Showing blog posts from 2015
The Smell of Christmas
Posted on December 21st, 2015
Apart from Christmas trees (real ones of course!), for most people, the arrival of Christmas is signalled by the smell…
Lunch and Learn – Automating Sample Extraction
Posted on December 15th, 2015
In the New Year, we will be offering free on-site seminars on the automation of sample extraction. These events will…
Metabolomics: Automated GC-MS Workshops
Posted on December 10th, 2015
We have decided to run more workshops on Metabolomics, in co-operation with our friends at Agilent Technologies and GERSTEL. The…
Optimise Your Methods by Optimising Your Staff
Posted on December 9th, 2015
It’s just over a year now, since I started working at Anatune as an Applications Chemist and Training Co-ordinator; what…
Flavour Analysis and Perception in Food & Beverages – Book Offer
Posted on December 3rd, 2015
Flavour Development Analysis and Perception in Food and Beverages, edited by J.K. Parker, J.S. Elmore and L. Methven. This is…
Using Chemometrics to Unlock Hidden Information in Your Data
Posted on December 1st, 2015
We can now generate fantastically rich data sets from the latest high-resolution mass spectrometers such as the Agilent 7200 GC/Q-TOF….
GC-MS Automation – The Pareto Principle
Posted on November 27th, 2015
“80% of people know about the Pareto Principle, only 20% ever apply it.” The Pareto Principle (or 80:20 rule) is…
Pleased to Meet You…
Posted on November 24th, 2015
Sue has asked me to write a few words by way of introduction, so here goes… I joined Anatune in…
Automated Sample Prep Introduced to Pharmaceutical Conference
Posted on November 19th, 2015
On 9th and 10th November 2015, Anatune visited the Chromatographic Society meeting on Analytical Challenges and Solutions for Difficult Pharmaceutical…
Improve Process Measurements with SIFT-MS
Posted on November 13th, 2015
Quality Control and Process Monitoring is always a compromise between the number of samples you would like to test (all…
Introducing Richard Davis – Latest Addition to the Anatune Team
Posted on November 11th, 2015
I am pleased to introduce you to Richard Davis, who has recently joined us as a GC-MS Applications Chemist. Richard…
Focus on the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories
Posted on November 3rd, 2015
It is nice to find occasions to celebrate the great work done by some of our customers and now is…
The Number One Reason GC-MS Sensitivity Matters
Posted on October 30th, 2015
It determines the complexity, cost and efficiency of your sample preparation. When you design an analytical process for trace analysis,…
Sorry for making the lab smell…
Posted on October 22nd, 2015
At the beginning of this month I had the pleasure of completing the final in a series of three two-day…
Weighing as Part of Automated Sample Preparation
Posted on October 20th, 2015
One of the best things about the GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler (MPS) is that it offers such a large range of…
SIFT-MS with Automated Sampling of Tedlar Bags
Posted on October 14th, 2015
We are looking for a partner or partners to help take this project forward. We have recently looked at the…
The Beast of Norwich
Posted on October 14th, 2015
Having trained the Beast in my own laboratory to carry out the tasks I wished him to perform, I set…
Why SIFT-MS Changes Everything…
Posted on October 8th, 2015
To understand why, it is best to listen to analysts that are already using this powerful new technology. Together with…
Anatune and Syft Technologies exhibit at BMSS 2015
Posted on October 7th, 2015
On the 15th-17th September, Anatune joined Syft Technologies and exhibited at the 36th BMSS Annual Meeting at the University of…
Selective, Instant Ultratrace Gas Analysis without Chromatography: Introducing SIFT-MS
Posted on October 1st, 2015
Live FREE Webcast – Wednesday 7th October, 2015 at 11am EDT/ 10am CDT/ 8am PDT Hosted…
Automating Sample Filtration for UHPLC
Posted on September 24th, 2015
Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography is a popular and powerful analytical technique, however, if your samples contain solid particles, these…
A Trip to Anatune: The Customer’s Eye View
Posted on September 10th, 2015
Following an initial chat with James Kee of Thames Water, we invited him down to our laboratory in Cambridge and…
The Positives of Negative Ions
Posted on September 8th, 2015
Syft Technologies have just announced a breakthrough in SIFT-MS technology by adding four negatively charged reagent ions to their Voice200ultra…
SIFT-MS – Spreading the Word…
Posted on September 3rd, 2015
Who doesn’t like the opportunity to learn something new, or be introduced to a new technology that you were previously…
Join Agilent for a free 1-day seminar on the latest technology developments
Posted on September 2nd, 2015
Agilent Technologies are holding a FREE one-day seminar on the latest developments in gas and liquid phase chromatography, mass spectrometry…
Metabolomics – Automated Sample Preparation for GC-MS
Posted on September 1st, 2015
Where GC-MS is used in metabolomics studies, sample preparation can be a major headache. Firstly there is the issue of…
Extracting L&E Compounds from Large Medical Implants
Posted on August 28th, 2015
Andrew Golby has drawn our attention to this Twister (Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction) application. It is very interesting for two…
BMSS Annual Meeting 2015
Posted on August 27th, 2015
The BMSS Annual Meeting is being held on the 15th-17th September 2015, at the University of Birmingham, and Anatune will…
In-Mouth Chemistry using SIFT-MS
Posted on August 25th, 2015
If analytical chemistry makes it into the Telegraph then it must be news. Unfortunately, you may need to be subscribed…
GC Analysis with LC Prep
Posted on August 12th, 2015
“We have been totally spoiled by the LC-triple quad. There’s no messing around with sample preparation and we can throw…
Checking Phine’s New Car by SIFT-MS
Posted on August 12th, 2015
Phine Banks, Anatune’s Account Manager for the West of England, has just taken delivery of a new VW Golf. That…
Twister – Extracting Analytes of all Polarities
Posted on August 12th, 2015
Nobuo Ochiai has written an article that illustrates great capabilities SBSE now offers for the extraction and concentration of target…
Opportunities to Learn about SIFT-MS
Posted on July 31st, 2015
Most analytical laboratories will have both GC-MS and LC-MS. Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry can analyse for analytes of low molecular…
The Curse of Lumpy Samples
Posted on July 31st, 2015
Sometimes it is the simplest of problems that can ruin your day. No GC-MS or LC-MS can handle particulate laden…
Advances in Gas Chromatography V
Posted on July 31st, 2015
On 14th October 2015, the Chromatographic Society and the North West Region of the Analytical Division of the RSC are…
SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting
Posted on July 31st, 2015
SIFT-MS is an important new analytical technique for the fast, real time analysis of volatile organic compounds. On Tuesday 20th…
Aroma Profiling Workshop
Posted on July 31st, 2015
After a lot of interest from our blog post last month, we have decided to hold a workshop on the…
5th European Lipidomic Meeting
Posted on July 31st, 2015
The University of Swansea are hosting the 5th European Lipidomic Meeting, which is being held on 2nd-4th September 2015. This…
A Useful Trick for Extracting Analytes of Different Polarities
Posted on July 31st, 2015
When designing an extraction process, if your target analytes exhibit a range of polarities, this can often lead you down…
If Formaldehyde is the Question, what is the Answer?
Posted on July 31st, 2015
As is the case with many other small, polar molecules, analysing for formaldehyde presents analysts with a real challenge. If…
MultiFlex GC/Q-TOF Meeting – A Big Success!
Posted on July 31st, 2015
On Thursday 11th June, Anatune organised the first GC/Q-TOF Interest Group Meeting at Wyboston Lakes, St Neots, near Bedford. The…
A Year On…
Posted on June 10th, 2015
Last week saw my first anniversary of working at Anatune. During that time I have been privileged to have worked…
So what is a VAR?
Posted on June 9th, 2015
Anatune is an Agilent Technologies Value-Added Reseller. If you’re not sure exactly what this means, please read on… Value-Added Resellers…
The Bad, The Ugly and The Good
Posted on June 4th, 2015
Let’s talk about smells… Regulations concerning the emissions of actual and potential toxins from many classes of consumer products have…
Method Development – But Not as We Know It
Posted on May 27th, 2015
Last week was SIFT-MS workshop week and we had a full house of customers in the lab, most of whom…
At Last – a GC-MS Reference Method for Vitamin D Measurements
Posted on May 21st, 2015
Over the past few years, concerns have grown about vitamin D deficiency in the general population. Vitamin D is known…
Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) Applications
Posted on May 14th, 2015
Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) is an analysis technique that offers real-time, targeted measurement of volatile and semi-volatile…
Learn the Benefits of Accurate Mass Determination
Posted on May 13th, 2015
As High Resolution Mass Spectrometry rapidly becomes a mainstream analytical technique, is your knowledge keeping pace with the change? You…
Processing GC-MS Data using Multivariate Analysis
Posted on May 13th, 2015
The high resolution, accurate GC/Q-TOF will generate a vast amount of data about the samples you run. The challenge is…
A Great Opportunity
Posted on May 13th, 2015
I am the second student from the Master’s degree in Instrumentation and Analytical Chemistry of Paris-Sud University to be offered…
Answers Out of Thin Air (and Water)!
Posted on May 13th, 2015
Anatune recently took delivery of a Voice200Ultra SIFT-MS and for the last two weeks I have been demonstrating its capabilities,…
Dr Mark Perkins Joins the Anatune Team
Posted on May 13th, 2015
Anatune is pleased to welcome Dr Mark Perkins, who will be working alongside a really great team in the Applications…
GC/Q-TOF Interest Group Meeting
Posted on April 21st, 2015
On Thursday 11th June, we are running a GC/Q-TOF Interest Group Meeting at Wyboston Lakes, in Bedfordshire, and we hope to…
The Two Minute Rule…
Posted on April 15th, 2015
Anatune is serious about supporting our customers well. It makes great business sense and it is also the right thing…
Customers Make St Patrick’s Day Rainbows!!
Posted on April 7th, 2015
Last month 20 of our customers attended our AutoPrep Workshop, and were inspired to return to their laboratories with thoughts…
Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) Workshops
Posted on March 30th, 2015
SIFT-MS is a new and rapidly growing analytical technique that offers real-time, targeted analysis of volatile organic species in air….
Mass Spectrometry for Environmental and Food Analysis
Posted on March 26th, 2015
Agilent Technologies are pleased to invite you to a one-day seminar on the latest developments in Organic and Inorganic Mass…
Anatune is Top GERSTEL Distributor for the Second Year Running
Posted on March 23rd, 2015
At GERSTEL’s International Sales Meeting in Mulheim on Wednesday 18th March, I was very proud to accept on behalf of…
MVM is so Important to High Resolution GC-MS
Posted on March 19th, 2015
High Resolution Accurate Mass GC-MS is commonly used to identify significant, unknown compounds in all kinds of samples. This kind…
The Two Kinds of GC-MS Methods
Posted on March 17th, 2015
There are two sorts of GC-MS methods: 1. The ones that just work. 2. The tough, frustrating, stressful, expensive, unreliable,…
Why Selective Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) Matters…
Posted on March 12th, 2015
Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) is for analysts who want to make fast, real-time measurements of volatile (and…
The Best Way to Sample Volatile Organics for GC-MS?
Posted on March 11th, 2015
So what is the right way of doing this? There are many different ways of sampling volatile organic compounds in…
Using Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE) to Investigate Odours Emitted by Materials
Posted on March 10th, 2015
For too long, SBSE has been restricted by the non-availability of more polar phases. Poly dimethyl silicone is very useful,…
Emerging Contaminants in Waters and Soils Symposium
Posted on March 2nd, 2015
The MPS comes to Sheffield!! Anatune will be demonstrating the GERSTEL MPS at the RSC Emerging Contaminants in Waters and…
Automated Sample Preparation Combined with GC for Target and Non-Target Analysis
Posted on February 26th, 2015
I recently provided a talk at the Agilent Organic Mass Spectrometry Environmental and Food Analysis Meeting, entitled ‘Automated Sample Preparation…
New Extraction Technology for Flavours and Odours
Posted on February 23rd, 2015
The new EG Silicone Twister is important because it expands the range of jobs that Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE)…
Phine Banks joins the Anatune team
Posted on February 12th, 2015
Anatune is pleased to welcome Phine Banks, who will be the Account Manager for the West of the UK. Phine…
How to Build your Own GC-MS/Sample Preparation Application Library
Posted on February 11th, 2015
One of the big things that we can offer our customers is ready access to the great work done in…
What’s that smell? – A tale of 2 dimensions
Posted on January 29th, 2015
The human nose can be the most sensitive detector, but the art of picking out individual odours from a…
Agilent Organic Mass Spectrometry Environmental & Food Analysis Meeting
Posted on January 27th, 2015
Agilent Technologies are pleased to invite you to a seminar focused on latest developments in Organic Mass Spectrometry in Environmental…
My Jump from University Paris-Sud to Anatune
Posted on January 22nd, 2015
If you think about it, what could be the best place for a new graduate to start his or her…
Measuring VOCs in Process Water both On-Line and Off-Line
Posted on January 20th, 2015
Manufacturing sites often generate significant amounts of waste water that has to be treated before it can be discharged into…
Sample Prep Automation for Contract Laboratories
Posted on January 14th, 2015
On March 17th, 18th and 19th, we will be running a series of one-day workshops entitled: “On-line Sample Preparation for…
Automation Equals Success
Posted on January 13th, 2015
We will shortly be launching AUTOPREP by Anatune as a brand name for a range of solutions involving sample preparation…
Anatune’s 2015 Environmental VOC Analyser
Posted on January 8th, 2015
Compared to older versions of our VOC Analyser, this new instrument gives improved MS performance, (including better sensitivity) and now…
Mass Spectrometry for the Novice
Posted on January 6th, 2015
As the use of GC-MS continues to grow, more analysts come into contact with mass spectrometry for the first time….