Incremental Gains and Liquid Chromatography
I’ve recently returned from HPLC 2017 in Prague where a number of different HPLC and UHPLC systems were showcased and discussed in the many excellent scientific presentations. To many, I am sure, ther...
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SURPRISE! It’s All About the Data!
It’s no secret that laboratory operations play a central, fundamental role in the success of any Pharma enterprise. Whether filling the R&D pipeline or seeing to day-in-day-out quality and compliance ...
Join the Mass Movement Towards Mass Spectrometry
Recently, I was reflecting on my colleague, Dr. John Madden’s post “One Plus One Equals More Than Two” that he wrote almost a year ago. He talks about the powerful connection that forms when ion chrom...
Data Integrity: How Does Your Lab Stand Up to Increased Scrutiny?
New guidance in 2016 under the auspices of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) will go a long w...
10 Pharma New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep
It’s that time of year again. The presents were wrapped and then unwrapped, the Christmas tree is a shadow of its former self, we drank, we ate, we loved, we relaxed and we’re now wearing our stretchy...
Autodilution: Preventing Awkward Conversations
I closed my lab book with a satisfying clap. The ancient autosampler was grinding its gears and belts to make its way to the next sample, and I glanced at the list of samples I had entered into the so...
What’s in My Sunscreen?
It has taken until nearly August for summer and the sun to make its fleeting appearance here in the UK, perhaps there is some truth behind King George II’s remark that the British summer consists of t...
Robustness Enhances Lab Optimization Analysis Processes - Part 5: eWorkflows
This fifth in a blog series on robustness and its role in enhancing lab optimization processes focuses on data management. The series takes a critical look at the term “robustness” and describes how i...
One Plus One Equals More Than Two
Did you know that in 1990 East and West Germany reunified their economies on this very day? The following day the Deutsche Mark replaced the East German Mark as the official currency of both countries...
Robustness Enhances Lab Optimization Processes – Part 4: Vial Labeling
This fourth in a blog series on robustness and its role in enhancing lab optimization processes focuses on process, more specifically, sample security as it pertains to labeling chromatography vials. ...
Help Charlie Solve a Puzzle at SETAC and Meet Us at Spectr’Atom!
This May, two premier analytical science conferences take place in France and we’re excited to be involved with both of them.SETAC, or Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, is a large eve...
Why Your Luxury Car Doesn’t Impress Me
Ever given someone a blank stare when you don’t understand what they are saying? Just last week, a very uninteresting Auto Center employee was rattling off a bunch of convoluted, technical terms to ex...
Stalking Your IC Consumables from Installation to Retirement
The other day I received a paper credit card statement from my bank. I threw it in my recycling bin while wondering why the bank was still sending me paper statements. Online banking has made tracking...
How to Find the Most Suitable Method for the Analysis of Pesticides
When you sit down to lunch do you ever wonder which pesticides, if any, may be present in your food? Food safety analysts responsible for the control of pesticides in food samples have to ask a simila...
Pittcon 2016 – Day 2 –New Dionex Integrion HPIC
We had another great day at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta today! I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with many excited scientists in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Booth (#2239) and have enjoyed spreading the ne...
Pittcon 2016 – Day 1 – Accelerating Innovation
Hello from Atlanta, fellow scientists! I wanted to take the opportunity this week to share with you all of the exciting activities from the Pittcon 2016 show floor.I’m spending the week in the Thermo ...
Charlie and his GC-MS/MS Partner vs. Dietary Supplements
Whether we like it or not, pesticides are used on crops all around the world; according to the U.S. EPA, in 2006 and 2007 over five billion pounds of pesticides (more than two million metric tons) wer...
Little Green Chromeleon Monsters Inside Your Lab
We have a green animal in our company that we all love and cherish. Most humans are not fond of lizards, and it is true that chameleons are not the cuddliest type of animals compared to kittens or pup...
Me and Mr. Gauss: A Chromatographic Love Story
One of my favourite songs of all time is Me and Mrs. Jones, by Billie Paul. It is quite simply magnificent! Nerdy as I am, it resonates in my head as “me and Mr. Gauss”, especially when I am in a spot...
Having the Right Tool for the Job Makes All the Difference
I have a large landscaping bed that was quite overgrown with annoying vines. The tools I had to pull the vines with were my hands. Although my hands are great tools for many tasks, this job would have...
Australia Recalls Tonic Water – The Hazards of Food Mislabeling
Earlier this month I read that Australia has recalled Indian Tonic Water (link to story) as some of the tonic water bottles were mislabeled as soda water and, hence, the labels did not include informa...
Troubleshooting Pharmaceutical Assays in HPLC & UHPLC
The focus of this post to present several resources for troubleshooting UHPLC and HPLC methods in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications. How this post came about was with my receiving the ...
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