High Tech Separations News articles from October 2002

High Tech Separations News archives from October 2002

CHROMATOGRAPHY: IEC Method Purifies Peptide.
October 1, 2002... Novo Nordisk A/S' (Krogshjvej 41, DK-2880 Bagsvrd, Denmark; Tel: +45/88-24- 88-24; Fax: +45/88-24-88-20) ion exchange chromatography (IEC) process purifies a peptide from a mixture of peptide and related impurities while saving steps. ...

Gerstel Eliminates Water From Samples.
October 1, 2002... Gerstel (Aktienstrae 232-234, D-45473 Mlheim an der Ruhr, Germany; Tel: +49/208/ 7-65-03-0; Fax: +49/208/7-65-03-33) says reliable gas chromatograms can be obtained from samples that contain water. Gerstel's method and apparatus for gas...

Port Allows Easy Packing.
October 1, 2002... Euroflow (U.K.) Ltd.'s (Brimscombe Port Business Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.; Tel: 0145/388-5774, Fax: 0145/388-3323) method for packing particulate chromatography media into chromatography columns results in a properly packed bed...

Alltech Process Removes Gas.
October 1, 2002... Alltech Associates, Inc. (2051 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield, IL; Tel: 800/255-8324, 847/948-8600, Fax: 847/948-1078) has been granted U.S. Patent 6,444,475 for an ion chromatography apparatus and method that removes gas prior to sample detection....

Cartridge Offers Convenience.
October 1, 2002... Dyax Corp. (300 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA; Tel: 617/225- 2500, Fax: 617/225-2501) has designed a chromatography cartridge assembly that is both practical and convenient. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge, and first and...

TurboFlow Gains Acceptance.
October 1, 2002... Cohesive Technologies, Inc. (101 Constitution Blvd., Franklin, MA 02038; Tel: 508/528-7989, Fax: 508/528-8699) says its turbulent flow high throughput liquid chromatography (HTLC), called TurboFlow, as well as the company's multiplexing...

Symyx Detects and Characterizes.
October 1, 2002... Symyx Technologies, Inc. (3100 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA; Tel: 408/764-2000, Fax: 408/748-0175) has been granted U.S. Patent 6,436,292 for a high-pressure chromatography (HPLC) method for rapid characterization of a plurality of...

Tecan Launches Proteomics Line.
October 1, 2002... Tecan, Inc. (4022 Stirrup Creek Rd., Suite 310, Durham, NC; Tel: 919/361-5200, 800/338-3226, Fax: 919/361-5201) has launched a proteomics product line (ProTeam) that includes fully integrated systems that perform many of the steps involved in...

Argonaut Software Simplifies FlashMaster.
October 1, 2002... Argonaut Technologies' (1101 Chess Dr., Foster City, CA; Tel: 877/655-4200, 650/655-4200, Fax: 650/655-4300) software for its flash chromatography systems improves on the earlier version, making the systems more convenient and accessible. ...

Varian Speeds Bioanalysis.
October 1, 2002... Varian, Inc.'s (2700 Mitchell Dr., Walnut Creek, CA; Tel: 800/926- 3000, Fax: 925/945-2360) solid phase extraction (SPE) solution allows simplified extraction of polar compounds from biological matrices. The company says its Focus...

Cambridge Electrifies For Less.
October 1, 2002... Cambridge Scientific Instruments' (12-15 Sedgeway Business Park, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, U.K.; Tel: +44/1353-669916, Fax: +44/1353-669917) 200 Series gas chromatograph has electronic programmed pressure control (EPPC) for the carrier...

Degasser Handles All Comers.
October 1, 2002... Advanced Separation Technologies, Inc. (37 Leslie Court, P.O. Box 297, Whippany, NJ; Tel: 973/428-9080, Fax: 973/428-0152) has developed a compact and easy-to-use HPLC eluent degasser that handles all viscosities and volatilities. The...

Applied Biosystems Gets Sensitive.
October 1, 2002... Applied Biosystems (850 Lincoln Centre Dr., Foster City, CA; Tel: 800/345-5224) has introduced an addition to its quadrupole time- of-flight mass spectrometry series. The Qstar XL LC/MS/MS system offers proteomics researchers improved...

Clarus Systems Offers Language Options.
October 1, 2002... PerkinElmer's (45 William St., Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781/237-5100) Clarus 500 systems run on the company's TurboMass software in the Windows 2000 environment. * Clarus 500 Gas Chromatograph: the system's user interface is a full-color...

ELECTROPHORESIS: System Allows Continuous Operation.
October 1, 2002... Large Scale Proteomics Corp. (20451 Goldenrod Lane, Germantown, MD; Tel: 301/354-1200, Fax: 301/354-1300) has been awarded U.S. Patent 6,451,189 for a fully automated system for two-dimensional electrophoresis that affords higher throughput,...

Bio-Rad Improves Efficiency.
October 1, 2002... Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (2000 Alfred Nobel Dr., Hercules, CA; Tel: 800/424-6723, Fax: 800/879-2289) has been awarded U.S. Patent 6,451,193 for an electrophoresis cell for multiple slab gels. The cell is designed in a way that allows...

Shimadzu Combines Speed and Resolution.
October 1, 2002... Shimadzu Corp. (1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604- 8511, Japan; Tel: +81-75/823-1111) has developed an electrophoresis device for high speed and high-resolution analysis of extremely small quantities of protein or nucleic acid....

REAGENTS: Cross-Platform Control Capability Possible.
October 1, 2002... A set of microarray reagent controls launched by Amersham Biosciences (800 Centennial Ave., Piscataway, NJ 08855-1327; Tel: 800/526-3593) offers cross-platform control capability, allowing the microarray to take the first important steps...

PerkinElmer Unveils Reagent Platforms.
October 1, 2002... PerkinElmer, Inc. (45 William St., Wellesley, MA; Tel: 781/237- 5100) has unveiled three new reagent technologies for drug discovery screening: DELFIA GTP Binding Assay kit, the first non- radiometric platform for guanosine triphosphate (GTP)...

SPECTROMETRY: Isolating Stage Drives Unit.
October 1, 2002... California Institute of Technology (Jet Propulsion Laboratory; M/S 121-104; 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109-8099; Tel: 818/354-7012, Fax: 818/393-1899) scientists have developed a specialized power supply that uses an isolating stage...

Candidate Ligands Identified and Ranked.
October 1, 2002... A hybrid technique, developed at Cetek Corp. (260 Cedar Hill St., Marlborough, MA 01752-3017; Tel: 508/229-8000, Fax: 508/229- 2344), provides a streamlined procedure for identifying and characterizing candidate ligands in a complex...

Tool Detects Early Cancers.
October 1, 2002... A team of researchers have set out to examine whether surface- enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI) may be a practical and effective method for identifying potential biomarkers of early stage breast...

PNNL Offers Speedy FTICR.
October 1, 2002... A faster, more thorough mass spectrometry method for identifying proteins, developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL, Richland, WA), may significantly advance the technology infrastructure required to...

NOVEL TECHNIQUES: Entropic Force Offers Better Resolution.
October 1, 2002... Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) researchers have demonstrated a novel method of separating DNA molecules by length. The technique might eventually be used to create chips or other microscopic devices to automate and speed up gene sequencing...

ADVANCED FILTRATION: Housing Streamlines Bioprocessing.
October 1, 2002... Pall Corp.'s (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 516/484-5400) multi-element Advanta ALT4 filter housing offers clean-in-place (CIP) capabilities to streamline large-volume processing of biopharmaceutical solutions. Product...

Barriers Enhance Candle Holders.
October 1, 2002... Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (Science and Technology Center, 1310 Beulah Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5098) researchers have enhanced the holding ability of its filter holder and gasket assemblies by placing particulate barrier seals between...

BIOSENSORS: Cell-Based Units Detect Antagonists.
October 1, 2002... Pre-activated cell-based biosensors, developed by Cellectricon AB (P.O. Box 3096, SE 400-10 Goteborg, Sweden), reportedly exhibit a high degree of accuracy in screening drugs for endogenous and synthetic receptor antagonists and modulators....

CENTRIFUGE: Rotor With Flow Bypass.
October 1, 2002... By designing a rotor with an internal flow bypass, Fleetguard, Inc. (1200 Fleetguard Rd., Cokesville, TN 38506; Tel: 800/223-4583 or 931/526-9551, Fax: 800/999-8664) has improved the ability of its Centriguard high performance soot (HPS)...

ADSORPTION: Pressure Equalized In Four Steps.
October 1, 2002... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195; Tel: 610/481-4911, Fax: 610/481-5900) has developed a six-bed pressure swing adsorption process where each of the beds is equalized in four steps and where, at all...

Zeolites Capture SF6 From Exhaust Gases.
October 1, 2002... Solvay Fluor und Derivate GmbH (Hans Bockler Allee 20, 30173 Hannover, Germany; Fax: 49-511-857-2166) has developed a method that uses hydrophobic zeolites to capture sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gases from the gas mixtures used as protective...

EXTRACTION: Buccal Kits Speed PCR Assays.
October 1, 2002... Epicentre Technologies, Inc. (1402 Emil St., Madison, WI 53713; Tel: 608/258-3090, Fax: 608/258-3099) scientists have developed two series of buccal DNA extraction kits that accelerate PCR amplification assays for genomics research. The...

Array Profiles Multiple Proteins.
October 1, 2002... The Myria Protein/DNA Array, developed by Panomics, Inc. (2003 E. Bayshore Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063; Tel: 650/216-9736, Fax: 650/216-9790), specifically profiles the eukaryotic transcription factors (TFs) of multiple proteins. The...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Nanogen Settles CombiMatrix Suit.
October 1, 2002... Nanogen, Inc. (10398 Pacific Center Ct., San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 858/410-4600, Fax: 858/410-7718) has settled its pending litigation with CombiMatrix Corp., Acacia Research Corp.'s (500 Newport Center Dr., 7th Fl., Newport Beach, CA 92660;...

Abbott Pays SpectRx For Milestone.
October 1, 2002... SpectRx, Inc. (6025A Unity Dr., Norcross, GA 30071; Tel: 770/242- 8723, Fax: 770/242-8639) says Abbott Laboratories (100 Abbott Park Rd., Abbott Park, IL 60064; Tel: 847/937-6100, Fax: 847/937-1511) has agreed to make a $1 million milestone...

Eprogen Signs OEM License Agreement.
October 1, 2002... Eprogen, Inc. (8205 S. Cass Ave., Suite 111, Darien, IL 60561; Tel: 630/963-1481) has signed an exclusive licensing and OEM agreement for Beckman Coulter, Inc. (4300 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834; Tel: 714/871-4848, Fax: 714/773-8283)...

Illumina Genotypes for GlaxoSmithKline.
October 1, 2002... Illumina, Inc. (9885 Towne Centre Dr., San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 858/202-4500) has signed a collaborative, commercial genotyping services agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, 980 Great West Rd., Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS, U.K.; Tel:...

Bionomics, Nanogen Sign Diagnostic Deal.
October 1, 2002... Nanogen, Inc. (10398 Pacific Center Ct., San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 858/410-4600, Fax: 858/410-7718) and Bionomics Ltd. (31 Dalgleish St., Thebarton, SA 5031, Australia; Tel: 618-8354-6100, Fax: 618- 8354-6199) have signed a development...

Briefly Noted:.
October 1, 2002... * Isco, Inc. (Lincoln, NE) reports net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 26, 2002, of $736,000 on sales of $15.1 million, compared with net income of $677,000 on sales of $14.2 million for the same period last year. For the...

CALENDAR.
October 1, 2002... November 3-8, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN. Contact: AIChE, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016-5991; Tel: 212/591-7338, Fax: 212/591-8894; Email:...