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  • Sample Processing at Pittcon® 2014

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014
    Application Note
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The tenfold increase in speed for the analytics (GC, HPLC, and SFC [supercritical fluid chromatography], all with MS) over the last decade has shifted the choke point in many workflows from analytics ... read more

  • How Solid-Phase Extraction Affects Challenges in Bioanalysis

    Wednesday, February 05, 2014
    Application Note
    Mike Oliver Tim Liddicoat Ken Meadows
    Modern bioanalytical laboratories are tasked with providing high-quality analytical results from complex biological samples in a high-throughput environment. These needs have to be balanced with the ... read more

  • A Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Fluorescence System for Antibody–Antigen Interactions

    Wednesday, August 07, 2013
    Application Note
    Shou-Kuan Tsai Ming-Jhy Hseu Varoujan D. Amirkhanian
    Since its inception more than 20 years ago, slab gel-based electrophoresis technology has been used routinely for the analysis of biomolecules (i.e., DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates). However, use of... read more

  • The Role of Synthetic DNA in Big DNA and Genetics Research

    Friday, August 02, 2013
    Technical Article
    Dan Gibson Hans Packer
    Synthetic biology is defined as the de novo design and construction of biological devices and systems, and as such is heavily reliant on the use of synthetic DNA. The size and sequence of potential ... 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

  • 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

  • Product Intelligence: Solid Phase Extraction Systems

    Monday, February 25, 2013
    Technical Article
    Solid phase extraction, or SPE, is used to isolate pollutants in water and pesticides in food, isolate drugs in blood and tissue samples, and separate proteins from a mixture, among other applications... read more

  • World Genome Data Analysis Summit 2012: Big Data, Big Problems, and Thoughtful Solutions

    Wednesday, December 12, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The World Genome Data Analysis Summit attracted about 70 scientists and engineers to the Monaco Hotel in San Francisco, CA, November 27–29 to talk shop on DNA data. read more

  • Improving Tools for Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Monday, December 10, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Since structured query language (SQL) was introduced 40 years ago, it has evolved and mutated to become the most popular tool for managing tabular databases. read more

  • Bioassays and Bioanalytical Method Development 2012

    Monday, December 10, 2012
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    The 8th Annual Bioassays and Bioanalytical Method Development conference, organized by the Institute for International Research (IIR) in Sarasota, FL, attracted more than 100 scientists to the classic... read more

  • Optimizing HPLC Sample Preparation

    Monday, February 06, 2012
    Technical Article
    Caitlin Smith
    Sample preparation is an important component for analysis in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC). This article outlines commonly used ... read more

  • Can Technology Crack and Extract Useful Knowledge From Proteomics, or is the Proteome too Complex?

    Saturday, October 01, 2011
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Society has invested tens of billions of dollars in the last two decades to sequence the human genome and look for biomarkers to fight disease and guide therapy. read more

  • Increased Throughput in Method 8270 Analysis

    Monday, January 01, 2007
    Application Note
    William D. Goodman Frank DeLorenzo
    Method 8270 is a GC-MS method created by the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste for the analysis of semivolatile organics by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. read more

  • Automated Chemical Ionization in GC-MS

    Monday, January 01, 2007
    Application Note
    Chris Sandy Jean-Francois Garnier Bernhard Rothweiler Fred Feyerherm Sihem Ben Mahmoud Harry F. Prest
    Gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection using chemical ionization (CI) has demonstrated great utility in a wide variety of application areas ranging from forensics to environmental to ... read more
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