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Mobile Phase Additives for Peptide Characterization

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The characterization of peptides and proteins can be challenging due to issues such as adsorption, varying hydrophobicities, and specificity to name just a few. When analyzing peptides by Liquid Chromatography (LC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS), it’s beneficial to introduce mobile phase additives in order to facilitate ionization and enhance the analyte signal. Additionally, these additives...

Supporting the Next Generation of STEM Professionals

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As a science-based organization, STEM education is of the utmost importance to Waters. This blog highlights the excitement of its partnership with Junior Achievement, one of the world’s largest youth-serving NGOs that prepares young people for employment and entrepreneurship.

Why does biomedical research matter?

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Summer break is coming to a close and the thought of fall quickly approaching hangs heavy in the air. The mornings are cool and pleasant, perfect for sleeping. And, here I am, sipping coffee at 5:30AM. Why is it that on mornings like this, when most of the world is asleep, so many biomedical researchers are...

More than a slogan, bioharmonization is a unifying principle that aims to enhance productivity

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In January of 2018, Waters kicked off its global Bioharmonization campaign with a blog post and video release, laying out a vision for how the Biopharmaceutical industry can achieve accelerated development and improved quality while enhancing productivity and lowering production costs. Central to this vision are “fit-for-purpose” analytical tools working together within a single compliance-ready...

The Importance of Newborn Screening: A Mother’s Perspective

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After completing my undergraduate degree, I began work at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENBS) in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. It wasn’t long before I realized the magnitude of the job I held in serving the public and my role in the life-saving tests that the program performed. The NENBS program consists of five testing...

ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS and Xevo TQ-XS quant performance of pramlintide using QuanRecovery MaxPeak HPS.

What do great vacations and peptide bioanalysis have in common?

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For starters no one wants a disastrous vacation, the same goes for a bioanalysis assay! What makes for a great vacation? A booking agent who understands you, on time transit, a room with a view a stones throw from the beach, friendly staff and great cuisine? Knowing that you are in safe hands and leaving...