Industry News and Events
Hoefer, Inc. has redesigned its web site to create a more positive user experience. The site offers improved navigation, more product information, an enhanced storefront, and technical literature avail- able for downloading. A “Dealer Portal” section has been added to further improve the communication of support materials with channel partners. Hoefer has been a leading global manufacturer and supplier of electrophoresis and related laboratory products for more than 40 years.
www.hoeferinc.com
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, is expanding its OneSource® Laboratory Services offering to include strategic labo- ratory consulting services. OneSource Strategic Lab Solutions will deliver the combined power of PerkinElmer’s expertise in informat- ics, instrumentation, service, and process optimization to increase laboratory productivity and performance.
www.perkinelmer.com
The Thermo Scientific NanoDrop User Application for iPad from Thermo Fisher Scientific is a convenient new tool that enables users of NanoDrop instruments to take NanoDrop 2000/2000C sample data on the go, allowing an easy and portable way to interact with data anywhere, anytime. The new app is available for free download through the Apple iTunes store. The user app also
contains a technical library and biomath conversion calculator, both of which are designed to assist customers in the laboratory.
www.thermoscientific.com/nanodropapp
Xylem’s YSI Integrated Systems and Services (ISS) has been awarded a contract for five marine monitoring buoys by The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). The buoys will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea. The customized YSI EMM 2000 buoys will measure, record, and transmit real-time water quality and me- teorological data as key components of a Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS).
www.xylemanalytics.com
Members of the mass spectrometry community interested in two-dimensional gas chromatography are invited to attend the 3rd European GC×GC Symposium on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, in Nice, France. This biannual confer- ence is organized by LECO in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Uwe Meierhenrich of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. The two-day program will include lectures on GC×GC and GC×GC-MS technical skills and development, with presentations from leading industry experts in the areas of aroma and flavor, food safety, environmental analysis, and -omics applications.
www.leco.com
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The image on the cover of the American Laboratory May 2013 issue showed a Mettler Toledo ErgoClip sitting atop their state- of-the-art, patented SmartGrid Weigh Pan. More information about each can be found at
www.mt.com/ justthink. The image was captured by photographer Tim Courlas using a Nikon D300 camera, image magnification 200×. Image courtesy of Mettler Toledo, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
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www.spectroline.com Saint-Gobain .......................................................................29
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www.ulvac.com Vacuubrand.........................................................................33
....................................................www.vacuubrand.com W.A. Hammond Drierite ......................................................25
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AMERICAN LABORATORY • 40 • JUNE/JULY 2013
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