What’s the Key to Long-Term Success in a Food Testing Laboratory? Reliability.

What’s the Key to Long-Term Success in a Food Testing Laboratory? Reliability.

Waters Corporation and PRIMORIS Belgium… a reliable relationship It makes sense, doesn’t it? No one likes being let down; disappointed. Especially when the consequences are significant. Take, for example, a specialized food testing laboratory – PRIMORIS Belgium – which is responsible for processing more than 60,000 samples (and analyzing more than 20,000,000 results!) annually. They…

When You Set Reference Standards, You Need a Gold-standard Measuring Tool

When You Set Reference Standards, You Need a Gold-standard Measuring Tool

How WEQAS is expanding their capabilities with a Waters Xevo TQ-XS Many laboratories participate in external quality assurance proficiency programs, which enable them to compare their results to those of other laboratories. This is essential for standardization and harmonization of results. Certified reference standards play a key role in the success of EQA schemes. It…

What Bioanalysis Zone’s New Investigator Award Says About the Future of Science: An Interview with Erin Chambers, PhD

What Bioanalysis Zone’s New Investigator Award Says About the Future of Science: An Interview with Erin Chambers, PhD

Dr. Erin Chambers is a Director in the Scientific Operations group at Waters Corporation. She recently served as a judge for the Bioanalysis Zone New Investigator Award. I sat down with Erin to gauge her impressions of that experience and the award’s importance to the bioanalysis industry. What was it like to be part of…

In Beverly, the Shoe Fits for Bioanalysis!

In Beverly, the Shoe Fits for Bioanalysis!

This past May, many of the nation’s leading bioanalysts gathered in New England to share ideas and explore the latest advances in mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, and sample preparation for large molecule quantification. At Waters’ semi-annual bioanalysis workshop, scientists from across the U.S. trained on the latest mass spectrometry instrumentation at our demonstration center in…

What do you get if you combine mass spectrometry with 5000 cups of beer, 1000 glasses of wine, and 600 servings of mac ‘n’ cheese?

What do you get if you combine mass spectrometry with 5000 cups of beer, 1000 glasses of wine, and 600 servings of mac ‘n’ cheese?

… A successful ASMS 2016! ASMS is definitely one of the highlights of our year and here at Waters we are only just recovering from this year’s event and, can you believe it, starting to think about next year already.  It’s funny because whenever I travel to America my children are always slightly suspicious that…

Has Your Dinner Menu Been Quantified?

Has Your Dinner Menu Been Quantified?

For decades, food security was viewed exclusively through the lens of shortages. In the 1960s, when daily food availability in emerging countries was just 1,850 kcal per person as many as half of the world’s population was malnourished. It’s easy to understand our narrow focus on increasing food production. The challenges we face have shifted….

High-throughput Microscale Bioanalysis is not a Paradox

High-throughput Microscale Bioanalysis is not a Paradox

  Question: When someone says microscale chromatography, what comes to mind? Increased sensitivity? Reduced sample volume? Enhanced MS sampling efficiency? Yes, yes, and yes! You might also say, “finicky,” “slow,” or “only one person in our group knows how to use it!” Maybe even, “there’s no way I can successfully transfer that method, so why…