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[MSC] Newsletter –  August 2010  


> Prof Maurer & GeneBio Building LC/MS Library 

> Bruker Expands Product Portfolio again with Acquisition

> Agilent Adds ICP-MS Instrument & MassHunter Version

> Thermo Opens China Technology Center in Shanghai


>>> Cetero Research/Waters, JEOL/Georgia Tech, [iito] & Mass-Spec-Capital.com


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Dear reader,

welcome to the 4th issue of our free, monthly mass spectrometry newsletter! Summer is over (at least here in Northern Germany) and the news flow is getting stronger. Read about Prof Maurer trying to challenge his own GC/MS forensic/toxic agent spectral library with a new LC/MS approach and Bruker expanding its analytical portfolio even more with a new acquisition. Take a look at Agilent’s new ICP-MS products and Georgia Tech using the JEOL AccuTOF-DART for a new ovarian cancer test.

Last but not least, [iito] Business Intelligence is proud to announce the following major milestones for Mass-Spec-Capital.com after being online for just 6 months!


> 1,600  Organisations

> 1,500  News

> 900     Products

> 600     People

> 500     Deals

... and that is just the beginning – simply wait another 6 months!


Kind regards
Marcus Lippold, [iito] Business Intelligence

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Top News



Prof Maurer of Saarland University Using GeneBio’s SmileMS s/w
New LC-MS library of drugs, poisons and their metabolites using the LXQ linear ion trap from Thermo Fisher is challenging Prof Maurer’s own standard GC-MS library.

Bruker Acquires Veeco’s SPM and OIM Instruments Business
After the acquisition of former Varian product groups from Agilent, Bruker continues to expand its analytical portofolio with the acquisition of Veeco’s Scanning Probe Microscopy and Optical Industrial Metrology Scientific Instruments Business.

Thermo Fisher Opens China Technology Center
Thermo Fisher Expands Presence in China with New Technology Center in Shanghai, also opening a Demonstration Center in Beijing this month.

PerkinElmer Reports Second Quarter
Revenue $498m, reported & organic revenue growth of 14%, raises full-year guidance.


To access more than 1,500 Mass Spec NEWS click on this link: [MSC] News

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People

Persons on the move or recently added to the [MSC] Database

Hauffe, Dietrich
Dionex Corporation
VP Global Marketing

Sullards, M. Cameron
Georgia Tech, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Head of Mass Spectrometry Facility

Vossenaar, Mark
Agilent Technologies
Senior Director Strategic Marketing, Agilent Life Sciences Group

Lamont, Dougie
University of Dundee
Manager Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility

Admon, Arie
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Professor at Dept. of Biology and Head of Smoler Proteomics Center

Anacleto, Joe
AB SCIEX (Danaher)
VP & General Manager Applied Markets & Clinical Research


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Products & Events

Products & Events recently launched or added to the [MSC] Database

Agilent Announces New MassHunter s/w and 7700e IPC-MS Instrument
New Instrument designed for routine elemental analysis at an affordable price.

Forensic Laboratories Develops First Oral Fluid Test for Ethyl Sulfate Detection
Introduces oral assay measuring alcohol exposure using LC/MS/MS.

Life Sciences Bremen (LSB) to Exhibit at Biotechnica Trade Fair
Life Sciences Bremen (LSB), the association of the life sciences companies from the Federal State of Bremen, which counts major mass spec producers Bruker Daltonik and Thermo Fisher as members, will exhibit at the Biotechnica in Hanover in early October.

Shimadzu Launches Updated Online Store
New online store with improved usability and integration to customer accounts.

Phenomenex Introduces Metal GC Columns for Petrochemical Testing
New Zebron™ ZB-1XT SimDist is a metal GC column specially designed for simulated distillation analyses in petrochemical applications.


To access more than 900 Mass Spec PRODUCTS click on this link: [MSC] Products

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Deals

Recent collaborations and financings added to the [MSC] Database


Cetero Research and Waters
Cetero adds two MicroMass LC/MS/MS systems to complement its current four LC/MS and four LC/UV and GC/MS systems.

JEOL and GeorgiaTech
JEOL AccuTOF-DART mass spectrometer used in newly-developed ovarian cancer test of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

VIB/UGent and University of Antwerp
Researchers identifiy key mechanisms of cell division of plants using Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP) technology platform.

Agilent and Johns Hopkins and Agilent and the Government of Malaysia
Johns Hopkins’ Thomas Hartung has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in support of his research for the use of toxicity pathways to predict developmental neurotoxicity.
The strategic alliance in Malaysia will focus on the establishment of the IPHARM-Agilent Global Reference Research Lab and the development of human capital in the emerging field of biotechnology. The lab will develop global Halal testing standards in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.

Sage-N Research and Harvard University
Sage-N Research announces new phosphorylation algorithm, based on a method developed by Professor Steve Gygi at Harvard Medical School.

LGC and GSK
LGC detects fake packaging of pharmaceuticals using mass spec, collaborating with GSK.


To access more than 500 Mass Spec DEALS click on this link: [MSC] Deals

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Organisations

Organisations recently established or added to the [MSC] Database

AIST, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG)
Tsukuba, Japan

Forensic Laboratories
Denver, CO, USA

Gentec Instrumentos Cientificos Ltda.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Institut Kuhlmann GmbH Analytik-Zentrum Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Labicom s.r.o.
Olomouc, Czech Republic

Millennium Laboratories, Inc.
San Diego, CA, USA

Omics Biotech (KR)
Seoul, Korea

University of Utah, Dept. of Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry Facility
Salt Lake City, UT, USA


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Upcoming Events


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Marcus Lippold
Dipl.-Oek. (Economist)

[iito] Business Intelligence
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