now available on its website free of charge (registration required after introductory period).
Read MoreDionex Demonstrates Simplified IC Determination of Transition Metals in Borated Power Plant WatersJun 23, 2010
Dionex is proud to announce a new method for determination of ionic impurities in nuclear power plants that use pressurized water reactors (PWRs). Application Note 250: Determination of Trace Nickel and Zinc in Borated Power Plant demonstrates how to minimize corrosion and Waters Containing Lithium Hydroxide Using Nonsuppressed Conductivity Detection reduce maintenance costs using an ICS ion chromatography system with an IonPac® SCS column and Chromeleon® Chromatography Data System software.
Read MoreScientists gather for major gut conferenceJun 22, 2010
Over 200 scientists from across the globe will gather in Aberdeen tomorrow (Wednesday June 23) for a major international conference on gut microbiology.
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Method for Simple and Accurate Analysis of Cadmium in ChocolateJun 21, 2010
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new method for simple and accurate analysis of cadmium in chocolate. The Thermo Scientific iCE 3500 atomic absorption spectrometer allows simple analysis of this trace element, while Thermo Scientific SOLAAR software enables easy method development.
Read MoreExhibitors Confident in the Run-Up to BIOTECHNICA Jun 21, 2010
The biotech industry is setting its sights on Hannover, where exhibitors and visitors from all over the world will convene this autumn at BIOTECHNICA 2010 from 5 to 7 October. "BIOTECHNICA will showcase an array of innovations from the cutting-edge fields of biotechnology and life sciences," reports Stephan Ph. Kühne, Board member of Deutsche Messe AG
Read MoreDionex Releases Application for the Analysis of Toxic Adulterants in Pharmaceutical and Personal Care ProductsJun 21, 2010
Dionex is pleased to announce the release of an application that demonstrates the determination of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) in a sorbitol solution using liquid chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. Application Note 246: Determination of Ethylene Glycol and Diethylene Glycol in a Sorbitol Solution describes two confirmatory methods to determine 0.1% EG and DEG in sorbitol solutions.
Read More2010 Scientific Laboratory Show is a resounding successJun 21, 2010
Thursday 10 June 2010 saw records broken when over 600 members of the Scientific Community from home and abroad attended the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham.
Read MoreProtein analysis under spotlight in MalvernMay 31, 2010
On Tuesday, 8 June 2010, at 10:30 am EDT - Eastern Daylight Time/ 3.30pm BST - British Summer Time, Malvern Instruments will deliver a web seminar focusing on light scattering and chromatography, key laboratory tools for protein formulation and characterization studies.
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