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  • Ten Tips for Proper Pipetting

    Monday, November 07, 2016
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle
    Pipetting proficiency is one of the most critical elements to ensure accuracy and precision, particularly in the face of high personnel turnover, growing laboratory workloads and increasingly complex ... read more

  • In-House Pipette Calibration: The Lean Way

    Thursday, October 08, 2015
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle
    Sorenson Genomics of Salt Lake City focuses on DNA testing, with its expertise in quality, high-throughput testing that spans several diverse business units and highly accredited laboratories. read more

  • Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets

    Friday, June 13, 2014
    Application Note
    A. Björn Carle Doreen Rumery George Rodrigues
    Every day, air-displacement pipets are used to quantitatively dispense sample and reagent aliquots for reaction, routine analyses, and specialized tests. read more

  • Improved Pipetting Technique: An “Out-of-the-Box” Solution to Reduce Manual Pipetting Errors

    Monday, March 03, 2014
    Application Note
    Tanya Knaide
    Handheld air-displacement pipets are used in virtually every laboratory around the world. The technique and skills of individual pipet operators are critical to the accuracy of results of liquid ... read more

  • Bottle Liquid–Liquid Extraction Update: In Situ Water Sample Preparation

    Tuesday, January 21, 2014
    Application Note
    As first described in Ref. 1, an alternative liquid–liquid extraction technique was originally conceived, born, and cultivated in an environmental lab setting to enable holding time obligations to be ... read more

  • Development of a 100% Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Sample Solution for Liquid Handler Performance ...

    Friday, June 07, 2013
    Application Note
    Rachel Parshley John Thomas Bradshaw Karl Olson
    Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has become one of the most important solvents used for high-throughput screening (HTS) and compound management applications due to its ability to readily dissolve a wide ... read more

  • Sample Prep for LC, GC, and SFC at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    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

  • Automated Assays and More at SLAS 2013 and HCA 2013

    Wednesday, February 06, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The second annual meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS 2013), held January 12–16, attracted 3800 scientists and engineers to the Gaylord Hotel in Orlando, FL for an ... read more

  • Chemicals are Back!

    Friday, December 07, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The tsunami on the business horizon is the resurrection of the American chemicals industry. read more

  • HPLC 2012: New Mysteries in Column Efficiency

    Monday, October 01, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    HPLC is the premier meeting series for liquid chromatographers to gather to learn about the latest advances in technology and applications. read more

  • New Instrumentation and Applications at HPLC 2012

    Friday, August 10, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    A marketplace is usually dynamic, with a cross-current of disparate interests meeting to find mutual satisfaction. read more

  • Highlights of the Fifth International Symposium on Packed Column SFC

    Tuesday, August 23, 2011
    Technical Article
    Larry Miller Larry Taylor
    The Fifth International Symposium on Packed Column SFC (SFC 2011), which alternates between the United States and Europe, was held in New York City, July 20–22, 2011. read more

  • Separation Science Highlights From Pittcon® 2011

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    At Pittcon® 2011, most new products appeared to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. read more

  • General Laboratory Equipment: Innovation Showcase

    Monday, May 09, 2011
    Technical Article
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    Each year, manufacturers and distributors flesh out many innovations for the laboratory, ranging from simple accessories to large, more complex instrumentation. read more

  • Analysis of Piperine in Peppers Using On-Line SFE-UHPLC With Photodiode Array Detection

    Tuesday, February 01, 2011
    Application Note
    Takayuki Yamaguchi Kazutoshi Kamezawa Keijin Iwaya Yasuyo Sato Toshihiko Miyaji Masao Bounoshita David J. Tognarelli Muneo Saito
    Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) is a separation technique that utilizes columns packed with microparticles (<2 µm in diameter), as provided by the xtreme liquid chromatography (x-lc™) system (jasco corp., tokyo, japan) µm="" in="" diameter),="" as="" provided="" by="" the="" xtreme="" liquid="" chromatography="" (x-lc™)="" system="" (jasco="" corp.,="" tokyo,="">... read more

  • Enterprise Thinking: Driving Open Standards Adoption in the Laboratory

    Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Trish Meek Séamus Mac Conaonaigh
    With the continued rise in the cost of drug research and development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research companies are rethinking the way they do business. read more

  • Improving FTIR Operation With a Contaminant Analysis Program

    Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Application Note
    John Monti
    Spectrum search (library search) is a procedure often used in contaminant analysis. It consists of using the search function included in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) software or specialized ... read more

  • Effective Forensic Sample Tracking and Handling

    Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Tal Murthy Brian Hewson
    With implications for the success of a legal case, forensic samples must be stored under optimal conditions to avoid DNA deterioration. Failure to maintain proper storage conditions can result in ... read more

  • Benefits of an Integrated Laboratory (iLAB)

    Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Robert Pavlis
    An iLAB, or integrated laboratory, is a new type of laboratory informatics system—a total laboratory automation system. The value of an iLAB can best be appreciated by exploring four key problems with... read more

  • Challenging Chromatographic Peak Integration

    Wednesday, September 01, 2010
    Application Note
    Shaun Quinn
    Integration is a fundamental task that all chromatographers perform on a daily basis. Due to faster chromatography, which is creating more data every day, the amount of time spent on integration is ... read more
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