CONTENTS
32 INDUSTRY NEWS
ANALYTICAL & LAB EQUIPMENT Making data useful
The new normal?
Roundup of laboratory and scientific product and project news
How LIMS and data analytics deliver actionable insights
Examining whether automation is now standard within the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries
Lab automation success story A leading genome diagnostics lab is using a semi-automated tube picker to retrieve DNA samples
Problems with volatiles
Advantageous accessories Useful accessories for bottle-top dispensers in special applications
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Exploring the issues caused by volatiles in water activity testing
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Realising repeatable dispensing Volumetric dispensing brings new levels
of repeatability to medical device manufacturing
MICROPLATE READERS Easy assay analysis
The simple evaluation of metabolic assays
New system delivers superior assay stability
Latest multimode plate reader launched
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CHROMATOGRAPHY Comprehensive mycotoxin analysis
Simultaneous determination of alternaria toxins, ergot alkaloid epimers and other major mycotoxins in various food matrices by LC-MS/MS
GPC/SEC combination detector analysis
Certified contaminant-free sample vials
JUNE 2023
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STREAMLINING MYCOTOXIN ANALYSIS
Data and
AUTOMATION Analysing
LIMS Lab
ASSAYS
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Case study on the use of LC-MS/ MS for mycotoxin analysis
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