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May/June 2011
High Throughput Chromatography Automation for Clinical Laboratories
allowing complete automation of many common assays, linking sample preparation and analysis into a single seamless process.
Unlike other partial attempts at automation, the system can automate protein precipitation from blood serum and the separation of red cells from whole blood and coupled either with miniaturised solid phase extraction and the
Cambridge based Anatune will be exhibiting its new Clinical Sample Preparation Workstation at the Association for Clinical Biochemistry’s National Meeting, Focus 2011, to be held in Harrogate during May.
This instrument is targeted at the managers of busy clinical laboratories who are dissatisfied with the amount of staff time that is taken up in manually preparing samples prior to analysis by LC-MS.
This new clinical workstation offers improved data quality, increased sample capacity, faster turn-around times and lower overall costs by
introduction of prepared samples into the LC-MS in a just-in-time basis, so that while one sample is being analysed, the next sample is being prepared, maximising throughput and ensuring that each sample in a batch is treated exactly the same way.
The system offers complete turn-key solutions for several determinations that are of importance to many clinical laboratories such as: Vitamin D in Blood Serum; Immunosuppressants in Whole Blood; Urinary Free Cortisol; and Fatty Acid Profiling (by Automated Gas Chromatography).
For more information, visit
www.anatune.co.uk
Chromatography and Spectroscopy Catalogue Expanded by 50 Percent
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (USA) introduces the 2011-2012 Essential Chromatography and Spectroscopy Catalogue. At 1,344 pages, the catalog is 50 percent larger than the previous edition. It is the first to include columns and other consumables from Agilent’s acquisition of Varian, Inc.
"This is our most comprehensive catalog ever, and anyone who does chromatography or spectroscopy will find it an indispensible source of products, compatibility charts, application notes, maintenance schedules and more," said Helen Stimson, Agilent vice president, Chemistries and Supplies Division.
In addition to Agilent J&W GC columns, ZORBAX LC columns and Poroshell LC columns, this edition contains details about Bond Elut solid phase extraction, Captiva Filtration, application-specific GC and LC columns, GPC/SEC gels and standards, flash chromatography products, and atomic and molecular spectroscopy supplies.
For more information, visit
www.agilent.com Ion Chromatography Used to Study Climate Change in Antarctic Ice Cores
Dionex (USA) is pleased to announce that Dionex ICS-3000 instruments are being used by scientists of the Australian Antarctic Division’s glaciology department to study Antarctic ice cores impacted by the effects of climate change. The ice cores can be as long as 1200 meters with a climate history stretching back 90,000 years, and can take as long as six Antarctic summers to recover.
Dionex ion chromatography (IC) instruments have a long history of being used in climate change studies. In the past 10 years, the Byrd Polar
Research Center, Ohio State University, has relied on Dionex IC instruments and columns to study ice cores from Tibet, Kilimanjaro, Peru, and Alaska. Teams from the Department of Public Health and Environmental Analytic Chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy, and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Bern, Switzerland have also implemented Dionex IC instruments and columns for climate change research.
For more information, visit
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