Raman spectroscopy is a young analytical technique, but has rapidly become a standardized analytical tool in both lab and industrial applications. More recently, demand for portable Raman spectroscopy has exploded due to technological improvements. While security applications remain the central area of demand, portable Raman spectroscopy is expanding into other areas. Raman is useful for […]
Company Announcements Biotage AG elected Anders Walldov and Eva-Lotta Kraft to its Board in March, replacing Bengt Samuelsson and Mathias Uhlén. India’s Hindu Business Line reported in April that Agilent opened a facility in Haryana. The facility has 1,200 employees and houses back-office and R&D operations. In April, Thermo Fisher Scientific opened its Food Safety […]
On page 4 of the June 15 issue of IBO, in the article “Pre-Owned Instrument Market Matures,” LabX’s user base was incorrect. The company has 170,000, not 17,000, registered members. In the Market Profile on page 12, the wrong price range was listed for ultrasonic homogenizers. The correct price range is $500–$8,000.
This year’s 35th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques was held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from June 19 to June 24. It was the third time in the meeting’s history that it was held there, but its first trip back in 20 years. The conference has […]
Company Announcements Luminex signed a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman in March to collaborate in the creation of next generation biodetectors that will continuously monitor the environment and serve as an early-warning system for the release of potentially harmful airborne agents. Luminex announced in March an exclusive collaboration and licensing agreement with Advanced Liquid Logic, […]
Company Announcements Agilent announced in March a strategic partnership with Pacific Laboratory Products in Australia to provide support and delivery for its chromatography columns and supplies. Phenomenex announced in April direct sales and support in Mexico. Waters and Ireland’s National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) will create the first database for glycan analysis […]
At the start of June, OriGene released its library of 5,000 heavy isotope–labeled full-length human proteins for use as quantitative internal standards in single reaction monitoring and multiple reaction monitoring (SRM/MRM) MS. SRM/MRM MS provides absolute quantitative protein measurements, which are necessary for proteomics research applications such as the identification of protein isoforms, discovery of […]
Company Announcements In April, FEI announced plans to relocate the manufacture of its Small DualBeam product line from Eindhoven, the Netherlands to its facility in Brno, Czech Republic. The move will take nine months, affect 50 employees and involve products with around $60 million in annual revenue. After the move, all Small DualBeam manufacturing will […]
The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and China’s National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety—Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention have signed their first memorandum of understanding focused on food. The USP publishes the Food Chemicals Codex covering standards for food ingredients. The agreement includes potential collaborations for standards and analytical procedures. Source: USP
Earlier this month, the Bulgarian government announced that it will establish a food safety agency to oversee the country’s food chain, including agriculture and food processing. To be part of the Agriculture Ministry, the agency will be based on the European Food Safety Authority’s model. The agency will also include a Risk Assessment Center. Source: […]
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