Nov/Dec 2014
Volume 46, Number 9
This issue features an article on a texture analyzer with a ball probe for the evaluation of salad dressings, and an overview of positional sequencing technology and its implications for next-generation sequencing. Rounding out the issue is a discussion of acetaminophen determination using electrochemical deposition.
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Table of Contents
Monday, November 17, 2014
Emilia Raszkiewicz
Welcome to the November/December issue. In the last issue, I encouraged all of you to take a
moment and think about what you can do differently to optimize productivity and efficiency
in your ...
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Robert G. McGregor, Eric Chiang, Stephanie Shepard
A common request from food manufacturers is to come up with a faster and more definitive test for flowability of salad dressings.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Dennis Åsberg, Anders Karlsson, Jörgen Samuelsson, Krzysztof Kaczmarski, Torgny Fornstedt
The development of analytical methods in the Quality by Design (QbD) framework is currently gaining great momentum in the pharmaceutical industry. Presented here is a case study in which a ...
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Youyuan Peng, Zhifu Zheng
Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively studied for use in emitting devices, energy storage, sensor field, and biological and biomedical applications.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Emilia Raszkiewicz
ER: I am aware that there have been many exciting business developments within EMD Millipore in the past year, including your appointment as CEO and
President. I trust that our discussion will give ...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Cynthia Elmore
A tractor trailer tanker truck with a full load of toxic chemicals traveling over a mountain pass veers off the road to avoid an oncoming vehicle; 6700 gallons of toxins begin to spill onto the bank, ...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
David Barden, Laura McGregor
The introduction of recent legislation, such as the EU Environmental Liabilities Directive 2004/35/EC, has led to a demand among analysts for more precise and robust methods for the identification of ...
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Darren Lee
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is beginning to provide powerful insights into genetic mutations and molecular networks underlying disease for a broad set of genes. NGS technologies promise to ...
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Eric Tsai, Allen Chi, Myron Yu, Hsinhan Huang, Varouj Amirkhanian
Most bioseparation and detection tools used in the laboratory employ slab gel-based electrophoresis technologies, which have routinely been used for the analysis of biomolecules (i.e., DNA, RNA, ...
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Magnus Jansson
The cell-based assay arena is slowly entering center stage due to the major and growing medical problems facing the world—both financial (i.e., drug development) and curative (i.e., antibiotic ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Lina Genovesi
DNA sequencers fulfill the role of automating the determination of the order of nucleotide bases in a DNA region of interest. This article explains the Sanger sequencing technique, or capillary ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Lina Genovesi
Their ability to effectively decontaminate equipment, reagents, and solutions before and after polymerase chain reaction procedures makes PCR enclosures an indispensable addition to the laboratory. ...
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
We have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. Many are essential for life, but a few can be lethal. Plus, the bacteria play an essential role in returning us to dust.
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