High Tech Separations News articles from November 2002

High Tech Separations News archives from November 2002

CHROMATOGRAPHY: Kionix Electrospray Speeds Analysis.
November 1, 2002... Kionix Inc. (36 Thornwood Dr., Ithaca, NY; Tel: 607/257-1080; Fax: 607/257-1146) has been granted U.S. Patent 6,461,516 for an integrated monolithic microfabricated electrospray and liquid chromatography system. The company says the system...

System Uses Fewer Components.
November 1, 2002... Alltech Associates Inc. (2051 Waukegan Rd. Deerfield, IL; Tel: 800/255-8324, 847/948-8600; Fax: 847/948-1078) has developed an ion suppression chromatograph (SIC) system that uses fewer components than do traditional SIC systems. ...

Agilent Columns Reduce Adsorption.
November 1, 2002... Agilent Technologies Geneva (CH-1217 Meyrin 1, Switzerland; Tel: +44/20/7496-3306) chemists used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and select HPLC columns to analyze antibiotic, antidepressant and antibacterial drugs. According to...

Symyx Analyzes Nonbiological Polymers.
November 1, 2002... Symyx Technologies Inc.s' (3100 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA; Tel: 408/764-2000; Fax: 408/748-0175) parallel LC method and flow-injection analysis techniques characterize polymer solutions, emulsions and dispersions says the company,...

Sandia Goes With the Flow.
November 1, 2002... Sandia National Laboratories (PO Box 969, Livermore, CA 94551; Tel: 1-800/294-8358) has been granted U.S. Patent 6,460,420 for its flowmeter for pressure-driven chromatography systems. The system allows accurate measuring of flowrates in...

Agilent Compares Toxic Compounds.
November 1, 2002... Agilent Technologies Inc. (395 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA; Tel: 650/752-5000, 800/227-9770, 302 993-5304; Fax: 302/633-8901) compared two techniques for analyzing toxic organotin compounds. One technique used GC (gas chromatography) with...

ProMetic Adsorbents Purify DNA.
November 1, 2002... ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (6100 Royalmount Ave. Montral, Qubec, Canada; Tel: 514/496-2115; Fax: 514/496-2079), and Aldevron, LLC (3233 15th St. S. Fargo, ND; Tel: 701/297-9256; Fax: 701/280-1642) have developed a family of chromatographic...

ESA Detects at Zeptomole Levels.
November 1, 2002... ESA Analytical Ltd. (Brook Farm, Dorton, Aylesbury, Bucks UK; Tel: +44-184/423-9381) has developed a detector that allows chromatographic detection to zeptomole levels. The ZETALIF Laser Induced Fluorescence detector monitors HPLC and...

ELECTROPHORESIS: Stony Brook Cheapens Sequencing.
November 1, 2002... Stony Brook University (Nicolls Rd. Stony Brook, NY; Tel: 631/632- 6000) has developed a method and apparatus for DNA electrophoresis and detection. DNA electrophoresis is commonly performed using polyacrylamide gel placed between two...

Cosmo Simplifies Protein Analysis.
November 1, 2002... Cosmo Bio.Co. Ltd. (2-2-20 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135, Japan; Tel: 81/3-5632-9600; Fax: 81/3-5632-9613) and Advance Co. Ltd. (5-7, Nihonbashi, Kobuna-cho, Chuo-ku,Tokyo 103-0024Japan; Tel: 3/3664- 6271; Fax: 3/3667-9523) has been granted U.S....

Symyx System Reduces Noise.
November 1, 2002... Symyx Technologies Inc. (3100 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA; Tel: 408/764-2000; Fax: 408/748-0175) has developed a parallel capillary electrophoresis system with signal averaging and noise cancellation. The system (U.S. Patent...

Promega Polymerase Saves Time.
November 1, 2002... Promega UK's (Delta House, Chilworth Research Centre, Southampton, UK; Tel: 44/238/076-0225; Fax: 44/238/076-7014) GoTag DNA polymerase saves time by allowing the researcher to go from thermocycler to gel without the need to add loading...

SPECTROMETRY: Sulfamethoxazole Determined Easily.
November 1, 2002... Investigations by University of Peshawar (Dept. of Chemistry, N.W.F.P., Peshawar, Pakistan; Tel/Fax: 92-91-9216652) chemists have proven that the presence of sulfamethoxazole in various formulations can be determined easily with mass...

NOVEL TECHNIQUES: OPH Isolated from Sarin Gas.
November 1, 2002... In response to the threat of exposure to chemical warfare (CW) agents and the acute need to improve decontamination technology, the U.S. Army has developed a one-step process for isolating the organophorous hydrolase (OPH) enzyme from Sarin...

Tecan Plans Workcell Additions.
November 1, 2002... Tecan Group, Ltd. (Seestrasse 103, CH-8708 Mannedorf, Switzerland; Tel: 41-1-922-88-88, Fax: 41-1-922-8889) plans to add several features to its Genesis FE500 Workcell, with introduction slated for late 2002. Dimitri Katsoulis, head of...

PerkinElmer Analyzes 10 Times Faster.
November 1, 2002... PerkinElmer's (45 William St. Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781-237-5100) HyperDSC is said to be a breakthrough thermal analysis method for material characterization. The new method delivers increased sensitivity over existing Differential Scanning...

ADVANCED FILTRATION: Bioprocessing of Drug Therapies Speeded Up.
November 1, 2002... Pall Life Sciences (600 S. Wagner Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103; Tel: 800/521-1520 or 734/665-0651, Fax: 734/913-6114) has designed its tangential flow filtration (TFF) membrane technologies that offer drug developers the processing improvements...

MF Unit Avoids Cross-Contamination.
November 1, 2002... Applied Biosystems Group (850 Lincoln Centre Dr., Foster City, CA 94404; Tel: 800/327-3002 or 650/638-5800, Fax: 650/638-5884) has developed a multi-well microfiltration (MF) device that separates and collects filtrate from each well,...

SOFTWARE: Update Works on Large Genotyping Studies.
November 1, 2002... Applied Biosystems Group (850 Lincoln Centre Dr., Foster City, CA 94404; Tel: 800/327-3002 or 650/638-5800, Fax: 650/638-5884) has released an updated version of its GeneMapper software, referring to it as a "powerful, flexible package with a...

LIMS Improves Functionality.
November 1, 2002... Thermo LabSystems Inc. (100 Cummings Center, Suite 407J; Beverly MA; Tel: 978/524-1400; Fax: 1-978/524-1100) has released the latest version of its laboratory information management system (LIMS). According to the company, SampleManager 2002...

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS: Single Channel Prototype Readied.
November 1, 2002... Ontogen Corp. (6451 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92009; Tel: 760/930-0100, Fax: 760/930-0200) plans a late 2002 release of a pre-production prototype of OntoChrom SC, a single channel version of its four-channel system. Romaine Maiefski,...

CENTRIFUGES: Beckman Coulter Launches Ultracentrifuge.
November 1, 2002... Beckman Coulter Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834; Tel: 714/871-4848, Fax: 714/773-8283) says its Optima L-XP Ultracentrifuge System is capable of generating a centrifugal force of 802,400 x g. The system features simulation...

ARRAYS: Systems Speed Genetic Research.
November 1, 2002... Two launches by Sequenom Inc. (3595 John Hopkins Ct., San Diego, CA 92121-1331; Tel: 858/202-9000), the MassArray 20K system and the Allelotyping product, are expected to accelerate the speed and efficiency of large-scale genetics studies....

Enzyme Assays Labeled In-Line.
November 1, 2002... Caliper Technologies Corp. (605 Fairchild Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043-2234; Tel: 650/623-0700, Fax: 650/623-0500) has developed microfluidic devices that allow in-line labeling of enzyme (protease inhibition) assays to be performed in a...

MEDIA: Agilent Offers Kits for Gene Research.
November 1, 2002... Agilent Technologies Inc. (395 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA; Tel: 650/752-5000, 800/227-9770, 302 993-5304; Fax: 302/633-8901) has unveiled three 60-mer catalog oligo microarray kits, all of which the company claims are industry-firsts. The...

PerkinElmer Launches Microarray Platform.
November 1, 2002... PerkinElmer's (45 William St. Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781-237-5100) has introduced a new generation microarray informatics solution to automate integrated data management from microarray spotters, scanners and gene expression data analysis. ...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Enzo Biochem Sues PerkinElmer.
November 1, 2002... Enzo Biochem Inc. (527 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022; Tel: 212/583-0100, Fax: 212/583-0150) has filed a lawsuit against PerkinElmer's (45 William St. Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781-237-5100), Amersham Plc (Amersham Place, Little Chalfont,...

Court Finds CUNO Infringed Patents.
November 1, 2002... Judge Johanna Seybert of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a judgment that CUNO Inc.'s (400 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450; Tel: 203/237-5541, Fax: 203/238-8977) PolyPro XL and LifeAssure filters...

GE Power Systems to Acquire Osmonics.
November 1, 2002... GE Power Systems, a division of General Electric Company (3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06431-0001; Tel: 203/373-2211, Fax: 203/373-3131) and Osmonics Inc. (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995; Tel: 952/933-2277, Fax:...

FDA Clears Pall's Leukocyte Filter.
November 1, 2002... Pall Corp. (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 516/484-5400) says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has granted approval to market a new leukocyte (white blood cell) reduction filter that processes blood faster and...

PerkinElmer Combines Business Units.
November 1, 2002... PerkinElmer's (45 William St. Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781-237-5100) will combine its Life Sciences and Analytical Instruments business units into a new integrated business named Life and Analytical Sciences. The new business will leverage...

Beckman Coulter Renews MAGNET Deal.
November 1, 2002... Beckman Coulter Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834; Tel: 714/871-4848, Fax: 714/773-8283) has renewed its agreement with Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Services Inc. (MAGNET, Mechanicsburg, PA) to provide a full range of...

InforMax Acquired By Invitrogen.
November 1, 2002... Invitrogen Corp. (1600 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel: 760/603-7200, Fax: 760/602-6500) and InforMax Inc. (7600 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1100, Bethesda, MD 20814; Tel: 240/747-4000, Fax: 240/747-4010) have signed a definitive agreement...

Bio-Rad Breaks New Ground.
November 1, 2002... Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (2000 Alfred Nobel Dr. Hercules, CA. Tel: 800/424-6723; Fax: 800/879-2289) hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony at its Hercules campus. The company is building a new 140,000 sq. ft. facility to house its...

Briefly Noted:.
November 1, 2002... * Beckman Coulter Inc. (Fullerton, CA) says third quarter ended September 30, 2002 results that are in line with preliminary results released on October 15, 2002. Sales increased 5% on strong performance in the clinical diagnostics segment...