High Tech Separations News articles from May 2001

High Tech Separations News archives from May 2001

Membrane Modules Break from Columns.
May 1, 2001... Pall Corp. (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 800/859-3245) has recently developed an alternative concept in chromatography, Mustang Modules. The membrane modules break away from the usual chromatography columns filled with...

Chromolith Adds Flow Rate Parameter.
May 1, 2001... Merck KgaA (d-64271 Darmstadt, Germany; Fax: 49-61-72-74-95) has added a flow rate parameter to its awarding-winning Chromolith columns. The flow rates can be varied from 1 mL up to 9 mL/min. and still maintain the same high-quality...

RVM Reduces Power Need.
May 1, 2001... RVM Scientific, Inc. (722 Camino Cascada, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Tel: 805/964-3368) has developed a reduced power consumption gas chromatograph system. The development opens the way for improved temperature-programming applications in...

ELECTROPHORESIS: Spectrumedix Monitors Parallel Device.
May 1, 2001... Spectrumedix Corp. (2124 Old Gatesburg Rd., State College, PA 16803; Tel: 814/867-8600, Fax: 814/867-4513) has an improved system that uses a graphical user interface for monitoring and displaying the status of a computer-automated parallel...

Template Lowers Sequencing Cost.
May 1, 2001... Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (800 Centennial Ave., P.O. Box 1327, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1327; Tel: 732/457-8000, Fax: 732/457-0557) has introduced a template amplification kit that significantly reduces the time and cost of DNA sequencing. The...

Precast Agarose Enhances Consistency.
May 1, 2001... Diversified Biotech (1208 V.F.W. Pkwy., Boston, MA 02132; Tel: 800/796-9199, Fax: 617/323-5641) offers Gel King, a precast agarose gel. Considered a complete system, the product reportedly enhances and improves gel electrophoresis, achieving...

Ultrafast Techniques Allelic Proof Analytes.
May 1, 2001... Technical personnel at the Whitehead Institute and Center for Genome Research (9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02141; Tel: 617/258-5000) have developed practical ultrafast techniques for allelic proofing of biomolecular analytes. The...

USDA PAGEs Circular RNA.
May 1, 2001... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA, Office of the Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Jamie L. Whitten Bldg., 302-A, 14th & Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250; Tel: 202/720-3656, Fax: 202/720-5427) has developed a...

MICROFLUIDICS: Device Diagnoses Nucleic Acid.
May 1, 2001... Affymetrix, Inc. (3380 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051; Tel: 408/731-5000, Fax: 408/481-0422) scientists have developed a miniaturized integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device. The device can be used for de novo sequencing...

HYBRID METHODS: E-Nose Technology Pictures Smells.
May 1, 2001... Electronic Sensor Technology, LLP (EST, 1077 Business Center Circle, Newbury Park, CA 91320; Tel: 805/480-1994, Fax: 805/480- 1984) has developed an improved "electronic nose" using a Surface Acoustic Wave Interferometer. The device generates...

Cephalon Purifies IGF-I.
May 1, 2001... Cephalon, Inc. (145 Brandywine Pkwy., West Chester, PA 19380; Tel: 610/344-0200, Fax: 610/344-0065) has a process for obtaining purified, Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) that results in a threefold increase in final yield. IGF-I,...

Sulzer Increases Blood Supply.
May 1, 2001... Sulzer Biologics, Inc. (9900 Spectrum Dr., Austin, TX 78717; Tel: 800/888-4676, Fax: 512/432-9305) has developed an angiogenic factor derived from bone. Angiogenic factors induce the growth of blood vessels in instances where it is desirable...

Viva Extracts Ginko Biloba.
May 1, 2001... Viva Life Science, Inc. (1239 Victoria St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627; Tel: 800/243-VIVA) has developed a method for preparing a biologically active ginkgo biloba extract. The technique involves extracting purified ginkgo biloba from ginkgo biloba...

INSTRUMENTATION Beckman Adds Pipettor Arm.
May 1, 2001... Beckman Coulter, Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834- 3100; Tel: 714/871-4848, Fax: 714/773-8283) has added the Span-8 pipettor arm to its Biomek FX Liquid Handling System. The Span-8 is an independent, eight-channel pipettor that...

Varian Expands Drug Discovery.
May 1, 2001... Varian, Inc. (3120 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1030; Tel: 650/213-8000, Fax: 650/213-8200) has expanded its roster of life science and drug discovery tools with improved productivity options for the VanKel (VK) 8000 Dissolution...

UC-Oakland Makes the Connection.
May 1, 2001... The University of California (1111 Franklin St., 12th floor, Oakland, CA 94607; Tel: 510/987-9220) has developed a miniature connector for introducing microliter quantities of solutions into microfabricated fluidic devices. The fluidic...

SOFTWARE: Utah Researchers Get Fuzzy Logic.
May 1, 2001... Researchers at the University of the Utah Research Foundation (20 S. 2030 E, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; Tel: 801/581-3867, Fax: 801/585-5151) have developed a computerized system for analyzing chromatographic data using...

DETECTION: Purity of Peptide Enantiomers Examined.
May 1, 2001... Two Jackson State University (Dept. of Chemistry, 1400 Lynch St., Box 18540, Jackson, MS 39217; Tel: 601/968-2586, Fax: 601/974- 5853) analytical chemists have developed a method for examining the enantiomeric purity of synthetic peptides....

PE Uses Fluorescence Polarization Reagents.
May 1, 2001... PerkinElmer, Inc. (45 William St., Wellesley, MA 02481; Tel: 781/237-5100, Fax: 781/431-4255) has introduced the first commercially available reagent system to use fluorescence polarization as a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) detection...

Bio-Rad Catches Hemochromatosis.
May 1, 2001... Bio-Rad Laboratories (1000 Alfred Nobel Dr., Hercules, CA 94547; Tel: 510/724-7000, Fax: 510/741-5817) has launched the mDx line of Analyte Specific Reagents (ASR) for Hereditary Hemochromatosis. The DNA-based products are the only fully...

ADVANCED FILTRATION: Pall Expands Range For Test Instrument.
May 1, 2001... Pall BioPharmaceuticals (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 800/717-7256 or 516/484-5400) has expanded the measuring range of its Palltronic Flowstar integrity test instrument. The higher flow instrument is capable of measuring...

Larger Filters Offer More Value.
May 1, 2001... The Filtration and Separations Group of Osmonics, Inc. (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995; Tel: 800/444-8212, Fax: 952/988-6882) is offering two larger Cameo syringe filters for improved high-performance liquid chromatography...

INDUSTRY NEWS: PerkinElmer Settles with Genomic.
May 1, 2001... Genomic Solutions, Inc. (4355 Varsity Dr., No. E, Ann Arbor, MI 48108; Tel: 734/975-4800, Fax: 734/975-4804) and PerkinElmer, Inc. (761 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06859-0010; Tel: 800/762-4000, Fax: 203/762-4228) have agreed to end litigation...

Rohm & Haas Expects Job Cuts.
May 1, 2001... Rohm and Haas Co. (100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399; Tel: 215/592-3000, Fax: 215/592-3377) says it expects to cut as many as 1,260 jobs as part of a restructuring intended to combat one of the worst periods in chemical...

Beckman Coulter Signs Hospital Contracts.
May 1, 2001... Beckman Coulter, Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834- 3100; Tel: 714/871-4848) has signed six sole-source agreements valued at about $39.5 million with integrated health networks (IHN) during its first quarter, which ended March...

Dionex, Micronics in Development Deal.
May 1, 2001... Dionex Corp. (1228 Titan Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3603; Tel: 408/737-0700, Fax: 408/739-8437) and Micronics, Inc. (8463 154th Ave., NE, Redmond, WA 98052; Tel: 425/895-9197, Fax; 425/895- 1183), have announced a partnership to codevelop...

Invitrogen Launches SAGE in Kit Form.
May 1, 2001... Invitrogen Corp. (1600 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel: 760/603-7200, Fax: 760/603-7201) has introduced a reagent kit to aid in the use of Genzyme Molecular Oncology's (One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139-1562; Tel: 617/252-7570,...

Oligos Sales Up Illumina Revenues.
May 1, 2001... The first commercial sales of oligos for its Oligator oligonucleotide synthesis technology helped to generate $0.6 million in first-quarter revenues for Illumina, Inc. (9390 Towne Center Dr., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 858/587-4290,...

MARKETS & APPLICATIONS Water and Waste Drive Separations.
May 1, 2001... The separations industry is dynamic and growing, driven by existing and new needs for chemical and water purification and waste material handling, as well as the skyrocketing cost of traditional technologies. Whether the problem is isolating...

Briefly Noted:.
May 1, 2001... * Nanogen Names CFO. Nanogen, Inc. (New York, NY) has named Gerard Wills as chief financial officer. He is replacing Kieran Gallahue, who will concentrate his efforts solely on his duties as president. Wills was previously CFO at Trega...

CALENDAR.
May 1, 2001... June 5-8, 2001. EuroBioChips: The Microarray & Microfluidics Technology Congress, Munich, Germany. Contact: Babita Bahal; Tel: +44 (0)20 7453 5405, Fax: +44 (0)20 7637 4383; Email: babita.bahal@informa.com. June 13-14, 2001....