High Tech Separations News articles from October 1999

High Tech Separations News archives from October 1999

ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY System Detects Amino Acids.
October 1, 1999... Introduced by Dionex (1228 Titan Way, P.O. Box 3601, Sunnyvale CA 94086-3803; Tel: 408/737-0700, Fax: 408/730-9403) at Pittcon '99, the AAA-Direct amino acid analysis system detects amino acids directly without the need for pre- or post-...

Nucleic Acids Added to Concert Series.
October 1, 1999... Life Technologies (9800 Medical Center Dr., P.O. Box 6482, Rockville, MD 20849- 6482; Tel: 800/338-5772) recently added the Nucleic Acid Purification System to its Gibco BRL Concert Series. The system relies on a unique anion-exchange resin...

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY Sterogene Adds Functional Groups.
October 1, 1999... Sterogene Bioseparations, Inc. (5922 Farnsworth Ct., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel: 760/929-0455) has added 2 functional groups to its Cellthru BigBead product line. BigBead achieves the direct capture of products from cell culture and...

Affinity Media Can Be Customized.
October 1, 1999... Biorad Laboratories (2000 Alfred Nobel Dr., Hercules, CA 94547; Tel: 510/741- 1000, Fax: 510/741-5800) has developed a method for forming affinity adsorbent media that represents a significant departure from choosing media to best separate...

MASS SPECTROMETRY: Spectrometer Scans 10,000 Lines/10 Sec.
October 1, 1999... Spectro's (Boschstrasse 10, 47533 Kleve, Germany; Tel: +49 / 2821 / 89 20, Fax: +49 / 2821/2 31 44) CIROS Charge Coupling Device (CCD) spectrometer scans 10,000 lines in 10 sec., quick scans in 2.5 sec., and can measure wavelengths from 120...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Amersham, Dyax to Develop Affinity Products.
October 1, 1999... Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (SE-751 84, Uppsala, Sweden; Tel: +46-1816-5000, Fax: +46-1816-6458) and Dyax Corp. (One Kendall Sq., Bldg. 600, Suite 623, Cambridge, MA 02139; Tel: 617/225-2500, Fax 617/225-2501) have contracted to jointly...

Air Products Buys Chun Wang Gases.
October 1, 1999... Through its wholly owned subsidiary Prodair Corp., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195-1501; Tel; 610/481-4911, Fax: 610/481-5900) has made two strategic investments in the Asia Pacific Region. Air...

Strong Power Plant Demand Spurs Testing.
October 1, 1999... The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA, 905 N.E. 11th Ave., P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208-3621) has announced its initial research partners in a groundbreaking fuel cell demonstration project. The BPA public utility customers and...

Air Liquide, Air Products Face Full EU Probe.
October 1, 1999... Air Liquide SA (75, Quai D-Orsay 75321, Paris Cedex 07, France) and Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195-1501; Tel: 610/481- 4911, Fax: 610/481-5900) will face up to 4 more months of European Union scrutiny...

Nanosponge Enters Consumer Market.
October 1, 1999... A nanoporous polymer filter with binding capabilities 100,000 times greater than that of activated carbon filters may soon be removing carcinogens from drinking water in restaurants and homes. Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. (641 5th Ave., New...

ATI Makes First Adsorbent Sale.
October 1, 1999... Aqua Technologies Inc. (3101 Guess Rd., Suite B108, Durham, NC 27707; Tel: 888/456-0008, Fax: 919/471-4939) has made the first commercial sale of ET-1 to Barrett Resources (1515 Arapahoe St., Denver, CO 80202; Tel: 303/297-3900). Barrett,...

Ciphergen Supplies ProteinChip Systems.
October 1, 1999... After using the ProteinChip biomarker discovery technology for less than a year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has placed an order with the manufacturer for several additional units. As part of a multi-agency contract with the...

Ionic Filtration Available On-Line.
October 1, 1999... One Family Investment, Inc., (8160 Blakeland Dr., Suite A, Littleton CO 80125; Tel: 303/865-2020), an Internet-based health and wellness company, has entered the rapidly growing water filtration market with a reusable water bottle that...

NOVEL TECHNIQUES: Buckyballs Separate Gases, Proteins.
October 1, 1999... A carbon material made up of bits of randomly linked soccer ball-shaped molecules may prove useful in separating nitrogen and oxygen from air and for protein and water separations used by the biotechnology industry. Developed by...

Advanta ALI Sanitary Housing Series Debuts.
October 1, 1999... Pall BioPharmaceuticals (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 800/717-7255, Tel: 516/484-5400) has introduced the Advanta ALI Series of sanitary filter housings with a low hold-up volume that enables them to achieve maximum...

Assembly Cleaned In-Situ during Use.
October 1, 1999... AEA Technology plc (P.O. Box 2, RTC Business Park, London Rd., Derby DE24 8YB; Tel: +44 (0)1332 263294, Fax: +44 (0)1332 263178) has developed a filter assembly that can be cleaned in situ during use. Cleaning occurs from periodic brief...

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS: Agilent Introduces First Lab-on-a-Chip.
October 1, 1999... At the Institute of Genomic Research meeting in Miami Beach, Agilent Technologies (2850 Centerville Rd., Wilmington, DE 19808; Tel: 800/227-9770), a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co., has launched the first lab-on-a-chip technology-based...

Program Gives Fast Access to LabChip.
October 1, 1999... The Technology Access Platform (TAP) of Caliper Technologies Corp. (605 Fairchild Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043; Tel: 650/623-0700, Fax: 650/623-0500) has introduced a LabChip microfluidic platform to serve as the basis for the company's high...

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS: Genetic Mutations Detected by System.
October 1, 1999... Labnet International Co. (162 Fernwood Ave., Edison, NJ 08837; Tel: 888/522- 6381, Fax: 732/417-1750) has introduced a mini-gel electrophoresis system designed for the low-voltage separation of nucleic acids and proteins in both agarose and...

Corrected Image Obtained in Lens.
October 1, 1999... An electrophoresis reading system from Bio-Rad Laboratories (Imaging Products Division, 2000 Alfred Nobel Dr., Hercules, CA; Tel: 800/424-6723, Tel: 510/741- 1000, Fax: 510/741-5802) removes the nonuniformities that arise from the imaging...

CALENDAR.
October 1, 1999... December 6-7, 1999, The 1999 Seventeenth Annual Membrane Technology/Separations Planning Conference, Newton, MA. Contact: Business Communications Co.; Tel: 203/853-4266. June 26-30, 2000, The Sixth International Conference on Inorganic...