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Minimizing Contamination in Cell Culture Laboratories
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Mary Kay Bates
Cell culture laboratories share the requirement for equipment and consumables that help to reduce contamination, protecting sample integrity for downstream use. Read More
On-Scene HAZMAT Response and Chemical Confirmation With GC/MS
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Philip Tackett
Two situations are presented in which a person-portable GC/MS can be used to provide confirmatory chemical identification. Read More
Why Choose A Cone Spindle for Viscosity Measurement?
Monday, March 26, 2018
Robert G. McGregor
Key considerations for selecting a rotational viscometer include how much sample material is available for testing, whether a broad range of shear rates used in the test method is important, whether ... Read More
UCMR4, Microcystins Analysis, and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Confidence in Identity Confirmation
Monday, March 26, 2018
Craig Butt April Quinn-Paquet K.C. Hyland
Quantitation of a suite of microcystins and nodularin was demonstrated using LC-MS/MS on a QTOF system. Read More
Centrifugal Partition Chromatography: The Key to Green Preparative Chromatography
Monday, March 26, 2018
Gregoire Audo
Centrifugal partition chromatography is a sustainable solution for reducing the environmental impact of preparative chromatography while reducing production costs. Read More
Multistep Thermal Characterization of Liquid-Filled Capsules and Medication Packaging Using GC/MS
Friday, March 23, 2018
Karen D. Sam
Multistep thermal sampling allowed the analysis of both volatile and nonvolatile constituents directly to the gas chromatograph. Read More
Integrating GC/TOF Exposome Profiling and Genetic Disease Screening to Provide a Holistic Perspective on Honey Bee Health
Friday, March 23, 2018
Sassicaia J. Schick Robert L. Broadrup Christopher Mayack Helen K. White Anthony Macherone
The exposome generated by gas chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight analysis was integrated with semiquantitative PCR disease screening to establish chemical profile signatures and associations ... Read More
Measures to Alleviate Fume Hood Noise
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Kang Chen Hongbo Zhang Wenjun Zhang
The focus of this study was to reduce aerodynamic noise generated from fume hoods. Read More
GC/VUV: A Novel Tool for the Identification and Quantitation of Gas-Phase Analytes
Monday, February 19, 2018
Paul Johnson
VUV spectroscopy has unique capabilities that address many of the challenges inherent to GC separations. Read More
Failure Analysis of Rubber Materials Using Pyrolysis-GC/MS
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Rojin Belganeh William Pipkin
Pyrolysis GC/MS has a wide variety of applications for identifying the organic composition of unknown samples by providing detail information about the compounds present in a sample. Read More
Centrifugation: Best Practices for Reliable, Reproducible Results
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Hugh Tansey
Laboratories can benefit from advances in centrifuge functionality and performance, as well as ergonomics and ease-of-use. Read More
Testing Viscosity in Chocolates: New Methods to Reliably Meet Industry Standards
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Klaus Oldoerp
The latest advancements in rheological instrumentation have enabled food manufacturers to test viscosity in chocolate products faster and more reliably than previously. Read More
A Blood Separation Device That Eliminates Centrifugation and Reduces Preanalytical Errors and Turnaround Times
Friday, February 09, 2018
Darren Lee
Clinical diagnostic testing laboratories are under increased pressure to continually provide accurate results for each patient tested while reducing turnaround times (TATs). Read More
A Portable CGE System for Cell Free DNA Detection
Monday, January 29, 2018
Varouj Amirkhanian Eric Tsai Alice Lin Geoffrey Routh
A capillary gel electrophoresis system provides cost-effective cfDNA analysis for the noninvasive detection of cancer and prenatal genetic testing. Read More
Statistics in the Laboratory: The Limit of Quantitation
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Stanley N. Deming
In the two previous columns, we discussed the limit of detection LD, the minimum signal strength above which we can state with at least a given level of confidence (e.g., =99.95%) that analyte is ... Read More
Innovations in Metals Analysis Optimize the Process
Thursday, January 18, 2018
David Smith
From reagent addition to sample digestion, faster, and safer metals digestion can be achieved with the latest technology. Read More
Best Practices When Changing From HPLC to TOC Analysis for Cleaning Validation
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Lukas Swanson
Cleaning process/sample compatibility, cleaning limit acceptance criteria, and product recovery/solubility should be considered when investigating the feasibility of TOC analysis for CV. Read More
Analysis of Benzene at Fence Lines Using GC/PID
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Jack Driscoll Jennifer Maclachlan
This article describes methods of preparing standards, materials used, and performance of a handheld portable gas chromatograph with a photoionization detector (GC/PID) for the analysis of ppb levels ... Read More
Optimized High-Throughput Compound Sample Management With An Acoustic Liquid Handling Platform
Monday, January 01, 2018
Isabella Broderick-Forster
Implementing a system centered around acoustic liquid handling helps bring the latest technology innovations to drug discovery and positively impacts all facets of sample management. Read More
Analytical Technology on the Frontline of the War on Synthetic Cannabinoids
Friday, November 10, 2017
Dominic Andrada
Advances in LC/MS technology and cloud-based systems provide and new level of efficiency in forensics labs. Read More

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Minimizing Contamination in Cell Culture Laboratories

On-Scene HAZMAT Response and Chemical Confirmation With GC/MS

Why Choose A Cone Spindle for Viscosity Measurement?

UCMR4, Microcystins Analysis, and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Confidence in Identity Confirmation

Centrifugal Partition Chromatography: The Key to Green Preparative Chromatography

Multistep Thermal Characterization of Liquid-Filled Capsules and Medication Packaging Using GC/MS

Integrating GC/TOF Exposome Profiling and Genetic Disease Screening to Provide a Holistic Perspective on Honey Bee Health

Measures to Alleviate Fume Hood Noise

GC/VUV: A Novel Tool for the Identification and Quantitation of Gas-Phase Analytes

Failure Analysis of Rubber Materials Using Pyrolysis-GC/MS

Centrifugation: Best Practices for Reliable, Reproducible Results

Testing Viscosity in Chocolates: New Methods to Reliably Meet Industry Standards

A Blood Separation Device That Eliminates Centrifugation and Reduces Preanalytical Errors and Turnaround Times

A Portable CGE System for Cell Free DNA Detection

Statistics in the Laboratory: The Limit of Quantitation

Innovations in Metals Analysis Optimize the Process

Best Practices When Changing From HPLC to TOC Analysis for Cleaning Validation

Analysis of Benzene at Fence Lines Using GC/PID

Optimized High-Throughput Compound Sample Management With An Acoustic Liquid Handling Platform

Analytical Technology on the Frontline of the War on Synthetic Cannabinoids

Product Guide

Micromachined HPLC Columns Can Revolutionize Proteomics Workflows

Buyer's Guide: GC-MS for Monitoring Environmental Pollutants

Refocusing the Lens of Cancer Screening

Study: NGS Should Be Go-to Technology on Day Zero of the Next Pandemic

Overcoming Common Challenges in Sample Viability for Single-Cell Research