The Top Ten Things Scientists Think about on Halloween by SCIEX Community | Oct 28, 2015 | Blogs, Food / BeverageShould I be a mad scientist or something else for Halloween? Wouldn't it be fun to bring these candy bars back to the lab tomorrow and test them for contaminants? I hope we have enough beakers for the Halloween punch. Who needs Minecraft when you can be a Mass...
Analyze Large Omic Data Sets with Cloud Computing and See What More You Can Accomplish by SCIEX Community | Oct 13, 2015 | Blogs, Life Science Research, ProteomicsOur scientific world is expanding. With each passing day, new discoveries are made, old discoveries are verified, and more data are generated. Large data sets are now the norm for omics experiments such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics....
What You Need to Know About the OneOmics Project – A Discussion with Mark Cafazzo by SCIEX Community | Sep 23, 2015 | Blogs, Life Science ResearchI recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Cafazzo, Global Proteomics Market Manager, SCIEX, to discuss the SCIEX OneOmics™ Project: Becky: I've heard about the OneOmics Project. Can you share more about it? Mark: The OneOmics Project is the first...
Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Species in Meat Using LC-MS/MS Technology by SCIEX Community | Aug 30, 2015 | Blogs, Food / BeverageSmart food shopping starts with labels. However, what if we told you the ingredient list may not be all that it seems? According to Food Safety News, producers are sneaking lower quality ingredients into our food to save money. This type of food fraud is estimated...
Using Mass Spectrometry for Down Syndrome Metabolomic Research by SCIEX Community | Aug 27, 2015 | Blogs, Life Science Research, Metabolomics Down Syndrome Metabolomic ResearchSCIEX Academic Partnership Program (APP)by Olivia and Christina Iverson Last week we launched a really interesting research project with Jeff Miller, Senior SCIEX Scientist, using a SCIEX QTRAP® 6500 mass spectrometer. Our plan was...
This LC-MS/MS Application Detects Almond and Peanut Allergens in Spices by SCIEX Community | Aug 17, 2015 | Blogs, Food / BeverageIf you suffer from peanut allergies, you may want to think twice before diving into a bowl of something spicy. The reason being, some shipments of North American and European products containing ground cumin, cumin powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, and pilli-pilli...
Mass Spectrometry Detects Very Low Levels of Chemical Compounds in Asia Pacific Waters by SCIEX Community | Aug 5, 2015 | Blogs, Food / BeverageDid you know that even though most of the world is covered in water, access to clean drinkingwater remains a problem? Take Asia for example where 62,000 people have lost their lives between 2001 and 2005 due to water-related disaster and illness. Clean water is...
Simultaneously Detect Different Types of Beer Microbes Using XP-PCR by SCIEX Community | Jul 17, 2015 | Blogs, Food / BeverageSpoiler Alert – How to Save Time Testing for Bacteria in Beer? Nothing ruins a batch of beer worse than bacteria, specifically Pediococcus and Lactobacillus. Too much of these hop resistant genes can get carried away causing spoilage and sour beer. It is why breweries...