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App that converts conductivity to concentration released by Mettler Toledo

The free new mobile app allows engineers and instrumentation professionals to convert between concentration and conductivity. It is available from the App Store, Google Play and MT.com.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 18 Apr 2017

Newest products by Cole-Parmer brands showcased at ARABLAB

Cole-Parmer’s brands Stuart, Electrothermal, Jenway, Techne and PCRmax, recently exhibited their newest products at the 34th ARABLAB in Dubai. The show was a great success as it enabled Cole-Parmer’s brands to meet buyers from the growth markets in the Middle East, China and Asia. With almost 1,000 exhibitors from over 100 countries, the trade show continues to grow year on year to establish itself as one of the world’s leading events for the analytical industry.

From Cole Parmer Limited 12 Apr 2017

Genomic Analysis Technologies: Past, Present and Future

In this interview, Jay Flatley, Executive Chairman of Illumina, gives an introduction to Illumina and the next generation genomics tools they provide.

From Pittcon 10 Apr 2017

2017 was another big year for Pittcon, as global attendance and economic impacts are revealed

Pittcon 2017 brought together members from the scientific community from around the world with leading speakers, instructors and exhibiting companies.

From Pittcon 16 Mar 2017

Jenway introduces new 7205 UV/Visible spectrophotometer for robust, reliable data analysis

Cole-Parmer Ltd announced today that Jenway, a leading UK manufacturer of analytical laboratory instruments, has launched the new 7205 UV/Visible spectrophotometer.

From Cole Parmer Limited 15 Mar 2017

Ellutia unveils 500 Series Gas Chromatograph at Pittcon 2017

Ellutia Chromatography Solutions, the world-renowned gas chromatography instruments and solutions company, will officially unveil its 500 Series range of instruments at Pittcon 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

From Ellutia Chromatography Solutions 9 Mar 2017

CSU chemists create simple, cheap testing systems to detect water or food-borne pathogens

Food poisoning: Many of us have had it, and we won't soon forget it. Colorado State University chemists are trying to make it so we can.

8 Mar 2017

Scientists move closer towards simpler, accurate detection of bacterial contaminants in food and water

Food poisoning is a scourge. Yet preventing it is far from foolproof. But in a new study in Analytical Chemistry, scientists report that they are closing in on a way to use a combination of color-changing paper and electrochemical analysis -- on plastic transparency sheets or simple paper -- to quickly, cheaply and more accurately detect bacterial contamination of fruits and vegetables in the field before they reach grocery stores, restaurants and household pantries.

8 Mar 2017

Advances in Optogenetics

Optogenetics is a way of introducing information into the brain using light, it targets specific cells or connections across the brain. It is fast, like brain signaling, and helps you communicate with neural circuitry in a language more similar to what is normally used within the brain.

From Pittcon 2 Mar 2017

Using Spherical Nucleic Acids to Track and Treat Disease

Spherical nucleic acids are structures that are made by taking a nanoparticle template and using chemistry to arrange short strands of DNA or RNA on the surface of those particles. The spherical core of the nanoparticle creates a spherical arrangement of DNA or RNA, similar to tiny little balls of nucleic acids.

From Pittcon 1 Mar 2017

Diagnosing Infections Through Molecules in Patient Breath

Over the past couple of decades, the analytical technology and the clinical microbiology insight needed to create a breath test for infections has seen a considerable number of advances and there are now numerous research teams focused on evaluating patient breath as a diagnostic fluid for infectious diseases. Significant challenges still need to be overcome.

From Pittcon 27 Feb 2017

Decoding the Exposome Through Breath Biomarkers

The human exposome is probably best defined as “everything that is not the genome.” This is a bit tongue in cheek, but basically, the exposome is comprised of all of the chemicals in your body from the environment, food, consumer products, their metabolites, the endogenous “housekeeping” chemicals, the cellular wastes from energy production, as well as all of the messenger compounds and life supporting chemicals.

From Pittcon 24 Feb 2017

Pittcon 2017 taking place in 2 weeks, will feature over 700 leading companies in the scientific community

The Pittcon 2017 Exposition, which takes place March 5-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, will include 770 exhibitors (count as of February 6, 2017) of which 122 are first time exhibitors. Leading companies will be displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs.

From Pittcon 17 Feb 2017

New technique efficiently separates circulating tumor cells in bloodstream

A new research, affiliated with UNIST has been highlighted on the front cover of the January 2017 issue of the prestigious journal Analytical Chemistry. The key finding of this study is the development of a new technique that seperates circulating tumor cells from whole blood at a liquid-liquid interface.

7 Feb 2017

Single Molecule Detection of Proteins in Single Cells

We developed this technology almost 10 years ago. It was developed after a key experiment was carried out by David Rissin, who was a PhD candidate in my laboratory at the time.

From Pittcon 3 Feb 2017

NMR and metabolic phenotyping

In this interview, Dr Harmut Schafer introduces the work being done at the Phenome Center in Birmingham, on metabolic phenotyping using NMR.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 31 Jan 2017

Characterizing the Brain - Cell by Cell

My group develops approaches to study cell-to-cell signaling in the brain – how the cells of the brain talk to each other. The brain is heterogeneous, probably more so than any other organ in our body, and many of its functions depend on the unique characteristics of these cells.

From Pittcon 23 Jan 2017

Nominations released for awards to be presented at Pittcon 2018

The Pittcon sponsors, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented during Pittcon 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

From Pittcon 18 Jan 2017

Metabolomics and NMR

Bruker has been involved in the Phenome Center network since its beginning. Several years ago, the whole visionary concept of a global phenome network was actually born with Professor Jeremy Nicholson and Bruker BioSpin has been part of it since the early stages.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 17 Jan 2017

New method provides rapid, accurate assessment of bacterial oxygen consumption in microdroplets

In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on bacteria much more efficiently using microfluidic devices, since each of the hundreds and thousands of droplets moving through the microchannels can act as separate incubators.

12 Jan 2017