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Ten Tips for Proper Pipetting
Monday, November 07, 2016
Application Note
A. Björn Carle
Pipetting proficiency is one of the most critical elements to ensure accuracy and precision, particularly in the face of high personnel turnover, growing laboratory workloads and increasingly complex ... read more
In-House Pipette Calibration: The Lean Way
Thursday, October 08, 2015
Application Note
A. Björn Carle
Sorenson Genomics of Salt Lake City focuses on DNA testing, with its expertise in quality, high-throughput testing that spans several diverse business units and highly accredited laboratories. read more
Best Practices for the Use of Micropipets
Friday, June 13, 2014
Application Note
A. Björn Carle Doreen Rumery George Rodrigues
Every day, air-displacement pipets are used to quantitatively dispense sample and reagent aliquots for reaction, routine analyses, and specialized tests. read more
Improved Pipetting Technique: An “Out-of-the-Box” Solution to Reduce Manual Pipetting Errors
Monday, March 03, 2014
Application Note
Tanya Knaide
Handheld air-displacement pipets are used in virtually every laboratory around the world. The technique and skills of individual pipet operators are critical to the accuracy of results of liquid ... read more
Development of a 100% Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Sample Solution for Liquid Handler Performance ...
Friday, June 07, 2013
Application Note
Rachel Parshley John Thomas Bradshaw Karl Olson
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has become one of the most important solvents used for high-throughput screening (HTS) and compound management applications due to its ability to readily dissolve a wide ... 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 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
Separation Science Highlights From Pittcon® 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Technical Article
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
At Pittcon® 2011, most new products appeared to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. 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