May 2016
Volume 48, Number 4
This issue features American Laboratory’s annual review of new separation science products exhibited at Pittcon 2016. Another article covers basic procedures used in the molecular biology laboratory that benefit from automation.
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Table of Contents
Steve Ernst
Monoclonal antibodies. PCR. High-throughput screening. Pot. What do they have in common? They were, or are, going to change the world.
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William Lipps
Total organic carbon (TOC) is a rapid method
that analyzes for organic carbon and expresses the result as the amount of carbon found.
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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
While spectacular developments in chemical imaging and spectroscopy continue to entice the market, separation science remains a key enabling
technology.
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Quan Han, Xiaohui Yang, Na Yang, Huo Yanyan, Yaping He
Due to its unique physical and chemical properties, rhodium has been used as a catalyst in organic synthesis, as an alloy in thermocouples, as a raw plating material in electronic instruments and as a...
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Alan H. Katz
Lower costs and increased speeds have led
researchers sequencing genes and genomes
to generate an enormous amount of data that
can provide a better understanding of diseases.
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Xianghua Chu, Heidi Fleischer, Thomas Roddelkopf, Norbert Stoll, Michael Klos, Kerstin Thurow
As described in this article, the CSDA10F dual-arm robot can utilize pipets, syringes, vials, microplates and thermal shakers (including pipets and a thermal shaker designed for manual use) to prepare...
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Mr. Amay Bandodkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the laboratory of Professor Joseph Wang at the University of California in San Diego, is the recipient of the 2016 Metrohm Young Chemist Award.
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