22 chromatography • spectroscopy
Chromatography in the spotlight at Pittcon 2010
Fig. 1. The Acquity UPLC H-Class system makes method transfer from HPLC to UPLC easier and more seamless.
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iding its successful launch of the Acquity UPLC H-Class system incorporating the
proven performance of Acquity UltraPerformance LC (UPLC) with the operational familiarity of traditional high performance liquid chromatography, Waters Corporation kicked off its 50th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) focused on its industry- leading family of UPLC solutions.
Reinforcing the impact of Acquity UPLC technology’s application range, scientists from AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly presented their real-life success stories working both with this system and with Waters’ Patrol UPLC system.
Power and performance were the key attributes of the latest chromatography releases at this year’s Pittcon event.
La puissance et la performance constituaient les attributs clé dans les communiqués récents relatifs à la chromatographie lors de l’évènement Pittcon 2010.
Zu den zentralen Attributen der neuesten Chromatographie-Entwicklungen, die auf der Pittcon dieses Jahr vorgestellt wurden, zählen die Leistung und Funktionen.
“Te response to the new Acquity UPLC H-Class system introduced in late January has been tremendous, not only because of the system attributes but also because of its overall impact on the UPLC family,” said Dr Rohit Khanna, vice president worldwide marketing for the Waters Division. “Early feedback from customers is that this system provides a powerful bridge for those who currently rely on HPLC but want the performance of UPLC today and in the future. With the Acquity UPLC H-Class gaining momentum, Waters’ ability to provide a single, powerful LC platform from R&D to manufacturing is unmatched industry wide.”
As the newest member of the UPLC family, the Acquity UPLC H-Class system combines performance, simplicity and flexibility to help more laboratories realise the scientific and business benefits of sub-2µm particle column technology. Beyond improving chromatographic performance when running UPLC columns as well as fully supporting HPLC columns, the Acquity UPLC
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H-Class system closely emulates HPLC workflows, making method transfer from HPLC to UPLC easier and more seamless (Fig. 1). Furthermore, the introduction of this system allows organisations to standardise their approach to LC with a common technology platform that makes the future transition from HPLC- to UPLC-based methods straightforward and practical – from compound discovery to product release.
Waters also used Pittcon 2010 to exhibit an array of new column chemistries for UPLC-based analytical solutions for the characterisation of biomolecules including glycoproteins, proteins and their aggregates, monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins.
Meanwhile PerkinElmer launched a new portfolio of Clarus gas chromatograph (GC) systems aimed at meeting the increasing productivity needs of laboratories concentrating on food, hydrocarbon processing, forensic, and environmental applications. Te Clarus 680 GC provides chromatographers with greater ease of use and flexibility to enable increased productivity (Fig. 2). Te new system incorporates a patented column oven, optimised capillary inlets and selective detectors as well as optional Swafer microchannel flow control technology.
“Increasingly, customers seek to increase sample throughput without sacrificing sensitivity or data quality,” noted Eric Ziegler, vice president, chromatography and mass spectrometry, Analytical Sciences and Laboratory Services, PerkinElmer. “Te Clarus 680 GC is designed to deliver not only higher levels of performance, but greater sample analysis throughput and operational simplicity.”
PerkinElmer also used Pittcon to showcase several additions to its popular Chromera and Flexar product lines for liquid chromatography (LC). Te
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