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Formaldehyde in Air Automation – Project Update

Posted on 18th January 2012 by Ray Perkins

Project Update A few months ago I issued an invitation for, anyone with an interest, to be involved in a new project to automate the analysis of formaldehyde (and other carbonyl compounds) in air. We are developing the hardware needed to … Continue reading →

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“Can you take a quick look and tell me what’s in this?”

Posted on 11th January 2012 by Ray Perkins

How many times have you been asked that question? Assuming the “what” is a small organic molecule, then GC-MS is the tool that you would probably turn to, but you can easily come to grief with the sample preparation and introduction, … Continue reading →

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Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction – Are We Missing Something?

Posted on 4th April 2011 by Ray Perkins

A few weeks ago, at Pittcon 2011 in Atlanta, I bumped into David Benanou of Veolia Water. David informed me that he had recently attracted over 1,200 people to a conference in France that he had organized, on the topic … Continue reading →

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Automating Urinary Free Cortisol Anaysis – New Application Note

Posted on 2nd April 2011 by Ray Perkins

Paul Roberts has completed an application note describing a fully automated method for the analysis of urinary free cortisol. Cortisol is released as part of the bodies response to stress.  Wikipedia contains a good background article on the topic. This application … Continue reading →

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Automating Clinical Sample Prep – Immunosuppressants in Whole Blood

Posted on 24th March 2011 by Ray Perkins

The main goal of our LC-MS lab currently is to produce a suite of applications that will help clinical laboratories become more productive and more easily match the demands made upon them. Having successfully completed the project to fully automate … Continue reading →

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