60-90 Minute Microbial ID of 2,700 Species from Positive Blood Cultures, Combined with Functional Testing of Cephalosporin- and Carbapenem-Resistance on MALDI Biotyper®, Addresses Clinical Need MADRID — New CE-IVD Fast Sepsityper® solution: for MALDI-Biotyper (MBT) identification (ID) of over 2,700 microbial species from Positive Blood Cultures (PBC) with less hands-on time; Novel CE-IVD MBT STAR®-Cepha kit: for rapid, functional antibiotic resistance testing against Cephalosporins […]

Ann Arbor, MI — Cayman Chemical has launched a new line of ready-to-use, quantitative lipid standards prepared specifically for mass spectrometry applications. This new line of MaxSpec™ analytical standards complements Cayman’s high-purity, basic research tools that researchers have been using for more than 37 years. All MaxSpec™ standards are provided in solution and formulated to save […]

Labcyte Inc. announced today that the company has entered an agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to utilize Acoustic-Mass Spectrometry (Acoustic-MS) in drug discovery and development. Pioneered by Labcyte, acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology uses the gentle energy of sound waves to move liquids at nanoliter resolution with superior […]

– Developing systems for single-cell analysis and promoting their use in drug R&D and life-science studies – Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the establishment on April 1 of a Single Cellome*1 Co-innovators’ Consortium with research groups led by Professor Kenichiro Todoroki and Assistant Professor Hajime Mizuno of the Laboratory of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, School […]

The SCIEX Citrine™ MS/MS medical device provides clinical labs with one solution to tackle today’s difficult assays, and the versatility to address tomorrow’s precision medicine and wellness testing Darmstadt, Germany — SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics division of SCIEX, a global leader in mass spectrometry in the life sciences industry, is launching the Citrine™ Triple Quad™ MS/MS […]

BERLIN–JPT Peptide Technologies (JPT) announces the launch of The Human Proteome Peptide Catalog, the first and most comprehensive online resource for validated reference peptides in mass-spectrometry based proteomics. The new repository provides fast access to >400.000 light & heavy proteotypic peptides covering essentially all proteins of the human body. Currently, a total of 19.840 proteins is […]

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of Centri®, a fully automated multi-mode sampling and concentration system for GC–MS. Market-leading robotics for full automation The new platform, which is being launched at Analytica 2018, uses market-leading robotics to reliably automate sampling and pre-concentration of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) through the […]

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of Centri®, a fully automated multi-mode sampling and concentration system for GC–MS. Market-leading robotics for full automation The new platform, which is being launched at Analytica 2018, uses market-leading robotics to reliably automate sampling and pre-concentration of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) through the […]

Peak Scientific, the global leader in gas generation for analytical laboratories, has unveiled a new addition to its Solaris Nitrogen range. Joining Peak’s popular Solaris generator is the new Solaris XE. Solaris XE can deliver up to 35L/min, at purity levels of up to 99.5% making it the ideal gas solution for LC-MS (Liquid Chromatography-Mass […]

March 27, 2018 Biopharmaceuticals represent the fastest growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, mainly driven by a rapid expansion in the manufacture of recombinant protein-based drugs [1]. The majority of the therapeutic proteins are glycoproteins (monoclonal antibodies, blood proteins, growth factors, vaccines, fusion proteins) and hence, glycosylation is the most prominent post-translational modifications occurring on […]