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A Smart Way to Profit from the Wealth of Biobanks


Microflow LC with SWATH® Acquisition for Digitizing Biobanks What if you could access thousands of high-quality samples for your research? What if these samples were well-annotated biological specimens? And what if they were carefully segmented into just the specific disease you were interested in studying? Enter the 21st century and the age of the Biobank. But what […]

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April 8, 2019


Why Conventional Flow LC-MS/MS Bioanalysis Is out and Microflow Is In


New technologies can transform a laboratory’s throughput and efficiency. At Alturas, if we try out a new technology, we ask: Does it work? Is it convenient? Is it rugged? Are we getting good results? When we look at the convenience, uptime, and overall data that we’re getting from microflow LC-MS/MS with the SCIEX OptiFlow™ Turbo V […]

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April 2, 2019


Food Testing Labs: What Technology Is Right for You?


Consumer safety is the driving force behind food analysis. From field (or ocean) to fork, there are numerous opportunities for food to become potentially hazardous to human health. As fast as new contaminants enter the food chain, changes in regulation and legislation come into force. It quite literally is a movable feast, and detection methods […]

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March 29, 2019


Fueling Up: Eating To Stay Strong When You Have Cancer


This is the third and final post in our series in honor of International Women’s Day and our collaboration with World Cancer Research Fund. To wrap up, Deborah Howland talks about the importance of diet for anyone facing cancer – or trying to prevent it. A specialist dietitian at Torbay Hospital in South Devon, U.K., Deborah knows first-hand how SCIEX-supported WCRF outreach […]

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March 21, 2019


How Many Concurrent Software Licenses Do You Really Need? Maximize Productivity Without Breaking Your Budget.


Does your laboratory have multiple scientists who require access to crucial software at the same time? Are some of those scientists only part-time users? Purchasing separate licenses for each person can be expensive, especially if some of your users only occasionally need access. So just how many software licenses should you purchase? No one wants […]

March 20, 2019


5 Demands of Forensic Toxicologists and the Ultra-Fast Method That Meets Them


There just isn’t a screening approach available that can give us everything we need when throughput is the priority. Sound familiar? For many toxicology labs, there is a misconception that compromises need to be made when it comes to high throughput drug screening. True, this certainly has been the case in the past, but things […]

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March 18, 2019


Uncovering the Links Between Childhood Growth, Body Size, and a Woman’s Risk of Breast Cancer


Welcome to the second in a series of posts marking International Women’s Day, and our ongoing support of World Cancer Research Fund. This installment is a review by Dr. Jennifer Baker, of her work, that, with the help of a WCRF grant, is studying body size and its links to breast cancer. Dr. Baker, Lead Investigator at Denmark’s Frederiksberg Hospital, has a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University. Her research focuses on clinical epidemiology.

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March 15, 2019


Global Trends That Will Affect Neonicotinoid Usage in 2019


Neonicotinoids have become the most widely used class of insecticide in the world, with registration in 120 countries. However, these pesticides have become embroiled in multi-year controversy in Europe and North America due to their risk to beneficial species. Studies have identified declines in a wide range of insects in areas with farmland treated with noenicitinoid insecticides, including […]

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A Multi-Omics Database for Tomato Research and Breeding


Ace. Beefsteak. Big Boy. Kumato. Early Girl. Roma. Sun Gold. San Marzano. These are just a few of the thousands of varieties of tomato plants available today. And while all of these varieties may be very different with respect to crop yield, disease resistance, fruit shape, color, and size, these traits (and more) were mainly […]

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March 11, 2019


A Diagnosis And A “Difficult Waiting Game”


We are thrilled to mark International Women’s Day 2019 by making our fourth annual donation to World Cancer Research Fund, a global not-for-profit organization and leading authority on the links between diet, nutrition, physical activity, and cancer. In fact, our donation to date totals US$41,000. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re taking a look at […]

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March 8, 2019


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