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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

  • Product Intelligence: Clinical Chemistry Analyzers Technology

    Monday, May 20, 2013
    Technical Article
    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
    Technical Article
    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
    Technical Article
    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
    Technical Article
    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
    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

  • Exhibition of Chromatography Columns at Pittcon® 2013

    Friday, May 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    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
    Technical Article
    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
    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 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

  • Product Showcase: Blood Gas Analyzers

    Wednesday, March 06, 2013
    Technical Article
    Jeanely Hunt, MS, MBA
    Blood gas analysis, more specifically referred to as arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, is a standard clinical diagnostic test that measures a patient’s blood gases; oxygen and carbon dioxide blood ... 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

  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics for the Third World

    Monday, October 01, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The Gates Foundation provides extensive funding for programs to improve health care for the poor with a special emphasis on resource-constrained or third-world countries. 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
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