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News The Column www.thecolumn.eu.com September 2006 NewsAcquisition adds Raman capabilities infrared spectroscopy IR and provides addition of bench-top dispersive Raman PerkinElmer has acquired Avalon labs with the ability to analyse solids, spectrometers. Avalon's Raman Instruments Belfast, Northern Ireland , liquids, powders, gels, slurries and platforms support both bulk analysis and which will add Raman spectroscopy aqueous solutions in bulk or to address microscopic imaging. capabilities to the company's product variation in sample distribution with Raman spectroscopy identifies the range. Financial terms of the agreement imaging. composition of organic and inorganic were not disclosed. For more information visit the materials in a wide range of applications. This acquisition will expand and company's website at It is a complementary analysis technique complement PerkinElmer's molecular www.perkinelmer.com to near infrared spectroscopy NIR and spectroscopy portfolio through the German researcher Spark up is honoured with Bruker Bruker AXS has announced its acquisition Agilent Technologies has of all of the equity of privately held presented its 2006 Quantron from the company's founders. Manfred Donike Award Quantron is located in Kleve, Germany for scientific excellence in and develops, manufactures and doping control to Maxie distributes worldwide advanced arc/spark Kohler. Kohler is a optical emission spectroscopy OES researcher at the Institute systems for numerous metals analysis of Biochemistry at the applications. German Sport University After the acquisition Bruker-Quantron in Cologne, Germany and will remain and expand in its Kleve has been honoured for location to provide stationary and mobile her research into the OES systems. The majority of the molecular mechanisms by successful distributors of Quantron will which athletes be retained and Paul Friedhoff will metabolize 4-hydroxyandrostenedione and 4-hydroxytestosterone continue to lead the company as the substances. managing director and executive This award is presented annually by the company and was first chairman. presented in 1997. It recognizes distinguished scientific contributions in Friedhoff commented, With Bruker the field of sports medicine. Marie-Theres Donike, wife of the late AXS we have found a company from the professor, and Stephen B. Crisp, international business development same industry that can positively manager for Agilent's Life Science and Chemical Analysis business, contribute to every aspect of Quantron's presented the award at the 24th annual Manfred Donike Doping Control business activities. Workshop in Cologne, Germany. For more information visit Bruker AXS' For more information about this please visit the company's website at website at www.bruker-biosciences.com www.agilent.com Links: www.perkinelmer.com www.bruker-biosciences.com www.agilent.com 6 http://www.thecolumn.eu.com http://www.perkinelmer.com http://www.agilent.com http://www.bruker-biosciences.com http://www.perkinelmer.com http://www.bruker-biosciences.com http://www.agilent.com

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Determination of Chloramphenicol in Food using Automated Solid-Phase Extraction and LC-MS
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The Column - September 2006