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  • How to Choose the Right Liquid Handling Automation Platform

    Friday, January 11, 2019
    Application Note
    Hal Wehrenberg
    This article discusses some of the key points to consider when choosing a liquid handling platform for your laboratory. 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

  • Focus on Liquid Handling and 3-D Imaging at SLAS 2013

    Friday, February 08, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Most commonly, laboratory automation involves a few hundred wells run for a specific purpose. SLAS 2013, the meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, was held at the Gaylord ... read more

  • Laboratory Automation: 2013–2017

    Friday, November 23, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Laboratory automation is changing the work flow in biochemical and chemical laboratories. read more

  • An Ultrasensitive Immunoassay Detection System for Biomarkers Utilizing Raman Scattering Methods

    Wednesday, October 31, 2012
    Technical Article
    Samar Kundu Charles Ginsburgh Sandra Lynch Neal Siegel
    Detection of low levels of biomarkers utilizing enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology is demonstrated through the use of Raman scattering techniques and a convertible substrate for ... 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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