Shimadzu China and GL Sciences established a 70-30 joint venture to market and sell their parts, consumables and supplies for sample pretreatment in China. Operations commenced October 1 with 12 employees and projected sales of ¥1 billion ($8.2 million) by fiscal 2010. Advion BioSystems acquired NanoTek, a microfluidic chemistry solutions company, in August. NanoTek President […]
Shimadzu released MetID Solutions software for its LCMS-IT-TOF mass spectrometer. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific ConFlow IV Universal Interface for GC, LC and elemental analyzer systems coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometers, enabling immediate switching. Syft Technologies launched the Voice200 selected ion flow tube mass spectrometer, featuring detection limits to 50 ppt. Advanced […]
The metabolome is the full set of metabolites—the chemical fingerprints left behind by cellular processes—in an organism. The pharmaceutical industry is particularly interested in the potential of metabolomics research, because metabolites can serve as biomarkers for disease states and drug efficacy, and they can reveal toxicity during the drug discovery process. Metabolomics offers instrument manufacturers […]
While it does not make up nearly as large a market as laboratory mass spectrometry (MS) does, process MS is an online analytical technique that is critical to certain applications. Much of the same basic technology used in laboratory mass spectrometers is applied to process instrumentation. While there have been few recent introductions of new […]
AOAC International held its annual meeting and exposition from September 16 to 20 at the Hyatt Regency in Anaheim, California. The meeting’s return to California after a five-year absence appeared to have increased attendance. The AOAC reported 845 registered attendees, up from just over 800 last year, including about 230 international attendees. A number of […]
News of sports doping scandals has been prevalent this summer. While the use of performance-enhancing drugs is nothing new, the availability of advanced pharmaceuticals and the analytical methods to detect them are fairly recent developments. The most common tool of laboratory scientists working to catch sports cheats is mass spectrometry (MS). However, the market for […]
By the time Bio-Rad Laboratories acquired Ciphergen Biosystems’ ProteinChip systems business for $20 million (see IBO 8/15/06) in November last year, the product line had a rocky commercial history. Sales of the ProteinChip system, which was launched in 1999, and related products peaked in 2003. The ProteinChip system uses chip-based chromatography to separate and enrich […]
SGE Analytical Services signed a joint R&D agreement with the Australian Proteome Facility for applications of its ProteCol LC platform and microfabrication technologies for protein biomarker discovery. Waters entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory to develop trace level analytical methods for detecting perfluorinated compounds in soil […]
IBO has selected LECO’s new TruTOF HT as the best new product from this year’s ASMS meeting in Indianapolis. Although the aesthetics of this new GC-TOF mass spectrometer are quite subdued, everything else about the new system is to the contrary. For starters, the system is a benchtop design, comparable in size to the only […]
The 55th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics took place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana from June 3 to 7. Just a week earlier, Indianapolis was the sight of the famous Indianapolis 500 race, but for MS enthusiasts, this was the week to be in […]
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