DECEMBER 2011


Contents • Sommaire • Inhalte


Blood Spots


Direct extraction and analysis


Improve quality and cut waste in clinical trials


Faster food testing for manufacturers


High speed detection of sulphur content in hydrocarbons


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Analytical and Laboratory 5 Equipment


Bioanalytics of dried blood spot cards by LC-MS/MS is a challenging task. A fully automated extracation system giving reliable results has now been developed.


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Detecting sulphur in hydrocarbons


Unlocking the potential of automated product torque testing


Equipement analytique et de laboratoire  Détection du soufre dans les hydrocarbures Libérer le potentiel de l’essai automatisé de la résistance à la torsion


Analytische Geräte und Laborinstrumente  Bestimmung des Schwefelgehalts in Kohlenwasserstoffen


Das verborgene Potenzial automatisierter Drehmomenttester Drug Discovery and


Development 10


Drug discovery techniques focus on speed and cost reduction


Découverte des médicaments et développement  Les techniques de découverte des médicaments privilégient vitesse et réduction des coûts


Medikamentenerkennt und Entwicklung


 Arzneimittelentwicklung mit Fokus auf Geschwindigkeit und Kostenreduzierung


Chromatography • Spectroscopy


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Affordable, powerful and simple to use mass spectrometers


Growth of large crystals for field-portable gamma ray spectrometers


Chromatographie • Spectroscopie  Des spectromètres de masse bon marché, puissants et simples d’utilisation Culture de cristaux de grande taille pour spectromètres gamma portables


Chromatographie • Spektroskopie


 Preisgünstige, leistungsstarke und anwenderfreundliche Massenspektrometer


Bildung großer Kristalle für tragbare Gammastrahlenspektrometer Food and Drink


Technology 24


Massive international investment in new food science laboratories


Nitrogen/protein analyser to ensure high sample throughput for lab


Technologie de l’alimentation et des boissons  Investissement international massif dans les nouveaux laboratoires de science de l’alimentation


 Un analyseur d’azote/protéines permet à un laboratoire de bénéficier d’une capacité élevée de traitement d’échantillons


Lebensmittel- und Getränketechnologie  Massive internationale Investitionen in neue Lebensmittellabore


 Stickstoff-/Proteinanalysator für hohen Probendurchsatz in Laboren Measuring active ingredients


Mesure des ingrédients actifs Wirkstoffmessung


Testing fat in foods


Essai des matières grasses dans les aliments Fettuntersuchung in Lebensmitteln


Cell imaging


Imagerie cellulaire Cell Imaging


Viral contaminations


Contaminations virales Virale Kontamination


Blood spot analysis


Analyse de taches de sang Blutstropfenanalyse


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Index des annonceurs Inserentenverzeichnis


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