Read the Latest Technical Articles for Lab Professionals - Technical Articles

Sort

Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography: A Dynamic Duo
Friday, May 31, 2013
Josh P. Roberts
The combined techniques of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry provide a powerful tool for which to conduct important analyses. Applications of LC/MS in proteomics and drug metabolite analysis... read more
Product Intelligence: Stereomicroscope Technology
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Katriona Scoffin
Stereomicroscopes find application in many areas of science, such as pharmaceutical, environmental, forensics, and foods. A common use of the stereomicroscope is to magnify biological samples. This ... read more
Product Intelligence: Clinical Chemistry Analyzers Technology
Monday, May 20, 2013
Katriona Scoffin
The clinical chemistry analyzer can be found in a wide variety of venues, from physicians’ offices and other point-of-care settings to commercial, research, and high-throughput hospital laboratories. ... read more
Pittcon 2013®: Developments in Liquid Chromatography
Monday, May 13, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The first commercial liquid chromatograph was probably an amino acid analyzer. These ion exchange chromatographs were so specialized that they had almost no impact on chemical analysis outside of ... read more
Advances in Gas Chromatography Instrumentation at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The buzzwords for Pittcon® 2013 in gas chromatography instrumentation were “smaller,” “portable,” and “helium.” Despite the fact that some of the major vendors did not exhibit, others were on hand ... read more
What’s New in Optical Spectroscopy at Pittcon® 2013?
Friday, May 10, 2013
Mark Fisher
Soon after the first spectrophotometer was built, the challenge of improving it began. How could we make spectrophotometers better? Could we make them smaller, faster, or perhaps improve the ... read more
Advances in Mass Spectrometry at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Brian Musselman
This has been a busy year for mass spectrometry companies and with the Triennial International Conference on Mass Spectrometry occurring last fall. This year at Pittcon®, several new high-end mass ... read more
Exhibition of Chromatography Columns at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The technology and market for liquid chromatography columns continue to mature, with applications-specific columns on the rise. The chromatography columns target specific assays in the clinical ... read more
Awarding Innovation: The Pittcon® 2013 Editors’ Awards
Friday, May 10, 2013
Marian Nardozzi
Pittcon® offers many different award ceremonies for outstanding scientific achievement to members of the scientific community; however, there is only one award for innovations in instrumentation. The... read more
Sample Prep for LC, GC, and SFC at Pittcon® 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
At Pittcon® 2013, sample prep stood out as a major focus, perhaps because of the few advances in chromatography instrumentation. In addition, some sample preparation is spilling over into other ... read more
Multiple Options for Accurate Cell Counts
Friday, April 26, 2013
Jeffrey M. Perkel
There are many options available for those in the market for a manual or automated cell counter. Manual cell counters employ trypan blue staining using a microscope and a hemocytometer, while ... read more
Product Intelligence: Analytical and Preparative Ultracentrifuges
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Caitlin Smith
Ultracentrifuges are available in floor or benchtop models and can be used for preparative or analytical centrifugation. The type of ultracentrifuge you select is dependent on the application for ... read more
Product Intelligence: Spectrophotometers Overview
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Katriona Scoffin
Because spectrophotometers are used in such a wide range of applications, for example, in the environmental, food, and chemical industries, it is important to understand their many features and ... read more
Choosing a Cell Isolation Kit Comes Down to Method and Marker
Monday, April 22, 2013
James Netterwald
A cell isolation kit is used to ensure that the results of cell-based downstream applications—such as cell–cell interactions, protein isolation, biochemical analysis, cell counting, host–pathogen ... read more
Challenges for Informatics in 2013: Much More Than Open-Source
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
As chemists and especially life scientists work with more complex systems and experiments, the huge data sets arising from high-content screening (HCS) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) challenge ... read more
Field-Flow Fractionation Supporting Consumer Safety Evaluation of Silver Nanoparticle Applications in Food Packaging Polymers
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Johannes Bott Soheyl Tadjiki
Throughout the chemical industry there is a growing movement toward macromolecular research. In particular, the ongoing race for nanotechnology development has resulted in a need for analytical ... read more
Putting the “More” in Morphology: Part 1
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Barbara Foster
Segmentation, the ability to define the unique features in a region of interest, has always been the greatest challenge in image analysis and quantitation. A new suite of tools, available from ... read more
Putting the “More” in Morphology: Part 2
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Barbara Foster
Part 1 of this article discussed the impact of multiplexing morphological methods, multiparametric techniques, and supervised machine-learning to answer the question "what" is there, as well as "where... read more
Meeting Multilevel Challenges in University Laboratory Design
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Andrew Labov
The programming and design of the University of Texas at Austin’s Norman Hackerman Building illustrates how architecture can help institutions meet research and educational goals in science and ... read more
Statistics in Analytical Chemistry: Part 52—Corrections and Clarifications
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Lynn Vanatta
As was stated at the end of Part 50, this current installment will be the last in the “Statistics in Analytical Chemistry” series. The mission of this article is to correct mistakes and clarify ... read more