October 2013
Volume 45, Number 9
The 45th Anniversary Issue features our editor’s top picks of the technologies that have had a major influence on the biochemical and chemical lab: microprocessors, HPLC, PCR, and LC/MSn. Also in this issue is a retrospective of multiangle light scattering detection written by an industry expert.
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Table of Contents
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
October 1988: I remember it well. My lab
overlooked the parking lot at Varian Associates. We were expecting a visit from Bill Wham and Ken Halaby, the founders of American Laboratory magazine.
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Jody Dunstan
Charge transfer chemical ionization (CI) was among the ionization types studied decades ago by researchers investigating fundamental Characteristics of chemical ionization. However, the technique was ...
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Katriona Scoffin
This article explains the different pipets available and modes of operation. Important considerations when looking for a pipet include ergonomic factors, such as hand position and the amount of force ...
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Kathleen Ongena, Sónia Gil, Cindy Chen, Paul Hung, Alex Mok
Precise and biologically relevant in vitro studies require the ability to analyze cell responses to perturbations over time. In order to achieve successful long-term cell culture and imaging, however,...
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Laura Thompson
In 1970, the United States government established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to growing public demand for a cleaner environment. The Agency was not only given the ...
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Trish Meek
When the Human Genome Project mapped all 20,000+ genes in the human body in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it cost roughly $3 billion.
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Saturday, October 05, 2013
Philip J. Wyatt
The concept of measuring light scattered from a solution at each of a plurality of angles simultaneously began in late 1976 in a very
unlikely application. At that time, scientists from Science ...
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Wayne Collins
The story of biofuels begins with biomass.
Simply stated, biomass is any plant or animal
material of recent origin, as opposed to plant or animal material that, over millennia,
has transformed ...
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Caitlin Smith
A host of particle sizing systems is available to measure a wide array of particle sizes. Fundamental checkpoints to consider before selecting a particle size analyzer include the range of particle ...
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Thomas Pertsch
A fundamental rule for using high-resolution balances in pharmaceutical laboratories is that the instrument be level at all times. If the lab balance is not level, it cannot accurately measure objects...
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Pauline Carnell, Sarah Newell
Many patients’ lives have been improved with the use of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins since their commercialization about 30 years ago. Work in the field of therapeutic proteins ...
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