Showing blog posts from 2019
Merry Christmas!
Posted on December 20th, 2019
With the Christmas holidays nearly upon us, I wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone – our customers, our…
You Can’t Keep a Good Idea Down
Posted on December 17th, 2019
What have Post-it notes, Silly Putty, Velcro, microwave ovens and The Analytical Scientist and Anatune’s latest Application Note on thermal…
*Our Phone Lines are Down*
Posted on December 11th, 2019
Unfortunately we’re having problems with our phone lines in our Cambridge office. If for any reason you need to get…
Acrylamide in Food Book Give Away
Posted on December 10th, 2019
While having a clear out of Anatune HQ, we’ve come across another copy of Acrylamide in Food by Tanya Y…
Not All Vials Are Created Equally
Posted on November 28th, 2019
How many vials do you use in a year? Do you give much thought to the quality? Or do you…
N-Nitrosamines: One to Watch
Posted on November 12th, 2019
Probable carcinogens – N-nitrosamines – continue to keep pharmaceutical companies in the crosshairs of health regulators. From the active drug substances to…
Metaldehyde in Water
Posted on November 8th, 2019
You might remember the news back in January that Metaldehyde was banned due to fears of the environmental impact of…
Autumnal Changes at Anatune
Posted on October 22nd, 2019
Autumn is often a time for change with the night’s drawing in, the leaves turning orange and the woolly jumpers…
We Have an LC-MS!
Posted on October 21st, 2019
We’ve long been pretty widely referred to as ‘those plucky, excellent looking bunch of scientists who stick autosamplers on the…
Farewell from Ray
Posted on October 16th, 2019
N.B. This blog was originally sent as a letter to our mailing list and published here retrospectively. Dear reader, On…
Alan is Riding from Land’s End to John o’ Groats
Posted on September 7th, 2019
Anatune Chief Operating Officer Alan ‘Kryptonite Brand’ Lockley has decided it’s a good idea to ride his bike a hideously…
A Revolutionary Approach to the Real-Time Analysis of Breath
Posted on September 5th, 2019
At last, a thermal desorption system is available that can be used with both GC/MS and SIFT-MS and has the…
Some Further Reading for DiLLME on Tour
Posted on September 3rd, 2019
Dates across the country are filling up for our DiLLME tour. Thanks to everyone who’s signed up nice and early….
What You Might Have Missed at the 2019 SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting
Posted on August 21st, 2019
It’s been a few weeks now since the end of the event. Those of you who attended, we hope you…
DiLLME on Tour
Posted on August 1st, 2019
A chance to learn about Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Micro Extraction Traditional liquid-liquid extraction qualifies as a tried and tested extraction technique….
The CF200 Robotic Centrifuge Certified Solvent Safe
Posted on July 23rd, 2019
Until now, very few centrifuges have been certified as safe for use with flammable solvents. Those that are certified, have…
2019 SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting: Day 2 Round-Up
Posted on July 15th, 2019
As promised, we move onto a round-up of the second and final day of the 2019 SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting….
2019 SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting: Day 1 Round-Up
Posted on July 12th, 2019
And so concludes the 2019 SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting. It was a great showcase of the diversity of how this…
Pharmaceutical Production: From Batch to Continuous Manufacturing
Posted on June 20th, 2019
CMAC have proof of a concept that opens up the possibility to continuously manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients. This is big…
How Accurate and Precise are SIFT-MS Measurements?
Posted on June 18th, 2019
There is some confusion out there, as to how precise a tool, Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry is. Time…
14 Reasons Why You Should be Using SIFT-MS
Posted on June 13th, 2019
Recently, Mark wrote a blog post on the Multi-Port Inlet (MPI) for SIFT-MS, referring to process monitoring. Since we installed…
IT Is Our Problem, Not Yours
Posted on June 4th, 2019
With the clock ticking for older versions of Windows operating systems, many people’s attention has turned to operating system upgrades…
SIFT-MS, The MultiPort Inlet and Processes Monitoring – The Ideal Partnership
Posted on May 29th, 2019
People often ask me, Mark, what’s your favourite tube? Is it the London Underground? Perhaps it’s YouTube with its thousands…
Introducing Adam Gladwin to the Anatune Team
Posted on May 28th, 2019
Anatune is pleased to welcome Adam Gladwin on board, as our new Sales Manager. Adam has over 28 years’ experience…
Training at Anatune
Posted on May 21st, 2019
In collaboration with our partners, Crawford Scientific, Anatune is hosting two training events in June: HPLC Fundamentals | Tuesday 11th…
Seven Speakers Confirmed for the SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting
Posted on May 15th, 2019
This 2 day event will take place at the Hotel Felix and Anatune on the 9th/10th July 2019, and will…
Anatune in County Westmeath – Save the Date
Posted on May 10th, 2019
Anatune are hosting a demonstration of the GERSTEL MPS Robotic in County Westmeath, Ireland. This one day event will take…
SIFT-MS Interest Group Meeting
Posted on April 25th, 2019
Anatune Ltd and Syft Technologies host the Interest and Discussion Symposium for Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry. This two…
My Pyrolysis Polymer Bible
Posted on April 9th, 2019
Pyrolysis-GC/MS – a powerful yet under utilised technique when it comes to polymer analysis. In my previous life at CRO…
The Smell of Parkinson’s: The Technology Behind the Story
Posted on April 2nd, 2019
A Little Background: We’ve long been promoting the amazing work done by Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) and Joy Milne…
7 Things on Windows 10
Posted on April 1st, 2019
In January 2020, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7. This means that security upgrades to Windows 7 will cease and,…
Lifecycle of Food Analysis: Introducing Jens Glastrup
Posted on March 18th, 2019
Click here or call +44 (0)1223 279210 to reserve your place. Full Agenda. Following on from Friday’s post, we’ve had…
Dynamic Headspace and Olfactory Detection: Two days in the company of experts
Posted on March 15th, 2019
Click here or call +44 (0)1223 279210 to reserve your place. Full Agenda. Does your lab use dynamic headspace or…
Acrylamide in Food Book Give Away
Posted on March 11th, 2019
We have a copy of Acrylamide in Food by Tanya Y Curtis and Nigel G Halford to give away. Dr…
Another Guest Speaker Confirmed for the Lifecycle of Food Analysis Workshop
Posted on March 7th, 2019
We can now confirm our third guest speaker for the 2-day Lifecycle of Food Analysis Workshop is Neil Owen, Head…
Lifecycle of Food Analysis Workshop – Second Guest Speaker Confirmed
Posted on March 5th, 2019
Dr Andrew Feilden will be joining us for our workshop – Lifecycle of Food Analysis, across April 2nd and 3rd….
The New Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph
Posted on March 1st, 2019
Anatune’s Alan Lockley and Lisa McGowan attended the launch of the new Agilent 8890 GC in Barcelona last week. Here…
Extractable and Leachable Test Protocols – Innovation through Collaboration
Posted on February 26th, 2019
Those of you who have been to our demo lab know we like our GC/Q-TOFs. You may also know that…
Lifecycle of Food Analysis Workshop – First Guest Speaker Confirmed
Posted on February 21st, 2019
We are delighted to confirm that Dr Tanya Curtis will be joining us on the 2nd of April 2019 for…
Safe Cooling – Why’s the Lab So Quiet?
Posted on February 18th, 2019
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking about the benefit we provide purely in technical and financial terms….
CHROMacademy Giveaway
Posted on February 8th, 2019
Our partners at Crawford Scientific have generously donated two 12-month subscriptions to CHROMacademy for a couple of lucky winners. These…
Lifecycle of Food Analysis Workshop
Posted on February 7th, 2019
Now you have the dates firmly saved, it’s time to let you know a bit more about what you can…
Portsmouth Paper with Reference to Anatune’s Metaldehyde Solution
Posted on January 29th, 2019
Our contemporaries at University of Portsmouth have released their study Comparison of different monitoring methods for the measurement of metaldehyde…
Webinar – An Approach to Pharma Method Validation for Direct Mass Spectrometry
Posted on January 24th, 2019
On Tuesday 29th January, Dr Vaughan Langford of Syft Technologies and Anatune’s Dr Mark Perkins will be collaborating on a…
Life Cycle of Food Analysis – Contaminants Testing from Farm to Fork and Beyond
Posted on January 22nd, 2019
Anatune is hosting a two day Workshop in Cambridge, looking at contaminant analysis throughout the life cycle of food. Topics…
Banning Metaldehyde – An Opportunity to Reset
Posted on January 17th, 2019
Gastropod garrotting, Metaldehyde, has been banned in the UK due to the environmental impact of its extensive use. Regardless of…
Analytical Chemistry – 4 Predictions for 2019
Posted on January 7th, 2019
You can’t change or improve anything without making dependable chemical measurements, so to some degree, predictions in the World of…