High Tech Separations News articles from October 2000

High Tech Separations News archives from October 2000

CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY: Entangled Gels Improve Column Performance.
October 1, 2000... Rohm and Haas Co. (100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399; Tel: 215/592-3000, Fax: 215/592-3377) scientists have discovered that certain non-crosslinked polymers, when held together through physical entanglement rather than...

Luna Phase Offers Wide pH Stability.
October 1, 2000... The Luna capillary high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) column by Phenomenex (2320 W. 205th St., Torrance CA 90501; Tel: 310/212-0555, Fax: 310/328-7768) was listed on an American Laboratory table of the Pittcon '99's "New Capillary...

MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY Small Molecule Synthesis Possible.
October 1, 2000... Contrachem, Ltd. (PO Box 2497, Palatine, IL 60078; Tel: 847/934- 4458, Fax: 847/934-8785) has applied simulated moving bed (SMB) chiral chromatography to small molecule synthesis, a process with potential in the production of...

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS Base Sequences Are Determined Online.
October 1, 2000... Shimadzu Corp. (1 Nishinokyo, Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604, Japan; Tel: 075-823-1147, Fax: 075-823-1361) has patented an online capillary electrophoresis device that determines base sequences of DNA fragment samples and detects...

ION CHROMATOGRAPHY: Polarized Beds Pump Steady Electrolyte.
October 1, 2000... Scientists at HSR (4176 Oxford Dr., Leland MI 49654; Tel: 617/256- 7254) and Dionex Corp. (450 Lakeside Dr., Box 3603, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3603; Tel: 408/737-0700) have developed an ion chromatography technique that can produce a steady and...

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS: SFE Improves Camptothecin Yields.
October 1, 2000... An automated supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) process from Midwest Research Institute (525 Volker Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64110-0229; Tel: 816/753-7600) isolates Camptothecin from the leaves of the Camptotheca Acuminata tree, a source of...

DETECTION: TGBS Identifies DNA Samples.
October 1, 2000... A new detector from SpectruMedix (2124 Gatesburg Rd., State College, PA 16803; Tel: 814/867-8600, Fax: 814/867-4513) uses a transmission grating beam splitter (TBGS) for multi-wavelength DNA sample analysis. Senior scientist Changsheng Liu...

System Identifies Large Molecules.
October 1, 2000... Innogenetics N.V. (Technologie Park 6, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium; Tel: 32 9 329 13 29, Fax: 32 9 245 76 23) has developed a system that uses amplified chemiluminescence to analyze biological substances quantitatively. The system identifies...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Beckman/Bio-Rad Won't Renew Deal.
October 1, 2000... Beckman Coulter, Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92634; Tel: 714/871-4848, Fax: 714/773-8283) and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (1000 Alfred Nobel Dr., Hercules, CA 94547; Tel: 510/724- 7000, Fax: 510/724-3167) have agreed not to renew...

Corning Enters Microarray Market.
October 1, 2000... At Miami's 12th Annual Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Corning, Inc. (One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY 14831; Tel: 607/974-9000) announced its intent to enter the DNA microarray market. Drawing on established Corning technologies,...

Biomarker Discovery Center Opens.
October 1, 2000... Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. (6611 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont, CA 9455; Tel: 888/864-3770 or 650/496-3770, Fax: 650/424-1651) has opened the Biomarker Discovery Center to focus on proteomics research and protein biomarker discovery. The focus...

Briefly Noted:.
October 1, 2000... U.S. Filter Australia/Vivendi Water (USF, 40-004 Cook St., Palm Desert, CA 92211; Tel: 760/340-0098, Fax: 760/341-9368) and Dow (2030 Dow Center, Midland, MI 48674; Tel: 517/636-1000, Fax: 517/636-4033) helped organizers of the Sydney Olympic...

ADVANCED FILTRATION UV Light Controls Pore Size.
October 1, 2000... Sandia Labs' (PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1349; Tel: 505/272-7627, Fax: 505/272-7304) senior scientist, Jeff Brinker, has developed a nano-engineering process that precisely sizes the trillions of pores in membranes used for fine...

Package Supports Validation Instrument.
October 1, 2000... Pall BioPharmaceuticals (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 800/717-7255 or 516/484-5400) is offering a validation package to support the Palltronic Flowstar, an automated instrument that cuts integrity-testing time for...

Filters Recover Drug Particles.
October 1, 2000... CritiTech, Inc. (1617 St. Andrews, Suite 210, Lawrence, KS 66047; Tel: 785/864-5183) has developed a membrane process to recover ultrafine drug particles from supercritical organic solutions for use in cancer treating agents, intravenous...

Nanofiltration Speeds Sugar Production.
October 1, 2000... Louisiana State University's (Louisiana State University, Agricultural Center, South Stadium Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70803- 7305; Tel: 225/388-2211, Fax: 225/388-2708),) Michael Saska has developed a nanofiltration technique for producing white...

Compliant Gasket Improves Seal.
October 1, 2000... Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (4400 Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826-2399; Tel: 407/281-2000, Fax: 407/281-3131) has developed a compliant gasket assembly that improves the particulate barrier in hot-gas cleanup systems by providing a seal...

MEMBRANE CHROMATOGRAPHY Adsorbers Cut Diffusion Rate.
October 1, 2000... Sartorius Corp. (131 Heartland Blvd., Edgewood, NY 11717; Tel: 800/368-7178) offers novel Sartobind membrane adsorbers for what it terms "high performance membrane chromatography." Sartorius technical representative, Denise Schattino, says...

NOVEL TECHNIQUES: Phage Display Helps Select Enzymes.
October 1, 2000... An advanced form of phage display technology from Dyax Corp. (Bldg. 600, 5th Floor, One Kendall Sq., Cambridge, MA 02139; Tel: 617/225-2500, Fax: 617/225-2501) allows engineering and producing highly selective industrial enzymes with improved...

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Columns Analyze Aminos Sans Ions.
October 1, 2000... Restek (110 Benner Circle, Bellefonte, PA; Tel: 814/353-1300) is promoting its Allure and Ultra liquid chromatography (LC) columns designed for use with mass spectrometry (MS) with better results, the firm says, than ion exchange or...

Hybrid Particle Packing Extends Performance.
October 1, 2000... Waters Corp. (34 Maple St., Milford, MA 01757-3696; Tel: 508/478- 2000; Fax: 508/872-1990) has introduced its XTerra columns, which use an organic/inorganic hybrid packing that extends the limits of high performance liquid chromatography...