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  • Protein Aggregation at PepTalk 2014

    Monday, March 31, 2014
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Quantitative analysis of subvisible particles is an important unsolved problem, as discussed in the Particle Analysis track of PepTalk 2014, held January 12–17 at the Renaissance Hotel and Palm ... read more

  • Bioassays and Bioanalytical Method Development 2013

    Tuesday, November 12, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Biotherapeutics are generally large molecules with a heterogeneous complex structure that is directly related to their ability to modulate biological reactions. This precludes defining a meaningful ... read more

  • Direct Improvement With Direct Dilution

    Friday, August 09, 2013
    Application Note
    Joe Olechno Sean Ekins Antony J. Williams Mark Fischer-Colbrie
    The advent of a new technology often brings far-reaching benefits well beyond the initial perception of its key advantages. Acoustic dispensing, for example, with the ability to have highly ... 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

  • High-Content Analysis (HCA 2013): 3-D Reduces the Gap Between In Vitro and In Vivo

    Tuesday, February 05, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The 10th High-Content Analysis meeting attracted about 300 scientists to San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel (January 8–11, 2013). A Venn diagram of attendees would certainly include overlapping circles ... read more

  • Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive: The Dynamic Role of Molecular Technology in Personalized ...

    Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    Technical Article
    T. Keith Brock
    The expected growth of molecular techniques over the next 10 years will have a profound impact on clinical decision-making. read more

  • Tips to Prevent Streaking on 2-D Gels

    Tuesday, November 01, 2005
    Application Note
    Tom Berkelman Mary Grace Brubacher Haiyin Chang Tim Cross William Strong
    The most common problem encountered with 2-D gels is protein streaking, whether in the horizontal or vertical direction. read more

  • An Automated Alternative to SDS-PAGE for Protein Analysis

    Tuesday, March 01, 2005
    Technical Article
    Sang Jeong Sherri Biondi Jim Mikkelsen Bahram Fathollahi Adrian Winoto Michael Spaid Andrea Chow
    Now that the Human Genome Project is finished, the next important phase is understanding the expression and function of proteins. read more
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