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Students can acquire both qualitative and quantitative data and those in educational institutions can analyse NMR spectra through industry-standard software. This supports access for training purposes, as licenses are often free for academic, governmental, and non-profi t institutions.
Conclusion
The past 50 years of NMR spectroscopy innovation have, until recently, been centred around steadily increasing the fi eld strength of analytical instruments. While high-fi eld systems can provide unparalleled insights into the structure and dynamics of complex molecules, low-fi eld benchtop NMR spectrometers offer the reproducibility and stability of NMR in a simpler, smaller instrument.
As analytical technologies continue to evolve, so too does the potential for students to experience formerly specialised techniques such as NMR early in their scientifi c careers. While high-fi eld NMR spectroscopy is playing an increasingly important role in numerous fi elds such as analytical chemistry and drug discovery, the accessibility of benchtop NMR is facilitating the emergence of this technology in a wide range of settings.
Benchtop NMR can support undergraduates to utilise the equipment and experimental data, while gaining signifi cant lab experience to support and encourage students into a career in science. The use of benchtop NMR in educational institutions allows students to observe experiments that historically would only have been possible on high-fi eld NMR spectrometers. Removing these barriers can offer further advantages to academics in various fi elds of application by transferring experiments to a low-cost, conveniently sized instrument that reports with a high degree of accuracy.
About the author:
Dr Venita Decker studied Biochemistry and Neuroscience, but did her dissertation in the fi eld of solid-state NMR (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany). In 2012, she joined the Bruker solid-state NMR application. As a NMR-late entrant she since then actively supported Bruker solutions that simplify the complexity of NMR (TopSolids, the minispec FormCheck, Fourier 80). Meanwhile, she became the Product Manager for Compact NMR (TD/FT) solutions, bringing her mission to the next level.
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1.The Guardian (2014) Science students need lab experience, but it’s nearly impossible to get. Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2014/jul/08/science-students-lab-work- experience-impossible
2. Economic Times (2018) Is the shortage of STEM workers in the US a myth or reality? Available at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/so-is-the-shortage-of-stem-workers- in-the-us-a-myth-or-reality/
Benchtop NMR is seeing great success in applications such as food analysis, quality control, forensics and education. These solutions are only a starting point. There is vast potential for this technology in an almost unlimited range of applications.
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Merck has enhanced its advanced bioprocess portfolio through the acquisition of Resolution Spectra Systems, a Meylan, France-based leader in bioprocess analytical monitoring. The company offers Raman spectroscopy analysis through its GMP-ready instrumentation and software. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
“This acquisition supports our vision of delivering intensifi ed, connected and continuous bioprocessing,” said Andrew Bulpin, head of Process Solutions, Life Science, at Merck. “Raman measurement technology, coupled with the software to analyse and manage the generated data, allows us to offer unique and integrated solutions to help our customers optimise their bioprocesses.”
Christophe Bonneville, co-founder of Resolution Spectra Systems, added: “This acquisition validates our common strategy to support Process Analytical Technology implementation as a key element of biopharmaceutical industry digitalisation.”
Resolution Spectra Systems specialises in bioprocessing monitoring sensors based on Raman technology, which: provides real-time monitoring and process control; measures broad range of bioprocessing parameters, including glucose, lactate, viable cell density and other process-related impurities; monitors all parameters simultaneously with a single probe.
This acquisition supports Merck’s recently launched Bio4C™ Software Suite, a fi rst-of-its-kind ecosystem that combines process control, analytics and plant-level automation. The Bio4C™ Software Suite is the latest component of Merck’s expanding BioContinuum™ Platform, which allows for the convergence of intensifi ed process and digital technologies to advance process speed, quality and fl exibility, while reducing cost.
Raman technology’s bioprocess monitoring sensors complement the ‘collect’ dimension of the Bio4C™ Software Suite, as it provides real-time process analytics across multiple critical process parameters via in-line measurement. By combining these Raman technology sensors with the software to manage the data that they provide, Merck is able to offer unique and integrated bioprocessing capabilities.
The acquisition of Resolution Spectra Systems enhances Merck’s ability to provide advanced process analytical technologies across its bioprocess portfolio, another critical step toward enabling the biomanufacturing facility of the future.
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Using Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry for Mercury, Arsenic, Selenium and Antimony Determination in Food, Feed and Beverage Samples
The consumption of food and drink is one of the main sources of exposure to toxic metals. Selenium, on the other hand, is an essential nutritional element and is often added as a supplement to food for health benefi ts. It is also an important element in animal feed to ensure livestock wellbeing. Coupling Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (AFS) with either cold vapour generation or hydride generation has been PSA’s core competency for over 35 years. With the addition of analyte separation capabilities which allows for speciation studies, PSA offers powerful analytical tools to help contract laboratories, food and feed producers and regulators alike with these determinations. Food security has never been more important. PSA systems offer ultimate detection performance, combined with ease of use and affordability.
Employing Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy as the means of detection the PSA analysers provide ultimate detection performance. With literally thousands of systems in the fi eld today, and support networks in Europe, USA and SE Asia, PSA offers the ideal package of performance, reliability and support.
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