To Switch or Not to Switch? That is the Question. by Ashley Sage | Aug 23, 2019 | Blogs, Environmental / Industrial, Food / BeverageWhy Polarity Switching Matters The BasicsIn today’s busy analytical laboratories, productivity and high sample throughput are constant demands. More samples need to be analyzed in a shorter timeframe. Laboratories must work to use equipment at its maximum capacity,...
Improving precision by SCIEX Community | Aug 13, 2019 | Blogs, Technology Factors that affect the reproducibility of your assay As scientists, we know our experiments must be reproducible. Without it, there is always doubt as to whether our data interpretations and conclusions are truly sound. With LC-MS/MS quantitative methods, high...
Ever thought of breaking the high-throughput sound barrier for drug discovery? by SCIEX Community | Aug 7, 2019 | Blogs, PharmaWouldn’t it be great if we really could “get time back” or even “buy time”? When developing pharmaceuticals, it takes years to bring a new therapy to the market due to the linear nature of the process. As the saying goes, “Time waits for no one.” But what if we could...
30 years of LC-MS/MS innovation continues by Ashley Sage | Aug 6, 2019 | Blogs, TechnologyIn 1989, the first commercial, dedicated Atmospheric Pressure Ionisation (API) tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry system was launched at the Pittsburgh Conference (PittCon) in Atlanta, Georgia (GA), USA. The API III, as it was called, was introduced to the analytical...
Drugs of Abuse Analysis: How LC-MS/MS Reduced Run Times by 66% and Tripled Throughput by SCIEX Community | Aug 1, 2019 | Blogs, ForensicElevate Performance in Your Forensic Toxicology LabYou only need to skim through the United Nations World Drug Report 2018 to see that drug abuse is escalating. Associated with numerous medical, social, and legal problems, it comes as no surprise that ‘drugs of abuse’...