March 2013
Volume 45, Number 3
A recently developed chromatography system that extends the limits of LC and GC separations is explored in an informative user interview conducted by our separation science editor. Another article describes a novel approach to automated liquid handling and outlines the applications of a nanoliter liquid handler.
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Table of Contents
Barbara Foster
The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon
®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ...
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Joerg R. Jinschek
Current research and development (R&D) that is focused on efficient energy conversion
and environmental protection technologies relies heavily on advances in the development of new
and improved ...
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Caitlin Smith
Apoptosis, cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, and immunophenotyping are some of the areas in which flow cytometers find application. Researchers have many options to consider when shopping for...
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Kadine Mohomed, David A. Bohnsack
Thermal analysis includes techniques in which a physical property of a substance is measured as a function of temperature and time while the substance is subjected to a controlled temperature
program...
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Jay Gandhi, Anne Shearrow, Johnson Mathew
Hydraulic fracturing (energy extraction) was invented by Floyd Farris and Joseph Clark (Stanolind Oil and Gas Corporation) in 1947 for the mining industry, but the modern horizontal
fracking ...
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Zoe Fisher
Carbonic anhydrases are a large group of enzymes that are expressed in humans. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 to make bicarbonate and a proton. As such, this enzyme ...
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Robert McNeil
Pipetting of samples and reagents is essential for reliable results. To meet this goal, pipetting has to be done with the highest precision and accuracy, but it must be done safely, without causing ...
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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has many potential advantages, including rapid separation of chiral analytes and separation by hydrocarbon class (i.e., saturates, olefins, and aromatics). Yet...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Wendy Gaisford
The introduction of automated nanoliter volume liquid handling instrumentation has revolutionized
work flows, reducing the tedium of manual pipetting and the potential for manual error. In addition, ...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
Blood gas analysis, more specifically referred to as arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, is a standard clinical diagnostic test that measures a patient’s blood gases; oxygen and carbon dioxide blood ...
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications...
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