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Acoustic Mass Spec and Atomic Absorption

Business in brief: what’s going on in analytical science?

By Joanna Cummings 05/02/2018 1 min read

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Products and launches Analytica 2018 saw the presentation of various new technologies, including: 

  • Analytik Jena’s new Atomic Absorption Spectrometer. (Read More)
  • Microsaic Systems’ latest chip-based mass spectrometer, designed for point-of-need analysis. (Read More)
  • SCIEX’ Citrine™ MS/MS, which aims to improve on sensitivity and throughput in clinical diagnostics labs. (Read More)

Collaborations and acquisitions

  • A new Agilent-sponsored Measurement Suite will be housed within Imperial College London’s Molecular Sciences Research Hub as part of a new partnership for research into biopharmaceuticals, energy and chemicals, food testing, materials research and proteomics. (Read More)
  • PerkinElmer has announced a collaboration with personalized genomics company Helix, to commercialize exome sequencing-based tests for consumer use. (Read More)
  • A collaboration between Labcyte Inc and Merck aims to utilize acoustic mass spectrometry (AMS) to further drug discovery and development. Labcyte’s acoustic droplet ejection technology is able to move liquids at nanoliter resolution. (Read More)
  • Genomics company Freenome has partnered with proteomics company Biognosys to improve early-cancer detection. The CEO of Biognosys said, “Freenome’s AI genomics platform is a natural fit for our next-generation proteomics technology, which supplies unbiased quantitative information about hundreds of proteins and thousands of peptides from a single sample analysis.” (Read More)

Company and people updates

  • Central Europe’s first genomics center will open later in 2018. Based at the Uzhgorod National University, Ukraine, it will be supported by the Beijing Genomics Institute, China. (Read More)
  • Brandon Ruotolo and Kristina Hakansson, from the University of Michigan, are the latest scientists to receive Agilent’s Thought Leader Award for their work on protein complexes using mass spectrometry. (Read More)
  • Chris Elliott (pictured), Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor and Founder of the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, was presented with the Theophilus Redwood Award at Spring SciX last month. The award is given annually to a “leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator.” (Read More)
Read our interview with Chris Elliott at: tas.txp.to/0118/ELLIOTT

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Joanna Cummings

A former library manager and storyteller, I have wanted to write for magazines since I was six years old, when I used to make my own out of foolscap paper and sellotape and distribute them to my family. Since getting my MSc in Publishing, I’ve worked as a freelance writer and content creator for both digital and print, writing on subjects such as fashion, food, tourism, photography – and the history of Roman toilets.

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