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  • High-Throughput Drug Screening of Multicellular Tumor Spheroids

    Tuesday, September 27, 2016
    Application Note
    Ana Maria P. Pardo Hannah J. Gitschier David H. Randle Terry Riss
    Three-dimensional (3-D) culture models are increasingly being used for drug discovery in oncology, as they better represent the complexity of the in vivo microenvironment of solid tumors. read more

  • The Scales of Scientific Justice in Translational Science: Data Reproducibility and Verifiable ...

    Tuesday, March 04, 2014
    Application Note
    Tristan Berto
    The traditional “scales of justice” represent truth and fairness. For the scientific community, the balance is between big data (terabytes of data across numerous databases) on one scale and ... read more

  • Innovation Thrives at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2013

    Tuesday, August 06, 2013
    Technical Article
    Paul O Danis
    When J.J. Thomson, the father of mass spectrometry, published his seminal book, Rays of Positive Electricity, 100 years ago, he could not have imagined the vast array of applications that would be ... read more

  • Advances in Mass Spectrometry at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    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

  • Automated Cell Staining in Drug Discovery

    Tuesday, April 09, 2013
    Application Note
    Amy Yoder Li Liu
    Cell and molecular biology become more integral pieces of the modern drug discovery process on a seemingly daily basis. Monitoring the interaction of cells and internal cellular activity provides ... 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

  • American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2012 Product Showcase

    Tuesday, July 31, 2012
    Technical Article
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    Mass spectrometry is a fundamental technique used by chemists and life science researchers for determining unknown samples across various research areas, such as environmental analysis, toxicology ... read more

  • Pittcon® 2012 Roundup of Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry

    Monday, May 07, 2012
    Technical Article
    Jeffrey M. Perkel
    This past March, some 15,754 people from 90 countries descended on Orlando, Florida, for the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon®). 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

  • Automated ELISA Liquid Handling With a Combination Microplate Washer Dispenser

    Friday, April 17, 2009
    Application Note
    Paul Held Jason Greene
    Many biochemical assays involve the addition of different reagent fluids interrupted by delays or incubations to allow for a reaction to occur. read more

  • Fast Gravimetric Testing of Multichannel Pipets

    Monday, May 02, 2005
    Application Note
    Karl Heinz Lochner
    Piston pipets with air cushions have long been the standard equipment in many laboratories, especially in medical research and the life sciences for the transfer of liquids in the microliter range. read more

  • Multicapillary Columns for Chromatography

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Yuri P. Belov Marina M. Ulyanova Vladimir N. Sidelnikov
    The principles and theory of high-speed capillary chromatography have been known since the 1960s. To realize the maximum speed capabilities, it is necessary to use capillaries with a diameter of ... read more

  • Rapid Testing of Toxic Chemicals

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Nathalie Boucher Lucie Lorrain Marie-Eve Rouette Elisabeth Perron Nancy Déziel Louis Tessier François Bellemare
    The measurement of chlorophyll fluorescent signals from photosynthetic enzyme complexes (PEC) has becomeone of the most powerful indicators for ecophysiologists. read more

  • Miniaturized FTIR for Maximized Productivity

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Ken Fredeen John S. Seelenbinder Mark L. Norman
    In today’s fast-paced business environment, many companies are under pressure to improve their productivity. This is especially true in the pharmaceutical industry, where reducing time-to-market ... read more

  • LC-MS With Simultaneous Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Wayne P. Duncan Patrick D. Perkins
    Today, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (LC-ESI-MS) is increasingly being used as the technique of choice for high-throughput pharmaceutical analysis. read more
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