The_Analytical_Scientist_-_October_2018

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Upfront^11

Products and launches

• HORIBA has launched the Duetta,
  a compact fluorescence/absorbance
  spectrometer that performs non-
  destructive, non-contact analysis.


• Agilent’s 870 Laser Direct Infrared
  imaging system claims to speed
  up analysis times from “hours to
  minutes.”


• SCIEX announced new applications
  for CESI-MS (capillary electrophoresis
  with electrospray ionization) in

September, including the proteomics

and metabolomics fields.

• Thermo Scientific launched their
  ISQ EM system – offering a mass
  range of 10-2000 m/z.

Collaborations

• Bruker has expanded its
  collaborations with Bioinformatics
  Solutions Inc, Evosep and the
  Max Planck Institute for
  Biochemistry, Germany.


• PharmaFluidics has entered into a
  partnership agreement with Thermo
  Fisher Scientific. This will allow
  the company to combine their own
  μPAC technology with Thermo’s
  mass spectrometers.

Company and people updates

• The National Institute of Health has
  awarded US $1.5m to Vanderbilt

University to support their aim to

map the human body at the cellular

level using MS imaging.

• Waters has appointed two new
  members to its Board of Directors.
  CEO of Waters, Chris O’Connell,
  said: “Linda Baddour offers
  deep strategic insights...Gary
  Hendrickson brings a wealth of
  global leadership and governance
  experience.”


• Nestor Zaluzec (senior scientist at
  US DOE Argonne Laboratory)
  has been recognized for his
  contributions to advanced
  microscopy – by being named an
  inaugural Fellow in the Legends
  Class of the Microanalysis Society.

For links to original press releases,

visit the online version of this article at:

tas.txp.to/1018/BUSINESS.

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