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SAMPLE PREP for drugs of abuse testing

December 1, 2015 Paula Clarke, Forensic Science Ireland, Garda Headquarters, Dublin, Ireland; and Alison Wake, Genevac Ltd, Ipswich UK A method for the extraction of drugs of abuse from urine samples pertaining to drug facilitated sexual assault cases has been developed in house by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). The method involves the use of solid phase extraction techniques prior…
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Centrifugal evaporation in the kitchen

April 1, 2015 by Lab Canada At the renowned Midsummer House Restaurant in Cambridge, UK, the chefs have been experimenting with centrifugal evaporation, using the Genevac Rocket evaporator. With the centrifugal evaporation technique, Midsummer House chefs are taking large volumes of liquid and concentrating them down.…
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PANalytical parent acquires Canadian sample prep company

June 20, 2014 by Lab Canada Almelo, the Netherlands – Instrumentation and controls company Spectris – parent company of PANalytical – says it has acquired Quebec-based La Corporation Scientifique Claisse, which produces sample preparation for atomic spectroscopy (including X-ray) analysis. Claisse designs, manufactures and sells consumables…
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Pharmaceutical small molecule crystallization

April 1, 2014 Rob Darrington, Genevac Ltd, Ipswich, UK A new technology, called eXalt, enables evaporative crystallization studies to be performed. In particular, eXalt allows for multiple small molecule actives to be crystallized from multiple different solvents all at the same time, at the same rate, and under the…